BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — Kurtis Rourke threw two of his three touchdown passes in the first quarter, Keye Thompson and Roman Parodie returned fumbles for scores and Ohio breezed to a 38-7 victory over Bowling Green in a Mid-American Conference opener on Saturday.

Rourke completed 14 of 16 passes for 196 yards for the Bobcats (4-1, 1-0). Rourke connected with Sieh Bangura for a 29-yard touchdown on the second play from scrimmage and tossed a 10-yard touchdown to Will Kacmarek on Ohio’s second possession. Thompson returned a fumble 35 yards for a score for a 21-0 first-quarter lead.

Ohio got a 27-yard field goal from Gianni Spetic and Parodie’s 42-yard return for a score in the second quarter to lead 24-0 at halftime.

Rourke’s third touchdown pass was a 19-yarder to Miles Cross for the only scoring in the third quarter.

Terion Stewart had a 4-yard touchdown run for the Falcons (1-3, 0-1) in the fourth quarter. Stewart carried 12 times for 107 yards. Connor Bazelak completed 17 of 32 passes for 104 yards with two interceptions.

Ohio	21	10	7	0	—	38
Bowling Green	0	0	0	7	—	7

First Quarter

OHIO–Bangura 29 pass from Rourke (Spetic kick), 13:08.

OHIO–Kacmarek 10 pass from Rourke (Spetic kick), 8:38.

OHIO–Thompson 71 fumble return (Spetic kick), 5:09.

Second Quarter

OHIO–FG Spetic 27, 8:43.

OHIO–Parodie 28 fumble return (Spetic kick), 8:35.

Third Quarter

OHIO–Cross 19 pass from Rourke (Spetic kick), 1:22.

Fourth Quarter

BGSU–T.Stewart 4 run (Anaya kick), 13:42.

A–18,248.

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	OHIO	BGSU
First downs	19	10
Total Net Yards	328	206
Rushes-yards	37-127	22-102
Passing	201	104
Punt Returns	1-4	1-5
Kickoff Returns	2-44	3-49
Interceptions Ret.	2-21	0-0
Comp-Att-Int	16-19-0	17-32-2
Sacked-Yards Lost	1-0	3-19
Punts	3-34.333	6-35.833
Fumbles-Lost	2-1	3-2
Penalties-Yards	8-65	12-123
Time of Possession	34:13	25:47

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING–Ohio, Allison 13-42, Rourke 4-33, Bangura 9-26, Hunt 6-19, Quinn 2-15, Navarro 1-8, (Team) 1-(minus 1), Wheatley 1-(minus 15). Bowling Green, T.Stewart 12-107, Patterson 2-7, Mosley 1-3, J.Johnson 1-2, Keith 1-(minus 7), Bazelak 5-(minus 10).

PASSING–Ohio, Rourke 14-16-0-196, Navarro 2-3-0-5. Bowling Green, Bazelak 17-32-2-104.

RECEIVING–Ohio, Ja.Jones 4-85, Cross 3-34, Bangura 2-31, Wiglusz 2-26, Kacmarek 1-10, Hendricks 1-8, Hunt 1-3, Butler 1-2, Foster 1-2. Bowling Green, Hiliare 5-45, Keith 4-10, Ibrahim 3-12, Osborne 2-24, Hogan 1-13, Gazarek 1-5, Bench 1-(minus 5).

MISSED FIELD GOALS–Ohio, Spetic 50.