GAME DAY: WMU vs. Toledo - 9.29.12 - ESPN3
GAME 5
Western Michigan (2-2) vs. Toledo (3-1)
All-Time series - WMU Trails Series 28-39
Last Meeting - Toledo 66, WMU 63 (Nov. 8, 2011)
Sept. 29, 2012 // Waldo Stadium (30,200)
7p.m. // Kalamazoo, Mich. // ESPN3
RADIO BROADCAST | LISTEN LIVE | LIVE STATS
The game will be broadcast live on the Bronco Radio Network:
96.5 FM (Kalamazoo, Portage, Mattawan); 94.1 FM (Lansing, Jackson,
Battle Creek), 101.3 FM (Grand Rapids) and 1310 AM (Detroit). Robin
Hook (play-by-play) and John Creek (analysis) will have the call
beginning at 1 p.m.
TELEVISION BROADCAST | ESPN3 (Exclusive)
The WMU-UConn game will be broadcast live online on ESPN3. Jim Barbar (pxp) and Ben Leber (color) will have the call with an official kick of 7:04 p.m.
WMU FOOTBALL NOTES OF INTEREST
• Western Michigan trails the all-time series 28-39 to Toledo
• WMU trails the series at home 16-17 to the Rockets
• Toledo has won two straight over WMU after the Broncos claimed four straight wins in the series from 2006-09
• WMU has won nine straight games at Waldo Stadium, dating back to Oct. 30, 2010
• WMU claimed back-to-back wins over Connecticut, making UConn and Iowa the only two BCS AQ opponents to currently be on a two-game losing streak against the Broncos
• WMU led UConn by 17 twice in the game last week, marking the largest lead over a BCS AQ opponent since leading Iowa 19-0 in 2007
• Desmond Bozeman forced and recovered a fumble for a TD against UConn to earn Walter Camp Football Foundation National Defensive Player of the Week
• WMU scored its 20,000th point as a program when it went past 25 points in the win over Connecticut
• WMU’s program-record 143 consecutive PATs made streak ended against Connecticut
• WMU had two receivers go over 100 yards for the first time since Nov. 16, 2011 at Miami
• WMU and Toledo combined for 129 points in their 2011 meeting, one of four team and individual single-game MAC records broken in the Rockets’ 66-63 win on Nov. 8, 2011
• WMU and Toledo were two teams to score in the 60’s in a game in 2011 and lose (Toledo lost 63-60 at home to Northern Illinois one week before defeating the Broncos)
• Jaime Wilson leads the nation in total receptions (37) and ranks second in total receiving yards (430)
• Wilson leads the nation’s freshmen in receptions per game (9.25) and receiving yards per game (107.50)
• WMU head coach Bill Cubit is looking for his 50th win as the Broncos’ head coach and 35th MAC win
• Cubit captured his 30th home win with the Broncos’ defeat of Connecticut and he is now one of only four coaches with 30 or more wins at home — Al Molde (37); Bill Doolittle (35); John Gill (33)
HERE’S SOMETHING YOU DID NOT KNOW
Matt Campbell, Toledo’s first year head coach, is one of three coaches on WMU’s schedule that have rookie head coaches. The other two are Eastern Illinois (Dino Babers) and Massachusetts (Charlie Molnar). WMU is facing four teams in 2012 where the head coach is in his first season at that program, including Illinois (Tim Beckman).
WMU vs. TOLEDO LIVE CHAT
