Even though Eastern Michigan lost against Toledo last week, they still came into their contest against Akron with a slim chance of playing in the MAC Championship. To accomplish the feat, they woudl have to win out and Toledo would have to lose out— to keep it simple.
Eastern Michigan took care of the first step of that journey by defeating Akron by a score of 34-28 on Tuesday night after a brief fourth-quarter scare.
Eastern Michigan started off the scoring with a Jesus Gomez field goal to make the score 3-0. The Zips were able to take the early lead after D.