Temple 40, Toledo 24

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	20	19
Total Yards	343	313
Passing	132	265
Rushing	211	48
Penalties	5-37	8-61
3rd Down Conversions	6-15	5-15
4th Down Conversions	0-1	1-2
Turnovers	1	3
Possession	36:08	23:52

Air/Ground Leaders
Temple Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Charlton 11/20 122 2 0 Stewart 1/2 10 0 0	Toledo Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Pettee 29/47 265 1 2
Temple Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Pierce 40 212 3 39 Brown 3 13 0 8	Toledo Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Collins 17 59 1 9 Pasquale 2 1 0 7
Temple Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Campbell 4 40 1 12 Harper 1 36 1 36	Toledo Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Williams 8 76 0 20 Page 8 61 0 17

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				TEM	TOL
	TD	11:43	Michael Campbell 11 Yd Pass From Vaughn Charlton (Pat Blocked)	6	0
	TD	06:49	Bernard Pierce 1 Yd Run (Brandon Mcmanus Kick)	13	0
	TD	06:36	Morgan Williams 85 Yd Kickoff Return (Alex Steigerwald Kick)	13	7
SECOND QUARTER				TEM	TOL
	TD	12:58	Bernard Pierce 39 Yd Run (Brandon Mcmanus Kick)	20	7
	FG	09:58	Brandon McManus 30 Yd	23	7
	FG	06:16	Alex Steigerwald 48 Yd	23	10
	TD	00:38	DaJuane Collins 6 Yd Run (Alex Steigerwald Kick)	23	17
THIRD QUARTER				TEM	TOL
	TD	09:26	Bernard Pierce 2 Yd Run (Brandon Mcmanus Kick)	30	17
	FG	04:16	Brandon McManus 29 Yd	33	17
FOURTH QUARTER				TEM	TOL
	TD	11:00	Jason Harper 36 Yd Pass From Vaughn Charlton (Brandon Mcmanus Kick)	40	17
	TD	03:02	Morgan Williams 27 Yd Pass From Alex Pettee (Alex Steigerwald Kick)	40	24

TOLEDO, Ohio -- Freshman Bernard Pierce rushed for a career-high 212 yards and three touchdowns and Temple defeated Toledo 40-24 for the Owls' fifth straight victory.

Pierce had 40 carries, including scoring runs of 1, 39 and 2 yards for Temple (5-2, 4-0 Mid-American Conference), which has won six straight league games going back to last year.

Vaughn Charlton was 11-for-20 for 122 yards and two touchdowns for the Owls, who led 23-7 with 9:58 left in the first half.

Toledo (4-4, 2-2), pulled within 23-17 by halftime, then Temple scored 17 straight points, capped by Charlton's 36-yard touchdown strike to Jason Harper with 11 minutes remaining.

Alex Pettee was 29-for-47 for 265 yards with two interceptions for the Rockets. He threw a 27-yard TD pass with 3:02 left.

The Owls, who lead the MAC in defense, held Toledo to 48 yards rushing on 23 carries.