DATE | Oct. 17, 2026
TIME | 12:00 PM ET
LOCATION | Toledo, Ohio
VENUE | The Glass Bowl
TV | CBS Sports Network
RADIO | Bronco Media Network
LIVE STATS | WMU.Statbroadcast.com

THIS WEEK
Western Michigan heads to Toledo to take on the Rockets on Saturday at 12 p.m. on CBS Sports Network. The game can be also heard live on the Bronco Media Network. 

THE SERIES
Saturday is the 80th meeting between Western Michigan and Toledo. The Rockets hold a 46-33 lead in the all-time series. The home team has won each of the last five match ups. WMU head coach Lance Taylor is 1-1 against Toledo. 

SCOUTING THE ROCKETS
Toledo is 5-2 overall and 2-1 entering Saturday's game in Mike Jacobs' first year at the helm. UT is coming off a 34-14 in at Eastern Michigan and also have a win over Ball State, while falling at home to Buffalo 23-8. 

The Rockets are at or near the top of every offensive category in the MAC. UT leads in scoring offense at 36.3 points per game, total offense (and 20th in the nation) at 458.4 yards per game and passing offense at 273.4 yards per game. Quarterback John Alan Richter leads the MAC in: passing efficiency (157.7), passing touchdowns (14), passing yards (1,853) and passing yards per completion (12.87). His total passing yards ranks him ninth in the nation and yards per game puts him at 16th. 

On defense, the Rockets allow 23.6 points per game and 322.0 yards per game. Mercer transfer Ander Zock, the reigning FCS Defensive Player of the Year, is sixth in the nation, averaging 1.0 sacks per game and 18th in the nation at 1.43 tackles for loss per game. The defensive end is also third in the nation in fumbles recovered this season with 2.  
 
Toledo has had issues with penalties this season, ranking 12th of 13 in the MAC  at 8.86 per game. 

NOTES ON LAST WEEK
- Western Michigan secured the Victory Cannon Trophy for the 12th time since its inception in 2008. 
- WMU has now held opponents to 20 or fewer points nine times since the start of the 2025 season (including the 2025 MAC Championship game).
- Broc Lowry's eight passing attempts were a career low as a starter, his previous was nine in a 35-19 win at Northern Illinois. 
- Last week was the second-straight game that a WMU tight end has caught his first touchdown as a Bronco. In the win over Kent State, Adam Parks caught his first two touchdowns as a Bronco, along with being the first two of his career. At Central Michigan it was Nate Levicki finding the endzone. 

IT'S STILL BROCTOBER
Since earning the starting job, the month of BROCtober has been a special one for redshirt junior quarterback Broc Lowry. The Broncos are 5-1 with Lowry as the starter in BROCtober. His combined stats for the month: 99-for-138 passing, 71.4 completion percentage, 1,093 yards passing, 8 touchdown passes, 0 interceptions, 78 carries, 418 yards rushing, 4 rushing touchdowns. 

Last season, Lowry quarterbacked the Broncos to wins over UMASS, Ball State and Central Michigan during the month. This season, WMU has wins over Buffalo, Kent State and Central Michigan. The lone loss came last season at Miami (Ohio).  

BRINGING BACK THE HAVOC
Through the first four games of the season the Western Michigan defense was low on havoc, having created just 3 sacks and 10 tackles for loss. 

The Broncos have kicked up the havoc plays since the start of MAC play. In three MAC games the WMU defense has produced 11 sacks, 17 tackles for loss and 16 quarterback hurries. Dillon Moore and Scoop Gardner Jr. combined for 6.5 of the 11 sacks. 

CLIMBING THE HISTORY BOOKS
Redshirt senior running back Jalen Buckley is inching closer up the all-time career rushing ladder at Western Michigan. After his 150-yard rushing performance in the win at Central Michigan he now has 3,258 career rushing yards, the eighth-most in program history. Sitting just above him are Jamauri Bogan (2015-18) with 3,327 and Shawn Falkner (1980-83) at 3,341. 

His two touchdowns against the Chippewas have bumped him up to a tie for fourth on the career rushing touchdowns list with 35. Buckley shares the spot with former MAC Offensive Player of the Year LeVante Bellamy (2016-19). Buckley is also now tied for seventh in career 100-yard rushing performances with 12.