TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Austin Dantin threw five touchdown passes to help Toledo beat Akron 35-23 on Tuesday night in the regular-season finale for both teams.
Dantin was 29 of 35 for 327 yards with an interception for the Rockets (9-3, 6-2 Mid-American). David Pasquale caught seven passes for 110 yards and a touchdown and ran for 93 yards on 15 carries, and Alonzo Russell had nine receptions for 139 yards and two touchdowns.
Dantin threw three TD passes in the second quarter - connecting with Russell on 23- and 39-yard strikes and Pasquale on a 55-yarder - to give the Rockets a 21-17 lead. In the fourth quarter, Dantin added a 2-yard scoring pass to Alex Zmolik and a 3-yarder to Justin Olack to make it 35-17.
After Toledo pulled ahead at 14-10, Akron (1-11, 0-8) briefly regained the lead on Kyle Pohl's 30-yard TD pass to Keith Sconiers. Akron opened the scoring on Robert Stein's 31-yard field goal and made it 10-0 late in the first quarter on Jawon Chisholm's 4-yard scoring run.
Pohl also threw a 3-yard TD pass to Jerrod Dillard with 3:30 left in the game.
Pohl was 28 of 42 for 213 yards with an interception.
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| Scoring Summary |
| AKRON | Robert Stein 31 yd FG |
| AKRON | Jawon Chisholm 4 yd run (Robert Stein kick) |
| TOLEDO | Alonzo Russell 23 yd pass from Austin Dantin (Jeremiah Detmer kick) |
| TOLEDO | David Pasquale 55 yd pass from Austin Dantin (Jeremiah Detmer kick) |
| AKRON | Keith Sconiers 30 yd pass from Kyle Pohl (Robert Stein kick) |
| TOLEDO | Alonzo Russell 39 yd pass from Austin Dantin (Jeremiah Detmer kick) |
| TOLEDO | Alex Zmolik 2 yd pass from Austin Dantin (Jeremiah Detmer kick) |
| TOLEDO | Justin Olack 3 yd pass from Austin Dantin (Jeremiah Detmer kick) |
| AKRON | Jerrod Dillard 3 yd pass from Kyle Pohl (failed 2pt pass) |
| Team Stats | ||
| AKRON | TOLEDO | |
| First Downs | 23 | 24 |
| Third Down Efficiency | 8-18 | 3-9 |
| Fourth Down Efficiency | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| Plays-Net Yards | 76-332 | 69-459 |
| Rushes-Yds | 30-67 | 34-132 |
| Passing Yds | 265 | 327 |
| Kick Return Yds | 121 | 72 |
| Punt Return Yds | 12 | 8 |
| Passes | 30-46-1 | 29-35-1 |
| Punts | 6-220 | 4-168 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| Penalties-Yds | 11-63 | 10-115 |
| Time of Poss. | 29:54 | 30:6 |
| Individual Stats |
| RUSHING |
| AKRON: Jawon Chisholm 17-47, Kyle Pohl 9-16, Conor Hundley 1-8, Quentin Hines 1-5, Martel Durant 1-1, Zach Paul 1--10 |
| TOLEDO: David Pasquale 15-93, Austin Dantin 12-32, Bernard Reedy 1-12, Team 2--2, Cassius McDowell 4--3 |
| PASSING |
| AKRON: Kyle Pohl 28-42-213-1, Dalton Williams 2-4-52-0 |
| TOLEDO: Austin Dantin 29-35-327-1 |
| RECEIVING |
| AKRON: Jawon Chisholm 6-31, L.T. Smith 4-79, Jerrod Dillard 4-23, Marquelo Suel 3-30, Tyler Williams 3-20, Quentin Hines 3-15, Keith Sconiers 2-44, Tyrell Goodman 2-8, Dee Frieson 1-16, Conor Hundley 1-5, Imani Davis 1--6 |
| TOLEDO: Alonzo Russell 9-139, David Pasquale 7-110, Justin Olack 4-30, Bernard Reedy 4-19, Cassius McDowell 3-24, Dwight Macon 1-3, Alex Zmolik 1-2 |
| Standings | |||
| Team | Standings | Conference | Overall |
| Akron | 7th Mid American East | 0-8 | 1-11 |
| Toledo | 2nd Mid American West | 6-2 | 9-4 |
