University of Toledo
10-2 , 7-1
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Western Michigan
6-6 , 4-4
Rockets Tame Broncos, 37-10, Win MAC West Title
11/24/2017 2:12:00 PM | Football
     Toledo, Ohio – Senior quarterback Logan Woodside threw for 300 yards and two touchdowns as Toledo cruised to a 37-10 victory over Western Michigan at the Glass Bowl Friday afternoon.
     The victory clinched the MAC West Division title for Toledo. The Rockets (10-2, 7-1 MAC) now advance to the MAC Championship Game vs. East Division champion Akron (7-5, 6-2 MAC) at Detroit's Ford Field on Saturday, Dec. 2 (Noon/ESPN). It will be Toledo's first appearance in the MAC Championship Game since 2004.
     Woodside and senior running back Terry Swanson both reached personal milestones. Swanson, who rushed for 94 yards and scored two touchdowns, moved into fifth place on UT's career rushing list with 3,377 yards, passing David Fluellen (3,336 from 2010-13). Woodside became the first Rocket ever to throw for more than 10,000 yards. He now has 10,083 yards in his four years as a Rocket.
     Toledo opened the scoring on its third drive of the game with a 33-yard field goal by Jameson Vest with 2:12 left in the first quarter. Later in the second quarter, Swanson made it 10-0 with a 13-yard TD run. Western took advantage of a Woodside interception to set up its first score of the game, a 24-yard field goal by Josh Grant to cut the score to 10-3 with 7:02 to play in the half. But Toledo answered with a nine-play, 61-yard drive that was capped off by a one-yard run by redshirt freshman Shakif Seymour, giving Toledo a 17-3 lead with 3:20 left in the half.
     Woodside kept in rolling in the second half, hitting Danzel McKinley-Lewis with a 20-yard TD strike on UT's first possession of the third quarter. Western cut the lead to 24-10 on a 26-yards touchdown pass from Reece Goddard to Tyron Arnett with 4:02 left in the third quarter.
     Woodside then added another TD pass, a 13-yarder to Diontae Johnson with 17 seconds left in the third quarter to give Toledo a comfortable 31-10 lead. Vest tacked on six more points with a pair of fourth-quarter field goals.
     Toledo will now begin preparing for the Mid-American Conference Football Championship Game next Saturday. Tickets for the games may be ordered online now at UTRockets.com.
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Highlights from UT's win over Western Michigan.
Head Coach Jason Candle post-game.
Senior Logan Woodside post-game.
Senior Terry Swanson post-game.
Senior Trevon Mathis post-game.
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Team Stats
WMU 0, TOLEDO 3
TOLEDO - VEST, Jameson 33 yd field goal 9 plays, 56 yards, TOP 4:18
WMU 0, TOLEDO 10
TOLEDO - SWANSON, Terry 13 yd run (VEST, Jameson kick), 5 plays, 91 yards, TOP 2:13
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WMU 3, TOLEDO 10
WMU - GRANT, Josh 24 yd field goal 6 plays, 32 yards, TOP 2:28
WMU 3, TOLEDO 17
TOLEDO - SEYMOUR, Shakif 1 yd run (VEST, Jameson kick), 9 plays, 61 yards, TOP 3:36
WMU 3, TOLEDO 24
TOLEDO - McKINLEY-LEWIS 20 yd pass from WOODSIDE, Logan (VEST, Jameson kick) 4 plays, 63 yards, TOP 1:13
WMU 10, TOLEDO 24
WMU - ARNETT, Tyron 26 yd pass from GODDARD, Reece (GRANT, Josh kick) 11 plays, 74 yards, TOP 4:02
WMU 10, TOLEDO 31
TOLEDO - JOHNSON, Di. 13 yd pass from WOODSIDE, Logan (VEST, Jameson kick) 7 plays, 74 yards, TOP 3:40
WMU 10, TOLEDO 34
TOLEDO - VEST, Jameson 40 yd field goal 6 plays, 2 yards, TOP 3:00
WMU 10, TOLEDO 37
TOLEDO - VEST, Jameson 35 yd field goal 10 plays, 46 yards, TOP 6:18
