MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – Central Michigan’s defense held late and the Chippewas open the season with a 30-27 victory against Ohio on Tuesday night at Kelly/Shorts Stadium.

Jarren Hampton's tackle for no game on fourth-and-1 gave the Bobcats possession with 2:10 remaining at their own 33-yard line, and Ohio moved inside the Central Michigan 30-yard line. A questionable holding penalty, though, negated a Kurtis Rourke run inside the 15. On fourth down, Troy Brown broke up a pass intended for Rya...

Harper Woods (Detroit, MI) OL/DL Davion Weatherspoon has announced his verbal commitment to Ohio. 247sports.com reported that Weatherspoon had offers from Army, BG, CMU, Kentucky, Michigan and Liberty.

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Columbus Bishop Hartley High School offensive lineman Jake Skelly commits to Ohio. He chose the Bobcats over offers from Akron, Ball St., EMU, Kent St. and Toledo.

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Washington (DC) St. John's High School tight end Bryce Butler announced via Twitter his commitment to Ohio. It's the first verbal commitment to the Bobcats' 2021 class. Butler chose Ohio over offers from Appalachian St., Arkansas, Akron, Buffalo, UConn, East Carolina, Kansas, Kent St., Toledo and Liberty.

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BOISE, Idaho – Ohio rushed for 285 yards, built a big lead and then came up with some big defensive plays late to win its third straight bowl game with a 30-21 victory against Nevada in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl on Friday at Albertsons Stadium.

In his final game, Nathan Rourke ran 10 times for 87 yards and a touchdown and completed 9 of 17 passes for 144 yards, earning game MVP honors.

“We made it a little bit tougher on ourselves as we turned the ball over a couple times,” Ohio coach F...

AKRON – If it was his last game for Ohio, Nathan Rourke went out in style – but the Bobcats’ dominating 52-3 victory against Akron on Tuesday night makes them bowl eligible for the 11th straight season.

Rourke completed 20 of 28 passes for 308 yards and four touchdowns, with another score on the ground, and Ohio outgained winless Akron 603-74. By comparison, three different Zips quarterbacks combined to go 4 of 27 for 33 yards and two interceptions at InfoCision Stadium.

Now Ohio (6-6, 5-3...

BOWLING GREEN – Frank Solich became the all-time Mid-American Conference leader in coaching wins in style. Ohio blasted Bowling Green 66-24 to give Solich his 111th career victory with the Bobcats on Tuesday night at Doyt Perry Stadium.

Solich had been tied with former Central Michigan coach Herb Deromedi with 110 wins.

“It seemed like it stalled itself out a little bit for a while, but we're interested in winning football games, and this record goes with it,” Solich said. “I feel really g...

ATHENS – Nathan Rourke’s 12-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Tupa with nine seconds left forced overtime, but Western Michigan came away a 37-34 winner on LaVante Bellamy’s 4-yard touchdown on Tuesday night at Peden Stadium.

Ohio settled for a Louis Zervos 37-yard field goal to begin overtime, and Western Michigan needed only three plays to win it, starting with a 20-yard run by Bellamy to the 5. Two plays later, the Mid-American Conference’s leading rusher scored to keep the Broncos in contentio...

ATHENS – Ohio had statistical advantages in nearly every category, including big mistakes, which proved to be the difference Wednesday night against rival Miami in the 150th anniversary of college football celebration at Peden Stadium.

A pair of Bobcats fumbles in the first half, coupled with a two big offensive plays and a clutch 53-yard field goal by Sam Sloman with 5:10 remaining were enough to lift the RedHawks to a 24-21 victory that puts them in control of the Mid-American Conference Ea...

MUNCIE, Ind. – Ohio’s defense had its best showing of the year, and on a rainy day, the offense used a dominant running game to hand Ball State its first Mid-American Conference loss of the year 34-21 on Saturday at Scheumann Stadium.

The Bobcats (4-4, 3-1 MAC) racked up 316 yards rushing while holding the Cardinals to 351 yards of total offense, including no passing yards in the first half when Ohio built a 13-7 lead.

Nathan Rourke ran for a pair of scores and 127 yards on 18 carries, De’...