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  Saturday, Sep. 18 2:00pm ET
Miami Ohio 35, Eastern Mich 14
 
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OXFORD, Ohio (AP) _ Travis Prentice scored four times to break Ricky Williams' NCAA record for games with two or more touchdowns as Miami of Ohio beat Eastern Michigan 35-14 Saturday.

Prentice scored on runs of 15, 3 and 4 yards and caught a 58-yard TD pass from Mike Bath for his 22nd game with multiple touchdowns. Williams, who plays for the NFL's New Orleans Saints, scored two or more touchdowns in 21 games for Texas.

Prentice, a senior, also carried 38 times for 116 yards to set Mid-American Conference and school rushing records with 4,369 yards. Deland McCullough, who played at Miami from 1992-95, held the previous records of 4,368 yards.

Prentice scored three times in the first quarter as the RedHawks (2-1, 1-0 MAC) took a 28-0 lead.

Sly Johnson had the other TD on a school-record 94-yard pass from Bath, breaking the record of 91 yards set in 1979 at Kent.

Bath completed 11 of 27 for 252 yards. Johnson had 184 yards on six catches.

Jermaine Sheffield had 151 yards on eight receptions for Eastern (0-2, 0-1). Reggie Gage scored on a 1-yard run in the third quarter and Walter Church hit Brandon Campbell on a 9-yard pass in the fourth for the Eagles.

 


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