Ohio outlasts NIU, wins 24-17

The Ohio Bobcats were able to hold off the Northern Illinois Huskies, and their third-string quarterback Justin Lynch, as they went on to win 24-17 on Saturday afternoon. The Bobcats moved to 3-1 in the MAC and 5-3 overall while the Huskies fell to 1-3 in conference play and 2-6 overall.

OU took an early 7-0 lead on their opening drive of the game when they drove 84 yards on 9 plays. It was capped off by an 8-yard pass from Kurtis Rourke to Sam Wiglusz for the early touchdown.

From there the teams would punt on four straight possessions before four straight field goal attempts. After the slew of punts, NIU was able to drive 34-yards on 12 plays and kick a 38-yard field goal five minutes into…