{"id":398363,"date":"2026-09-13T03:46:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T03:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/398363\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T03:46:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T03:46:21","slug":"levi-davis-lifts-ohio-past-jacksonville-state-in-3ot-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/398363\/","title":{"rendered":"Levi Davis lifts Ohio past Jacksonville State in 3OT thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) Freshman and third-string quarterback Levi Davis ran for a 2-point conversion in the third overtime to give Ohio<\/a> a 29-27 victory over Jacksonville State<\/a> on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Neither team scored in the first overtime and both kicked field goals in the second. After Davis ran in the conversion, Jacksonville State’s Cade Creel hit Darius Cannon with a pass but DJ James-Hamilton made the tackle just shy of the goal line. James-Hamilton also returned a kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown.<\/p>\n

Davis entered the game with 1:49 left in regulation when second-stringer Matt Vezza was knocked out of the game after scrambling to the Gamecocks’ 3-yard line and the Bobcats (1-1) trailing 24-17. Davis scrambled just short of the goal line on his first collegiate play from scrimmage and Victor Rosa went over from there to tie the game.<\/p>\n

Jacksonville State (1-2) drove down the field but Garrison Rippa’s 38-yard attempt was wide right at the end of regulation.<\/p>\n

Vezza, a New Hampshire transfer, came in for Nick Poulos with Ohio trailing 14-0 early in the second quarter after a hard hit on Poulos that was ruled as targeting. Vezza threw one touchdown pass and directed the Bobcats until having to give way to Davis.<\/p>\n

Creel threw for 265 yards and a score and ran for 120 more yards that included an 8-yard TD run in the first quarter.<\/p>\n

The win was coach John Hauser’s first since having the interim tag removed after leading Ohio to a victory over UNLV in last year’s Frisco Bowl. The Bobcats have won 14 straight games at home, the second-longest active streak in FBS behind Indiana’s 15.<\/p>\n

Jacksonville State: Home against Georgia Southern next Saturday.<\/p>\n

Ohio: At South Alabama next Saturday.<\/p>\n

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