BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) - Anthon Samuel ran for a career-high three touchdowns and Matt Schilz threw for two more, as Bowling Green throttled winless Rhode Island 48-8 on Saturday.
Samuel ran for 127 yards on 17 carries for the Falcons (2-3), including touchdown runs of 7 and 31 yards in the first half. He added a 6-yard scoring run in the third quarter. Schilz was 20-of-27 passing for 281 yards, and threw a 15-yard touchdown to Chris Gallon in the second quarter and a 19-yarder to Herve Coby to seal the scoring in the fourth.
BooBoo Gates opened the scoring with an 80-yard punt return for a score a little more than three minutes into the game and Bowling Green never looked back.
Robbie Delgado scored on a 2-yard run that pulled the Rams (0-4) within 20-8 midway through the second quarter, but the Falcons rolled off four unanswered touchdowns from then on.
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| Scoring Summary |
| BGREEN | Jerry (Booboo) Gates 80 yd punt return (missed kick) |
| BGREEN | Anthon Samuel 7 yd run (Stephen Stein kick) |
| BGREEN | Chris Gallon 15 yd pass from Matt Schilz (Stephen Stein kick) |
| RI | Robbie Delgado 2 yd run (Justin Favreau 2pt pass from Robert Bentsen) |
| BGREEN | Anthon Samuel 31 yd run (Stephen Stein kick) |
| BGREEN | Chris Gallon 6 yd pass from Matt Schilz (Tyler Tate kick) |
| BGREEN | Anthon Samuel 6 yd run (Tyler Tate kick) |
| BGREEN | Herve Coby 19 yd pass from Matt Johnson (Stephen Stein kick) |
| Team Stats | ||
| RI | BGREEN | |
| First Downs | 6 | 30 |
| Third Down Efficiency | 4-14 | 4-9 |
| Fourth Down Efficiency | 0-1 | 0-2 |
| Plays-Net Yards | 54-171 | 73-538 |
| Rushes-Yds | 32-96 | 39-206 |
| Passing Yds | 75 | 332 |
| Kick Return Yds | 163 | 25 |
| Punt Return Yds | 18 | 88 |
| Passes | 12-22-0 | 24-34-0 |
| Punts | 9-346 | 3-103 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 2-1 | 1-1 |
| Penalties-Yds | 9-87 | 5-40 |
| Time of Poss. | 29:50 | 30:10 |
| Individual Stats |
| RUSHING |
| RI: Dan Farley 5-30, Robert Bentsen 6-29, Robbie Delgado 9-27, Jordan Sebastian 5-9, Justin Favreau 2-4, Assani Mudimbi 3--1, Brandon Johnson-Farrell 2--2 |
| BGREEN: Anthon Samuel 17-127, Andre Givens 8-38, Jamel Martin 6-31, John Pettigrew 6-15, Matt Johnson 1-5, Matt Schilz 1--10 |
| PASSING |
| RI: Robert Bentsen 8-16-57-0, Dan Farley 4-6-18-0 |
| BGREEN: Matt Schilz 20-27-281-0, Matt Johnson 4-7-51-0 |
| RECEIVING |
| RI: Billy Morgan 5-50, Xavier Ferland 2-14, Robbie Delgado 2-6, Assani Mudimbi 1-4, Jordan Sebastian 1-1, Brandon Johnson-Farrell 1-0 |
| BGREEN: Alex Bayer 5-47, Chris Gallon 4-43, Shaun Joplin 3-71, Jermal Hosley 3-53, Anthon Samuel 3-42, Herve Coby 3-40, Tyler Beck 1-28, Je'Ron Stokes 1-9, Jamel Martin 1--1 |
