The Ohio football team opens midweek MACtion on the road Tuesday, Nov. 3, traveling from Athens to Akron to face the Zips at InfoCision Stadium with a chance to stay perfect in Mid-American Conference play, according to Ohio University Athletics. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. ET, with the game televised on ESPN2 and heard on The Varsity Sports Network.
Ohio enters the game 6-2 overall and 4-0 in the MAC, riding a five-game overall winning streak, Ohio University Athletics reported. A win Tuesday would be the Bobcats’ sixth straight victory overall and their eighth straight win over Akron in a series that reaches its 34th meeting.
The Bobcats’ last outing was a 24-20 thriller over Eastern Michigan on Oct. 24, won on a 100-yard kickoff return touchdown by Darren James-Hamilton in the final minutes and a game-ending goal-line stand, according to Ohio University Athletics. With that win, Ohio clinched bowl eligibility, extended the nation’s longest home winning streak to 17 games, and started 4-0 in MAC play for the first time since 1997…