1986 Ohio Bobcats football team

1986 Ohio Bobcats football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	1–10 (0–8 MAC)
Head coach	Cleve Bryant (2nd season)
Home stadium	Peden Stadium

1986 Mid-American Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Miami (OH) $	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Toledo	5	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Bowling Green	5	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Kent State	5	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Ball State	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Eastern Michigan	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Central Michigan	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Western Michigan	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Ohio	0	–	8	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1986 Ohio Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Ohio University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second season under head coach Cleve Bryant, the Bobcats compiled a 1–10 record (0–8 against MAC opponents), finished in last place in the MAC, and were outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 329 to 196.^[1][2][3] They played their local games in Peden Stadium in Athens, Ohio.^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	at Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	L 16–21
September 13	Marshall*	Peden Stadium Athens, OH (rivalry)	L 7–21
September 20	at Duke*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	L 7–22	28,500	[5]
September 27	at Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI	L 27–56
October 4	Miami (OH)	Peden Stadium Athens, OH (rivalry)	L 14–34
October 11	at Ball State	Ball State Stadium Muncie, IN	L 9–30
October 18	at Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI	L 31–33
October 25	Toledo	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	L 21–24
November 1	Kent State	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	L 13–17
November 8	at Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI	L 17–45
November 15	Northern Illinois*	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	W 34–26	4,844
*Non-conference game

References

1. "1986 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
2. "2015 Ohio Football Media Guide" (PDF). Ohio University. 2015. pp. 92, 94. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 7, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
3. "Cleve Bryant". Sports Reference.
4. "Peden Stadium". Ohio University Athletics. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
5. "Freshman's 64-yard run leads Duke past Ohio". The Charlotte Observer. September 21, 1986. Retrieved February 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.