DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – The Western Michigan University football team won the team’s fourth league championship in school history with a 23-13 victory over Miami Ohio Saturday at Ford Field.
”We played complementary football today,” Lance Taylor, the third-year head coach of WMU said. ”The offense was able to run the ball, the defense had some big stops and Palmer (place kicker Palmer Domschke) was big for us.”
Junior running back Jalen Buckley rushed for 175 yards on 13 carries and scored on two long touchdown runs.
WMU’s defense held Miami to 173 yards and had a season high 15 quarterback pressures.
Domschke hit field goals of 27, 31 and 50 yards. Defensive end Nadame Tucker had 2.5 sacks for 19-yards in losses plus four quarterback hits.
Buckley was the offensive player of the game, Tucker took defensive honors and Domschke special team’s top player.
WMU is now 9-4 on the season and should find out Sunday which post-season bowl game they will be playing in.
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