COLLEGE FOOTBALL | Frisco Bowl

Ohio 27, San Diego State 0

FRISCO, TEXAS

Nathan Rourke ran for two touchdowns and threw for another score, leading Ohio to a victory over San Diego State in the drizzly Frisco Bowl on Wednesday night. A.J. Ouellette rushed for 164 yards and the Bobcats (9-4) finished with 215 on the ground, the most the Aztecs (7-6) allowed all season with the fourth-best run defense in FBS. Ohio finished with six wins in seven games and won a second straight bowl game under Frank Solich. He became the oldest head coach in FBS at 74 before bowl season when 79-year-old Bill Snyder retired at Kansas State. San Diego State was shut out in a bowl for the first time since its first postseason appearance — a 53-0 loss to Hardin-Simmons in the 1948 Harbor Bowl at long-since-demolished Balboa Stadium in San Diego. The Aztecs had 44 of their 287 yards on one run by Juwan Washington while losing a fourth straight game in a season for the first time in eight years under coach Rocky Long. San Diego State’s first meeting with Ohio was its first loss in 15 games against Mid-American Conference teams.

Associated Press