2017 Ohio Bobcats football team

2017 Ohio Bobcats football
2017 Ohio Bobcats football
Bahamas Bowl champion
Bahamas Bowl, W 41–6 vs. UAB
Conference	Mid-American Conference
	East Division
Record	9–4 (5–3 MAC)
Head coach	Frank Solich (13th season);
Offensive coordinator	Tim Albin (13th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread option
Co-defensive coordinators	Jim Burrow (13th season); Ron Collins (1st season);
Base defense	4-3
Home stadium	Peden Stadium
	Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

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.^[1]^[2] 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.

East Division

Record9–4 (5–3 MAC)

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2017 Mid-American Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
Akron xy	6	–	2	7	–	7
Ohio	5	–	3	9	–	4
Miami (OH)	4	–	4	5	–	7
Buffalo	4	–	4	6	–	6
Bowling Green	2	–	6	2	–	10
Kent State	1	–	7	2	–	10
West Division
Toledo xy$	7	–	1	11	–	3
Central Michigan	6	–	2	8	–	5
Northern Illinois	6	–	2	8	–	5
Western Michigan	4	–	4	6	–	6
Eastern Michigan	3	–	5	5	–	7
Ball State	0	–	8	2	–	10
Championship: Toledo 45, Akron 28
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant

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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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 p.m.	Hampton*	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	ESPN3	W 59–0	17,501
September 8	8:00 p.m.	at Purdue*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	FS1	L 21–44	45,633
September 16	12:00 p.m.	Kansas*	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	ESPNU	W 42–30	22,056
September 23	2:00 p.m.	at Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI	ESPN3	W 27–20 ^2OT	11,373
September 30	3:30 p.m.	at UMass*	McGuirk Stadium Amherst, MA	ELVN	W 58–50	7,696
October 7	2:00 p.m.	Central Michigan	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	ESPN3	L 23–26	23,570
October 14	3:30 p.m.	at Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	ESPN3	W 48–30	17,641
October 21	3:30 p.m.	Kent State	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	ESPN3	W 48–3	19,540
October 31	8:00 p.m.	Miami (OH)	Peden Stadium Athens, OH (Battle of the Bricks)	ESPN2	W 45–28	18,096
November 8	7:00 p.m.	Toledo	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	ESPN2	W 38–10	15,562
November 14	7:00 p.m.	at Akron	InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field Akron, OH	ESPN2	L 34–37	17,832
November 24	1:00 p.m.	at Buffalo	University at Buffalo Stadium Amherst, NY	ESPN3	L 24–31	12,273
December 22	12:30 p.m.	vs. UAB*	Thomas Robinson Stadium Nassau, Bahamas (Bahamas Bowl)	ESPN	W 41–6	13,585
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

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

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

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

Preseason

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

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