Pregame
- This is the 52nd meeting all-time between the two schools, with WMU holding a 32-18-1 advantage.
- If WMU wins today's contest and it's final game at Bowling Green next week, it will finish perfect against the MAC East for the fourth time since the inception of conference divisions (1997). The last time the Broncos accomplished the feat was in 2008.
- WMU is seeking back-to-back wins for the first time since defeating Miami (Sept. 19) and Hofstra (Sept. 26) during the 2008 season. WMU is 14-3 against the MAC East under Bill Cubit.
- WMU will honor its senior class before today's contest. The seniors being honored are WR Jamelle Murray, QB Alex Jagels, WR Drew Burdi, K Caleb Morris, S Vernon Stewart, TE Jim O'Neill, SS Mario Armstrong, SS Jamail Berry, OL Nick Mitchell, OL Nick Clemens, OL Phil Swanson, OL Jonathan Jack and WR Juan Nunez.
WMU Head Coach Bill Cubit is seeking his 39th career win, which would move him into 7th on the all-time school wins list, passing Elliott Uzelac.
WMU WR Juan Nunez carries a 30-game reception streak and WR Jordan White carries a 23-game reception streak into today's action.
Nunez needs 122 receiving yards to become the eighth Bronco in school history with 1,000 yards receiving in a season.
White needs 86 receiving yards to break the WMU single-season record held by Jamarko Simmons with 1,276 during the 2008 season.
WMU K John Potter carries a streak of 62 consecutive PATs made into the game. Potter has converted all 40 of his attempts this season.
WMU has had at least one 100-yard receiver in five consecutive games.
WMU QB Alex Carder is one of five quarterbacks mentioned by the Manning Award as a Player to Watch this week. Carder is coming off his fourth 300-yard passing game of the season, throwing for 372 yards on 17-21 passing in a victory over Eastern Michigan.
Carder needs 80 passing yards to become only the third Bronco in school history to throw for 3,000 yards in a season.
First Quarter
WMU game captain is QB Alex Jagels.
Kent State game captains are LB Cobrani Mixon, QB Spencer Keith, RB Eugene Jarvis and S Brian Lainhart.
First career start for WMU CB Tronic Williams.
Fourth interception of the season for WMU SS Mario Armstrong and sixth of his career. The Broncos have now forced a turnover in thirteen consecutive games.
Nunez extends his reception streak to 31 games.
Second consecutive game with a rushing TD for WMU RB Brian Fields. It is his fourth TD in the last two games.
Potter's PAT is his 63rd consecutive and 41st straight this season.
This is the third time this season WMU has scored in the first three minutes of the game.
WMU CB Lewis Toler with his team-leading ninth pass break-up of the season.
WMU is 4-1 when leading after the first quarter.
Second Quarter
Career-long 74-yard rush by Fields. Longest rush from scrimmage this season for WMU. Previous high was 57 yards by Tevin Drake.
Touchdown pass from WMU QB Alex Carder to White extends White's consecutive reception streak to 24 games. It is his 15th career touchdown reception.
PAT by John Potter is his 64th consecutive make.
Career-long 54-yard rush for Kent State WR Sam Kirkland. Longest run from scrimmage on the season for the Golden Flashes.
Interception number five on the season for Toler, which leads the team.
Fields ties career-high with two receptions.
First interception thrown by Carder since Oct. 30 (Northern Illinois). Carder had gone two straight games without throwing an interception.
17th career interception for Kent State FS Brian Lainhart, two shy of the school-record.
With a 16-yard completion to White, Carder becomes the third quarterback in school history to throw for 3,000 or more yards in a season. He joins Tim Lester, who accomplished the feat twice (1998-99), and Tim Hiller, who reached the mark in three consecutive seasons (2007-09).
Longest field-goal attempt and longest made field goal of the season for Potter.
WMU is 4-1 when leading at the half this season.
Third Quarter
Second consecutive game with 100 or more rushing yards for Fields. It is his second career 100-yard rushing game.
First time Kent State has allowed a 100-yard rusher this season.
Carder passes Tim Hiller for the fifth-highest passing yardage in a season in school history. Hiller threw for 3,021 yards in 2007.
With 11-yard reception, White passes Greg Jennings (2005- 1,259 yards) for the second-highest receiving yards in a season in school history.
WMU RB Tevin Drake with his second touchdown of the season.
Career-high in rushing yards for Fields.
Potter with his 65th consecutive made PAT, and 43rd consecutive this season.
Career-high in receptions for Fields.
Career-high in tackles for WMU S Demtrius Pettway.
Second consecutive game with ten or more tackles for WMU LB Mitch Zajac.
WMU SS Jamail Berry with a career-high in tackles.
Career-long 70-yard rush for Drake. WMU now has two rushes of 70 or more yards today.
WMU is 4-1 when leading after the third quarter.
Fourth Quarter
Career-high in rushing yards for Drake.
First-career game with two touchdowns for Drake, who records his third rushing touchdown of the season.
66th consecutive PAT for Potter.
Season-high rushing yards for WMU.
WMU LB Dex Jones with his first-career forced fumble and fumble recovery on sack of Kent State QB Spencer Keith.
Tyler VanTubbergen in at QB for WMU.
Second-career rushing TD for WMU RB Dareyon Chance.
Potter's 67th consecutive PAT moves him ahead of Robert Menchinger for the second-longest streak in school history.
Drew Burdi in at quarterback for WMU.
Alex Jagels in at QB for WMU.
Last time WMU didn't allow a touchdown was Sept. 27, 2008 at Temple in a 7-3 victory.
Brian Fields (132) and Tevin Drake (102). First time WMU has had two 100-yard rushers in the same game since Mark Bonds (143) and Brandon West (102) against Toledo on Sept. 29, 2007.
