Ohio Pulls Away From BGSU In Second Half

Saturday, October 14

Bowling Green, Ohio

3:30 PM

Bowling Green State University

Ohio

October 14, 2017 | Football

Box Score

By: by BGSU Athletic Communications

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University football team dropped a 48-30 decision at Doyt L. Perry Stadium on Saturday (Oct. 14) afternoon. Bowling Green trailed by just five points at halftime, but Ohio scored 27 second-half points to pull away with the win.

Bowling Green drops to 1-6 (1-2 MAC) on the season with the loss, while Ohio improves to 5-2 (2-1 MAC) on the season with the victory. Yards were very even on the day, as Ohio had a slight 440-421 advantage in total offense. However, Ohio took advantage of four Bowling Green turnovers.

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OFFENSE

Bowling Green outgained Ohio through the air by a 192-105 margin.
James Morgan's lone touchdown pass on the day was a 10-yard strike to Hunter Folkertsma, which gave the Falcons a 23-21 lead late in the third quarter.
Andrew Clair, a week after rushing for 100-plus yards at Miami, rushed for a career-best 148 yards on 18 carries. Clair also scored a career-best two touchdowns.
Josh Cleveland added 84 yards on 22 carries.
Scott Miller led the Falcons with six receptions for 95 yards, including a 69-yard reception in the fourth quarter that set up a touchdown.

DEFENSE

The Bowling Green defense held Ohio quarterback Nathan Rourke to 105 passing yards, as he completed just 7-of-22 passes.
The Falcons also forced Rourke into two interceptions.
Bowling Green's leading tacklers, Fred Garth and Marcus Milton, also had the two inceptions for the Orange and Brown.
Garth recorded his first-career interceptions, and also led the Falcons with eight tackles.
Milton, who had seven tackles, also registered an interception for the BGSU defense.
Gus Schwieterman, Shannon Smith and Brandon Harris posted six tackles apiece.
Schwieterman had a tackle for loss, while Kholbe Coleman and Nico Lautanen added a half tackle for loss.
Cam Jefferies notched a game-high three pass breakups.

SPECIAL TEAMS

Jake Suder went a perfect 3-for-3 on field goal attempts. Suder made kicks from 42, 34 and 32 yards out.
Four of Nick Fields' seven kickoffs went for touchbacks.
Joe Davidson, who had four of his five punts downed inside the 20, averaged 47.0 yards per punt. He racked up 235 yards on five punts.