Evanston, Ill. — In a solid yet unspectacular afternoon of football, the heavily-favored Northwestern Wildcats (2-2, 0-1 B1G) defeated the Ohio Bobcats (0-4, 0-0 MAC) 35-6 in front of a student section filled with first-year, second-year and transfer students experiencing their first game at Ryan Field.
The quarterbacking situation for the ‘Cats remained a question until gametime. Hunter Johnson’s ineffectiveness and Andrew Marty’s injury late in last week’s contest at Duke placed the starting quarterback role in the hands of South Carolina transfer Ryan Hilinski, who started a game for the first time since 2019. He finished 12-of-20 with no touchdowns and no interceptions.