Akron 28, Kent St. 20

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	22	25
Total Yards	415	429
Passing	377	261
Rushing	38	168
Penalties	3-25	4-32
3rd Down Conversions	6-18	4-12
4th Down Conversions	0-3	0-1
Turnovers	2	1
Possession	27:22	32:38

Air/Ground Leaders
Kent State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Keith 30/59 377 2 2	Akron Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Nicely 19/34 261 2 1 Jones 0/1 0 0 0
Kent State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Terry 7 18 0 25 Flowers 6 11 0 8	Akron Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Alexander 13 42 0 12 Tuzze 8 42 0 17
Kent State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Goode 8 132 0 32 Archer 8 90 1 22	Akron Receiving   REC YDS TD LG LaFrance 8 126 2 59 Jones 6 93 0 34

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				KENT	AKR
	FG	10:30	Freddy Cortez 37 Yd	3	0
	TD	06:05	Alex Allen 1 Yd Run (Branko Rogovic Kick)	3	7
SECOND QUARTER				KENT	AKR
	TD	14:37	Jeremy LaFrance 59 Yd Pass From Patrick Nicely (Branko Rogovic Kick)	3	14
	TD	04:11	Dri Archer 22 Yd Pass From Spencer Keith (Freddy Cortez Kick)	10	14
	FG	00:00	Freddy Cortez 19 Yd	13	14
THIRD QUARTER				KENT	AKR
	TD	05:03	Andre Jones 8 Yd Run (Branko Rogovic Kick)	13	21
FOURTH QUARTER				KENT	AKR
	TD	12:05	Jeremy LaFrance 6 Yd Pass From Patrick Nicely (Branko Rogovic Kick)	13	28
	TD	05:36	Kendrick Pressley 9 Yd Pass From Spencer Keith (Freddy Cortez Kick)	20	28

AKRON, Ohio -- Patrick Nicely threw two touchdown passes to Jeremy LaFrance and Akron defeated Kent State 28-20 on Saturday.

LaFrance caught a 59-yard pass from Nicely to give the Zips (2-7, 1-4 Mid-American Conference) a 14-3 lead early in the second quarter. Akron won for the ninth time in 10 meetings with the Golden Flashes (5-5, 4-2).

Nicely and LaFrance connected again for a 6-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter to give Akron a 28-13 lead, en route to snapping a three-game winning streak for Kent State.

Nicely was 19 of 34 with 261 yards and LaFrance finished with eight catches for 261 yards.

Andre Jones added 93 yards on six carries for the Zips.

Spencer Keith led the Golden Flashes with 377 yards and two touchdowns on 30-for-59 passing.

Kent State cut the score to 14-13 on a 19-yard field goal by Freddy Cortez as the first half ended.