Ohio vs Jacksonville State: Box score, stats and summary feat. Parker Navarro | 2024 Cure Bowl
The Ohio Bobcats and Jacksonville State Gamecocks faced off in the 2024 StaffDNA Cure Bowl at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. Ohio entered the game as a 5.5-point favorite. The over/under for the game was set at 57.5.
The Bobcats stormed the red zone four times, thanks to excellent rushing and passing play from quarterback Parker Navarro in the first half. The Gamecocks went into the half trailing 27-7. However, in the second half, the Gamecocks made a 13-point rally in the fourth quarter only to fall short by three points as the Bobcats won the Cure Bowl 30-27.
Ohio vs Jacksonville State: Box score
| Team | 1st Quarter | 2nd Quarter | 3rd Quarter | 4th Quarter | Final |
| Ohio | 14 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 30 |
| Jacksonville State | 7 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 27 |
Ohio Bobcats stats
| Parker Navarro | 19-28-1 | 227 | 1 | 28 |
| Total | 19-28-1 | 227 | 1 | 28 |
| Anthony Tyus III | 3 | 34 | 1 | 12 |
| Mason Williams | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| Rodney Harris II | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| Chase Hendricks | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Eian Pugh | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Coleman Owen | 11 | 111 | 0 | 28 |
| Total | 19 | 227 | 1 | 28 |
| Rickey Hunt Jr. | 2 | 31 | 0 | 30 |
| Anthony Tyus III | 26 | 123 | 0 | 26 |
| Parker Navarro | 15 | 119 | 3 | 33 |
| Total | 46 | 261 | 3 | 33 |
| Jack Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Brawley | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Tyus III | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Rodarte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Parodie | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adonis Williams Jr. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Khamani Debrow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coleman Owen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dustin Johnson | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chase Hendricks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tank Pearson | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben McNaboe | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Leake | 9 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eamonn Dennis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rodney Harris II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CJ Doggette | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Mack II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eian Pugh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Parker Navarro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryce Butler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xander Karagosian | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcel Walker-Burgess | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bailey Russ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kadin Schmitz | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nolan McCormick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DJ Walker | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalen Thomeson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Duncan Brune | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Fries | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rickey Hunt Jr. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JT Haskins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shay Taylor | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Guffey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colby Garfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gianni Spetic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aiden Lowery | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Davion Weatherspoon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carson Heidecker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Hale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christophe Atkinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kam Wright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Parker Titsworth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Dennison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bralen Henderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mason Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Bruno | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caleb Gossett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bradley Weaver | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sinn Brennan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 64 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Jacksonville State Gamecocks stats
| Tyler Huff | 21-33-1 | 363 | 1 | 75 |
| Total | 21-33-1 | 363 | 1 | 75 |
| Jordan McCants | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Brock Rechsteiner | 3 | 36 | 0 | 27 |
| Tre Stewart | 2 | 33 | 0 | 26 |
| Cam Vaughn | 10 | 181 | 1 | 75 |
| Jarod Bowie | 4 | 107 | 0 | 60 |
| Andrew Paul | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 21 | 363 | 1 | 75 |
| Tre Stewart | 15 | 32 | 2 | 14 |
| Michael Pettway | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Tyler Huff | 11 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| Jarod Bowie | 2 | 19 | 0 | 11 |
| Andrew Paul | 2 | 10 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 34 | 40 | 3 | 14 |
| Jack Dawson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Paul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Geimere Latimer | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Pettway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Samario Rudolph | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenney Solomon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Huff | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Perry | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonio Carter II | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jarod Bowie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Davis II | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ky'won McCray | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PJ Wells | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Carter | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brannon Spector | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jibreel Al-Amin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Laletia Hale | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Vaughn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zechariah Poyser | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pearson Baldwin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Franklin, Jr. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Ambush | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayke Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anwar Lewis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tre Stewart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J-Rock Swain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aidan Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garrison Rippa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walker O'Steen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curley Young Jr. | 12 | 5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zedric Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dee Newsome | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corbet Mims | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethan Ferguson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amare Grayson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daveion Harley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will O'Steen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clay Webb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunter Otwell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan McCants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brock Rechsteiner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gharin Stansbury | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Talan Carter | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jawaun Campbell | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrell Prater | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 84 | 34 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Ohio vs Jacksonville State: Game Summary
Ohio built an early lead with a dominant first half, but Jacksonville State mounted a strong comeback, falling just short in the final minutes.
1st Quarter:
5:09: Ohio opened the scoring with a 17-yard touchdown run by Parker Navarro after a 7-play, 79-yard drive.
1:22: Navarro added an 8-yard touchdown run, capping a 6-play, 64-yard drive.
1:12: Jacksonville State responded immediately with a 75-yard touchdown pass from Tyler Huff to Cam Vaughn on their first play of the drive.
Score: Ohio 14, Jacksonville State 7.
2nd Quarter:
4:59: Navarro scored his third rushing touchdown of the game, this time from 7 yards out, ending an 11-play, 67-yard drive. The PAT was missed.
0:41: Navarro connected with Anthony Tyus III for an 11-yard touchdown pass to finish an 8-play, 80-yard drive just before halftime.
Halftime Score: Ohio 27, Jacksonville State 7.
3rd Quarter:
9:36: Jacksonville State closed the gap with a 7-yard touchdown run by Huff after a short 20-yard drive set up by good field position.
Score: Ohio 27, Jacksonville State 14.
4th Quarter:
13:19: Ohio extended their lead with a 38-yard field goal by Gianni Spetic, capping a 12-play, 66-yard drive.
9:52: Jacksonville State answered with a 3-yard touchdown run by Tre Stewart, but their two-point conversion attempt failed.
3:35: Stewart scored again, this time on a 1-yard touchdown run to finish a 10-play, 70-yard drive, bringing Jacksonville State within three points.
Final Score: Ohio 30, Jacksonville State 27.
