Sunday, September 3, 2017

Ohio throttles Hampton 59-0 to win first game of season

ATHENS, Ohio -- Frank Solich was satisfied. His team hadn’t stopped scoring when it could have.

Ohio didn’t play a perfect game, but the game against Hampton on Saturday was as close as it could get.

The Bobcats defeated the Pirates 59-0 to open the season at Peden Stadium.



Ohio scored eight touchdowns, the most it's scored in a game since the Gardner-Webb game last season. The win against the Pirates also marked the Bobcats’ first shutout since a win over Kent State in November 2015.

The improvement on offense had materialized.

“Things can get a little sloppy sometimes in this kind of game, and we played a ton of guys,” Solich said. “It’s difficult sometimes to keep scoring and not having some turnovers, and then all of a sudden the game becomes a mess from your perspective as a coach.”

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