Ohio·Mid-American

2019 — The 2019 Season

Ohio's 2019 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-6
Final result Bowl season Won the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ +0.3 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Rhod Isl 41-20 L @ Pittsb 10-20 L @ Marshall 31-33 L vs Louisi 25-45 W @ Buffalo 21-20 L vs Nort Ill 36-39 W vs Kent Sta 45-38 W @ Ball Sta 34-21 L vs Miam (OH 21-24 L vs West Mic 34-37 W @ Bowl Gre 66-24 W @ Akron 52-3 W @ Nevada 30-21 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2019.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2019 season's largest margin: Ohio 52, Akron 3. A 49-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Ohio 25, Louisiana 45. A 20-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Ohio beat Nevada 30-21 in the postseason.

"Bobcats Bite Back"
— Ohio fanbase voice · 2019· synthesized
What it meant

2019 is a middle chapter for Ohio — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.