Toledo starting QB Phillip Ely tears ACL, out for the season

Toledo’s game against Missouri started with the promised of a major upset and ended with the Rockets losing 49-24 and losing quarterback Phillip Ely to a torn ACL.

Ely left the game late in the third quarter and Toledo coach Matt Campbell announced on Monday’s Mid-American Conference teleconference that Ely, an Alabama transfer, was lost for the season.

Prior to leaving, Ely had completed 50 percent of his passes for 204 yards and an interception. Sophomore Logan Woodside finished the game. This isn’t the first time Woodside has had to replace an injured starter; he did the same with former starter Terrance Owens was injured a year ago, and started against Eastern Washington.

Still, Ely’s injury is a big blow to a Toledo team that had designs on winning the MAC. Ely is the second MAC starting quarterback to be lost for the season. Last week, Bowling Green’s Matt Johnson suffered a season-ending hip injury.

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