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Akron Can't Score Zip As Miami RedHawks Football Records A 19-0 Shutout In MACtion

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Rashad Amos rushed for 118 yards and two touchdowns and the Miami University football team blanked Akron 19-0 in Mid-American Conference action Wednesday night.

The RedHawks improve to 8-2 and remain in first place in the MAC East with a 5-1 league record. The Zips fall to 2-8 on the year (1-5 MAC).
  
HOW IT HAPPENED

  • Miami marched the ball 75 yards on nine plays to open the game, capping the drive with a one-yard rush by Amos. Eight of the RedHawks' nine plays were runs, including a 40-yarder by Amos to get Miami in the red zone. 
  • The RedHawks' defense took over from there, highlighted by a Matt Salopek interception and four first-half Miami sacks. The Red and White held Akron to 92 yards before intermission.
  • Graham Nicholson extended Miami's lead with five minutes remaining in the half, adding a 35-yard field goal to make it 10-0 at the break.
  • After Salopek made fourth-down tackles on two consecutive Akron possessions to give the ball back to the RedHawks' offense, Miami capitalized with a five-play, 68-yard scoring drive. Two plays after a roughing-the-passer penalty gave the home team a fresh set of downs, Amos raced 30 yards down the left sideline to find the end zone. The extra point was blocked, keeping the RedHawks' lead at 16-0 with 1:46 remaining in the third period.
  • Miami tacked on three more points on its next possession, using a nine-play, 40-yard drive to set up another Nicholson field goal. The junior buried a 32-yard kick to put the Red and White up 19-0 with 8:55 to play.
  • Akron came the closest to scoring on a late fourth-quarter drive that brought the Zips to the Miami five-yard line, but Yahsyn McKee ended the threat with an interception in the end zone to give the RedHawks the ball back at the 3:50 mark.

NOTES

  • The RedHawks recorded their second shutout of the season, marking the first time since 1998 that Miami has shut out multiple opponents in the same year.
  • Salopek's interception was the first of his career.
  • Nicholson is now 19-for-19 on field goals this season.
  • Miami's defense accounted for six sacks, led by a career-high three from Ty Wise.
  • Amos has a rushing touchdown in six of Miami's last seven games and posted his third 100-yard game of the year.
  • McKee made a career-high 10 tackles.
  • Miami allowed just 36 rushing yards, the lowest opponent total since a 2020 win over Akron.

UP NEXT:
Miami will host Buffalo next Wednesday, Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. at Yager Stadium and can clinch a trip to the MAC Championship Game with a victory.