2024 Ohio Bobcats football team

The 2024 Ohio Bobcats football team will represent Ohio University in the Mid-American Conference during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bobcats are led by Tim Albin in his fourth year as the head coach. The Bobcats will play home games at Peden Stadium, located in Athens, Ohio.

Ohio enters the season coming of their second straight 10 win season and ended the 2023 season with a win over Georgia Southern the Myrtle Beach Bowl] for their fifth straight bowl win. It was the first time in school history that the Bobcats won 10 games in back to back years. Ohio suffered numerous losses in the transfer portal in the offseason including 12 players who transferred to programs in power conferences. Among the losses was starting quarterback and 2022 MAC Player of the Year Kurtis Rourke who transferred to Indiana. Ohio enters the season ranked 133 out of 134 FBS teams in returning production as determined by the SP+ rankings. With incoming transfers and freshman recruits the Bobcats will feature more than 50 players who are new to the roster from the prior season. Among the returners are quarterback Parker Navarro and running back Ricky Hunt who both made their first start in last season's bowl game while filling the roles left open by players transferring out and were two key players in the victory. Navarro had 11 competitions on 16 attempts for 120 yards and 71 rushing yards. Hunt's 5 TD's tied the record in bowl games and set an Ohio program record.

Transfers
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Coaches Poll
On July 19 the MAC announced the preseason coaches poll. Ohio was picked to finish fifth in the conference. They received zero votes to win the MAC Championship.

Coaching staff
Since July 14, 2021, the head coach of the Ohio Bobcats has been Tim Albin. He heads a staff of ten assistant coaches, four graduate assistants, a director of football operations, and numerous other support staff.

Roster
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