Ohio Edges Kent State 13-10 With a Scoreless Fourth Quarter
The last score of this game came with 15 seconds left in the third quarter. Then both teams spent the entire fourth quarter not scoring, and Ohio won 13-10.
Will Hryszko kicked a 40-yard field goal for Ohio in the first quarter, and Sean Leonard answered with a 24-yarder for Kent State to make it 3-3 in the second. Matt Vezza broke a 35-yard run for a touchdown with 3:46 left in the half, and Ohio led 10-3 at the break. Mason King's 1-yard run tied it for the Golden Flashes at 10-10 in the third, and Hryszko's 44-yard field goal with 15 seconds left in the period put Ohio back in front. It was tied twice, and Ohio never trailed.
The yardage splits are odd. Ohio threw for only 72 yards and ran for 183 (39 carries), and Kent State threw for 217 but ran for 49 on 31 carries. Ohio lost two fumbles and did not throw an interception, while Kent State threw two interceptions and lost no fumbles. Each side gave it away twice, which goes a long way toward explaining why the margin stayed at three.
Ohio improves to 3-2 and Kent State falls to 2-3, a result that came down to one clean field goal from 44 yards. Fantasy owners got very little to like. The top scorer on the day was Kent State's Da'Realyst Clark with 12.9 points, which tells you how this one went. A 13-10 final with one touchdown for each side will do that.