First Half Makes Difference As BGSU Falls To Ohio, 38-7

Saturday, September 23

Bowling Green, Ohio

3:30 p.m.

Bowling Green State University

1-3 , 0-1

Ohio

4-1 , 1-0

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September 23, 2023 | Football

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Terion Stewart Leads BGSU Offense With 112 Rushing Yards

By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University football team hosted the Ohio Bobcats on Sept. 23 at Doyt Perry Stadium for Homecoming. The Bobcats jumped out to an early lead. The Falcons were able to hold the Bobcats to just a touchdown in the second half while scoring one themselves, but it wasn't enough to overcome the 38-7 final in favor of Ohio.

In the second half, the Falcons (1-3) held the Bobcat (4-1) offense to 123 total yards, including just 40 through the air. As for the offense side, Terion Stewart jump-started the Falcons with a 46-yard rush that set up a touchdown on the next play by Stewart. Over the course of the game, Stewart carried the ball 12 times and racked up a team-high 107 yards on the ground.

On the defensive side of the ball, Joseph Sipp Jr. paced the Falcons with seven tackles, followed by a trio of players with five, including DeShawn Jones Jr., Chace Davis and Darren Anders. Cashius Howell added a sack to the BGSU front seven while Dontrez Brown and Dierre Kelly contributed tackles for loss.

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Terion Stewart rushes for 50 yards on the drive, including this 4-yard plunge to put BGSU in the end zone.

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FROM THE INTERVIEW ROOM -- COACH LOEFFLER
"We can clean up the turnovers, you have seen that. We are feast or famine right now on turnovers. We can do everything right and we can also look like we did in the first half. We will clean that up. I'm disappointed. I asked our team to play super hard and to make sure we played super hard between the whistles, and we were poor outside of the whistles. That is not how football should be played." 

HOW IT HAPPENED

The first drive of the game for the Falcons resulted in an interception that granted Ohio possession at the Bowling Green 28. Ohio went 28 yards in two plays to tally the first score just under two minutes into the contest.
After a 3-and-out for the Falcons, Ohio regained possession, taking over at the Ohio 21. The Bobcats drove 79 yards to go up 14-0
On the following drive, Bowling Green was able to drive 46 yards, but a fumble halted the momentum for the Orange and Brown with the Bobcats returning it 71 yards for a touchdown.
The next attempt for points came via a 50-yard attempt by the Bobcats that rang off of the left upright.
Ohio added a field goal to their tally early in the second quarter, a try from 27-yards out to increase their lead to 24-0.
The last score of the first half came from Ohio's second fumble returned for a touchdown, taking the second 28 yards for the score to carry a 31-0 lead into half.
The scoring resumed in the second half with a 10-play, 77-yard drive for Ohio that increased their lead to 38-0.
The Falcons were able to get on the board on the next drive with Terion Stewart breaking loose for a 46-yard gain before punching it in on a four-yard carry to put the Falcons on the board, 38-7.

GAME NOTES

With five tackles, ILB Darren Anders reached 300 for his career. He is just one of three Falcons to reach that milestone since 2000.
WR Odieu Hiliare finished with five receptions to extend his active streak with at least one reception to 39 games. He entered the week with the fifth-longest streak in the nation.
Hiliare needs 74 receiving yards to become the 41st Falcon to reach 1,000 career receiving yards.
RB Terion Stewart finished the game with 107 rushing yards on 12 carries and one touchdown. It was the third 100-yard rushing game of his career and first since the 2021 Buffalo game.
Stewart finished the game needing 78 yards to become the 40th Falcon to reach 1,000 rushing yards.

STAT LEADERS

Terion Stewart: 107 rushing yards, 1 rushing touchdown
Connor Bazelak: 17-of-32 passing, 104 yards
Odieu Hiliare: 5 receptions, 45 receiving yards
Joseph Sipp Jr.: 7 tackles, 1 tackle for loss
Deshawn Jones Jr.: 5 tackles, 1 tackle for loss
Darren Anders: 5 tackles, 1 tackle for loss

UP NEXT

Bowling Green will be on the road for their next three contests, first traveling to face Georgia Tech for their final non-conference contest of the season. The Falcons and Yellow Jackets are scheduled for a 3:30 p.m. kick on Sept. 30 at Bobby Dodd Stadium.