Shannon Brooks and Mitch Leidner scored rushing touchdowns, and the Gophers are tied 14-14 with Ohio on homecoming Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium.
Brooks, a freshman seeing his first substantial time in the backfield, rushed three times for 71 yards on the 87-yard touchdown drive to tie the game 7-7 in the second quarter.
Trailing 14-7, Leidner had a one-yard quarterback sneak to tie it 14-14 at 3:20 in the second quarter.
After pitching a shuout against Kent State, the Gophers' defense allowed two passing touchdowns to Bobcats quarterback Derrius Vick.
On their second drive, Ohio took advantage of two coverage breakdowns in the Gophers secondary to take a 7-0 lead with a four-play drive.