| 2024 Ohio Bobcats football | |
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| Conference | Mid-American Conference |
| Record | 0–1 (0–0 MAC) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Brian Smith (1st season) |
| Offensive scheme | Spread option |
| Defensive coordinator | John Hauser (1st season) |
| Base defense | 4–2–5 |
| Home stadium | Peden Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Buffalo | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Michigan | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Michigan | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Illinois | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toledo | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ball State | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Akron | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kent State | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (OH) | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Michigan | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Championship: December 7, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2024 Ohio Bobcats football team will represent Ohio University in the Mid-American Conference during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bobcats are led by Tim Albin in his fourth year as the head coach. The Bobcats will play home games at Peden Stadium, located in Athens, Ohio.[1][2][3]
Ohio enters the season coming of their second straight 10 win season and ended the 2023 season with a win over Georgia Southern the Myrtle Beach Bowl for their fifth straight bowl win.[4][5] It was the first time in school history that the Bobcats won 10 games in back to back years.[6] Ohio suffered numerous losses in the transfer portal in the offseason including 12 players who transferred to programs in power conferences.[7] Among the losses was starting quarterback and 2022 MAC Player of the Year Kurtis Rourke who transferred to Indiana.[8][9] Ohio enters the season ranked 133 out of 134 FBS teams in returning production as determined by the SP+ rankings.[10] With incoming transfers and freshman recruits the Bobcats will feature more than 50 players who are new to the roster from the prior season.[11] Among the returners are quarterback Parker Navarro and running back Ricky Hunt who both made their first start in last season's bowl game while filling the roles left open by players transferring out and were two key players in the victory.[12] Navarro had 11 competitions on 16 attempts for 120 yards and 71 rushing yards.[13][14] Hunt's 5 TD's tied the record in bowl games and set an Ohio program record.[15]
In the season opener at Syracuse, the Bobcat running game got going behind Anthony Tyus III's 203 yards but they couldn't stop the Syracuse passing game as Kyle McCord threw for 354 yards and four touchdowns in a 38–22 loss in the JMA Wireless Dome.[16]
- ^ "2024 Football Coaching Staff". ohiobobcats.com. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
- ^ "Peden Stadium". Ohio University Athletics. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- ^ "Tim Albin". Sports Reference.
- ^ "Reserves Hunt, Navarro lead Ohio to 41-21 victory over Georgia Southern in Myrtle Beach Bowl". WTOP.com. AP. December 18, 2023. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
- ^ "Ohio University football game times announced". Athens News. July 17, 2024. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
- ^ "Ohio goes for second straight 10-win season against Georgia Southern in Myrtle Beach Bowl". usatoday.com. AP. December 18, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
- ^ Fiutak, Pete (June 30, 2024). "Ohio Preview, Best Players, Top Transfers, Season Prediction, Win Total 2024". cfn.com. College Football News. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
- ^ Schumann, Mike (December 14, 2023). "Ohio transfer quarterback Kurtis Rourke announces commitment to Indiana". The Daily Hoosier. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
- ^ "MAC Announces 2022 Postseason Football Awards & All-Conference Teams". Mid-American Conference. November 29, 2022.
- ^ Connelly, Bill (February 5, 2024). "College football 2024 returning production rankings: 134 teams". espn.com. ESPN.
- ^ "Football: Looking at who Ohio added via the transfer portal". thepostatherns.com. Ohio Post. July 17, 2024. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
- ^ "Reserves Hunt, Navarro lead Ohio to 41-21 victory over Georgia Southern in Myrtle Beach Bowl". foxsports.com. AP. December 16, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
- ^ "Reserves Hunt, Navarro lead Ohio to 41-21 victory over Georgia Southern in Myrtle Beach Bowl". foxsports.com. AP. December 16, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
- ^ "GA SOUTHERN 21 OHIO 41". foxsports.com. Fox Sports. December 16, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
- ^ Machlin, Tzvi (December 16, 2023). "Freshman Running Back Rickey Hunt Tied NCAA Bowl Record This Saturday". msn.com. The Spun. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
- ^ Keegan III, Robert (August 31, 2024). "Football: Ohio couldn't overcome defensive woes in 38-22 loss to Syracuse". thepostathens.com. Ohio University Post. Retrieved September 1, 2024.