# 2017 Ohio Bobcats football team

The 2017 Ohio Bobcats football team represented Ohio University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by 13th-year head coach Frank Solich and played their home games at Peden Stadium in Athens, Ohio as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the 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

In a preseason poll of league media, Ohio was picked to win the East Division with 11 first place votes.

## Coaching staff

| Name | Title | Alma mater |
| Frank Solich | Head coach | Nebraska, 1966 |
| Tim Albin | Asst. head coach/offensive coordinator/running backs coach | Northwestern Oklahoma State, 1989 |
| Jim Burrow | Asst. head coach/defensive coordinator/safeties coach | Nebraska, 1976 |
| Scott Isphording | Co-offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach | Hanover College, 1994 |
| Pete Germano | Defensive line coach/Special teams coordinator | Ohio Wesleyan, 1982 |
| Ron Collins | Linebackers coach/co-defensive coordinator | Washington State University, 1987 |
| Dwayne Dixon | Wide receivers coach | Florida, 1985 |
| Brian Haines | Recruiting/Special teams coordinator/tight ends coach | Marietta College, 2004 |
| Dave Johnson | Offensive line coach | West Virginia, 1985 |
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## Schedule

Ohio announced their 2017 football schedule on January 23, 2017. In out-of-conference play, the Bobcats will host Hampton and Kansas and will travel to Purdue and former MAC-affiliate UMass.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 2 | 7:00 p.m. | Hampton* | Peden StadiumAthens, OH | ESPN3 | W 59–0 | 17,501 |
| September 8 | 8:00 p.m. | at Purdue* | Ross–Ade StadiumWest Lafayette, IN | FS1 | L 21–44 | 45,633 |
| September 16 | Noon | Kansas* | Peden StadiumAthens, OH | ESPNU | W 42–30 | 22,056 |
| September 23 | 2:00 p.m. | at Eastern Michigan | Rynearson StadiumYpsilanti, MI | ESPN3 | W 27–20 $^{2OT}$ | 11,373 |
| September 30 | 3:30 p.m. | at UMass* | McGuirk StadiumAmherst, MA | ELVN | W 58–50 | 7,696 |
| October 7 | 2:00 p.m. | Central Michigan | Peden StadiumAthens, OH | ESPN3 | L 23–26 | 23,570 |
| October 14 | 3:30 p.m. | at Bowling Green | Doyt Perry StadiumBowling Green, OH | ESPN3 | W 48–30 | 17,641 |
| October 21 | 3:30 p.m. | Kent State | Peden StadiumAthens, OH | ESPN3 | W 48–3 | 19,540 |
| October 31 | 8:00 p.m. | Miami (OH) | Peden StadiumAthens, OH (Battle of the Bricks) | ESPN2 | W 45–28 | 18,096 |
| November 8 | 7:00 p.m. | Toledo | Peden StadiumAthens, OH | ESPN2 | W 38–10 | 15,562 |
| November 14 | 7:00 p.m. | at Akron | InfoCision StadiumAkron, OH | ESPN2 | L 34–37 | 17,832 |
| November 24 | 1:00 p.m. | at Buffalo | UB StadiumAmherst, NY | ESPN3 | L 24–31 | 12,273 |
| December 22 | 12:30 p.m. | vs. UAB* | Thomas Robinson StadiumNassau, Bahamas (Bahamas Bowl) | ESPN | W 41–6 | 13,585 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingAll times are in Eastern time |||||||
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## Game summaries
### Hampton

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Pirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobcats | 7 | 13 | 26 | 13 | 59 |

### At Purdue

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bobcats | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Boilermakers | 10 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 44 |

### Kansas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Jayhawks | 0 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 30 |
| Bobcats | 11 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 42 |

### At Eastern Michigan

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | Total |
| Bobcats | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| Eagles | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 20 |

### At UMass

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bobcats | 7 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 58 |
| Minutemen | 10 | 17 | 2 | 21 | 50 |

### Central Michigan

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Chippewas | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| Bobcats | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 23 |

### At Bowling Green

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bobcats | 0 | 21 | 6 | 21 | 48 |
| Falcons | 6 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 30 |

### Kent State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Flashes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bobcats | 0 | 13 | 28 | 7 | 48 |

### Miami (OH)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| RedHawks | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| Bobcats | 14 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 45 |

### Toledo

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rockets | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Bobcats | 7 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 38 |

### At Akron

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bobcats | 14 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 34 |
| Zips | 10 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 37 |

### At Buffalo

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bobcats | 7 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| Bulls | 24 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 31 |

### Vs. UAB–Bahamas Bowl

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blazers | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Bobcats | 13 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 41 |