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ATHENS, Ohio | Ohio 54, Texas State 56 (3OT)|
Captains: Casey Sayles, A.J. Ouellette, Quentin Poling, Jordan Reid
Weather: 81 degrees, Sunny, Wind NE 6 mph
Attendance: 23,093

Game Notes:
- First triple OT in program history
- First double or more OT since 2009 against Ball State
- Ohio is 6-4 against the Sun Belt
- Ohio is 7-5 in season openers under head coach Frank Solich, 4-2 at home- Ohio is now 0-1 against Texas State
- First meeting between Ohio and Texas State
- RS freshman placekicker Louie Zervos set the Peden Stadium record for FG made with four.

Offense
- First time Ohio had more than 600 total yards since Ball State 2015
- Ohio recorded two touchdown drives that were under 15 seconds
- Ohio didn’t allow any sacks - first time since Ball State 2015
- RS senior QB Greg Windham 27-45 - more completions than he had all last year, first time an Ohio QB completed more than 21 since Miami 2015
- Windham threw for 380 yards
- RS freshman WR Kyle Belack set had a career high two receptions
- RS senior WR Jordan Reid recorded career high five receptions
- Jordan Reid now has seven career touchdowns
- RS junior WR Jarid Brown recorded first career reception and first two-point conversion
- RS freshman Elijah Ball recorded first three career receptions
- RS sophomore Maleek Irons records sixth career touchdown
- RS junior A.J. Ouellette’s first rush of the game was for 40 yards
- Senior Sebastian Smith needs 16 receptions to tie Eddie Washington’s 127 receptions (6th on Ohio All-Time list)
- RS sophomore Papi White recorded 178 yards (128 receiving, 29 rushing)

Defense
- RS senior safety Toran Davis recorded 15 tackles
- Davis had 2.5 tackles for loss
- RS freshman DL Chukwudi Chukwu recorded first career forced fumble
- RS junior DL Tony Porter recorded two sacks
- RS sophomore safety Kylan Nelson recorded two interceptions
- RS junior LB Quentin Poling and Chad Moore each had one pass break up
- Senior DL Tarell Basham needs half a sack to tie the Ohio career record (Has 18.5)
- Ohio recorded 104 total tackles

Special Teams
- White had a 75-yard kickoff return for a touchdown
- RS junior Dorian Brown recorded career-long 54-yard kick return
- Brown recorded 105 yards on returns
- RS freshman placekicker Louie Zervos recorded personal career high 4-5 field goal attempts, the longest being 45 yards.
- RS freshman punter Michael Farkas recorded five punts for 211 yards in his first career appearance.