Football: Chippewas Complete Perfect MAC Season
December 04, 2009
CMU is the conference champs, winning at Ford Field.
By Kevin Pool
kpool@themacdaily.com
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DETROIT — Central Michigan University quarterback Dan LeFevour had a record setting day to lead the Chippewa’s to a 20-10 victory over Ohio University for the Mid-American Conference Championship.
This was the third time in the last four years that CMU (11-2, 9-0 MAC) has walked away with the MAC Championship and the second time it’s defeated Ohio (9-4, 7-2) for the honor.
“It was a hard fought game. I’m very proud of our football team,” CMU coach Butch Jones said. “We found a way to win. It wasn’t pretty, but we found a way.”
The Chippewas are building a MAC dynasty.
LeFevour threw for 255 yards and two touchdowns and also ran for 51 yards. His first touchdown set the I-A record for most career touchdowns, with 147, breaking the record set by Hawaii’s Colt Brennan and Texas Tech’s Graham Harrell.
LeFevour’s second touchdown set the MAC record for passing touchdowns with 101, breaking former Marshall quarterback Chad Pennington’s record. LeFevour was named Co-MVP of the game sharing the honor with Ohio linebacker Noah Keller, who had a MAC Championship record 16 tackles.
“Their receivers did a great job of yards after the catch,” Keller said. “We’re just looking forward to our bowl game.”
CMU started the game off 10-0 when LeFevour connected with Cody Wilson and Andrew Aguila made a 25-yard field goal.
The Bobcats responded with a reverse pass from receiver Taylor Price to Terrence McCrae for a 29-yard touchdown. McCrae finished the game with seven receptions for 141 yards.
With 17 seconds left in the half LeFevour hooked up with Bryan Anderson, who extended his record of consecutive games with a reception to 53.
The second half would be a stalemate as both teams traded field goals in the third quarter for a 20-10 score and that would be the final. The Bobcats tried to march down the field on their last drive, but Larry Knight stopped Theo Scott from picking up the first down and then some, with an ankle tackle to end the game.
“We’re not too far off. We’re making progress and we’re going to get to where we want to get,” Ohio coach Frank Solich said.
Both teams will now wait to see where and who they’ll play in their bowl games.
Ohio has not won the MAC since 1968.
kpool@themacdaily.com
20, 10DETROIT — Central Michigan University quarterback Dan LeFevour had a record setting day to lead the Chippewa’s to a 20-10 victory over Ohio University for the Mid-American Conference Championship.
This was the third time in the last four years that CMU (11-2, 9-0 MAC) has walked away with the MAC Championship and the second time it’s defeated Ohio (9-4, 7-2) for the honor.
“It was a hard fought game. I’m very proud of our football team,” CMU coach Butch Jones said. “We found a way to win. It wasn’t pretty, but we found a way.”
The Chippewas are building a MAC dynasty.
LeFevour threw for 255 yards and two touchdowns and also ran for 51 yards. His first touchdown set the I-A record for most career touchdowns, with 147, breaking the record set by Hawaii’s Colt Brennan and Texas Tech’s Graham Harrell.
LeFevour’s second touchdown set the MAC record for passing touchdowns with 101, breaking former Marshall quarterback Chad Pennington’s record. LeFevour was named Co-MVP of the game sharing the honor with Ohio linebacker Noah Keller, who had a MAC Championship record 16 tackles.
“Their receivers did a great job of yards after the catch,” Keller said. “We’re just looking forward to our bowl game.”
CMU started the game off 10-0 when LeFevour connected with Cody Wilson and Andrew Aguila made a 25-yard field goal.
The Bobcats responded with a reverse pass from receiver Taylor Price to Terrence McCrae for a 29-yard touchdown. McCrae finished the game with seven receptions for 141 yards.
With 17 seconds left in the half LeFevour hooked up with Bryan Anderson, who extended his record of consecutive games with a reception to 53.
The second half would be a stalemate as both teams traded field goals in the third quarter for a 20-10 score and that would be the final. The Bobcats tried to march down the field on their last drive, but Larry Knight stopped Theo Scott from picking up the first down and then some, with an ankle tackle to end the game.
“We’re not too far off. We’re making progress and we’re going to get to where we want to get,” Ohio coach Frank Solich said.
Both teams will now wait to see where and who they’ll play in their bowl games.
Ohio has not won the MAC since 1968.