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09/12 21:39 CDT Freshman and 3rd-string QB Levi Davis scores winner in 3rd OT
in Ohio's 29-27 victory
Freshman and 3rd-string QB Levi Davis scores winner in 3rd OT in Ohio's 29-27
victory
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) --- Freshman and third-string quarterback Levi Davis ran for a
2-point conversion in the third overtime to give Ohio a 29-27 victory over
Jacksonville State on Saturday night.
Neither team scored in the first overtime and both kicked field goals in the
second. After Davis ran in the conversion, Jacksonville State's Cade Creel hit
Darius Cannon with a pass but DJ James-Hamilton made the tackle just shy of the
goal line. James-Hamilton also returned a kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown.
Davis entered the game with 1:49 left in regulation when second-stringer Matt
Vezza was knocked out of the game after scrambling to the Gamecocks' 3-yard
line and the Bobcats (1-1) trailing 24-17. Davis scrambled just short of the
goal line on his first collegiate play from scrimmage and Victor Rosa went over
from there to tie the game.
Jacksonville State (1-2) drove down the field but Garrison Rippa's 38-yard
attempt was wide right at the end of regulation.
Vezza, a New Hampshire transfer, came in for Nick Poulos with Ohio trailing
14-0 early in the second quarter after a hard hit on Poulos that was ruled as
targeting. Vezza threw one touchdown pass and directed the Bobcats until having
to give way to Davis.
Creel threw for 265 yards and a score and ran for 120 more yards that included
an 8-yard TD run in the first quarter.
The win was coach John Hauser's first since having the interim tag removed
after leading Ohio to a victory over UNLV in last year's Frisco Bowl. The
Bobcats have won 14 straight games at home, the second-longest active streak in
FBS behind Indiana's 15.
Up next
Jacksonville State: Home against Georgia Southern next Saturday.
Ohio: At South Alabama next Saturday.
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