PREGAME

• Weather: 37 degrees. Wind: 1 mph West
• WMU Captain: Mike Caliendo
• Toledo won the toss, deferred. WMU will receive

 
First Quarter

• Redshirt sophomore Kaleb Eleby with 1-yard rushing touchdown. Eleby’s fourth career rushing touchdown and first since Famous Idaho Potato Bowl vs. BYU (12/21/2018)
• Senior Jaxson Kincaide with 21-yard touchdown, his second rushing touchdown of the season.
• Kincaide’s 21-yard rushing TD, his longest of the season
• End of First Quarter: WMU 14, Toledo 14

 
Second Quarter

• Broncos stop Toledo on 4^th Down in Bronco territory. The Broncos second forced turnover on downs this season.
• Senior defensive end Ali Fayad notched his second sack of the season and first forced fumble of the season.
• Fayad now has nine forced fumbles for his career
• Halftime: WMU 14, Toledo 24

 
Third Quarter

• Junior Nick Mihalic with his fourth punt of the night and first over 50 yards. His second punt inside the 20-yard line.
• Eleby connects with senior D’Wayne Eskridge for a 47-yard touchdown pass
• It’s Eskridge’s third receiving touchdown of the season and second over 40 yards
• End of Third Quarter: WMU 21, Toledo 31

 
Fourth Quarter

• WMU blocked field goal by redshirt freshman Braden Fiske
• It’s the first blocked field goal for WMU since David Curle at Ball State (Nov. 1, 2016)
• Sophomore running back Sean Tyler goes over 100 yards rushing, the second time in his career he’s eclipsed 100 yards rushing
• Sophomore Skyy Moore with a 16-yard receiving touchdown, the first receiving touchdown of the year for Moore
• Eleby’s second passing touchdown against the Rockets
• Eskridge goes over 100 yards for the second straight game
• Eleby with second rushing touchdown of the night and fifth of his career.
• Broncos recover the onside kick, the first onside kick recovered this season
• Kaleb Eleby throws his third touchdown of the night, tying his career-high to Jaylen Hall
• Interception by Harrison Taylor, the first of the season for Taylor.
• Final: WMU 41, Toledo 38

 

Post-game Notes

• Sean Tyler is the 26^th running back under head coach Tim Lester to rush for over 100 yards
• Kaleb Eleby threw for over 200 yards for the fourth time in his career
• It’s the first game in his career Eleby has rushed for two touchdowns
• Eskridge goes for over 100 yards receiving for the fifth time in his career
• Eskridge is the 14^th receiver under head coach Time Lester to record a 100-yard receiving game
• Western Michigan now has an overall record of 2-0
• It was WMU head coach Tim Lester’s first victory as a head coach over Toledo
• WMU heads to Mount Pleasant to take on in-state rival Central Michigan on Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 7:00 p.m. on ESPN2