First Half:
-
Bowling Green scored first on a 48-yard field goal, marking the sixth time in nine games this season that
Ohio
's opponent has scored first.
- On his first kick return as a collegian,
Ohio
's Vince Davidson returned the ball 67 yards to the Bobcats' 25 yard line.
- Quarterback Theo Scott received his first start as a Bobcat.
- Ohio scored in two plays on its first possession. Those two plays consisted of a 22-yard run by Scott and a three-yard touchdown run by McRae, which brought him within one of tying his own single season mark of 15.
- At 3:34 in the first quarter, McRae tied his own school record with his 15th rushing touchdown of the season.
- At 11:22 in the second quarter, McRae surpassed his own previous
Ohio
single season record for rushing touchdowns in a season on a nine-yard, his 16
th score.
At the Half:
- McRae has 142 yards, five shy of breaking
Ohio's all-time record. He has also surpassed 1,000 yards for the season, becoming the first player in
Ohio
history to record three-straight 1,000-yard campaigns.
- The two teams combined for 451 yards of total offense.
Second Half:
- With a rush in the eighth minute of the third quarter, McRae passed Steveland Hookfin as the new all-time leading rusher in
Ohio
history.
- With two minutes left in the third quarter,
Ohio
's Kris Luchsinger recorded his first-career interception, and returned it 58 yards for his first-career touchdown.
- After racking up 252 yards of total offense in the first half,
Ohio
was held to 40 in the third quarter.
- Michael Braunstein's nation-leading streak of 20-consecutive field goals made ended with an attempt in the six-minute mark of the fourth quarter.
Final:
- McRae finished with 200 yards rushing on 42 carries. It marked the fourth time in his career he has reached the 200-yard mark. The 42 carries were 10 more than his previous career high, and tied with two others for the second-most in a game in
Ohio
history.
- McRae finished with three touchdowns to tie his career high. He had previously scored three rushing touchdowns in a game twice (both this season).
- Davidson finished with an average of 39.3 yards on three kick returns, the third-highest single game mark in school history.
- Ohio scored more than 21 points at Bowling Green for the first time since 1976. The 38 were also the most points Ohio has ever scored in a game at BGSU (previous - 34, 1970).
- Scott recorded new
Ohio
personal career highs in passing and rushing yards.
-
Ohio
recorded more than 400 yards of total offense for the third-straight game, and fifth time this year.
-
Ohio
has scored 38 or more points in three-straight (48,40,38) games for the first time since the 2000 season (42,44,52).