The Ohio Bobcats were able to hold off the Northern Illinois Huskies, and their third-string quarterback Justin Lynch, as they went on to win 24-17 on Saturday afternoon. The Bobcats moved to 3-1 in the MAC and 5-3 overall while the Huskies fell to 1-3 in conference play and 2-6 overall.
OU took an early 7-0 lead on their opening drive of the game when they drove 84 yards on 9 plays. It was capped off by an 8-yard pass from Kurtis Rourke to Sam Wiglusz for the early touchdown.
From there the teams would punt on four straight possessions before four straight field goal attempts.