ATHENS, Ohio (AP) — Coleman Owen had six receptions for 146 yards and two touchdowns and added a 22-yard TD run on Saturday to help Ohio beat Buffalo 47-16.

Parker Navarro was 14-of-19 passing for 231 yards and two touchdowns with an interception and added 81 yards rushing on 13 carries for Ohio (5-3, 3-1 Mid-American Conference).

Rickey Hunt Jr. ripped off a 46-yard touchdown run that made it 10-7 with 8:21 left in the second quarter and the Bobcats led the rest of the way. Buffalo went three-and-out on its ensuing drive and Owen caught a pass from Navarro at the 30 and raced the rest of the way for a 65-yard touchdown that made it a 10-point game about 2 minutes later.

Coleman made a diving catch for a 13-yard touchdown just before halftime that stretched Ohio’s lead to 24-10 and Shay Taylor returned an interception 30 yards for a touchdown to cap the scoring with 11:58 to play.

C.J. Ogbonna was 24-of-39 passing for 257 yards and a touchdown with an interception for Buffalo (4-4, 2-2 Mid-American Conference). Al-Jay Henderson had 81 yards rushing on 14 carries and Victor Snow added five receptions for 75 yards and a TD.

Buffalo	0	10	6	0	=	16
Ohio	3	21	9	14	=	47

First Quarter

OHIO–FG Spetic 23, 1:38.

Second Quarter

BUFF–Burch 27 run (Bellenfant kick), 12:47.

OHIO–Hunt 46 run (Spetic kick), 8:21.

OHIO–Owen 65 pass from Navarro (Spetic kick), 6:12.

BUFF–FG Bellenfant 40, 3:23.

OHIO–Owen 13 pass from Navarro (Spetic kick), 1:03.

Third Quarter

OHIO–McCormick 2 run (Spetic kick), 6:19.

BUFF–Snow 21 pass from Ogbonna (Schmitz return), 2:38.

Fourth Quarter

OHIO–Owen 22 run (Spetic kick), 12:15.

OHIO–S.Taylor 30 interception return (Spetic kick), 11:58.

A–16,048.

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	BUFF	OHIO
First downs	22	22
Total Net Yards	383	489
Rushes-yards	33-126	41-258
Passing	257	231
Punt Returns	0-0	1-5
Kickoff Returns	1-14	1-20
Interceptions Ret.	1-0	1-30
Comp-Att-Int	24-39-1	14-19-1
Sacked-Yards Lost	4-23	0-0
Punts	2-32.5	2-35.0
Fumbles-Lost	2-1	0-0
Penalties-Yards	2-20	1-5
Time of Possession	29:29	30:31

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING–Buffalo, Henderson 14-81, Burch 1-27, Shelton 2-10, Sperling 3-8, Scott 2-2, Ogbonna 11-(minus 2). Ohio, Hunt 9-89, Navarro 13-81, McCormick 11-38, Owen 1-22, Poulos 3-21, Brune 4-7.

PASSING–Buffalo, Ogbonna 24-39-1-257. Ohio, Navarro 14-19-1-231.

RECEIVING–Buffalo, Snow 5-75, Jenkins 4-57, Henderson 3-24, Johnson 2-24, Morrow 2-24, Barr 2-19, Q.Sanders 1-17, Orlando 1-7, Cuff 1-5, Burch 1-3, Barksdale 1-1, Sperling 1-1. Ohio, Owen 6-146, Hendricks 4-23, Harris 1-52, Dennis 1-4, Pugh 1-4, McCormick 1-2.

MISSED FIELD GOALS–Buffalo, Bellenfant 47.