DeKALB, Ill. – Led by All-American Sutton Smith, Northern Illinois’ defense made big plays to help lift the offense to a pair fourth-quarter scores and rallied the Huskies past Ohio, 24-21, on Saturday at Huskie Stadium.

Ohio led 21-9 following a Nathan Rourke 11-yard touchdown pass to tight end Connor Brown on the final play of the fourth quarter but could not hold the lead. After Marcus Childers’ 10-yard touchdown run got Northern Illinois to within five, Smith’s strip sack of Rourke set u...

KENT – Nathan Rourke’s 8-yard touchdown run with 1:28 completed an Ohio comeback, and Javon Hagan’s interception sealed it as Ohio rallied to get coach Frank Solich’s 100th win with the Bobcats, 27-26, on Saturday at Dix Stadium.

For the fourth time this year, the Bobcats (3-2, 1-0 Mid-American Conference) fell in an early hole, giving up a pair of early touchdowns, but the previously struggling defense held the Golden Flashes (1-5, 0-2 MAC) to four field goals the rest of the way while the o...

ATHENS – Ohio set a new school record for yards in a game with 664, winning a shooting against UMass for the second straight year, 58-42, on Saturday at Peden Stadium.

The Bobcats racked up 394 yards rushing and quickly erased an early 14-point deficit, scoring exactly 58 points against the Minutemen for the second straight year. Ohio won 58-50 last year on the road. The Bobcats set a Peden Stadium record for points in a game.

Nathan Rourke rushed for 189 yards and a touchdown on just 16 c...

CINCINNATI – Ohio solved its problem with starting slowly but still could not manage to play a whole game, allowing Cincinnati to rally from 21 points down for a 34-30 victory Saturday at Nippert Stadium.

The Bobcats ran out to a 21-0 advantage in the second quarter and led 24-7 at halftime before getting outscored 27-6 in the second half. Still, Ohio held the lead until Michael Warren’s 3-yard touchdown run with 3:24 remaining and still had a shot to win until Nathan Rourke’s goal line inter...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – It was too little, too late.

Ohio got into a huge early hole and came up short, 45-31, against Virginia on Saturday at Vanderbilt Stadium.

The Bobcats got as close as 10 points with a chance to make it even tighter down the stretch, but they could not overcome a first-half 35-7 deficit.

"Slow start, just didn't play well on either side of the ball at the beginning," Ohio coach Frank Solich said. "I thought we progressed as an offensive unit, showed flashes at times de...

ATHENS – Quinton Maxwell provided just enough of a spark to help Ohio overcome a slow start and then hold on for a 38-32 victory against Howard in the season opener Saturday afternoon at Peden Stadium.

Maxwell went 17-of-25 passing for 233 yards and two touchdowns with two more rushing touchdowns after replacing a struggling Nathan Rourke, and the Bobcats erased an early 13-point deficit and then held off Caylin Newton and the Bison late.

Newton, the brother of NFL quarterback Cam Newton,...

At the end of Ohio's Prospect Camp this weekend, the Bobcats received a verbal commitment from Westerville North High School defensive tackle Jeremiah Burton. The 6-2, 285-pounder also holds offers from Akron, Ball St., Buffalo, Eastern Michigan, Kent St., Miami (OH) and Toledo.

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- BigReddd‼️ (@jeremiahburton5) June 4, 2018

NASSAU, Bahamas – Ohio made its point clear Friday.

The Bobcats showed they were better than they looked in their final two games with the largest victory in Mid-American Conference bowl history, defeating UAB, 41-6, in the Bahamas Bowl at Nathan A. Robinson National Stadium.

Dorian Brown ran for 152 yards and four touchdowns on just 12 carries to earn offensive player of the game honors in the blowout, which followed two straight losses that kept Ohio out of the MAC Championship Game at t...

ATHENS – The Ohio football team signed 19 recruits to open the new early signing period.

The class is heavy in defensive linemen with five of them and also includes three offensive linemen. The Bobcats also signed three linebackers, two wide receivers, two cornerbacks, a quarterback, a running back, a safety and a tight end.

Three players are rated as three-star recruits by 247Sports, led by safety Jamison Collier from Georgia, who reportedly chose Ohio over Purdue. Zach Burks is a junior...

AKRON – Backup Kato Nelson threw four first-half touchdown passes, and Akron held off Ohio, 37-34, to take control of the Mid-American Conference East Division lead on Tuesday night at InfoCision Statdium.

The Zips (6-5, 5-2 MAC) took advantage of three turnovers by the Bobcats (8-3, 5-2 MAC) and now need only a win next week against Kent State or an Ohio loss to Buffalo to clinch a spot in the MAC Championship Game. A win by the Bobcats would have ensured them a spot in Detroit for the secon...