Football Defeated on the Road by Buffalo

Saturday, November 19

12 pm

University of Akron

Buffalo

November 19 | Football

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BUFFALO, N.Y. – Branden Oliver rushed for 235 yards and two touchdowns to help Buffalo to a 51-10 win over Akron in Mid-American Conference football action on a windy Saturday afternoon at UB Stadium.

Akron (1-10, 0-7 MAC) got on the scoreboard thanks to a 36-yard field goal by A.J. Fox with 5:52 remaining in the first quarter and then back-up quarterback Patrick Nicely connected with Marquelo Suel on a 64-yard touchdown pass with 12:05 remaining in the contest. That was the Zips' longest pass play of the season.

Fox's field goal made the score 14-3 in favor of Buffalo (3-8, 2-5 MAC) and two series later Nico Caponi recovered a fumbled punt return on the UB 22 yardline. Starting quarterback Clayton Moore led the offense to the 10, but his pass on third down and eight was intercepted by Najja Johnson and the Bulls went on to score 30 unanswered points.

Moore finished 11-for-23 passing for 76 yards and had the one turnover, while Nicely completed 6-of-12 passes for 95 yards to go with the one TD strike. Moore was sacked three times.

Chazz Anderson led the UB offense by completing 19-of-25 passes for 155 yards and two touchdowns.

Akron wideout Keith Sconiers had a game-high seven catches for 53 yards, while Suel had four grabs for 87 yards. Fred Lee led the Buffalo receiving corps with six catches for 52 yards.

UA's Troy Gilmer led all defenders with a career-high 12 tackles, while Devonte Morgan had a career-best 10 stops for the Zips.

Akron closes out the regular season with a visit to Kalamazoo, Mich., to take on MAC West Division foe Western Michigan on Friday, Nov. 25 at 1 p.m. ET.

Zips Notebook: PK A.J. Fox is 7-for-7 this season in both field-goal kicking and point-after attempts ... OT Jarrod Pughsley saw his first action of the season today against the Bulls. He was sidelined due to injury dating back to training camp in August ... LB Brian Wagner, who entered the game ranked second nationally in tackles (13.8 tpg), had nine today and has 409 in his third season of collegiate action ... With his seven catches today, WR Keith Sconiers has a team-best 45 receptions this year ... Despite the loss, Akron leads the all-time series with Buffalo, 9-4. The programs were facing off for the 13th-straight season and UB has now won four of the last five overall matchups (Akron won 22-14 in 2010).