2018 Ohio Bobcats football team

2018 Ohio Bobcats football
Conference Mid-American Conference
Division East Division
2018 record 3–2 (1–0 MAC)
Head coach Frank Solich (14th season)
Offensive coordinator Tim Albin (13th season)
Co-defensive coordinator Jimmy Burrow (13th season)
Co-defensive coordinator Ron Collins (2nd season)
Home stadium Peden Stadium
(Capacity: 24,000)
2018 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
Buffalo  3 –0     6 –1  
Miami  3 –1     3 –4  
Ohio  1 –1     3 –3  
Akron  0 –2     2 –3  
Bowling Green  0 –3     1 –6  
Kent State  0 –3     1 –6  
West Division
Northern Illinois  4 –0     4 –3  
Western Michigan  3 –0     5 –2  
Ball State  2 –1     3 –4  
Toledo  1 –1     3 –3  
Eastern Michigan  1 –3     3 –4  
Central Michigan  0 –3     1 –6  
Championship: November 30, 2018
As of October 16, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2018 Ohio Bobcats football team represents Ohio University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They are led by 14th-year head coach Frank Solich and play their home games at Peden Stadium in Athens, Ohio as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference.

Previous season

The Bobcats finished the 2017 season 9–4, 5–3 in MAC play to finish in second play in the East Division. They received an invitation to the Bahamas Bowl where they defeated UAB.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year
Maxwell Award[1] Nathan Rourke QB JR
Jim Thorpe Award[2] Javon Hagan S JR
Outland Trophy[3] Joe Lowery OL SR
Lou Groza Award[4] Louis Zervos K JR
Manning Award[5] Nathan Rourke QB JR

Preseason media poll

The MAC released their preseason media poll on July 24, 2018, with the Bobcats predicted to finish as champions of the East Division.[6]

East Division
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Ohio140 (21)
2Buffalo112 (1)
3Miami95 (2)
4Akron74
5Bowling Green58
6Kent State25

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 12:00 p.m.Howard*
ESPN+W 38–3218,275
September 154:15 p.m.vs. Virginia*
ESPN2L 31–455,438
September 2212:00 p.m.at Cincinnati*
ESPNUL 30–3435,220
September 292:00 p.m.UMass*
  • Peden Stadium
  • Athens, OH
ESPN3W 58–4219,056
October 63:30 p.m.at Kent State
ESPN+W 27–2620,026
October 133:30 p.m.at Northern Illinois
ESPN+
October 202:00 p.m.Bowling Greendagger
  • Peden Stadium
  • Athens, OH
ESPN3
October 257:00 p.m.Ball State
  • Peden Stadium
  • Athens, OH
ESPN2/CBSSN
November 17:00 p.m.at Western Michigan
ESPNU/CBSSN
November 7at Miami (OH)
ESPN2/ESPNU
November 14Buffalo
  • Peden Stadium
  • Athens, OH
ESPN2/ESPNU
November 23Akron
  • Peden Stadium
  • Athens, OH
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
  1. ↑ Moved from Scott Stadium in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.

Source:[7]

Game summaries

Howard

1 2 3 4 Total
Bison 10 12 7 3 32
Bobcats 3 14 14 7 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

vs Virginia

1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 7 14 7 3 31
Cavaliers 21 17 0 7 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 1993 UVA, 41–7

at Cincinnati

1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 14 10 3 3 30
Bearcats 0 7 14 13 34
Overall record Last meeting Result
23–24–3 1981 CINCI, 19–9

UMass

1 2 3 4 Total
Minutemen 21 7 7 7 42
Bobcats 14 21 17 6 58
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–0 2017 OHIO, 58–50

at Kent State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 7 0 7 13 27
Golden Flashes 14 3 6 3 26
Overall record Last meeting Result
42–26–2 2017 OHIO, 48–3

at Northern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 0
Huskies 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–11 2015 OHIO, 26–21

Bowling Green

1 2 3 4 Total
Falcons 0
Bobcats 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
27–40–2 2017 OHIO, 48–30

Ball State

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 0
Bobcats 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–15 2015 OHIO, 48–31

at Western Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 0
Broncos 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
28–33–1 2016 WMU, 29–23

at Miami (OH)

1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 0
RedHawks 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
40–51–2 2017 OHIO, 45–28

Buffalo

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulls 0
Bobcats 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
14–10 2017 BUFF, 31–24

Akron

1 2 3 4 Total
Zips 0
Bobcats 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
20–13–1 2017 AKR, 37–34

References

  1. ↑ "2018 Maxwell Award Watch List". July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Names 2018 Preseason Watchlist". July 23, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
  3. ↑ "22018 OUTLAND TROPHY WATCH LIST UNVEILED". July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award Announces 2018 Preseason Watch List". July 25, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Manning Award: See which quarterbacks made the preseason watch list for 2018". August 16, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  6. ↑ http://getsomemaction.com/news/2018/7/23/niu-ohio-picked-as-divisional-winners-in-2018-mac-football-media-preseason-poll.aspx
  7. ↑ "2018 Ohio Bobcats Football Schedule | Bobcats | FBSchedules.com". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
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