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Star runner Anthony Tyus III and the Ohio Bobcats (2-2) meet the Akron Zips (1-3) on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET at Frank Solich Field at Peden Stadium.
The Zips are expected to lose by at least a touchdown (currently +9.5) versus the Bobcats (with an over/under of 47 points).
Below you’ll find our betting primer for this season, and find all of our predictions here, too!
Ohio -9.5 vs. Akron
Ohio vs. Akron Betting Odds
- Spread favorite: Bobcats (-9.5)
- Moneyline: Bobcats (-379), Zips (+293)
- Total: 47 points
Ohio vs. Akron Betting Stats and Info
The Bobcats have won two games against the spread (in four tries). Against the spread, the Bobcats are winless in one game when favored by 9.5 points or more. Ohio won the one game it played when favored on the moneyline this season. Akron has won once against the spread this season (1-2-0). In two games as underdogs by 9.5 points or more, the Zips have covered the spread only once. This will be the third time this year Akron is an underdog on the moneyline, after losing the previous two such games.
Ohio vs. Akron Recent Stats and Trends
Ohio Bobcats
Akron Zips
Ohio vs. Akron Key Players
Ohio Bobcats
- Parker Navarro has 547 yards through the air (136.8 per game) and a 68.5% completion percentage (50-for-73), tossing two touchdown passes and four interceptions. He also has 100 rushing yards on 31 carries (with two touchdowns).
- Tyus has 57 rushing attempts for a team-leading 391 rushing yards (97.8 per game) and four touchdowns.
- Rickey Hunt has 138 rushing yards on 33 carries, and one touchdown.
- Coleman Owen has 25 catches (on 34 targets) and leads the team with 336 receiving yards (84 per game).
- Chase Hendricks’ stat line this year reveals 10 catches for 131 yards and one touchdown. He averages 32.8 receiving yards per game and has been targeted 17 times.
- Rodney Harris II has caught six passes for 61 yards, averaging 15.3 yards per game.
- Kadin Schmitz has 2.5 sacks to lead the team, and has also collected two TFL and four tackles.
- Austin Brawley has racked up 12 tackles to lead the team in tackles so far.
- Marcel Walker has a team-high one interception and has tacked on five tackles, one sack, and one pass defended in four games this season.
Akron Zips
- This year, Ben Finley has collected 659 passing yards (164.8 per game) while connecting on 64 of 115 passes (55.7%), with six touchdowns and four interceptions.
- Jordon Simmons has racked up a team-best 179 rushing yards (44.8 per game) and one touchdown.
- Charles Kellom has 77 yards on 26 carries (19.3 yards per game). He also has 14 catches for 90 yards and one touchdown.
- This year Adrian Norton has 12 receptions and leads the team with 236 yards (59 per game) while hauling in three touchdowns.
- Bobby Golden has hauled in nine catches for 168 yards (42 per game) and one touchdown.
- Jacob Newell has caught 16 passes on 21 targets for 124 yards and one touchdown, averaging 31 yards per game.
- This season CJ Nunnally leads the team with two sacks and has added one TFL and nine tackles.
- Antavious Fish’s 13 tackles, one TFL, and one sack mean he’s the team’s leading tackler.
- Daymon David has intercepted one pass to lead the team while adding five tackles and one pass defended.