Toledo running back Peny Boone, right, is tackled by Central Michigan linebacker Dakota Cochran (11) during the first half of Friday’s college football game in Mount Pleasant, Mich.
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MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. — Peny Boone rushed for 186 yards and two touchdowns, and No. 23 Toledo beat Central Michigan 32-17 on Friday.
The Rockets (11-1, 8-0 Mid-American Conference) have won 11 in a row since their 30-28 loss at Illinois in their season opener on Sept. 2. It’s the longest win streak for the program since 1971.
Next up for Toledo is Miami (Ohio) in the MAC championship on Dec. 2 at Ford Field in Detroit. Another win and the Rockets could be in line for a New Year’s Day bowl game, possibly as the highest-ranked team from a Group of Five conference.
Jase Bauer passed for 182 yards and a touchdown for Central Michigan (5-7, 3-5).
Toledo scored 10 points in the final 1:26 of the first half, shaking off a lackluster start.
Jaden Dottin made a one-handed catch as he was falling out of bounds for a 23-yard TD with 1:26 remaining. After holding CMU to a three-and-out, Toledo made it 10-0 on Luke Pawlak’s 38-yard field goal in the final seconds of the half.
Ohio 25, Akron 14
AKRON — Sieh Bangura ran for 121 yards and a touchdown and Ohio beat Akron 25-14 on Friday in a Mid-American Conference regular-season finale.
Akron (2-10, 1-7) built a 14-3 halftime lead before Kurtis Rourke scored on a short-yardage touchdown run and then tossed a 1-yard TD pass to Miles Cross that gave Ohio (9-3, 6-2) an 18-14 lead with 2:04 left in the third quarter.
On the ensuing possession, Jeff Undercuffler Jr. threw an interception near midfield, setting up Bangura’s 1-yard score to end a 15-play drive that chewed 8:41 off the clock.
Rourke completed 19 of 30 passes for 208 yards. Cross finished with seven catches for 103 yard receiving.
No. 20 Iowa 13, Nebraska 10
LINCOLN, Neb. — Backup kicker Marshall Meeder barely cleared the crossbar with a 38-yard field goal as time ran out after Ethan Hurkett’s interception gave No. 20 Iowa a final possession with 15 seconds left, and the Hawkeyes beat Nebraska.
Meeder, a senior transfer from Central Michigan, was given his first opportunity to kick for Iowa at the most pressure-packed moment after Drew Stevens had two field-goal tries blocked in the first half.
Teammates hoisted Meeder on their shoulders, and he held the Heroes Trophy that goes to the winner of the rivalry game as the Hawkeyes celebrated at midfield while officials determined whether any time remained on the clock.
The Hawkeyes (10-2, 7-2, No. 17 CFP), who clinched the Big Ten West title last week, earned a 10th win for the fourth time since 2015 and eighth under 25th-year coach Kirk Ferentz.
The Cornhuskers (5-7, 3-6) lost four straight to end Matt Rhule’s first season as coach. Their bowl drought will stretch to seven years, the longest among Power Five schools.
Miami 45, Boston College 20
BOSTON — Tyler Van Dyke threw for two touchdowns and Henry Parrish Jr. ran for 111 yards and a pair of scores on Friday to lead Miami to a 45-20 victory over Boston College and snap the Hurricanes’ three-game losing streak.
Xavier Restrepo, who had a career-high 193 receiving yards against Louisville last week, caught six passes for 117 yards. Van Dyke finished 23 for 36 for 290 yards for the Hurricanes (7-5, 3-5 Atlantic Coast Conference).
Boston College quarterback Thomas Castellanos ran for 130 yards and a touchdown but only completed 15 of 25 passes for 151 yards and a TD. The game on the day after Thanksgiving even featured a Hail Mary — 39 years after Doug Flutie’s miracle pass to win in Miami and clinch the Heisman Trophy.
But Castellanos’ desperation pass at the end of the first half was picked off in the end zone and returned 55 yards before offsetting penalties negated the play. Castellanos was intercepted twice — once on a ball that was tipped at the line, and again on BC’s final possession.
Memphis 45, Temple 21
PHILADELPHIA — Seth Henigan threw four touchdown passes as Memphis beat Temple in a regular-season finale.
Henigan was 18-of-28 passing for 250 yards with an interception. On the first play from scrimmage Henigan threw a 54-yard touchdown pass over the middle to Joseph Scates and the Tigers led thereafter.
Leading 7-6, Henigan and Sutton Smith connected for an 11-yard score in the first quarter. The Tigers (9-3, 6-2 American Athletic Conference) added two TDs in the second quarter for a 28-6 halftime lead: Brandon Thomas scoring from the 1 to cap a 71-yard drive and Henigan hitting Blake Watson with a 13-yard score with 22 seconds left in the half on a 98-yard drive that began after Chandler Martin’s interception.
Watson rushed for 95 yards on 15 carries with a touchdown and had 39 yards receiving and another score.
