Redhawks rush for season-high in 38-23 victory
Thomas scampers in for 30-yard TD
Maurice Thomas turns the corner and runs for a 30-yard Miami (OH) touchdown.
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio -- Alonzo Smith ran for 164 of the RedHawks' season-high 289 yards rushing and Miami (Ohio) defeated Bowling Green 38-23 in a Mid-America Conference opener on Saturday.
Smith's 34-yard run put the senior over 2,000 yards rushing for his career and set Miami (1-3, 1-0) up at the Falcons 2-yard line before Gus Ragland ran over from the 1 two plays later for a 17-3 lead. Ragland tossed a 6-yard pass to Andrew Homer with 33 seconds left in the first half to go up 24-3.
The lead grew to 31-3 on Ragland's 26-yard pass to Jack Sorenson in the third quarter before the Falcons (1-3, 0-1) scored their remaining points in the final 5 1/2 minutes of the game.
Ragland was an efficient 10-of-15 passing for 119 yards and two scores.
Bowling Green's Jarret Doege threw 45 times, completing 30, for 237 yards and two scores. Grant Loy added a TD pass on the game's final play.
Game Information
2023 Mid-American Conference Standings
| Team | CONF | OVR |
|---|---|---|
| Miami (OH) | 7-1 | 11-3 |
| Ohio | 6-2 | 10-3 |
| Bowling Green | 5-3 | 7-6 |
| Buffalo | 3-5 | 3-9 |
| Akron | 1-7 | 2-10 |
| Kent State | 0-8 | 1-11 |
| Team | CONF | OVR |
|---|---|---|
| Toledo | 8-0 | 11-3 |
| Northern Illinois | 5-3 | 7-6 |
| Eastern Michigan | 4-4 | 6-7 |
| Western Michigan | 3-5 | 4-8 |
| Ball State | 3-5 | 4-8 |
| Central Michigan | 3-5 | 5-7 |
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