TOLEDO, Ohio – Toledo sent its seniors out in style on Saturday afternoon with a dominating 49-14 victory over Akron (2-10, 1-7 MAC) at the Glass Bowl in its final regular season game. The Rockets (7-5, 5-3 MAC) will now wait until the bowl announcements on Sunday, Dec. 5 to see where they will head for their postseason.
"We accomplished our goal today which was to send off our senior class with a win in their final game in the Glass Bowl," Head Coach
Jason Candle said. "I really credit our seniors and the upperclassmen on the way the battled for all 60 minutes. I also was really impressed with some of the young guys that got in there and got some good time. I am happy to get the win and looking forward to what opportunity is provided for us next wherever that may be."
Redshirt freshman
Dequan Finn threw for 257 yards and four touchdowns in the victory, with junior
Bryant Koback pacing the Rockets on the ground with 135 yards and two touchdowns. Koback, who also was the recipient of one of Finn's scoring tosses, now has 45 career rushing touchdowns, one more than Kareem Hunt (2013-16). Chester Taylor holds the all-time record with 56 from 1998-2001.
Junior
Matt Landers caught a team-high five passes for 57 yards and was one of 10 Rockets to catch a pass.
Junior
Jamal Hines led Toledo's defensive effort with seven tackles and 2.5 sacks.
FIRST QUARTER
Bryant Koback capped off an 11-play, 76-yard drive with a two-yard plunge into the end zone that gave the Rockets an early 7-0 lead.
SECOND QUARTER
Akron tied the score early in the second quarter on Jonzell Norrils' three-yard scoring run. Toledo answered the Zips' touchdown at the start of the second quarter by scoring twice to take control. With the Rockets facing 3
rd-and-36, Koback took a screen pass from Finn at midfield and eluded several tacklers to score his second touchdown from 51 yards out. Finn capped off the first-half scoring by lofting a 23-yard pass to
Devin Maddox into the end zone for a 21-7 lead.
THIRD QUARTER
Koback scampered 44 yards down the sideline to increase the Rockets' lead to three touchdowns with 8:29 remaining in the third quarter. Toledo scored again less than three minutes later when Finn found senior
Drew Rosi wide open for a 33-yard touchdown.
FOURTH QUARTER
Finn connected with
Isaiah Winstead from 22 yards out for his final score of the game 13 seconds into the final frame. Norrils scored his second touchdown on a 72-yard pass from Kato Nelson. Freshman
Lamy Constant closed out the scoring with his first career touchdown, a 13-yard run with 24 seconds to play.
Head Coach Jason Candle post-game.
Junior Bryant Koback post-game.
Senior Tycen Anderson post-game.
