Ohio senior running back Daz'mond Patterson leaps over a Marshall defender during the first half of the game at Peden Stadium.
It was a balmy Tuesday night in mid-November when Ohio’s seniors were introduced for their final game at Peden Stadium.
The majority of them —19 of the 20 — walked out to midfield with their families. Daz’mond Patterson walked out with his coach and his coach’s wife.
Patterson’s mother, Kenyatta Shaw, attends one game a year in Athens. This season, she came up from Plant City, Florida, to see Ohio beat Marshall in September.
With Shaw absent, it was offensive coordinator and running back’s coach Tim Albin and his wife who joined the senior running back for his last trip out of the tunnel.