Dec. 2, 2004

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TOLEDO NOTES

This year's championship game marks the Rockets¡¦ fifth appearance, and the school's first since 2002 (49-45 loss at Marshall). The Rockets are 2-3 in championship games.

WR Lance Moore moved into sole possession of sixth place on the MAC's career receptions list with his five catches. Moore now has 217 receptions in his career.

WR Moore equaled his school single-game record with 3 TD receptions. It's the seventh time in his career he has had multiple touchdowns in the same game and the third time with 3 TDs.

QB Bruce Gradkowski's 4 TD passes marks the third time in his career that he has thrown for four or more TDs, and the second this season (6 TDs vs. Ball State on Oct. 2).

RB Scooter McDOugle registered his third straight 100-yard game, finishing with 167 yards.

WR Moore registered his seventh straight 100-yard game of the season and the 14th time of his career.

Rover Keon Jackson's 31-yard interception return for a touchdown is the first-ever INT returned for a TD in championship game history and is the second longest INT return in championship game history. It was also his second INT returned for a score in his career.

LB Anthony Jordan blocked the Rockets' first PAT attempt of the season (3rd quarter).

MAC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Tonight's MAC championship game is the eighth in league history, and the first at a neutral site. Attendance for the game was 22,138.

East Division MVP - WR Michael Larkin (Miami); West Division MVP - QB Bruce Gradkowski (Toledo).

Toledo's Scooter McDOugle set a championship game mark with 35 carries, while his 167 yards are the second most in a title game (UT's Chester Taylor has record with 188 yards in 2001).

UT QB Bruce Gradkowski tied a championship game record with 4 TD passes, tying Marshall's Byron Leftwich (2001, 2002) and Miami's Ben Roethlisberger (2003).

UT's McDougle became the sixth RB to rush for more than 100 yards in the title game, and the first since UT's Trinity Dawson ran for 130 yards (21 carries) in 2002 against Marshall.

For the first time since the 1998 championship game (Marshall vs. Toledo in Huntington, W.Va.), neither team scored a point in the second quarter.

The 21 points scored by Toledo in the third quarter ties for the second highest point total in a quarter, equaling Miami's 21-point output against Bowling Green in the third quarter of the 2003 championship game.