Ohio Football Set to Host WVU for 2025 Home Opener

Charley Szydlyk

Football
9/2/2025 10:00:00 AM

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ATHENS, Ohio – The Ohio soccer workforce returns to Athens for the primary time this season when it hosts the West Virginia Mountaineers on Saturday, Sept. 6, at Frank Solich Field at Peden Stadium. Kickoff is ready for 4 p.m. ET and may be seen on ESPNU with Courtney Lyle and Rene Ingoglia on the decision. 

 

The Bobcats’ matchup may also be heard on the Ohio Sports Network from Learfield, offered by Holzer Health System. Veteran Ohio radio persona Marty Bannister is reprising his function as Ohio’s play-by-play broadcaster. Bannister shall be joined by coloration analyst Rob Cornelius, who has been part of the broadcasts for greater than 20 years. 

 

SERIES HISTORY VS. WVU

The Bobcats and the Mountaineers have met 16 instances since 1897, posting a 4-12 file. They final confronted off in 2001 in Morgantown; Ohio fell, 20-3.  

 

SCOUTING WVU

The Mountaineers opened their season with a dominant 45-3 victory over Robert Morris. 

 

Head coach Rich Rodriguez kicked off his second stint in Morgantown along with his 61^st victory. Rodriguez was on the Mountaineers’ helm from 2001-07; in that point, West Virginia made six bowl appearances and earned 5 Big East Conference Champions titles, three of which have been co-champion nods. Rodriguez was named Big East Coach of the Year following the workforce’s 2005 11-win marketing campaign, marking the primary of three consecutive double-digit win seasons. 

 

As a workforce in opposition to Robert Morris, the Mountaineers logged 625 yards of complete offense, averaging 8.2 yards per play. Redshirt junior quarterback Nicco Marchiol led the offense for almost all of the sport, going 17-for-20 with one passing landing on 224 yards within the air. Marchiol performed three full quarters and the start of the fourth earlier than giving technique to redshirt senior quarterback Jaylen Henderson, who instantly received West Virginia into the top zone. All 54 yards of Henderson’s fourth-quarter scoring drive got here on runs by him and sophomore working again Cyncir Bowers, who broke free on the 26 and raced into the top zone to make it 38-3 in favor of the Mountaineers.

 

True freshman quarterback Scotty Fox Jr. received into the sport with 4:15 remaining and it took him simply three performs to excite these nonetheless left within the stadium with a 59-yard landing run down the close to sideline. 

 

On the bottom, Marchiol was liable for certainly one of West Virginia’s 5 dashing touchdowns. Junior working again Jahiem White internet 93 dashing yards on 18 makes an attempt, scoring twice, whereas Fox amassed the vast majority of his yards on the bottom, working for 63 of his 71 yards on the sport. In complete, 11 Mountaineers recorded no less than one dashing try. 

 

Redshirt sophomore broad receiver Cam Vaughn recorded seven receptions and one landing on 126 yards, along with his longest reception hitting 46 yards. Senior tight finish Grayson Barnes and redshirt senior broad receiver Jaden Bray each caught three passes apiece. 

 

The West Virginia protection held Robert Morris to only three factors on 123 yards of complete offense, averaging simply 2.1 yards per play. Individually, redshirt senior linebacker Chase Wilson logged a team-best six complete tackles, together with two solo stops and 1.5 tackles for loss. He additionally claimed certainly one of two compelled fumbles and certainly one of 4 quarterback hurries on the sport. Senior security Fred Perry recorded 5 complete tackles and 6 separate defenders recorded 4 complete tackles every. Notably, redshirt senior defensive lineman Hammond Russell IV led the workforce in tackles for loss (2.5) and sacks (2) whereas redshirt senior linebacker Reid Carrico recorded the one fumble restoration of the sport. 

 

Redshirt senior kicker Kade Hensley was 6-for-6 on PATs and 1-for-1 on area targets, including three factors for the Mountaineers within the second quarter with a 27-yard kick. Sophomore kicker Ethan Head amassed 376 yards on six kickoffs whereas redshirt sophomore Nate Flower dealt with the opposite two kickoffs.