Bulls Suffer First MAC Loss at Ohio
11/2/2022 12:16:00 AM | Football
ATHENS, OH – The University at Buffalo football team had its five-game winning streak snapped at Ohio, 45-24, on Tuesday night at Peden Stadium. It was the Bulls' first Mid-American Conference loss of the season.
UB rallied from a 24-3 second-quarter deficit to make it a one-score game on two different occasions in the third quarter, but in the end Ohio's high-octane offense proved to be too much.
Trailing 24-3 late in the second quarter, Cole Snyder found Justin Marshall in the corner of the endzone for a 12-yard touchdown to cut the lead to 24-10 at the half. On Ohio's first possession of the third quarter, Keyshawn Cobb picked off Ohio quarterback Kurtis Rourke and returned it 26 yards for a touchdown and just like that it was 24-17.
After Ohio answered with a touchdown to go up by 14 points, Snyder hit Mike Washington on a short pass for a touchdown to again bring the Bulls to within seven, 31-24, with 1:46 left in the third quarter. The touchdown was set up by a fumble forced by Cobb and recovered by Marcus Fuqua near midfield.
Unfortunately, turnovers hurt the Bulls in the fourth quarter as they fumbled twice, thwarting their comeback effort.
Snyder finished with 234 yards passing and two scores. Marshall and Quian Williams each had six catches in the game. Robbie Mangas added a career-high four grabs for 41 yards.
Defensively, Buffalo was led by the linebacker duo of James Patterson and Shaun Dolac. Patterson had a career-high 16 tackles, including 1.5 tackles for loss. Dolac had 10 tackles in the game.
Buffalo (5-4, 4-1 MAC) will next play at Central Michigan next Wednesday night.
UB rallied from a 24-3 second-quarter deficit to make it a one-score game on two different occasions in the third quarter, but in the end Ohio's high-octane offense proved to be too much.
Trailing 24-3 late in the second quarter, Cole Snyder found Justin Marshall in the corner of the endzone for a 12-yard touchdown to cut the lead to 24-10 at the half. On Ohio's first possession of the third quarter, Keyshawn Cobb picked off Ohio quarterback Kurtis Rourke and returned it 26 yards for a touchdown and just like that it was 24-17.
After Ohio answered with a touchdown to go up by 14 points, Snyder hit Mike Washington on a short pass for a touchdown to again bring the Bulls to within seven, 31-24, with 1:46 left in the third quarter. The touchdown was set up by a fumble forced by Cobb and recovered by Marcus Fuqua near midfield.
Unfortunately, turnovers hurt the Bulls in the fourth quarter as they fumbled twice, thwarting their comeback effort.
Snyder finished with 234 yards passing and two scores. Marshall and Quian Williams each had six catches in the game. Robbie Mangas added a career-high four grabs for 41 yards.
Defensively, Buffalo was led by the linebacker duo of James Patterson and Shaun Dolac. Patterson had a career-high 16 tackles, including 1.5 tackles for loss. Dolac had 10 tackles in the game.
Buffalo (5-4, 4-1 MAC) will next play at Central Michigan next Wednesday night.
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