Ohio 42, Kansas 30
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, September 16, 2017
Where: Peden Stadium, Athens, Ohio
Temperature:
78°
Head Official:
Brad Van Vark
Attendance:
22056
By The Sports Xchange
A.J. Ouellette rushed for 102 yards on 10 carries and Brendan Cope amassed 104 receiving yards to lead Ohio to a 42-30 victory over Kansas in a nonconference game at Peden Stadium in Athens, Ohio.
Kansas (1-2) has lost 42 consecutive games on the road. The longest NCAA losing streak on the road belongs to Western Colorado State, which lost 44 between 1926-36.
The Jayhawks' last road victory was in 2009 at UTEP.
Ohio (2-1) never trailed after taking an 11-0 lead going into the second quarter. The Bobcats turned a 25-14 halftime lead into a 39-14 advantage heading into the fourth quarter thanks to Ouellette's 8-yard touchdown run and quarterback Nathan Rourke's second touchdown pass of the game, a 9-yard strike to Andrew Meyer.
Ouelette's rushing total marked the first 100-yard rushing game for Ohio this season. Khalil Herbert led Kansas with 137 yards on 19 carries with two touchdowns, including one when time expired.
Rourke, who also rushed for a touchdown, completed 11 of 16 for 152 yards. Backup quarterback Quinton Maxwell, who started Ohio's first two games, completed 5 of 6 passes for 102 yards with one touchdown and one interception.
Cope caught five passes, including a 58-yarder, while Meyer had five catches for 86 yards.
Kansas cut the lead to 39-21 with 11:47 left in the fourth quarter on Peyton Bender's second touchdown pass of the game. It was a 1-yard fade pass to Jeremiah Booker.
Bender, a transfer who once played at Washington State, completed 30 of 47 passes for 343 yards with two touchdowns and an interception.
Bender was sacked five times, including a near safety in the fourth quarter in which he barely remained in front of the goal line. He eventually engineered a drive on that possession that resulted in a 34-yard field goal by Gabe Rui that trimmed the lead to 39-24 with 5:35 left.
Ohio answered with a drive that resulted with a 46-yard field goal by Louie Zervos with 2:13 remaining.
Top Game Performances
Receiving
| Kansas |
|
Ohio |
|
Evan Fairs
|
Player |
Brendan Cope
|
|
3 |
Receptions |
5 |
|
77 |
Yards |
104 |
|
25.7 |
Avg Yards |
20.8 |
|
0 |
Touchdowns |
0 |
|
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
| |
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
| Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
| Kansas
|
451 |
108 |
343 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1.0 |
0 |
| Ohio
|
450 |
196 |
254 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
5.0 |
0 |
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