COLUMBUS, Ohio — Akron fell 52-6 within the 2024 season opener to the No. 2 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes at Ohio Stadium on Saturday afternoon with 102,011 followers in attendance.
Redshirt junior Ok Garrison Smith made a pair of subject targets, scoring the Zips six factors. Smith break up the uprights with 48- and 49-yard kicks, marking the longest subject targets since Robert Stein buried a 50-yarder in 2015.
Three quarterbacks noticed motion for the Zips within the season opener as redshirt junior Tahj Bullock paced each the passing (68 yards) and speeding (42 yards) classes. Redshirt junior Ben Finley earned the beginning function and threw for 53 yards, whereas redshirt sophomore RB Charles Kellom added 9 yards on the bottom. As well as, redshirt sophomore TE Jake Newell reeled in two catches for 41 yards to guide receiving corps, whereas redhirt junior RB Jordon Simmons caught 4 passes for 25 yards.
Redshirt junior S Daymon David paced the Akron protection with six tackles whereas redshirt junior DL CJ Nunnally IV and senior LB Antavious Fish every had 5 tackles.
How It Occurred
Akron grabbed a 3-0 lead over Ohio State after scoring the sport’s first factors with 8:44 remaining within the first quarter. Ohio State outpaced Akron to a 31-3 lead earlier than the Zips put a subject purpose on the board to chop into the benefit and make it a 31-6 sport. Akron did not rating once more within the sport and Ohio State added 21 extra factors to complete off the scoring.
Sport Notes
» Akron transformed 4 of 16 third downs whereas Ohio State was profitable on 9 of 14.
» Avery E-book punted six occasions for the Zips with a mean of 48.2 yards per punt whereas pinning the Buckeyes inside their very own 20 two occasions.
» Akron went 2-for-3 on fourth down, changing on 66.7 % of makes an attempt.
» Bullock accomplished 69.2% of his passes on the day, going 9-for-13.
What’s Subsequent?
Akron travels to face Rutgers for its subsequent check on Saturday, September 7.