BG football at Eastern Michigan: game capsule

11/20/2017

BY JOHN WAGNER
BLADE SPORTS WRITER

Time: Nov. 21, 7 p.m.

Records: Bowling Green is 2-9, 2-5 Mid-American Conference; Eastern Michigan is 4-7, 2-5 MAC

Radio: 100.7

Series: Bowling Green leads 25-12-1

Favorite: Eastern Michigan by 15

Notes: The Falcons close the season against EMU, which seeks three victories in their last four games. … BG is 11-2 against the Eagles since 1990, including a 4-0 mark at Rynearson Stadium. … After opening the season with wins against Charlotte and Rutgers, Eastern Michigan lost its next six by a combined 23 points, include three in overtime. … Among the local players on the EMU roster are senior QB Brogan Roback (St. John’s Jesuit), Keyan Marshall (Southview), Gunnar Oakes (Swanton), and three players from Bedford: RB Alex Hullibarger, P Ivan Oraha, and DL Jeremiah Harris. … Bowling Green kicker Jake Suder, a Central Catholic graduate, has made 17 of 19 field goal attempts (89.5 percent), including all 15 of his kicks inside 40 yards. … Punter Joseph Davidson, a Findlay native, averages 44.2 yards per punt this season, has landed 28 punts inside the 20 (49.1 percent), 13 inside the 10 (22.8 percent), and eight inside the 5 (14.0 percent). … Davidson has had more punts downed on the 1-yard line (three) than touchbacks (two). … Freshman running back Andrew Clair, who has run for 601 yards in the last six contests, ranks fourth among freshman in the FBS in all-purpose yardage with 113.3 yards per game.

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