Ohio tops Kent St.
Published 11:54 pm Saturday, October 1, 2011
ATHENS, Ohio (AP) — Tyler Tettleton threw for 276 yards and two touchdowns as Ohio held off Kent State 17-10 on Saturday to start a season 4-1 for the first time since 1997.
Tettleton needed 252 yards to move into second place all-time for passing yards by a Bobcats sophomore and has 1,200.
By winning the Mid-American Conference opener for both teams Ohio is 3-0 at home for the first time since 2005, Frank Solich’s first season as head coach.
After the Golden Flashes (1-4) took a 7-3 lead on a 1-yard run by Spencer Keith with 4:01 to go before halftime, LaVon Brazill caught a 4-yard touchdown pass to put the Bobcats ahead for good. Brazill finished with eight catches for 102 yards to move into fifth place all-time among Ohio receivers.
Ryan Boykin added a 7-yard scoring reception with 2:15 left in the third quarter and also had 72 yards rushing.
Kent St. 0 7 0 3 — 10
Ohio 0 10 7 0 — 17
Second Quarter
Ohio—FG Weller 43, 11:45.
Kent—Keith 1 run (Cortez kick), 4:01.
Ohio—Brazill 4 pass from Tettleton (Weller kick), 1:39.
Third Quarter
Ohio—Boykin 7 pass from Tettleton (Weller kick), 2:15.
Fourth Quarter
Kent—FG Cortez 31, 5:42.
A—17,155.
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Kent Ohio
First downs 14 22
Rushes-yards 32-100 39-115
Passing 117 276
Comp-Att-Int 15-36-3 28-42-0
Return Yards 1 (-19)
Punts-Avg. 5-34.8 5-32.8
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1
Penalties-Yards 6-44 5-69
Time of Possession 30:49 29:11
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING—Kent St., Hollomon 4-44, Durham 10-35, Meray 7-29, Terry 3-12, Rinehart 1-(minus 10), Keith 7-(minus 10). Ohio, Boykin 22-72, Bates 5-23, Tettleton 12-20.
PASSING—Kent St., Keith 15-35-2-117, Terry 0-1-1-0. Ohio, Tettleton 28-42-0-276.
RECEIVING—Kent St., Hurdle 3-31, Kirkland 3-12, Terry 2-19, Thompson 2-15, Erjavec 2-14, Gilbert 1-16, Pierce 1-7, Adeyemi 1-3. Ohio, Brazill 8-102, Boykin 8-47, Dunlop 5-53, Foster 3-31, Bussey 2-25, Bates 2-18.