Toledo (9-4) then recovered the onside kick and ran out the clock on the highest scoring of the four Military Bowls. The Rockets had taken a 42-35 lead with 5 minutes 1 second left on Bernard Reedy?s 33-yard touchdown reception. The sophomore wide receiver finished with 125 yards receiving on four catches, three of which went for scores, and was named MVP.
Rockets sophomore quarterback Terrance Owens completed 20 of 25 passes for 201 yards and three touchdowns, and senior tailback Adonis Thomas added 127 yards and a touchdown on 21 carries to give Matt Campbell his first victory as a head coach. The team?s offensive coordinator for the last three years was named head coach on Dec. 12 following Tim Beckman?s departure for Illinois.
?For this team, for this staff, I couldn?t be prouder,? Campbell, at 32 the youngest coach in the Football Bowl Subdivision, said after receiving the trophy on the podium at midfield.
Air Force (7-6) had tied the game at 35 with 5:59 left in the third quarter on Mike DeWitt?s two-yard scoring run. The junior fullback?s second touchdown capped a seven-play drive that began at midfield and included a 20-yard run by Jefferson and an 11-yard run from sophomore wide receive Ty MacArthur to set up first and goal from the 2.
Several minutes earlier, Toledo struck first in the second half when safety Jermaine Robinson intercepted Jefferson?s pass that went off wide receiver Mikel Hunter?s hands. The throw was a bit behind Hunter, who tried to make the catch while twisting his body in mid-air, but he couldn?t control it, and Robinson collected the carom before going 37 yards into the end zone with 8:56 left.
It didn?t take long for the offensive fireworks to commence when in the first quarter the teams combined for 35 points and scored on five of six possessions during one stretch. Toledo got the defensively challenged affair started with a 17-yard touchdown pass from Owens to wide receiver Bernard Reedy with 6:38 to play.
Air Force?s Cody Getz muffed the ensuing kickoff, and the Rockets were in business again when Junior Sylvestre recovered at the Falcons 41. On the next play, Thomas dashed around the left side and sprinted down the sideline for a touchdown and a 14-0 advantage.
Air Force responded by going 76 yards in eight plays on a drive that included a pass interference penalty against Toledo. That violation, following an 18-yard completion from Jefferson to wide receiver Mikel Hunter, placed the ball at the Rockets 19. Three plays later on third and 12, Jefferson broke through the line of scrimmage, cut to his right and was gone for a 22-yard touchdown with 2:29 remaining.
As quickly as Jefferson had drawn the Falcons within a touchdown, junior wide receiver Eric Page expanded the lead back to 14 by returning the kickoff 87 yards for a score. The first-team all-Mid-American Conference kick returner handled the kick with plenty of room in front of him, waited for his blocking to develop and followed Reedy through a hole up the middle and into the open field. No one was catching Page thereafter on his way to his first kickoff return for a touchdown this year.
The Falcons wasted little time in replying though, beginning their next possession with a 60-yard run by wide receiver Jonathan Warzeka to the 3. DeWitt finished the drive with a scoring run on the next play, and after Toledo had a rare three plays and punt, Air Force took over at its 21 to start the second quarter.
From there, the Falcons used nine plays to tie the game on a drive that included a 15-yard facemask penalty added to a 16-yard run by Warzeka. Air Force picked up 18 yards on a pass from Jefferson to Kauth and thereafter ran the ball seven straight times, culminating in senior running back Asher Clark?s one-yard touchdown on fourth and goal.
The exhausting pace continued on Toledo?s next possession that lasted all of five plays and ended with a 49-yard touchdown pass from Owens to Reedy over the middle. But the Falcons had the last word of the half, recovering Reedy?s fumble after a long reception and completing the 44-yard drive with Jefferson?s dart to Warzeka for a 37-yard touchdown on fourth and three.
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