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KENT, OH - Quarterback Jose Davis completed 24-of-34 passes for 296 yards and four touchdowns as Kent State University defeated the University at Buffalo, 41-20, in a Mid-American Conference battle on Saturday at Dix Stadium.

The Golden Flashes (2-7, 2-4 in the MAC) scored 24 unanswered points to break an early 7-7 tie and went on to snap a four-game losing streak. The Bulls (0-8, 0-7), meanwhile, lost their 12th straight game dating back to last season and remained winless in the MAC.

Davis was red-hot in the first half as the Kent offensive line dominated the game. The senior completed 15-of-20 passes for 223 yards and a pair of touchdowns as the Golden Flashes assumed control of the game midway through the first half. The lone blotch on Davis' first half was an incredible performance by UB sophomore free safety Craig Rohlfs (Cincinnati, OH/Moeller). Rohlfs intercepted three passes in the first half and returned them for a total of 88 yards. His third interception ended a 69-yard Kent drive in the end zone and he returned the ball 47 yards. Rohlfs now has four interceptions on the season and he finished the game with six tackles.

Davis opened the game with a one-yard touchdown run capping a 73-yard drive on seven plays to open the game. The Bulls had a quick answer, however, as on their first play from scrimmage quarterback Joe Freedy (Bethel Park, PA/Bethel Park) hit a streaking Drew Haddad (Westlake, OH/St. Ignatius) for a 51-yard touchdown strike, Buffalo's longest pass play of the season, tying the game.

Davis responded by throwing touchdown tosses of 10 yards to Jason Gavadza and 11 yards to James Gamble as Kent went to halftime with a 21-7 lead.

The lead was extended to 31-7 before Buffalo bounced back. Haddad caught a seven-yard scoring strike from Freedy on a fourth down play to cut the lead to 31-14. However, Davis' fourth touchdown pass of the day, a five-yard toss to Joel Reikowski with 9:38 remaining, ended Buffalo's hopes.

Freedy threw his career-best third touchdown pass of the day to freshman Andre Forde (Penfield, NY/Penfield) from 10 yards out with 8:01 remaining in the game. It was Forde's first touchdown of his career. Freedy completed 10-of-18 passes for 165 yards on the day.

The Bulls' offense again was paced by record-breaking flanker Drew Haddad. Haddad had eight catches for 150 yards, the 15th time in his career he has gone over 100 yards receiving in a game. In addition, Haddad went over 3,000 yards receiving for his career (3,027) and his two touchdowns moved him into a third-place tie all-time with Kali Watkins with 15.

Tailback Derrick Gordon (Brooklyn, NY/August Martin) paced the Bulls' running game with 96 yards on 14 carries, including a season-best run of 37 yards.

The Bulls' defense was led by linebackers Chris Gray (Frewsburg, NY/Frewsburg), two tackles for loss, Marcus Cole (Buffalo, NY/Turner-Carroll), one tackle for loss and Chris Shelly (Pittsburgh, PA/Shaler), one sack, who all had nine tackles each.