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Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl<br />
GAME HISTORY<br />
Date Result Attendance TV Rating<br />
Popeyes Bahamas Bowl<br />
12/24/14 Western Kentucky 49, Central Michigan 48 13,667 1.1 ESPN<br />
12/24/15 Western Michigan 45, Middle Tennessee 31 13,123 1.4 ESPN<br />
12/24/16 Old Dominion 24, Eastern Michigan 20 13,422 0.9 ESPN<br />
12/22/17 Ohio 41, UAB 6 13,585 .62 ESPN<br />
Individual Awards:<br />
Offensive Player of the Game<br />
Defensive Player of the Game<br />
2014 Brandon Doughty, QB, Western Kentucky Derik Overstreet, DL, Western Kentucky<br />
2015 Jamauri Bogan, RB, Western Michigan Grant DePalma, LB, Western Michigan<br />
2016 Ray Lawry, RB, Old Dominion TJ Ricks, LB, Old Dominion<br />
2017 Dorian Brown, RB, Ohio Javon Hagan, S, Ohio<br />
Memorable Games:<br />
2014: Western Kentucky watched a 35-point lead whittled down to one point on the final play of regulation, and<br />
Central Michigan scored the final five touchdowns of the game including a three-lateral 75-yard miracle<br />
final play. But the Chippewas went for the win on a two-point conversion with no time left, and WKU’s<br />
Wonderful Terry batted the pass away to give the Hilltoppers a pulsating 49-48 win in the inaugural game.<br />
Top Individual Performances<br />
Brandon Doughty, QB, Western Kentucky, 2014 -- Threw for five touchdowns, giving him a nation-leading 49 for<br />
the season, and 486 yards, completing 31-of-42 passes in leading the Hilltoppers to a 49-48 win over Central<br />
Michigan.<br />
Cooper Rush, QB, Central Michigan, 2014 -- Threw seven touchdown passes, the most in NCAA bowl history,<br />
and had five TD throws in the final 12 minutes in leading the Chippewas to five straight scores in the fourth<br />
quarter, while throwing for 485 yards in a losing cause in CMU’s 49-48 loss to Western Kentucky.<br />
Titus Davis, WR, Central Michigan, 2014 -- Caught six passes for 147 yards and four touchdowns, including the final<br />
15 yards on a three-lateral play with no time remaining, that pulled the Chippewas within one point in what<br />
became a 49-48 loss to Western Kentucky.<br />
Jamauri Bogan, RB, Western Michigan, 2015 -- Ran for 215 yards and four touchdowns, powering Western<br />
Michigan past Middle Tennessee 45-31 for its first bowl victory.<br />
Dorian Brown, RB, Ohio, 2017 – Ran for 152 yards on just 12 carries and tied a bowl record with four touchdown<br />
runs, which propelled the Bobcats to a 41-6 victory over UAB.<br />
Last Year’s Game:<br />
The 2017 Bahamas Bowl featured UAB of Conference USA against Ohio of the Mid-American Conference. A crowd<br />
of 13,585 in Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium and the ESPN TV audience saw Ohio jump out to a 20-0 lead on<br />
the way to a 41-6 victory. Led by Offensive Player of the Game Dorian Brown, who rushed 12 times for 152 yards<br />
and a bowl-record-tying four touchdowns, the Bobcats got their first bowl victory since 2012 and third overall.<br />
UAB, which reinstated its program after a two-year hiatus, reached a bowl for only the second time in school<br />
history. Brown scored on runs of 74, 9, 25 and 14 yards as Ohio rolled up 459 yards of total offense. The Bobcats<br />
scored on their opening possession on a 2-yard TD toss from Nathan Rourke to DL Knock, and Rourke’s 56-yard<br />
TD pass to Papi White extended the lead to 13-0 after a missed PAT late in the first quarter. Brown raced 74 yards<br />
for his first TD of the day with 12:26 left in the second quarter as Ohio took a commanding 20-0 advantage. UAB<br />
finally got on the board with a Nick Vogel 34-yard field goal midway through the second quarter, but Brown’s<br />
second TD run of 9 yards pushed the Ohio lead to 27-3 at halftime. Vogel’s second field goal, this time from 25<br />
yards out in the third quarter, brought the Blazers to 27-6, but Brown scored twice more in the period for the final<br />
margin after three quarters. Ohio linebacker Javon Hagan, who had a game-high nine tackles (six solo) and a<br />
forced fumble, was selected as the Defensive Player of the Game. UAB quarterback A.J. Erdely completed 24-of-45<br />
passes for 254 yards to lead the Blazers, while Rourke was 12-of-18 passing for 185 yards and two scores for the<br />
Bobcats.<br />
Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final<br />
UAB 0 3 3 0 6<br />
Ohio 13 14 14 0 41<br />
Scoring:<br />
First Quarter: Ohio – DL Knock 2-yard touchdown reception from Nathan Rourke, Louis Zervos kick good; Ohio –<br />
Papi White 56-yard touchdown pass from Nathan Rourke, Louie Zervos kick failed.<br />
Second Quarter: Ohio – Dorian Brown 74-yard touchdown run, Louie Zervos kick good; UAB – 34-yard field goal by<br />
Nick Vogel; Ohio – Dorian Brown 9-yard touchdown run, Louie Zervos kick good<br />
Third Quarter: UAB – 25-yard field goal by Nick Vogel; Ohio – Dorian Brown 25-yard touchdown run, Louie Zervos<br />
kick good; Ohio – Dorian Brown 14-yard touchdown run, Louie Zervos kick good.<br />
Fourth Quarter: No scoring.<br />
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