TOLEDO, Ohio – It's back to MACtion for the Toledo Rockets as they host Northern Illinois in another key West Division contest at the Glass Bowl on Saturday (Noon/CBS Sports Network/Homecoming).
A week after winning its league opener at Ball State, the Rockets traveled to UMass on Oct. 2 and smothered the Minutemen, 45-7.
Toledo (3-2, 1-0 MAC) converted three first-half turnovers into touchdowns, scoring on the very next play all three times, to cruise to a 31-0 halftime lead. UMass (0-5) could only manage 47 yards of offense in the first half and did not get a first down until five minutes into the second quarter.