After conservative play-calling most week one, Ohio coaches must have wanted to mix things up. On the very first play from scrimmage, Tyler Tettleton heaved a deep ball down the right hash to Chase Cochran who leaped, pulled the ball in, and ran another 35 yards to put the Bobcats up seven.
Turnovers and three and outs dominated the next 11 minutes of play before North Texas drove down the field and picked up their only score of the first quarter, knotting the score at seven.