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Football's Jase Bauer Earns MAC Player of the Week Honor
9/25/2023 11:00:00 AM | Football
Quarterback Jase Bauer is the MAC West Division Offensive Player of the Week after his five touchdown, 279 total-yard day at South Alabama.
CLEVELAND, Ohio—Central Michigan redshirt sophomore quarterback Jase Bauer earned the Mid-American Conference Football West Division Offensive Player of the Week honor, the league office announced Monday morning. On Saturday, Bauer scored the game-winning touchdown with 13 seconds left and led Central Michigan to a come-from-behind 34-30 victory at South Alabama, giving the program its first non conference road victory since 2017.
Bauer is CMU's second Offensive Player of the Week honoree as Bert Emanuel, Jr. also claimed the honor on September 11 following CMU's victory over New Hampshire.
Bauer scored the game-winning touchdown on a 4-yard run with 13 seconds to play. CMU trailed 30-27 with 2:42 to go and Bauer led CMU on an 11-play, 75-yard TD drive spanning 2:29 as the Chippewas claimed the win.
He finished the day with a career-high five touchdowns responsible for (career-high four rushing TDs, one passing) and scored on touchdowns on runs of 15, 1, 1, and the game-winning score of 4 yards. Through the air, he surpassed career-highs for completions (19), pass attempts (30), passing yards (224) and finished the day with 279 total yards (224 passing and 55 rushing).
His four touchdowns were the most a CMU player rushed for since Lew Nichols III rushed for four vs. Kent State on Nov. 10, 2021 in a 54-30 win. The last time a player rushed for three touchdowns in a game was Bert Emanuel, Jr. vs. Eastern Michigan in the 2022 season finale. With his four rushing scores, Bauer now has five rushing touchdowns on the year and nine for his career. He scored CMU's first touchdown of the day on a 15-yard run at the start of the second quarter. He then scored on a 1-yard run late in the second quarter. He followed that up with another 1-yard TD in the third quarter and then scored the go-ahead game-winner on a 4-yard scamper with 13 seconds to play.
On his passing touchdown, Bauer scrambled, was almost sacked then hit Jesse Prewitt III for a career-long 70-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter. It surpassed his previous career-long completion of 44 yards vs. Bucknell.
Central Michigan (2-2, 0-0 MAC) will open Mid-American Conference play when it hosts Eastern Michigan on Saturday at Kramer/Deromedi Field at Kelly/Shorts Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
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Bauer is CMU's second Offensive Player of the Week honoree as Bert Emanuel, Jr. also claimed the honor on September 11 following CMU's victory over New Hampshire.
Bauer scored the game-winning touchdown on a 4-yard run with 13 seconds to play. CMU trailed 30-27 with 2:42 to go and Bauer led CMU on an 11-play, 75-yard TD drive spanning 2:29 as the Chippewas claimed the win.
He finished the day with a career-high five touchdowns responsible for (career-high four rushing TDs, one passing) and scored on touchdowns on runs of 15, 1, 1, and the game-winning score of 4 yards. Through the air, he surpassed career-highs for completions (19), pass attempts (30), passing yards (224) and finished the day with 279 total yards (224 passing and 55 rushing).
🏈 𝐌𝐀𝐂 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 🏈@JaseBauer - MAC West Offensive Player of the Week
— CMU Football (@CMU_Football) September 25, 2023
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His four touchdowns were the most a CMU player rushed for since Lew Nichols III rushed for four vs. Kent State on Nov. 10, 2021 in a 54-30 win. The last time a player rushed for three touchdowns in a game was Bert Emanuel, Jr. vs. Eastern Michigan in the 2022 season finale. With his four rushing scores, Bauer now has five rushing touchdowns on the year and nine for his career. He scored CMU's first touchdown of the day on a 15-yard run at the start of the second quarter. He then scored on a 1-yard run late in the second quarter. He followed that up with another 1-yard TD in the third quarter and then scored the go-ahead game-winner on a 4-yard scamper with 13 seconds to play.
On his passing touchdown, Bauer scrambled, was almost sacked then hit Jesse Prewitt III for a career-long 70-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter. It surpassed his previous career-long completion of 44 yards vs. Bucknell.
Central Michigan (2-2, 0-0 MAC) will open Mid-American Conference play when it hosts Eastern Michigan on Saturday at Kramer/Deromedi Field at Kelly/Shorts Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
.@JaseBauer led Central Michigan to a come-from-behind 34-30 victory at South Alabama after scoring the game-winning touchdown on a 4-yard run with 13 seconds to play.
— #MACtion (@MACSports) September 25, 2023
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