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http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-15/mid-amer/2015-ohio-bobcats-football-schedule.php

 

2015 Ohio Bobcats Football Schedule
Date   Opponent Time/TV Tickets
TBA Bobcats Spring Football Game
Peden Stadium, Athens, OH		 TBA ---
Thursday
Sept. 3		 Vandals at Idaho Vandals 
Kibbie Dome, Moscow, ID		 5:00 p.m. ET
TV TBA		 ---
Saturday
Sept. 12		 Thundering Herd Marshall Thundering Herd 
Peden Stadium, Athens, OH		 TBA ---
Saturday
Sept. 19		 Lions Southeastern Louisiana Lions 
Peden Stadium, Athens, OH		 TBA ---
Saturday
Sept. 26		 Gophers at Minnesota Golden Gophers 
TCF Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN		 TBA Buy
Tickets
Saturday
Oct. 3		 Zips at Akron Zips 
InfoCision Stadium-Summa Field, Akron, OH		 TBA ---
Saturday
Oct. 10		 RedHawks Miami (OH) RedHawks 
Peden Stadium, Athens, OH		 TBA ---
Saturday
Oct. 17		 Broncos Western Michigan Broncos 
Peden Stadium, Athens, OH		 TBA ---
Saturday
Oct. 24		 Bulls at Buffalo Bulls 
UB Stadium, Buffalo, NY		 TBA ---
Saturday
Oct. 31		 --- Open Date --- ---
Wednesday
Nov. 4		 Falcons at Bowling Green Falcons 
Doyt Perry Stadium, Bowling Green, OH		 TBA ---
Tuesday
Nov. 10		 Golden Flashes Kent State Golden Flashes 
Peden Stadium, Athens, OH		 TBA ---
Tuesday
Nov. 17		 Cardinals Ball State Cardinals 
Peden Stadium, Athens, OH		 TBA ---
Tuesday
Nov. 24		 Huskies at Northern Illinois Huskies 
Huskie Stadium, Dekalb, IL		 TBA ---
Saturday
Dec. 5		 MAC MAC Championship Game
Ford Field, Detroit, MI		 TBA ---
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Official Release

Looks like Miami for Homecoming.

@OhioFootball Announces 2015 Schedule
Highlights include home contests against Marshall and Miami; Thursday night game at Idaho and a trip to Minnesota

 
OHIOBOBCATS.COM A.J. Ouellette
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Feb. 27, 2015

 

 

 

Complete 2015 Schedule

ATHENS, Ohio - Home games featuring the 57th `Battle for the Bell' against Marshall and `The Battle of the Bricks' against Mid-American Conference East rival Miami and trips to Idaho and Minnesota highlight the 2015 Ohio football schedule, announced today by the MAC.

The Bobcats open the 2015 season on the road when they travel to Moscow, Idaho to take on the Idaho Vandals on Thursday, Sept. 3.

Ohio returns to the friendly confines of Peden Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 12 for the `Battle for the Bell' against Marshall. The Bobcats remain in Athens the following week and celebrate Parents Weekend as they take on Southeastern Louisiana on Saturday, Sept. 19.

Ohio will wrap up non-conference play on the road when they head to Minneapolis for a matchup with Minnesota on Saturday, Sept. 26. 

MAC play begins on Saturday, Oct. 3, with the Bobcats traveling to Akron to take on the Zips. The following week, Ohio returns to Athens to take on Miami in the 2015 addition of the `Battle of the Bricks' on Saturday, Oct. 10. That game will serve as the annual Homecoming game.

On Saturday, Oct. 17, Ohio welcomes MAC West opponent Western Michigan to Peden and then will wrap up play in October with a trip to Buffalo to battle the Bulls.

After the bye week, the Bobcats head to Bowling Green on Wednesday, Nov. 4 for the first of four mid-week games. Next, Ohio will return to Athens for a two-game stretch, starting with Kent State on Tuesday, Nov. 10, followed by Ball State on Tuesday, Nov. 17.

Ohio wraps up 2015 on the road when they head to DeKalb, Ill. to take on Northern Illinois on Tuesday, Nov. 24.

Game times will be announced at a later date.

