Ohio rallies to beat FAU, 17-10
Published 10:42 pm Saturday, September 9, 2023
BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — O’Shaan Allison scored on a 5-yard run in the third quarter to allow Ohio to overcome a 10-point first-half deficit and earn a 17-10 win over Florida Atlantic on Saturday night.
The Bobcats did not allow the Florida Atlantic offense to score. The Owls got a 37-yard field goal from Logan Lupo in the second quarter, and two minutes later Jarron Morris returned an interception 72 yards to put FAU on top 10-0 with five minutes left in the half.
Kurtis Rourke got Ohio on the board with a 13-yard pass to Will Kacmarek to make it 10-7 at intermission. The Bobcats marched 80 yards in nine plays in the third quarter to take the lead, 14-10 and Alex Kasee capped the night by converting on a 39-yard field goal with 5:26 left.
Rourke was 18 of 29 for 203 yards and a touchdown, but was picked off twice. Allison finished with 80 yards on 22 carries to lead Ohio (2-1).
Casey Thompson was 23 of 42 for 180 yards to lead Florida Atlantic (1-1) but was picked off twice. LaJohntay Wester caught 12 passes for 101 yards.
Ohio | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | — | 17 |
FAU | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 |
Second Quarter
FAU–FG Lupo 37, 6:54.
FAU_Morris 66 interception return (Lupo kick), 5:12.
OHIO–Kacmarek 13 pass from Rourke (Spetic kick), :23.
Third Quarter
OHIO–Allison 5 run (Spetic kick), 5:38.
Fourth Quarter
OHIO–FG Spetic 39, 5:27.
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OHIO | FAU | |
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First downs | 22 | 13 |
Total Net Yards | 346 | 181 |
Rushes-yards | 45-150 | 15-3 |
Passing | 196 | 178 |
Punt Returns | 1-4 | 1-29 |
Kickoff Returns | 0-0 | 4-64 |
Interceptions Ret. | 2–28 | 2-56 |
Comp-Att-Int | 17-28-2 | 23-42-2 |
Sacked-Yards Lost | 1-4 | 3-19 |
Punts | 4-37.75 | 6-45.0 |
Fumbles-Lost | 1-1 | 1-0 |
Penalties-Yards | 2-25 | 6-80 |
Time of Possession | 40:06 | 19:50 |
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING–Ohio, Allison 23-84, Bangura 16-40, Rourke 6-26. FAU, McCammon 8-25, Lewis 3-1, Thompson 4-(minus 23).
PASSING–Ohio, Rourke 17-28-2-196. FAU, Thompson 23-41-2-178, (Team) 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVING–Ohio, Cross 3-41, Kacmarek 3-29, Wiglusz 3-15, M.Williams 2-46, Walton 2-36, Ja.Jones 2-20, Allison 2-9. FAU, L.Wester 13-101, T.Johnson 3-29, McCammon 3-16, Sumlin 2-17, Z.Moore 2-15.
MISSED FIELD GOALS–Ohio, Kasee 44.