Eastern Michigan Kicks past Akron 25-23 on a Late Field Goal
Rudy Kessinger kicked four field goals and Eastern Michigan scored two touchdowns, which is a strange way to get to 25 points and a perfectly good way to win by two. His 48-yarder with 1:50 left decided a game that changed leaders six times and was never tied.
The Eagles took the first lead on a 23-yarder, Akron went ahead on a 15-yard Brayden Roggow pass to Marcel Williams, and the two teams traded the lead back and forth from there. Noah Kim ran in from a yard out for 10-7, Roggow found Williams again from 40 yards for 14-10, and Kessinger cut it to 14-13 before the half. Eastern Michigan's largest deficit was four, at 17-13 after a Matthew Schramm field goal early in the third quarter. Kessinger made it 17-16 and then Kim threw a six-yard touchdown to Harold Mack to open the fourth for 22-17 (the two-point try failed).
Akron got it back with a 27-yard touchdown from Roggow to Marquese Williams at 6:27, making it 23-22, and also missed the two-point try. That was the last lead the Zips held. Roggow had a good day, 17 of 24 for 229 yards and three touchdowns, and Akron out-rushed the Eagles 143 yards to 137 without turning the ball over once. Eastern Michigan gave it away twice, and still won.
The Eagles move to 4-3 and Akron falls to 1-5. For fantasy, the two best scorers of the day were both on the losing side, and neither could do anything about a kicker.