Kent State Golden Flashes vs Toledo Rockets Match Player Stats On Oct 10, 2015

The Sports Xchange
Oct 10, 2015

TOLEDO, Ohio -- Playing as a ranked team for the first time in three years, No. 24 Toledo recovered from an early mistake and rolled to a 38-7 win over Kent State in a Mid-American Conference game on Saturday at the Glass Bowl.

The Rockets (5-0, 2-0 MAC) fell behind 7-0 in the first quarter before taking command and winning their eighth straight game. Toledo is 5-0 for the first time since 2001.

Running back Terry Swanson rushed 14 times for 161 yards and a touchdown. Teammate Kareem Hunt, playing in just his second game this season after being slowed by a hamstring injury, scored two touchdowns and finished with 85 yards on 16 carries.

Rockets quarterback Phillip Ely connected on 19 of 32 passes for 205 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions.

Hunt's second touchdown, a 1-yard run in the third quarter, extended Toledo's lead to 31-7. Ely's second scoring pass, a 7-yard hookup with wide receiver Cody Thompson with 10:13 remaining in the game, accounted for Toledo's final points.

Toledo's dominance was reflected in the final statistics. The Rockets produced 518 total yards and 27 first downs to the Golden Flashes' 257 yards and 13 first downs.

Kent State (2-4, 1-1) lost their eight consecutive road game.

The game started ominously for Toledo when a punt snap sailed into its own end zone and Kent State's Kent Seibert recovered for a touchdown that gave the Golden Flashes a 7-0 lead.

The Rockets responded later in the first quarter with a 3-yard pass from Ely to wide receiver Corey Jones to make it 7-7.

Swanson put Toledo ahead to stay in the second quarter with a 23-yard touchdown run for a 14-7 lead. Later in the quarter after a 41-yard field goal by freshman Jameson Vest, Swanson busted an 88-yard run and Hunt followed on the next play with a 2-yard touchdown that gave the Rockets a 24-7 halftime lead.

NOTES: Toledo is ranked in the AP Top 25 for the first time since the 2012 season. ... Kent State and Toledo met for just the fourth time since 1994 despite being just two hours apart. The two teams play in opposite MAC divisions. .. Toledo QB Phillip Ely transferred from Alabama after the 2012 season. He won the Rockets' starting job last year but suffered knee and shoulder injuries that required surgery. ... Kent State entered the game ranked second in FBS with 10 interceptions. ... Toledo's offensive line has not given up a sack in the first five games.