Akron Zips

4-7

Ugh, no.

Akron Zips lost to the Kent State Golden Flashes

4-6 42 – 35

4-7

Final/OT · Tue, Nov 11

Game Details

InfoCision Stadium (Akron) · 8,501 fans · ESPNU

Highlights

Dru DeShields throws 5 TD passes, Kent State beats Akron 42-35 in OT

Dru DeShields threw touchdown passes to five different receivers, which included a 25-yarder to Ardell Banks on the first play of overtime, and Kent State beat Akron 42-35 on Tuesday night.

Recap via ESPN

0:46 Dru Deshields connects for 27-yard TD pass

0:22 Ben Finley throws 12-yard touchdown pass to Marcel Williams

0:06 Matthew Schramm makes 20-yard field goal

0:31 Da'Realyst Clark takes it to the house for a 89-yard TD

Clips play on ESPN

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Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	T
KENT	7	7	14	7	7	42
AKR	3	14	0	18	0	35

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Game Leaders

Kent State Golden Flashes

Dru DeShields · 17/25, 317 YDS, 5 TDPassing Yards
Gavin Garcia · 7 CAR, 39 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Da'Realyst Clark · 1 REC, 89 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Jamond Mathis · 1.5Sacks
Mason Woods · 13Tackles

Akron Zips

Ben Finley · 32/59, 424 YDS, 3 TD, 1 INTPassing Yards
Jordan Gant · 22 CAR, 96 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
MW Marcel Williams · 14 REC, 206 YDS, 2 TDReceiving Yards
Ronald Hull · 1Sacks
Malcolm DeWalt IV · 5Tackles

2026 Mid-American Conference Standings

Team
Eastern Michigan
Toledo
Central Michigan
Ohio
Western Michigan
Bowling Green
Massachusetts
Kent State
Buffalo
Miami (OH)
Akron
Ball State
Sacramento State

Scoring

OT 0:00

TD Ardell Banks 25 Yd pass from Dru DeShields (Will Hryszko Kick)42–35

Q4 1:59

TD Israel Polk 13 Yd pass from Ben Finley (Marcel Williams Pass to Ben Finley for Two-Point Conversion)35–35

Q4 7:12

FG Matthew Schramm 20 Yd Field Goal 35–27

Q4 10:53

TD Marcel Williams 12 Yd pass from Ben Finley (Matthew Schramm Kick)35–24

Q4 14:04

TD Dashawn Martin 27 Yd pass from Dru DeShields (Will Hryszko Kick)35–17

Q3 6:18

TD Terik Mulder 7 Yd pass from Dru DeShields (Will Hryszko Kick)28–17

Q3 8:52

TD Cade Wolford 43 Yd pass from Dru DeShields (Will Hryszko Kick)21–17

Q2 0:10

TD Marcel Williams 30 Yd pass from Ben Finley (Matthew Schramm Kick)14–17

Q2 2:50

TD Da'Realyst Clark 89 Yd pass from Dru DeShields (Will Hryszko Kick)14–10

Q2 7:51

TD Jordan Gant 4 Yd Run (Matthew Schramm Kick)7–10

Q1 3:51

TD Gavin Garcia 3 Yd Run (Will Hryszko Kick)7–3

Q1 8:43

FG Matthew Schramm 29 Yd Field Goal 0–3

Team Stats

Kent State Golden FlashesAkron Zips

Offense

374 Total Yards 530

317 Passing Yards 424

57 Rushing Yards 106

14 First Downs 32

Efficiency

3-9 3rd Down 7-19

0-0 4th Down 2-4

17/25 Completions 32/59

Turnovers & Clock

1 Turnovers 2

7-71 Penalties 3-30

21:20 Possession 38:40

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Dru DeShields	17/25	317	12.7	5	0	74.2
Team	17/25	317	12.7	5	0	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Gavin Garcia	7	39	5.6	1	9
Cade Wolford	3	20	6.7	0	8
Jordan Nubin	4	10	2.5	0	4
Team	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
Da'Realyst Clark	1	-3	-3.0	0	0
Dru DeShields	6	-7	-1.2	0	4
Team	22	57	2.6	1	9

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Da'Realyst Clark	1	89	89.0	1	89
Da'Shawn Martin	4	71	17.8	1	27
Terik Mulder	4	46	11.5	1	23
Cade Wolford	1	43	43.0	1	43
Ardell Banks	2	28	14.0	1	25
Wayne Harris	3	25	8.3	0	18
Jordan Nubin	2	15	7.5	0	13
Team	17	317	18.6	5	89