Ohio Football 2015 Schedule

September
Thursday, Sept. 3 at Idaho
Saturday, Sept. 12 vs. MARSHALL
Saturday, Sept. 19 vs. SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA (Parents Weekend)
Saturday, Sept. 26 at Minnesota

October
Saturday, Oct. 3 at Akron
Saturday, Oct. 10 vs. MIAMI (Homecoming)
Saturday, Oct. 17 vs. WESTERN MICHIGAN
Saturday, Oct. 24 at Buffalo
Saturday, Oct. 31 - BYE

November
Wednesday, Nov. 4 at Bowling Green*
Tuesday, Nov. 10 vs. KENT STATE*
Tuesday, Nov. 17 vs. BALL STATE*
Tuesday, Nov. 24 at Northern Illinois*

*TV platforms will be announced in June in conjunction with ESPN

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Four of the first six at home, hopefully can get off to great start to gear up for the second half, and arguably tougher, part of the season. Last home game Nov. 17th isn't too bad for a good crowd you wouldn't think.
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GoCats105 wrote:expand_more
Four of the first six at home, hopefully can get off to great start to gear up for the second half, and arguably tougher, part of the season. Last home game Nov. 17th isn't too bad for a good crowd you wouldn't think.
its 3 of the first 6, not 4.

I like Fiami for homecoming.
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Four of the first six at home, hopefully can get off to great start to gear up for the second half, and arguably tougher, part of the season. Last home game Nov. 17th isn't too bad for a good crowd you wouldn't think.
its 3 of the first 6, not 4.

I like Fiami for homecoming.
There is my Ohio University pre-calc education at work. Sheesh that's pathetic.

I think I read somewhere a while back that Schaus was trying to get Miami for Homecoming every year they played in Athens.
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Idaho on Thursday. That's got to mean national TV. Right?
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colobobcat66 wrote:expand_more
Idaho on Thursday. That's got to mean national TV. Right?
Likely ESPN3
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Idaho on Thursday. That's got to mean national TV. Right?
Likely ESPN3

Why bother, but I'm sure you're right.
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I know the MAC teams we are playing was released earlier but how do we keep going year after year without playing Toledo? I have only been watching Ohio ball since 2006 and we have only played them twice, last time in 2010.
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I am turning forty this year and winning the MAC Championship is the only thing I want for my birthday.

The hourglass is rapidly running out on my life.
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Four of the first six at home,...

Call it 4 of the first 7.

It doesn't look too bad, but Ohio does have 2 of their six home games on Tuesdays, so look for a lower average attendance this year. They also have a short week leading up to Kent, and that usually isn't a good thing. One less day of rest does hurt.

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I know the MAC teams we are playing was released earlier but how do we keep going year after year without playing Toledo? I have only been watching Ohio ball since 2006 and we have only played them twice, last time in 2010.

Toledo plays 3 teams from the East every year, but of those, one is always BG. That means they play each of the other teams in the east only every third year, on average. Ohio is due to play them soon. Since it isn't this year, it will probably be next year, which will make it 3 times in 9 years.
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colobobcat66 wrote:expand_more
Idaho on Thursday. That's got to mean national TV. Right?
Likely ESPN3

Why bother, but I'm sure you're right.
With a 5:00 Eastern kick, I can't see how it wouldn't be on broadcast. That is assuming FBSSchedules.com is correct. And that game being on a Thursday greatly increases my inclination to go to that game and spend Labor Day weekend in Coeur d'Alene.
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Every Idaho home game last season was on ESPN 3. As a SunBelt Conf member, most of their games are on ESPN3
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It doesn't look too bad, but Ohio does have 2 of their six home games on Tuesdays, so look for a lower average attendance this year.
We've had 2 midweek games every year in recent history. Not much of a shock there.
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There's usually a ton of games on that first Thursday, there's 4 games from the MAC alone, very doubtful an Idaho home game would get a national broadcast.
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That to me is a tough final four games--I don't figure Kent to be pre-season pick for anything but Bobcat Flash history is unkind over the last 6 or so seasons. Balls a year away from Wenig and they are probably heading back to be a tough win. BGS and NI, perhaps the top picks of their east/west.

How does OHIO continue to luck out with no Toledo? Balls series was recent and yet we get them and not the Rockets!
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Idaho on Thursday. That's got to mean national TV. Right?

You guys-its sarcasm
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All four MACtion games should be on a main ESPN channel. The BG game is the only MAC game that night and Tuesday games usually wind up on either the U or the Deuce, except for maybe the last one when b-ball has started in earnest. The other 11/24 game is BG-BSU.

