Bowling Green State University Athletics
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Homecoming Indeed! Falcons Soar In Big Win Over Bobcats
October 05, 2002 | Football
Oct 5, 2002
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) - Josh Harris threw four touchdowns and ran for two more as Bowling Green beat Ohio 72-21 on Saturday.
Harris completed 19 of 24 passes for 292 yards with touchdown passes of 29, 11, 20 and 28 yards. Harris rushed for 85 yards on 15 carries with touchdown runs of 9 yards and 1 yard.
Bowling Green had five rushing and five passing touchdowns.
Robert Redd caught touchdown passes of 29, 11 and 8 yards for the Falcons. Redd's 29-yard grab tied the game at 7 with 9:40 remaining in the first quarter. Shaun Suisam's 22-yard field goal four minutes later put the Falcons up for good.
P.J. Pope rushed for 117 yards on 13 carries and one touchdown for Bowling Green (4-0, 1-0 in the Mid-American Conference). The Falcons outgained the Bobcats 687-200.
Ohio took a 7-0 lead after Dontrell Jackson's 6-yard touchdown run in the first. Fred Ray added a 5-yard TD in the second quarter for the Bobcats. Adam Porter scored on an 11-yard run in the fourth for Ohio (1-5, 1-1 MAC).
Bowling Green led 37-14 at halftime.
