Bowling Green rolls

KENT, Ohio — Matt Johnson’s 92-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Burbrink cemented Bowling Green’s 41-22 victory against Kent State in the Mid-American Conference opener for both teams Saturday.

Johnson had a career-high 357 yards passing for the Falcons, throwing 19 for 25 and two touchdowns. Burbrink had a career-high 101 yards receiving and his 92-yard TD reception was the third-longest in school history for the Falcons (2-0, 1-0).

Kent State (1-1, 0-1) was without star running back Dri Archer, who suffered an ankle injury Thursday. Without him, the Golden Flashes running game was paced by quarterback Colin Reardon’s 58 yards. Reardon was 15 for 28 for 164 yards and two TD passes.

The Golden Flashes led 22-17 with five minutes to go in the second quarter, but the Falcons scored 24 unanswered points to finish the game.

In other games involving Mid-American Conference teams, Keith Wenning passed for two touchdowns and 325 yards on 23 of 32 passing and Ball

State ( 2- 0) defeated Army 40- 14 in Muncie, Ind. … Marcus Wasilewski threw for 267 yards and rushed for 76 more as Maine (2-0) scored 17 unanswered points to beat Massachusetts (0-2) 24-14 in Foxboro, Mass. Maine held Massachusetts to 265 yards of total offense. … Ron Coluzzi booted a 27- yard field goal as time expired to cap a fourth-quarter rally and give Central Michigan (1-1) a 24-21 over New Hampshire in Mount Pleasant, Mich. ... Quarterbacks Kyle Pohl and Nick Hirschman combined for four touchdowns, the defense stopped a final drive and Akron (1-1) beat James Madison (1-1) 35-33 in a down-to-the-wire thriller in Akron, Ohio. … Josh Dewey intercepted a pass at the goal line in the final minute to preserve a 27-23 victory for Nicholls State (1-1) over Western

Michigan (0-2) in Kalamazoo, Mich.