The Miami RedHawks (2-3, 1-0 MAC) did everything they needed to do to ensure a victory against the visiting Central Michigan Chippewas (2-3, 0-1 MAC), winning in all three phases of the game in a 28-17 result on Saturday afternoon.
It was Miami who struck first with 9:29 remaining in the first quarter, as Brett Gabbert found Andrew Homer wide open in the endzone to put the RedHawks up to a 7-0 lead early in the proceedings.
An exchange of punts later, Central Michigan put themselves in position to score from about 20 yards out before Daniel Richardson took a bad sack on a broken play to move the ball back to the Miami 31 on third down.