ATHENS, Ohio – Akron has not defeated an FBS team in two years, but an explosive offense has given the Zips hope that things are changing.

The Zips (1-5, 0-2 Mid-American Conference) last beat an FBS team Nov. 28, 2010 against Buffalo, losing 16 straight since then, but Akron is averaging 463.0 yards of offense this season.

Quarterback Dalton Williams leads Akron’s pass-first offense, having completing 62.1 percent of his passes for 1,907 yards and 15 touchdowns with seven interceptions....

ATHENS, Ohio – Ryan Boykin scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, helping Ohio hold off Buffalo, 38-31, to become the nation’s first bowl-eligible team.

He scored on a 1-yard run on the first play of the fourth quarter to give Ohio a 31-24 lead and broke off a 51-yard run with 5:56 remaining to give the Bobcats breathing room down the stretch.

Ohio (6-0, 2-0 Mid-American Conference) again overcame a bad start, getting a spark on Daz’mond Patterson’s 100-yard kick return after it fel...

ATHENS, Ohio – The last time Ohio and Buffalo played, the Bulls stunned the Bobcats, 38-37, last season, but Ohio coach Frank Solich insists his team is not using that loss as motivation for Saturday’s Mid-American Conference matchup.

“That’s kind of come and gone,” Solich said. “We’ve got goals and again we know what every team is going to be like that we face in the MAC. It’s always a challenge. So we don’t try to work on getting revenge from last year, or any type of revenge motive. We jus...

The Cincinnati Enquirer is reporting that Ohio has received a commitment from Cincinnati Sycamore TE Mason Morgan. The 6-6, 230-pounder chose Ohio over offers from Akron, Ball St., BG and Buffalo. Morgan becomes the 13th member of Ohio's 2013 recruiting class.

FOXBORO, Mass. – Beau Blankenship rushed for 269 yards and two touchdowns and Ohio held on to win a back-and-forth game against Massachusetts, 37-34, on Saturday at Gillette Stadium.

Blankenship carried 43 times, breaking the 100-yard mark for the fifth straight time, to help the Bobcats overcome 373 passing yards and four touchdowns by Mike Wegzyn. It gave the Bobcats their first 5-0 start since 1968 as they slipped past the Minutemen, in their first full year at the FBS level and 25-point u...

According to HuskerOnline.com, Ohio has received a verbal commitment from Omaha (NE) North High School defensive lineman Casey Sayles. The 6-4, 260-pounder chose Ohio over offers from Bowling Green and South Dakota. Sayles becomes the 12th member of Ohio's 2013 recruiting class.

FOXBORO, Mass. – Ohio is set begin its quest to complete its “unfinished business” this season when it opens Mid-American Conference play against Massachusetts on Saturday.

The Bobcats finished non-league play with a perfect 4-0 mark by downing Norfolk State, 44-10, last week, and now it moves on to the first step toward its primary goal this year of winning its first MAC championship since 1968.

UMass (0-4, 0-1 MAC) is transitioning into the Football Bowl Championship level and is in its...

ATHENS, Ohio – Filling in for an injured Tyler Tettleton, Derrius Vick threw four touchdown passes and led Ohio to an easy 44-10 victory against Norfolk State on Saturday at Peden Stadium, giving the Bobcats their first 4-0 start since 1976.

It was decided right before game time that Vick would start in place of Tettleton, suffering from an upper side injury, and he did not disappoint, completing 14 of 20 passes for 199 yards while helping Ohio open up a 34-0 halftime edge.

“I thought he h...

ATHENS, Ohio – Norfolk State is an FCS team, but Ohio is not taking the Spartans lightly.

Norfolk State is a blocked extra point away from also entering Saturday’s game undefeated.

“They’ll be very confident in their abilities coming in, as they should be,” Ohio coach Frank Solich said. “We expect it to be a heck of a football game. With our approach, of always just trying to get ready for the next opponent, we’re putting everything into that and hopefully it’s going to be good enough.”...

HUNTINGTON, W. Va. – Jelani Woseley picked off Rakeem Cato at the Ohio 15-yard line and the Bobcats held on to win a back-and-forth game against Marshall to win the Battle for the Bell for the second straight year, 27-24, on Saturday night.

The nation’s leading passer, Cato finished with 432 yards, but the Thundering Herd had two turnovers in the final six minutes, helping the Bobcats to beat their rival in consecutive seasons since 1979 and 1980, and for the first time in Huntington since 19...