Ohio Bobcats
sports program of Ohio University
The Ohio Bobcats are the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Ohio University, located in Athens, Ohio, United States. Ohio University is a charter member (1946) of the Mid-American Conference (MAC), is currently in the East Division of that conference, and sponsors teams in six men's and ten women's NCAA sanctioned sports. The football team competes in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the highest level for college football.
The Bobcats' main rivals are the Miami RedHawks of Miami University, whose rivalry is known as the Battle of the Bricks. The two universities are the oldest in the state. Ohio also has a rivalry with the Marshall Thundering Herd of Marshall University, located about 80 miles (130 km) from each other, who compete in the Battle for the Bell.
Teams
Baseball and Softball
Ohio's baseball and fastpitch softball teams have storied programs. In 1892, the Ohio University baseball team became the first sports team sponsored at the school, and was followed by the football team in 1894.
Baseball
The Ohio baseball program has won 14 MAC regular season titles in 1947, 1948, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, and 1991. The team has also won MAC tournament titles in 1997 and 2015, and has made a College World Series appearance in 1970.
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