Football | 9/2/2016 10:58:00 PM

Texas State at Ohio
September 3 | 2:30 p.m. (CT) | Peden Stadium | Athens, Ohio
CBS Sports Network | KTWS in San Marcos | 1300 The Zone in Austin | KLUP AM 930 in San Antonio
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Opening Kickoff
The Texas State football team opens its 109th season when the Bobcats travel to Athens, Ohio for a matchup against the Ohio University this Saturday afternoon at Peden Stadium. The game will be televised on the CBS Sports Network and can be heard throughout the I-35 corridor on KTSW (89.9 FM) in San Marcos, 1300 The Zone in Austin and KLUP (930 AM) in San Antonio.
 
The Coaches
In addition to opening its 2016 season, the Bobcats open a new era when they play their first game under new head coach Everett Withers. Withers was named Texas State's 17th head coach on January 7, 2016, and enters the 2016 season with a 25-13 career record after serving the last two seasons at James Madison, where he was 18-7. He also guided North Carolina to a 7-6 mark as interim head coach in 2011.
 
Withers also was a co-defensive coordinator at Ohio State for two seasons, the defensive coordinator for the Tar Heels from 2008-11 and at Minnesota in 2007. He also served as a defensive backs coach with the Tennessee Titans from 2001-06 and at Texas in 1998-00.
 
Frank Solich is in his 12th season as head coach at Ohio and has a 138-80 career record after leading the Bobcats to 76 wins and seven bowl appearances in the last 10 years. Prior to taking over Ohio's program, Solich was the head coach for six seasons at Nebraska, where he was a two-time Big XII Conference Coach of the Year after leading the Huskers to a conference title in 1999 and an appearance in the 2001 BCS Championship game.
 
About Texas State
Saturday's game at Ohio marks the second straight season and fifth time in the last six years that Texas State will open a season with a road game. The Bobcats opened the 2015 season at preseason No. 10-ranked Florida State. Texas State owns a 59-33-2 record in season-openers dating back to the 1919 season.
 
Texas State looks to rebound from a 3-9 season, while Ohio finished last season with an 8-5 overall record.
 
Following Saturday's game, Texas State will travel to Arkansas on Sept. 17 in Fayetteville, Arkansas before playing its first home game of the 2016 season against No. 15/13 Houston on Sept. 24 at Bobcat Stadium. The game is tentatively scheduled to kick off at 6 p.m. (CT)