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Dru DeShields	2	1	0
Team	1	0	0
Da'Shawn Martin	1	0	0
Gus Goodell	0	0	1
Team	4	1	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD
Joel Cordoba	13	9	0	0	0
CJ Young	13	5	1	1.5	0
Mason Woods	13	3	1	2	0
Jaire Rawlison	9	6	0	0	1
Canaan Williams	5	0	0.5	0.5	1
DJ Barnes	4	2	0	0	0
Derrick Jackson III	3	3	0	0	1
Darian Blachewicz	3	1	1	1	0
Mattheus Carroll	3	1	0.5	0.5	0
Amon Williams	3	1	0	1	0
Thomas Aden	3	0	0.5	0.5	0
Trey Rubinstein	3	0	0	0	0
Sayed Abuhamdeh	2	2	0	0	0
Jamond Mathis	2	1	1.5	1.5	0
Tevin Tucker	2	1	0	0	1
Josue Cordoba	2	1	0	0.5	0
Antoine Campbell Jr.	1	1	0	0	0
Jared Kelley	1	1	0	0	0
Semaj Cross	1	0	0	0	0
Brodyn Bishop	1	0	0	0	0
Garrett Long	1	0	0	0	0
Joel Boamah	0	0	0	0	1
Team	88	38	6	9	5

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Terrell Miller	1	37	0
Team	1	37	0

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Cade Wolford	2	17	8.5	11
Da'Shawn Martin	1	3	3.0	3
Tommy Arnold	2	0	0.0	0
Team	5	20	4.0	11

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Wayne Harris	2	33	16.5	29	0
Team	2	33	16.5	29	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Will Hryszko	0/0	0.0	0	6/6	6
Team	0/0	0.0	0	6/6	6

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Charlie Durkin	6	245	40.8	0	3	49
Team	6	245	40.8	0	3	49

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Ben Finley	32/59	424	7.2	3	1	19.9
Team	32/59	424	7.2	3	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Jordan Gant	22	96	4.4	1	18
Sean Patrick	3	8	2.7	0	6
Ben Finley	11	2	0.2	0	10
Team	36	106	2.9	1	18

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Marcel Williams	14	206	14.7	2	42
Israel Polk	4	67	16.8	1	19
Jean Louis III	4	56	14.0	0	24
Kyan Mason	3	46	15.3	0	21
Conner Cravaack	4	33	8.3	0	13
Jordan Gant	2	14	7.0	0	8
Max Whisner	1	2	2.0	0	2
Team	32	424	13.3	3	42

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Malcolm DeWalt IV	1	1	0
Team	1	0	0
Ben Finley	1	0	0
Ronald Hull	0	0	1
Team	3	1	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Malcolm DeWalt IV	5	4	0	0.5	0	0
Justin Anderson	4	2	0	0	0	0
Elijah Reed	4	2	0	0	0	0
Gage Summers	4	1	0	0.5	0	0
Julien Laventure	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rodrick Hunter	3	2	0	0	0	0
Aamii Branch	3	2	0	0	0	0
Melvin Spriggs	3	1	0	0	0	1
Austin Wondolowski	2	1	0	0	0	0
Bruno Dall	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jamari Somerville	2	0	0	0	0	0
Markus Boswell	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ronald Hull	1	1	1	1	0	0
Mehki Flowers	1	1	0	0	1	0
CJ Murphy	1	1	0	0	0	0
Kam Cheatom	1	1	0	0	0	0
Marcel Williams	1	1	0	0	0	0
Cyrus Durham	1	1	0	1	0	1
Jahvon Frazier	1	1	0	0	0	0
Kiawan Murphy	1	0	0	0	0	0
Terence Thomas	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jon'Trell Mixon	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Kamara	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team	48	22	1	3	2	2

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Brandon Hills	3	96	32.0	41
Sean Patrick	1	7	7.0	7
Team	4	103	25.8	41

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Sean Patrick	1	8	8.0	8
Malcolm DeWalt IV	1	1	1.0	1
Team	2	9	4.5	8

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Matthew Schramm	2/3	67.0	29	3/3	9
Team	2/3	66.7	29	3/3	9

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	In 20	LONG
Brayden Johnson	3	108	36.0	2	38
Joseph Castle	1	33	33.0	1	33
Team	4	141	35.3	3	38

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