ATHENS, Ohio (AP) - Tyler Tettleton threw a pair of touchdown passes and ran for another, while Beau Blankenship rushed for two scores to lead Ohio past new Mexico State 51-24 Saturday night.
The Bobcats (2-0), who opened with a win over Penn State, have won eight of nine dating back to last season.
Tettleton passed for 257 yards and also ran for 18 yards and a score, and Blankenship had 168 rushing yards on 27 carries.
The Aggies (1-1) trailed just 21-17 as late as the third quarter when Ohio's Matt Weller hit a 37-yard field goal that sparked 24 unanswered points for the Bobcats to put the game out of reach. Weller made 3 of 4 field goals to become the school's all-time leading scorer.
Nate Carpenter scored on a 22-yard interception return during that span.
Andrew Manley threw for 132 yards with a touchdown and an interception for the Aggies.
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| Scoring Summary |
| OHIO | Tyler Tettleton 6 yd run (Matt Weller kick) |
| NMEXST | Tiger Powell 2 yd run (Tyler Stampler kick) |
| OHIO | Donte Foster 28 yd pass from Tyler Tettleton (Matt Weller kick) |
| NMEXST | Austin Franklin 42 yd pass from Andrew Manley (Tyler Stampler kick) |
| OHIO | Beau Blankenship 33 yd run (Matt Weller kick) |
| NMEXST | Tyler Stampler 38 yd FG |
| OHIO | Matt Weller 37 yd FG |
| OHIO | Beau Blankenship 5 yd run (Matt Weller kick) |
| OHIO | Nathan Carpenter 22 yd interception return (Matt Weller kick) |
| OHIO | Landon Smith 40 yd pass from Tyler Tettleton (Matt Weller kick) |
| NMEXST | Akeelie Mustafa 91 yd kick return (Tyler Stampler kick) |
| OHIO | Matt Weller 25 yd FG |
| OHIO | Matt Weller 26 yd FG |
| Team Stats | ||
| NMEXST | OHIO | |
| First Downs | 15 | 28 |
| Third Down Efficiency | 5-14 | 8-14 |
| Fourth Down Efficiency | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Plays-Net Yards | 57-206 | 80-584 |
| Rushes-Yds | 30-71 | 51-293 |
| Passing Yds | 135 | 291 |
| Kick Return Yds | 199 | 43 |
| Punt Return Yds | 0 | 49 |
| Passes | 13-27-1 | 18-29-0 |
| Punts | 7-268 | 2-63 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| Penalties-Yds | 4-37 | 10-85 |
| Time of Poss. | 28:6 | 31:54 |
| Individual Stats |
| RUSHING |
| NMEXST: Tiger Powell 14-41, Germi Morrison 7-39, Akeelie Mustafa 2-19, Andrew McDonald 3-1, Andrew Manley 4--29 |
| OHIO: Beau Blankenship 27-168, Kyle Hammonds 2-47, Daz'mond Patterson 6-35, Derrius Vick 6-21, Tyler Tettleton 7-18, Brian Palermo 2-16, Ryan Clark 1--12 |
| PASSING |
| NMEXST: Andrew Manley 12-24-132-1, Andrew McDonald 1-3-3-0 |
| OHIO: Tyler Tettleton 15-23-257-0, Derrius Vick 3-6-34-0 |
| RECEIVING |
| NMEXST: Austin Franklin 5-72, Kemonte' Bateman 4-45, Akeelie Mustafa 2-3, Joseph Matthews 1-12, Adam Shapiro 1-3 |
| OHIO: Donte Foster 5-57, Bakari Bussey 3-29, Chase Cochran 3-13, Jordan Thompson 2-29, Tyler Futrell 1-50, Troy Hill 1-41, Landon Smith 1-40, Daz'mond Patterson 1-22, Ryan Clark 1-10 |
| Standings | |||
| Team | Standings | Conference | Overall |
| New Mexico State | 7th Western Athletic | 0-6 | 1-11 |
| Ohio | 3rd Mid American East | 4-4 | 9-4 |
