Western Michigan 20, Toledo 14
Associated Press
KALAMAZOO, Mich. - Sean Tyler scored on a 63-yard run, Keni-H Lovely returned an interception for a touchdown, and Western Michigan surprised Toledo 20-14.
The Broncos (5-7, 4-4 Mid-American Conference) managed only 188 yards and eight first downs but got a big boost from their two explosive touchdowns. Palmer Domschke added two field goals for Western Michigan.
With Toledo leading 7-0 midway through the second quarter, Lovely stepped in front of the intended receiver to intercept a Tucker Gleason pass and returned it 36 yards down the sideline for a touchdown.
Tyler scored on a long run in which he was barely touched, bursting through the line of scrimmage before outracing the secondary to the end zone. It was a key play in his bid for back-to-back 1,000-yard rushing seasons as he surpassed the 104 yards he needed and finished at 131 for the game, 1,027 for the season.
Toledo (7-5, 5-3) suffered its second consecutive loss but had already clinched the West Division title and will play Ohio for the MAC championship on Dec. 3 in Detroit.
Toledo had punted 10 times and had only one drive beyond the Western Michigan 40-yard line until Tucker Gleason connected with Devin Maddox for a 57-yard pass play with a little less than six minutes left in the fourth quarter. The big play helped set up Gleason's 17-yard touchdown pass to DeMeer Blankumsee with 5:11 remaining.
Gleason scored Toledo's first touchdown on a 2-yard run early in the second quarter.
Gleason was only 13-of-38 passing for 200 yards with the touchdown and interception. Toledo had four turnovers.
Western Michigan punted 14 times.
November 25, 2022
| Scoring Summary |
| Second Quarter |
Toledo | WestMI |
| Toledo |
TD |
11:33 |
Tucker Gleason 2 yard TD run (Thomas Cluckey Extra Point) |
7 |
0 |
| WestMI |
TD |
9:16 |
Keni-H Lovely 36 yard interception return for TD (Palmer Domschke Extra Point) |
7 |
7 |
| WestMI |
FG |
0:00 |
Palmer Domschke 33 yard field goal |
7 |
10 |
| Third Quarter |
Toledo | WestMI |
| WestMI |
TD |
8:13 |
Sean Tyler 63 yard TD run (Palmer Domschke Extra Point) |
7 |
17 |
| WestMI |
FG |
1:30 |
Palmer Domschke 38 yard field goal |
7 |
20 |
| Fourth Quarter |
Toledo | WestMI |
| Toledo |
TD |
5:11 |
DeMeer Blankumsee 17 yard TD pass from Tucker Gleason (Thomas Cluckey Extra Point) |
14 |
20 |
| Team Stats |
| |
Toledo |
Western Michigan |
| First downs |
17 |
8 |
| Rushing |
5 |
5 |
| Passing |
9 |
3 |
| Penalty |
3 |
0 |
| 3rd Down Efficiency |
4-18, 22% |
2-20, 10% |
| 4th down efficiency |
0-3, 0% |
0-0, -% |
| Rushes-Yards |
33-99 |
47-134 |
| Passing Yards |
235 |
54 |
| Return Yards |
59 |
85 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int |
18-49-3 |
7-21-1 |
| Sacks-Yards Lost |
4-26 |
6-30 |
| Punts |
10 |
14 |
| Fumbles Lost |
3-1 |
1-0 |
| Penalties - Yards |
5-43 |
7-60 |
| Toledo Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| T. Gleason |
13 |
38 |
200 |
1 |
1 |
| D. Finn |
5 |
11 |
35 |
0 |
2 |
| Western Michigan Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| J. Salopek |
7 |
21 |
54 |
0 |
1 |
| Toledo Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| P. Boone |
15 |
70 |
4.7 |
0 |
| T. Gleason |
10 |
26 |
2.6 |
1 |
| J. Stuart |
3 |
9 |
3.0 |
0 |
| W. Shaw III |
3 |
2 |
0.7 |
0 |
| D. Finn |
2 |
-8 |
-4.0 |
0 |
| Western Michigan Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| S. Tyler |
18 |
131 |
7.3 |
1 |
| Z. Abdus-Salaam |
9 |
16 |
1.8 |
0 |
| J. Buckley |
5 |
8 |
1.6 |
0 |
| J. Salopek |
12 |
-15 |
-1.3 |
0 |
| Toledo Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| D. Maddox |
4 |
78 |
19.5 |
0 |
| A. Torres |
2 |
35 |
17.5 |
0 |
| M. Barkley |
4 |
33 |
8.3 |
0 |
| J. Turner |
2 |
29 |
14.5 |
0 |
| L. Stephens |
2 |
23 |
11.5 |
0 |
| D. Blankumsee |
1 |
17 |
17.0 |
1 |
| J. Newton |
1 |
9 |
9.0 |
0 |
| J. Stuart |
1 |
7 |
7.0 |
0 |
| P. Boone |
1 |
4 |
4.0 |
0 |
| Western Michigan Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| C. Crooms |
3 |
26 |
8.7 |
0 |
| M. Dieudonne |
2 |
17 |
8.5 |
0 |
| A. Sambucci |
2 |
11 |
5.5 |
0 |
| Toledo Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| Q. Mitchell |
1 |
6 |
| Western Michigan Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| K. Lovely |
1 |
36 |
| D. Jackson |
1 |
9 |
| B. Garner |
1 |
0 |
| Toledo Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| J. Batzke |
10 |
321 |
32.1 |
| Western Michigan Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| N. Mihalic |
14 |
592 |
42.3 |
| Toledo Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| A. Beale |
6 |
29 |
4.8 |
| Western Michigan Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| A. Sambucci |
1 |
3 |
3.0 |
| Toledo Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| J. Stuart |
1 |
24 |
24.0 |
| Western Michigan Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| S. Tyler |
2 |
37 |
18.5 |
| Toledo Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| Western Michigan Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
