Central Michigan University Athletics
2010 GMAC Bowl Notes
1/7/2010 12:00:00 AM | Football
Central Michigan Postgame Notes
GMAC Bowl -- Jan. 6, 2010
No. 25 Central Michigan played its first football game as a member of the top-25.
CMU is now 2-4 all-time in Division I bowl games and improved to 7-2 in games away from Kelly/Shorts Stadium in the 2009 season.
CMU is now 3-3 all-time against the current members of the Sun Belt Conference, including a 2-1 mark against the SBC in bowl games.
Bryan Anderson's 15-yard catch on CMU's opening possession extended his NCAA record of consecutive games with a reception to 54. Anderson finished his career with a catch in every game he played in a CMU uniform.
Antonio Brown extended to 41 his streak of consecutive games played with a reception.
With the win, CMU is now one of just seven teams to win at least 12 games this season. It's the second time in program history the Chippewas have won at least 11 games in a season. The 1974 Division II championship team finished 12-1.
The victory over Troy also gives the current senior class 38 wins, tying the group for the most by a CMU group of seniors with the graduating class of 1980.
CMU's 38 victories over the past four seasons are the most of any MAC program during that time.
CMU's win over Troy snapped a three-game losing streak for the Mid-American Conference in the GMAC Bowl. The MAC is now 6-3 all-time in the GMAC Bowl.
Andrew Aguila's three first-half field goals matched his career high for a game. He finished with a school-record five field goals in six attempts.
CMU trailed 10-9 at halftime, failing to score a touchdown in a half for just the fourth time all season. The Chippewas were held out of the end zone during the first half of the season opener at Arizona, the first half against Boston College, the second half of the MAC Championship Game against Ohio and today's first half. The Chippewas entered today having outscored opponents 270-111 in the first half (+159).
Troy's touchdown on its second possession marked the first time the Chippewas trailed in a game since Toledo held a 14-7 second-quarter lead at Kelly/Shorts Stadium on Nov. 11.
The 2010 GMAC Bowl is the 10th game in CMU history to go to overtime and the first bowl game to do so. All nine previous occurrences came against Mid-American Conference opponents. The Chippewas are now 6-4 all-time in overtime games and have won their last three. The GMAC Bowl marked just the second time CMU has played multiple overtimes in a game.
Dan LeFevour finished his collegiate career with 150 total touchdowns. He finishes with 102 passing, 47 rushing and one receiving.
With his touchdown pass to Bryan Anderson in the fourth quarter, Dan LeFevour set CMU's single-season record for touchdown passes with 28.
Dan LeFevour finishes his CMU career with 48 touchdowns scored, second-most in school history behind only Jim Podoley's 51 (1953-56). He accounted for at least one touchdown in 51 of his 53 career games played. He threw for at least one score in 45 of his 53 career games. He also threw and ran for a score in the same game 21 times.
Frank Zombo had a career-high three sacks against Troy to finish his career with 25.5, second-most in school history behind only Dan Bazuin's 35.5 (2003-06).
With his 13 receptions, Antonio Brown becomes the first player in CMU history to cross the 300-catch mark in his career. He also finished the 2009 season with 110 receptions, breaking his own single-season record of 102 set in 2007. Brown is the only player in school history to catch at least 100 passes in a season and the only player in school history to have multiple 1,000-yard receiving seasons. He finished the 2009 season with 1,198 receiving yards.
Antonio Brown finished with a career-high 178 yards receiving on 13 catches against Troy, besting his 174-yard effort on a career-high 15 catches in 2007.
Antonio Brown's rushing touchdown in the third quarter was his third of the season and fourth of his career.
With Bryan Anderson's fourth-quarter touchdown reception, Anderson and Antonio Brown have combined to catch 50 touchdowns in their career, the most by any active tandem of FBS receivers.
The 95-yard kick return for a touchdown by Antonio Brown in the fourth quarter was the second kickoff return for a touchdown in his career and the fifth special teams touchdown in his three seasons at CMU. The 95-yard return is the longest for a touchdown in Brown's career. It was CMU's first kickoff return for a touchdown since Brown's 90-yard return for a score against Northern Illinois on Sept. 29, 2007. The 95-yard return is the longest play in CMU's bowl history.
CMU's 27 first downs against Troy set a new school record for first downs in a bowl game by the Chippewas.
Dan LeFevour threw for 395 yards and ran for 12, compiling 407 yards of total offense and moved into second-place in NCAA history in total offense with 15,853 yards behind only Timmy Chang of Hawai'i (16,910 yards). The 395 passing yards moved him into ninth on the NCAA's all-time passing yards list with 12,905
The 407 yards of total offense by Dan LeFevour marked the 10th time in his career with at least 400 yards of total offense. It also broke CMU's record for total offensive yards by an individual in a bowl game, set by LeFevour with 406 in the 2007 Motor City Bowl.
Dan LeFevour broke CMU's bowl records for pass attempts (55), completions (33) and passing yards (395) against the Trojans.
Antonio Brown's 203 kickoff return yards set a new CMU bowl game record, breaking John Hood's mark of 121 in the 1990 Raisin Bowl. His 178 receiving yards also set a new school mark for bowl games, surpassing Ken Ealy's 161 in the 1990 Raisin Bowl, and his 13 receptions bested his own record of 11 in the 2008 Motor City Bowl.
Nick Bellore's 14 total tackles tied the mark for most tackles by a Chippewa in a bowl game with Rich Curtiss' 14 in the 1990 Raisin Bowl and Bobby Seay's 14 in the 2008 Motor City Bowl.
Vince Agnew blocked a field goal in overtime, his second of the season. He also blocked a field goal against Akron on Sept. 26.
The successful two-point conversion on a throw from Dan LeFevour to Kito Poblah in the fourth quarter was CMU's first successful two-point try since the 2008 Motor City Bowl against the Sun Belt Conference's Florida Atlantic.
Antonio Brown caught 61 passes over the season's final six games, grabbing at least eight in each, finishing with at least 10 catches three times, and twice grabbing 13.
Antonio Brown's 305 career receptions are the second-most in MAC history, behind only Marshall's Josh Davis (306 career receptions). Bryan Anderson is third in MAC history with 290 career catches.
Vince Agnew, who came up with a key pass break up in the fourth quarter and the blocked field goal in overtime, wore no. 37 in the second half because his typical jersey, no. 22, was ripped earlier in the game.
The fourth-quarter comeback engineered by the Chippewas and Dan LeFevour was the eighth time in LeFevour's career that he guided CMU to victory in a game that the Chippewas trailed or were tied in the fourth quarter. He finishes his CMU career 36-15 as a starter.
Dan LeFevour threw a school-record 28 touchdown passes in 2009.
Dan LeFevour's 15 rushing touchdowns in 2009 are the fifth-most in a season in CMU history. He is the Chippewas' all-time leader with 47 rushing touchdowns.
Dan LeFevour finished 2009 with 4,147 yards of total offense, the second-highest total in school history and his second career 4,000-yard season.
CMU scored 40 or more points for the sixth time in 2009.
