Bowling Green State University Athletics
Bowling Green State University
1-6 , 1-2
Ohio
5-2 , 2-1
Ohio Pulls Away From BGSU In Second Half
October 14, 2017 | Football
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Team Stats
OHIO 0, BGSU 3
BGSU - SUDER, Jake 42 yd field goal 7 plays, 31 yards, TOP 1:51
OHIO 0, BGSU 6
BGSU - SUDER, Jake 34 yd field goal 11 plays, 47 yards, TOP 2:57
OHIO 7, BGSU 6
OHIO - Ouellette, A.J. 6 yd run (Zervos, Louie kick), 4 plays, 27 yards, TOP 2:06
OHIO 7, BGSU 13
BGSU - CLAIR, Andrew 3 yd run (SUDER, Jake kick), 6 plays, 75 yards, TOP 1:47
OHIO 14, BGSU 13
OHIO - Ellis, Bradd 15 yd interception (Zervos, Louie kick)
OHIO 14, BGSU 16
BGSU - SUDER, Jake 32 yd field goal 6 plays, 19 yards, TOP 2:57
OHIO 21, BGSU 16
OHIO - Rourke, Nathan 7 yd run (Zervos, Louie kick), 7 plays, 82 yards, TOP 1:26
OHIO 21, BGSU 23
BGSU - FOLKERTSMA, H. 10 yd pass from MORGAN, James (SUDER, Jake kick) 7 plays, 49 yards, TOP 2:10
OHIO 27, BGSU 23
OHIO - Rourke, Nathan 75 yd run (Meyer, Andrew passfailed), 1 plays, 75 yards, TOP 0:13
OHIO 34, BGSU 23
OHIO - Meyer, Andrew 40 yd pass from Rourke, Nathan (Zervos, Louie kick) 6 plays, 80 yards, TOP 1:47
OHIO 41, BGSU 23
OHIO - Ouellette, A.J. 2 yd run (Zervos, Louie kick), 3 plays, 20 yards, TOP 1:12
OHIO 41, BGSU 30
BGSU - CLAIR, Andrew 1 yd run (SUDER, Jake kick), 5 plays, 75 yards, TOP 1:39
OHIO 48, BGSU 30
OHIO - Rourke, Nathan 1 yd run (Zervos, Louie kick), 9 plays, 41 yards, TOP 5:21
