The 2023 season's largest margin: Ohio 38, Bowling Green 7. A 31-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2023 — The Ten-Win Year
Ohio's 2023 season (10-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Kurtis RourkeQB2,207 passing yards
- Sieh BanguraRB811 rushing yards
- O'Shann AllisonRB452 rushing yards
- Sam WigluszWR664 receiving yards
- Miles CrossWR599 receiving yards
- Tyler WaltonWR349 receiving yards
- Bryce HoustonLB128 tackles
- Keye ThompsonLB94 tackles
- Walter ReynoldsS67 tackles
- Bradley WeaverDL6 sacks
- Vonnie WatkinsDE5 sacks
- Rayyan BuellDL4.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2023.
The season's deepest loss: Ohio 16, Miami (OH) 30. A 14-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Ohio beat Georgia Southern 41-21 in the postseason.
"Bobcats Bite Back"
2023 is a middle chapter for Ohio — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.