University of Toledo Athletics

Toledo Post Game Notes
Toledo vs. Western Michigan  
Sept. 23, 2023

• Toledo scored 35 second-half points, the most points it has scored in the second half since Nov. 15, 2017 when it scored 42 after halftime at Bowling Green.
• Dequan Finn threw for 119 yards, giving him 5,096 for his career and making him the 11^th Rocket to throw for at least 5,000 yards.
• Finn also threw for two touchdowns, giving him eight for the season and 49 for his career, which ranks fifth all-time at Toledo.
• Finn left the game in the third quarter after suffering an injury. He was replaced by sophomore Tucker Gleason, who completed 6-of-10 passes for 109 yards and two TDs.
• Jerjuan Newton’s career-high three touchdown receptions gives him six for the year and 18 for his career, which ranks tied for 12^th in school history.
• Newton is the 10^th FBS wide receiver to have a three-touchdown game this season and the second MAC wide receiver, joining Miami’s Gage Larvadain.
• Junior Peny Boone rushed for a career-high 211 yards and two touchdowns, the most yards by a Rocket since Bryant Koback rushed for 259 yards vs Eastern Michigan on Oct. 26, 2019. Boone moved over the 1,000-yard mark for his career (1,103 yards) including 258 yards at Maryland from 2020-21.
• Boone’s performance was the 37^th 200-yard rushing game and the 19th best by a Rocket in program history. He accumulated the bulk of his yardage in the fourth quarter, rushing for 132 yards in the final period.
• Boone is the fourth FBS player to have a 200-yard rushing game and the first MAC player to reach that benchmark. His 211 rushing yards are the third-most in a game by an FBS player this year.
• Sophomore safety Emmanuel McNeil-Warren had a career-high 13 tackles, a key fourth-quarter interception and two pass breakups. His previous best was five tackles vs. Texas Southern on Sept. 9.
• Senior safety Nate Bauer also had 13 tackles, besting his previous career high of nine which he achieved on two occasions.
• Junior linebacker Daniel Bolden posted a career-high 12 tackles, topping his previous career high of seven tackles against Central Michigan on Nov. 29, 2019.
• RJ Delancy’s first quarter interception was the second of his career and first since the 2021 season.
• Toledo had four turnovers after only suffering from four total in the first three games of the season.
• Junior kicker Luke Pawlak was 7-for-7 on PATs, improving to 21-for-21 for his career.