I think this season should be at least an 8- or 9-win season. The five toughest teams on the schedule are Minn, NIU, WMU, SELA and BG (maybe in that order). Assuming we lose one of the other games, like we usually do, winning two or three of the five gets us to 8 or 9 wins.
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Four of the first six at home,...

Call it 4 of the first 7.

It doesn't look too bad, but Ohio does have 2 of their six home games on Tuesdays, so look for a lower average attendance this year. They also have a short week leading up to Kent, and that usually isn't a good thing. One less day of rest does hurt.

I know the MAC teams we are playing was released earlier but how do we keep going year after year without playing Toledo? I have only been watching Ohio ball since 2006 and we have only played them twice, last time in 2010.

Toledo plays 3 teams from the East every year, but of those, one is always BG. That means they play each of the other teams in the east only every third year, on average. Ohio is due to play them soon. Since it isn't this year, it will probably be next year, which will make it 3 times in 9 years.
Thank you for reminding me of the BG-Toledo game.
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It doesn't look too bad, but Ohio does have 2 of their six home games on Tuesdays, so look for a lower average attendance this year.
We've had 2 midweek games every year in recent history. Not much of a shock there.
Right you are. Unfortunately the last home Saturday game is October 17th. Also I might have done Homecoming on the 17th. It's a guaranteed big game and with Marshall, Parents Weekend and Miami, you might have had a chance for 4 sell outs this year.
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It doesn't look too bad, but Ohio does have 2 of their six home games on Tuesdays, so look for a lower average attendance this year.
We've had 2 midweek games every year in recent history. Not much of a shock there.
Right you are. Unfortunately the last home Saturday game is October 17th. Also I might have done Homecoming on the 17th. It's a guaranteed big game and with Marshall, Parents Weekend and Miami, you might have had a chance for 4 sell outs this year.
I think we still have a shot at 4.

WMU could be the favorite in the MAC this year. That could be a huge game.
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We've had 2 midweek games every year in recent history. Not much of a shock there.

Ohio has never had two home games on Tuesdays, however, and the only day worse that Tuesday for attendance is the Friday after Thanksgiving. Worse, the low attendance at Tuesday games seems to erase Ohio's home field advantage. Here is Ohio's average attendance and record at midweek home games, by day, since 2009:
Tuesday 14,124 (Ohio's record 1-3)
Wednesday 17,339 (Ohio's record 2-1)
Thursday 15,951 (Ohio's record 2-0)
Friday after Thanksgiving 13,649 (Ohio's record 2-0)

So, Ohio is 1-3 on Tuesday home games, and 6-1 on other mid-week home games. Two Tuesday home games is not a good thing.
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We've had 2 midweek games every year in recent history. Not much of a shock there.

Ohio has never had two home games on Tuesdays, however, and the only day worse that Tuesday for attendance is the Friday after Thanksgiving. Worse, the low attendance at Tuesday games seems to erase Ohio's home field advantage. Here is Ohio's average attendance and record at midweek home games, by day, since 2009:
Tuesday 14,124 (Ohio's record 1-3)
Wednesday 17,339 (Ohio's record 2-1)
Thursday 15,951 (Ohio's record 2-0)
Friday after Thanksgiving 13,649 (Ohio's record 2-0)

So, Ohio is 1-3 on Tuesday home games, and 6-1 on other mid-week home games. Two Tuesday home games is not a good thing.

I'm guessing the records have more to do with the opponent than the day of the week that the game is played on. Last year was NIU so that was a tough draw for sure. Weather probably has a lot to do with attendance-like last year's NIU game-that was brutal.
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I'm guessing the records have more to do with the opponent than the day of the week that the game is played on. Last year was NIU so that was a tough draw for sure. Weather probably has a lot to do with attendance-like last year's NIU game-that was brutal.

Last year's NIU game was the only team that Ohio has played at home on a Tuesday that came into the game with a winning record. For what it's worth, Ohio hasn't done all that well in road games on Tuesday, either.
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I'm guessing the records have more to do with the opponent than the day of the week that the game is played on. Last year was NIU so that was a tough draw for sure. Weather probably has a lot to do with attendance-like last year's NIU game-that was brutal.

Last year's NIU game was the only team that Ohio has played at home on a Tuesday that came into the game with a winning record. For what it's worth, Ohio hasn't done all that well in road games on Tuesday, either.

Small sample size-just can't believe that there's anything meaningful about Tuesday's that make them any different than other days of the week if both teams have same schedule before it.
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