CMU-Ohio Game Postgame Notes
10/15/2005 12:00:00 AM | Football
Oct. 15, 2005
CMU Postgame Notes - Oct. 15, 2005 vs. Ohio University
• CMU is 3-1 in MAC play for the first time since 1998. The Chippewas' current three-game winning streak is the longest since 2002, when they opened the season 3-0.
• The win was CMU's first on Homecoming since 1998 and the 50th all-time Homecoming triumph.
• CMU scored on its opening possession for the first time in 2005 when Kent Smith hit Justin Harper with a 10-yard scoring pass just 29 seconds into the contest.
• Justin Harper completed his first career pass attempt in the second quarter. He caught a lateral from Kent Smith, then connected with Obed Cetoute for 41 yards.
• Damien Linson's 78-yard punt return for a touchdown in the second quarter was his second score on a punt return in his career. He returned a punt 66 yards for a score in 2004 against Southeast Missouri State. His two punt return scores are the only two for CMU since 1982.
• Daniel Bazuin recorded three sacks on Saturday, giving him eight in 2005. The CMU single-season record is nine sacks. Bazuin also has 17 career sacks, tied with Bubba Hester for fourth all-time at CMU.
• Ohio's Matthew Miller hit his first career field goal, a 26-yarder in the fourth quarter.
• The victory was CMU's first at home this season.
• The 20 points allowed by CMU in the last two games is the fewest combined points given up by the Chippewas in back-to-back games since 1992 when CMU allowed 16 total points against Miami and Kent State (35-0 win vs. KSU; 16-13 loss vs. Miami).
• CMU 3-0 against teams from the state of Ohio this season (Miami, Akron, Ohio).
• Kent Smith ran for one TD and threw for two marking his ninth career game with both a rushing and a passing TD.