Toledo, Ohio – Toledo returns home this week to host Buffalo (6-1, 3-0 MAC) on Saturday, Oct. 20 (Noon/ESPN+). The Bulls are the current leaders in the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They are one of three MAC teams, along with MAC West teams Northern Illinois (4-0) and Western Michigan (3-0), that are still undefeated in conference play. Toledo must still play all three teams this season.

    The Rockets (3-3, 1-1) are coming off a 28-26 loss at Eastern Michigan on Oct. 13.  Toledo nearly came back from a 25-point deficit, but the Rockets' furious rally came up just short. Toledo trailed 28-3 going into the fourth quarter when junior Mitchell Guadagni engineered three scoring drives, the final touchdown coming with 20 seconds left when Guadagni scrambled 10 yards to cut the lead to 28-26. Toledo went for the two-point conversion to tie the game but Guadagni's pass to sophomore Bryce Mitchell was broken up. Toledo's attempt at an on-side kick went out of bounds, giving EMU its first win over the Rockets in the past 12 meetings.

    Buffalo is coming off a 24-6 victory over Akron at home last week. The Bulls have won six of their seven contests this season, their only defeat a 42-13 loss to Army. Buffalo has defeated non-conference opponents Rutgers and Temple, along with MAC foes Eastern Michigan and Central Michigan. The Bulls lead the MAC in scoring defense (21.7) and total defense (335.9). Their offense is paced by junior quarterback Tyree Jackson (1,543 yards, 18 TDs) and freshman running back Kevin Marks (530 yards, seven TDs).

Rocket Round-Up
    • Toledo (3-3, 1-1 MAC) is coming off a 28-26 defeat at Eastern Michigan. The loss marked Toledo's first against EMU since 2006, snapping a string of 11 consecutive victories for UT in the series, which Toledo still leads, 34-12.
    • Toledo and Buffalo have not met since a 51-41 Rocket victory at the Glass Bowl in 2013. UT leads the all-time series, 7-3.
    • Toledo leads the MAC and is 11th in the country in scoring (43.0), and is third in the MAC total offense (436.7). 
    • Senior wide receiver Cody Thompson caught the 26th touchdown of his career vs. EMU, breaking Toledo's all-time career receiving touchdown record of 25 previously held by Lance Moore (2001-04) and Eric Page (2009-11).
    • Thompson is the current NCAA leader and is fourth place all-time in school history in career receiving yards (2,952). He needs 48 yards to become just the fourth Rocket to gain at least 3,000 career yards through the air.
    • Toledo's top three receivers have combined for 66 touchdown receptions in their careers: Cody Thompson (26), Diontae Johnson (21) and Jon'Vea Johnson (19).
    • Junior quarterback Mitchell Guadagni rushed for 134 rushing yards at EMU on Oct. 13, the fourth time in five games played this season that Guadagni has led Toledo in rushing.
    • Senior placekicker Jameson Vest has 64 field goals for his career and needs five more to become the program's all-time leader (68 by Rusty Hanna, 1989-92).

Toledo vs. Buffalo
Saturday, Oct. 20 • Noon  
The Glass Bowl • Noon  • ESPN+/WTOL/WGRZ

• TEAM RECORDS: 
    Toledo (3-3, 1-1 MAC)
    Buffalo (6-1, 3-0 MAC)

• SERIES RECORD: Toledo leads, 7-3. The Rockets won the last meeting, a 51-41 shootout at the Glass Bowl in 2013.

• THE COACHES: 
    Jason Candle, 24-10 (3rd year) at Toledo, same overall. 0-0 vs. Buffalo.
    Lance Leipold, 19-24 (4th year) at Buffalo, 129-30 overall (12th year). 0-0 vs. Toledo.

• TV/STREAMING: ESPN+/WTOL/WGRZ
    Play by Play: Neil Sika
    Analyst: Jordan Strack
    Sideline: Heather Prusak 

• ROCKET RADIO NETWORK: Pregame begins at 10:30 a.m.
    Play by Play: Brent Balbinot
    Analyst: Bruce Gradkowski
    Sidelines: Mike Robinson

• WEB-AUDIO: Free live audio streaming of the UT Rocket Radio Network broadcast on UTRockets.com. 

• UT COACH'S SHOW: Coach Jason Candle and host Brent Balbinot talk Rocket Football every Monday at Frickers in Maumee. Carried live on WSPD-AM1370 and online on UTRockets.com.

• TWITTER: 
    @ToledoFB: Regular updates on UT Football, live updates on Game Day.
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    @ToledoRockets: Updates for all Rocket sports.

• TICKETS 
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