PLAYERS OF THE WEEKEND
National: Tyler Wilson threw for a school-record 510 yards and three touchdowns as Arkansas rallied to beat soon-to-be fellow-SEC West member Texas A&M.
Local: Sophomore Shawn Leo (Souderton High) had three field goals in a loss to C.W. Post, to already give him a West Chester-record 13 for the season.
AROUND TOWN
TOLEDO 36, TEMPLE 13
So which score was more surprising, last week's 31-point win at Maryland or this?
It certainly has been a roller-coaster stretch, going back to the narrow Penn State loss.
The Owls (3-2, 1-1 MAC East) had given up 31 points coming in. This was the first time they had to play from behind. Toledo led 15-13 in the second quarter, then was up by nine at intermission.
Three of the previous four TDs the Owls had given up came in the final minutes. Two were meaningless. The other, against PSU, was not.
Bernard Pierce, coming off a five-TD game, still needs one rushing score to tie Paul Palmer's career record. As was the case against the Nits, he became a non-factor in the second half. This time, at least in the fourth quarter, a lot of that obviously had to do with the deficit. He would finish with 75 yards on 24 carries.
The Owls turned it over four times, two of which led to visiting Toledo's (2-3, 1-2 MAC West) first two TDs. Chester Stewart, who went 9-for-9 against Maryland, was 10-for-20 for 173 yards, with a TD and two picks.
The banged-up Rockets, the preaseason pick to win the MAC, got 121 yards on 20 carries from backup Morgan Williams, who was a third-stringer before last week's injury to starter Adonis Thomas. Toledo had lost close at Ohio State, at home to Boise State and controversially in overtime at Syracuse.
"College football's fragile," said Owls coach Steve Addazio. "It can be a very humbling deal. [But] every goal's [still] flat-out in front of us."
The Owls now have another crossover conference game at Ball State (3-2, 1-0), which just received a nice paycheck for getting clubbed at Oklahoma.
Saturday's announced attendance was 21,705, which included a $5 ticket promotion.
PENN 22, DARTMOUTH 20
In the rain at Dartmouth, the Quakers (1-2, 1-0 Ivy League) began their threepeat quest by getting their lone offensive TD with 17 seconds left, on a 3-yard pass from Billy Ragone to Ryan Calvert.
A few plays earlier, an 11-yard scoring pass from Ragone to Ryan Mitchell was nullified by a holding penalty. On the winning, 89-yard drive, Ragone was 8-for-8 for 65 yards.
