Box Score KALAMAZOO, Mich.- Western Michigan football rattled off its third-straight victory for the first time since 2010, dominating MAC East opponent Ohio, 42-21, Saturday during WMU's 91st annual Homecoming.

Western Michigan continued to put up eye-popping numbers as the Broncos improved to 5-3 on the season and 3-1 in the Mid-American Conference. After allowing Ohio to score the game-opening touchdown, WMU hit the throttle and scored 28 unanswered points, including 21 in the second quarter, to build a 28-7 halftime lead.

In just the eighth game of the season, and with at least four games remaining, freshman running back Jarvion Franklin tied the WMU single-season mark for rushing touchdowns. Franklin carried the ball into the end zone three times to give him 19 TDs on the year, tying Sam Dunlap (1916) and Jerome Persell (1976) for the school record.

Franklin finished with 156 yards on 35 carries, pushing him over 1,000 yards rushing for the season. He becomes just the second Bronco freshman to hit the 1,000-yard milestone in program history, joining Robert Sanford.

The Bronco offense not only hit the Bobcats on the ground, but also through the air. Redshirt sophomore quarterback Zach Terrell totaled 344 yards passing by completing 22 of 28 pass attempts. He threw for two touchdowns, both of which were to sophomore wide out Corey Davis.

Davis ended his afternoon with a career-high 212 yards and nine receptions, including a long of 72 yards. With 8:23 remaining in the second quarter, Terrell found Davis streaking down the middle of the field for a 72-yard over-the-shoulder catch that put the Broncos up 21-7.

Western Michigan's defense would stand tall at the end of the first half to give the Broncos a 28-7 lead heading into halftime. Punter J. Schroeder boomed a 65-yard punt that was downed at the Ohio six-yard line. Freshman linebacker Robert Spillane came up with a sack on Ohio quarterback Derrius Vick and on third down, defensive end Keion Adams hit Vick as he stepped to throw. The weak pass landed into the arms of Trevor Ishmael for a pick-six, WMU's first defensive score of the year.

Western Michigan was temporarily slowed up in a scoreless third quarter, but the Broncos put two more touchdowns on the board in the fourth. Davis hauled in a 56-yard touchdown pass from Terrell with 8:34 remaining and Franklin punched in a one-yard run with 3:38 left to go.

The Brown & Gold racked up 530 yards of total offense and held Ohio to 372 yards. The Bronco defense registered seven sacks, with Spillane, Ishmael, Grant DePalma and Richard Ash each getting credit for at least one take down in the backfield. Western Michigan's seven sacks against the Bobcats matched the entire team total from 2013, and was one fewer than they had recorded in the previous seven games combined. DePalma led WMU with a career-high 12 tackles.

Senior cornerback Donald Celiscar added his own defensive highlight with a blocked field goal as time expired in the first half, thwarting a potential scoring drive for the Bobcats.

Western Michigan sits in second place in the MAC West and heads to Miami (2-7, 2-3 MAC) next Saturday, Nov. 1 for a 2:30 p.m. kickoff on ESPN3.