BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) - Booboo Gates scored on a 37-yard interception return and Matt Schilz threw two touchdown passes as Bowling Green defeated Miami (Ohio) 37-12 Saturday.
The victory ended a streak of seven losses at home for the Falcons (4-3, 2-1 Mid-American Conference) against the RedHawks (3-4, 2-1).
Miami, which trailed 17-6 at halftime, made it 17-12 early in the third quarter. Zac Dysert's 64-yard completion to Nick Harwell set up a 2-yard scoring pass to Andy Cruse, but a 2-point converstion try failed.
After Schilz's 13-yard touchdown pass to Chris Gallon made it 24-12, Gates intercepted Dysert on Miami's next play for a 31-12 lead after three quarters.
Bowling Green's Anthon Samuels carried 22 times for 171 yards and caught a 7-yard scoring pass. Schilz completed 20 of 27 for 235 yards.
Dysert, who was averaging 286 passing yards per game, was held to 198 on 17-of-31 passing with two interceptions.
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| Scoring Summary |
| MIAOH | Kaleb Patterson 36 yd FG |
| BGREEN | John Pettigrew 2 yd run (Stephen Stein kick) |
| BGREEN | Anthon Samuel 7 yd pass from Matt Schilz (Stephen Stein kick) |
| BGREEN | Stephen Stein 26 yd FG |
| MIAOH | Kaleb Patterson 44 yd FG |
| MIAOH | Andy Cruse 2 yd pass from Zac Dysert (failed 2pt rush) |
| BGREEN | Chris Gallon 13 yd pass from Matt Schilz (Stephen Stein kick) |
| BGREEN | Jerry (Booboo) Gates 37 yd interception return (Stephen Stein kick) |
| BGREEN | John Pettigrew 29 yd run (failed 2pt pass) |
| Team Stats | ||
| MIAOH | BGREEN | |
| First Downs | 14 | 27 |
| Third Down Efficiency | 4-14 | 9-14 |
| Fourth Down Efficiency | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| Plays-Net Yards | 59-256 | 71-486 |
| Rushes-Yds | 20-3 | 44-251 |
| Passing Yds | 253 | 235 |
| Kick Return Yds | 92 | 53 |
| Punt Return Yds | 0 | 19 |
| Passes | 21-39-2 | 20-27-1 |
| Punts | 5-182 | 3-125 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Penalties-Yds | 5-35 | 9-85 |
| Time of Poss. | 22:49 | 37:11 |
| Individual Stats |
| RUSHING |
| MIAOH: Robert Williams 5-25, Spencer Treadwell 5-7, Erik Finklea 2-2, Austin Boucher 2--5, Luke Swift 1--5, Zac Dysert 5--21 |
| BGREEN: Anthon Samuel 22-171, John Pettigrew 10-53, Jamel Martin 7-27, Andre Givens 3-11, Team 1--2, Matt Schilz 1--9 |
| PASSING |
| MIAOH: Zac Dysert 17-31-198-2, Austin Boucher 4-8-55-0 |
| BGREEN: Matt Schilz 20-27-235-1 |
| RECEIVING |
| MIAOH: Nick Harwell 7-117, Andy Cruse 7-54, Luke Swift 2-29, Steve Marck 2-20, Alvonta Jenkins 1-14, Erik Finklea 1-14, Robert Williams 1-5 |
| BGREEN: Ryan Burbrink 5-49, Shaun Joplin 3-42, Chris Gallon 3-25, Anthon Samuel 3-25, Alex Bayer 2-31, Tyler Beck 2-23, Je'Ron Stokes 1-25, John Pettigrew 1-15 |
| Standings | |||
| Team | Standings | Conference | Overall |
| Miami (Ohio) | 4th Mid American East | 3-5 | 4-8 |
| Bowling Green | 2nd Mid American East | 6-2 | 8-5 |
