Ohio 19, Akron 7

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	14	21
Total Yards	292	346
Passing	132	187
Rushing	160	159
Penalties	6-50	6-68
3rd Down Conversions	5-15	8-17
4th Down Conversions	1-2	2-3
Turnovers	2	5
Possession	33:33	26:27

Air/Ground Leaders
Ohio Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Scott 11/21 132 1 1	Akron Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Nicely 9/23 98 0 0 Rodgers 10/19 89 0 2
Ohio Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Davidson 12 69 0 43 Garrett 7 38 0 20	Akron Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Rodgers 11 80 0 16 Tuzze 14 60 1 15
Ohio Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Price 2 40 0 33 Olyaie 1 36 0 36	Akron Receiving   REC YDS TD LG LaFrance 5 65 0 38 Bowser 4 47 0 30

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				OHIO	AKR
	FG	09:00	Matt Weller 27 Yd	3	0
THIRD QUARTER				OHIO	AKR
	TD	10:49	Melvin Payne Recovered Blocked Punt In End Zone (Matt Weller Kick)	10	0
	TD	08:07	Joe Tuzze 3 Yd Run (Branko Rogovic Kick)	10	7
FOURTH QUARTER				OHIO	AKR
	FG	14:04	Matt Weller 27 Yd	13	7
	TD	10:56	Terrence McCrae 7 Yd Pass From Theo Scott (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)	19	7

AKRON, Ohio -- Theo Scott passed for a touchdown and Melvin Payne scored after recovering his own blocked punt in the end zone to help Ohio defeat Akron 19-7 on Saturday night.

Scott was 11-for-21 for 132 yards and a 7-yard touchdown pass to Terrence McRae with 10:56 left for the Bobcats (4-2, 2-0 Mid-American Conference).

Zips quarterback Matt Rodgers injured his knee late in the second quarter when he fumbled at the 3 and Ohio's Patrick Tafua recovered in the end zone.

Rodgers, who was 10-for-19 for 89 yards and had 11 rushes for 80 yards, will be evaluated Sunday or Monday. He was replaced by Patrick Nicely, who saw his first action for Akron (1-4, 0-2).

Ohio's Matt Weller kicked the first of his two 27-yard field goals for the only first-half scoring. Payne's blocked punt came with 10:49 left in the third quarter for a 10-0 lead, then Joe Tuzze's 3-yard run made it 10-7.