Western Michigan (5-1, 3-0 MAC) vs. Ohio University (1-5, 0-2 MAC)
October 4, 2008

WESTERN MICHIGAN NOTES 

PRE-GAME
? Western Michigan is 4-1 this season when winning the coin toss.  Today is the first time this season the Broncos did not win the toss.
? WMU game captains: Free safety C.J. Wilson and linebacker Austin Pritchard
? First meeting between the schools at Waldo Stadium since 2000, when WMU edged the Bobcats, 23-10.
? Justin Braska makes his first career start at defensive end.

FIRST QUARTER
? Harrison Porter records his first career interception and returns it 31 yards.
? The interception marks the second straight week WMU's defense has recorded a takeaway.
? John Potter hits a career long 34-yard field goal to give the Broncos a 3-0 lead.
? Ohio University kicker Barrett Way missed a 43 yard field mid-way through the quarter, making it the third missed field goal by a Bronco opponent in two games.
? After his second reception of the game, WMU tight end Branden Ledbetter passed former Bronco and current NFL tight end, Tony Scheffler, for career receiving yards by a tight end.  Ledbetter is now in third place at WMU behind current tight ends coach Jake Moreland and Kelly Spielmaker.
? Zach Davidson's sack in the end zone is the Broncos' second safety this season, with the first coming when Josh Price recorded one against Idaho.
? Dating back to last week's game against Temple, WMU has scored only 12 points in its last five quarters (seven points total against Temple, five points in the first quarter against Ohio)

SECOND QUARTER
? Backup quarterback Robert Arnheim attempted the first pass of his career on a double pass, which landed incomplete.
? Juan Nunez's 35 yard reception is his third reception of 30 yards or more this season.
? Cody Cielenski recorded his first sack of the season, and the fourth of his career, giving the Bronco defense four sacks in the first half.
? Ohio University's Andrew Mooney hauled in a four yard touchdown reception for the Bobcats, the 12th of his career.  Mooney is now second all-time at Ohio in receiving touchdowns.
? Brandon West's 18 yard touchdown reception is his second receiving touchdown of the year.  His first came against Northern Illinois two weeks ago at Waldo Stadium.
? WMU completed the first half without a penalty.

THIRD QUARTER
? Ben Armer's 54 yard punt is the longest of his career
? Potter kicks a career long 39 yard field goal to put the Broncos up 14-7.  This is the first time Potter has made two field goals in a game, with both of them being career longs at the time.
? Price forced his second fumble of the season on a kickoff, and E.J. Biggers fell on the ball for his first fumble recovery of the season.
? Jamarko Simmons' 16 yard touchdown reception is the 15th of his career, moving him into a tie for 7th place all-time at WMU.
? Cilenski's second sack of the game gives WMU's defense five on the day, tying a season high.  It is the first time Cielenski has recorded a multi-sack game (at Idaho).
? Braska's six tackles is a career high.

FOURTH QUARTER
? Tim Hiller's 39 yard rush is the longest of his career, and that rush alone makes today's game Hiller's best rushing game of his career.
? West's 45 yard touchdown reception is his second of the game.  This is the first game in his career he's had multiple receiving touchdowns.
? The completion to West puts Hiller over the 300 yard mark for the eighth time in his career, and is his 17 multi-touchdown performance of his career.  It was Hiller's 58th career touchdown pass.
? Biggers' PAT block is the first of his career and the first for WMU since Nov. 5, 2005 against Eastern Michigan (Nick Varcadipane).
? West's three kick off returns today ties him with Elan Banks for second in all-time kickoff returns at WMU
? Matt Stevens hauled in a career long 32 yard reception that he took into the end zone for his first touchdown of the season.
? West's 26 yard touchdown rush put him over the 100 yard mark for the third time this season, and the eighth time in his career.  His three total touchdowns is a career high (one rushing, two receiving).
? Mario Armstrong recorded a career high eight tackles.
? Second time this season WMU's offense has put up over 500 yard of total offense (505 yards).  The Broncos tallied 633 yards of offense against FCS opponent Tennessee Tech.
? WMU has scored 41 points in each of its last two home games (Ohio and Tennessee Tech).
? The 21-point margin is WMU's biggest win over Ohio since 1991, when the Broncos defeated the Bobcats, 35-9, at Waldo Stadium.
? Today's victory is the 500th win in WMU program history, and the Broncos have matched their 2007 overall and MAC win totals (five overall wins, three MAC wins).