University of Toledo Athletics

Toledo Post Game Notes
MAC Championship Game
Toledo vs. Ohio, Dec. 3, 2022

• The victory gives Toledo its fourth MAC Championship Game title and 12^th MAC title overall. Toledo is 4-3 in MAC title games, last winning in 2017 vs. Akron.
• Toledo’s victory gives it an 8-5 record and guarantees a winning season for the 12^th time in the last 13 years. The only exception came in 2019 when the Rockets went 6-6.
• Head Coach Jason Candle won his second MAC Championship title, which ties him with Frank Lauterbur (1969, 1970) and Tom Amstutz (2001, 2004) for the most outright titles in Toledo history. Lauterbur's 1967 team shared the MAC title with Ohio.
• Sophomore quarterback Dequan Finn was named the game’s Offensive Player of the Game. He completed 16-of-25passes for 154 yards and one TD. He also ran for 86 yards on 18 attempts.
• Senior linebacker Dyontae Johnson was named Defensive Player of the Game and had eight tackle, 0.5 tackles for loss and a QB hurry.
• Redshirt freshman punter Johnathon Batzke averaged 46.5 yards per punt and was named Special Teams MVP.
• Toledo’s defense allowed just 69 yards of total offense in the second half, 262 yards overall. Seven points is the fewest ever allowed in the MAC Championship Game.
• Sophomore Jacquez Stuart ran for 93 yards and one touchdown. It was his first rushing TD since Oct. 8 vs. Northern Illinois.
• Sophomore Jerjuan Newton grabbed a team-high six receptions for 77 yards.
• Junior linebacker Dallas Gant led Toledo with 10 tackles.
• Quinyon Mitchell had three pass breakups, adding to his nation-leading total of 25 passes defended (5 interceptions, 20 pass breakups)
• Thomas Cluckey’s season-long 44-yard field in the second quarter was his 11^th of the season and first since the Buffalo game on Oct. 22.