DATE | Nov. 10, 2026
TIME | 7:00 PM ET
LOCATION | Akron, Ohio
VENUE | InfoCision Stadium
TV | CBS Sports Network
RADIO | Bronco Media Network
LIVE STATS | GoZips.com

THIS WEEK
Western Michigan opens mid-week #MACtion on Tuesday night, heading on the road to take on Akron at 7 p.m. The game can be watched live on CBS Sports Network and heard live on the Bronco Media Network.

THE SERIES
- Western Michigan leads the all-time series 17-5.
- The teams have not met since 2024 and the Broncos have won each of the last three games.
- The last game at Akron was Nov. 4, 2020, a 58-13 Bronco win.
- WMU has not lost to Akron since Oct. 15, 2017.

SCOUTING THE ZIPS
Akron is still searching for its first conference win, going 0-5 in MAC play so far and 1-8 overall.

Akron boasts both the second-best passing offense in the conference and one of the top running backs in Jordan Gant. Gant has rushed for 100+ yards in four of the Zips' five MAC games this season. He's posted 730 yards total, with 7 touchdowns and averaging 5.1 yards per carry. Gant is also second in the conference in all-purpose yards per game, averaging 100.0. Freshman Cibastian Broughton recently started at quarterback in Akron's loss to Ohio. He's played in four games and is 75-for-100 passing with 612 yards, 4 touchdowns and 1 interception. UA's top receivers are Marcel Williams and Kyan Mason. Williams leads the team with 37 catches for 417 yards and has 3 touchdowns. Williams has caught at least two passes in every game this season. Mason has 31 catches for 405 yards but has yet to find the endzone.

Linebacker Donelius Johnson leads the team with 80 tackles and has 4.5 tackles for loss, while defensive lineman Cyrus Durham leads the team with 3.5 sacks and 5.0 tackles for loss to highlight the defense.

LAST TIME OUT
- The Broncos had a season-high three interceptions in the win over Bowling Green. Amarian Louis and Justyce Betts each recorded their first career interceptions, while Daeh McChullough picked off his second pass of the season.
- Junior running back Cole Cabana had a career-high 110 yards on 7 carries and had 110 yards rushing.
- The Broncos had a season-high 9 tackles for loss against BGSU.

SACK ATTACK
Western Michigan recorded 4 sacks in the win over the Falcons. Since MAC play began, the Bronco defense has recorded at least 3 sacks in all five conference games. WMU had 5 against Buffalo and Kent State, 3 against Central Michigan and Toledo and now 4 in the win over Bowling Green. The 20 sacks leads the MAC. Austin Alexander leads the team with 5.0 in MAC play, with Scoop Gardner Junior at 4.0, DeJuan Echols Jr. with 3.5, and Dillon Moore with 3.0. K.J. Burley has 1.5, while Ahmed Tounkara, Gian Carter and Dakari Frazier each have 1.0.

KICKER TACKLE PART DEUX
In the win against BGSU, the Broncos recorded their second kicker tackle of the season. Freshman kicker Zak Zeman made his first collegiate tackle on his kickoff after WMU's second touchdown of the game, midway through the second quarter. Kicker/Punter tackles are important and will always be celebrated.

BRADEN STEELY APPRECIATION GAME NOTE
Western Michigan safety and special teams ace, Braden Steely, had a career-high five tackles in the win over Bowling Green. All five came on special teams. The Broncos had six total kickoffs and Steely recorded tackles on all five that were returned, the sixth went out of bounds. He finished the game with the fourth-most tackles for WMU.

Steely's single-game career high eclipsed the four tackles he recorded in all of the 2025 season.

SIXTH
Senior running back Jalen Buckley has now moved up to sixth all-time in career rushing yards at Western Michigan with 3,427. Buckley had 77 against the Falcons, surpassing both Jamauri Bogan (3,324/2015-18) and WMU Hall of Famer Sean Faulkner (3,341/1980-83).

Buckley also ranks fourth all-time in rushing touchdowns with 36 and needs three more to tie Jerome Persell (1976-78).

44.4%
That is the field goal percentage for Western Michigan's opponents this season. Opposing kickers are just 4-for-9 after BGSU's Travis Kenner
went 1-for-2 in WMU's previous game.

Contrast to that, Western Michigan's Dieter Kelly was 3-for-3 against the Falcons and is now 11-for-12 on the season, 91.6 percent.
That is the field goal percentage for Western Michigan's opponents this season. Opposing kickers are just 4-for-9 after BGSU's Travis Kenner
went 1-for-2 in WMU's previous game.

Contrast to that, Western Michigan's Dieter Kelly was 3-for-3 against the Falcons and is now 11-for-12 on the season, 91.6 percent.