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Sept. 2, 2006
Final Stats | Quotes | Notes | Photo Gallery
COACH TRESSEL: I think a lot of this ball game is what we expected and that is that we were going to play against a tough football team who happened to have a great back. They were going to be a team that was going to fight you all the way to the end. Sometimes you get in these types of games and you get an early lead, you get a little bit sloppy, I think, but we can't have a holding penalty, which stalls the drive on offense. We can't have turnovers that keep us from scoring points. We can't miss tackles. We missed some tackles.
Despite how good Garrett Wolfe is, there are some guys we play in the next 11 weeks that are pretty darn good as well. We're going to have a chance to learn a lot. Lots of guys got lots of snaps. I don't know how many total plays there were in the game. They were saying in the Thursday games there were about 20 less plays per game because of the clock change. I don't know how many plays we had in this game totally, but we wanted to get as many snaps as we could. Got a lot of guys that need experience. Got a lot of guys that have been working hard and deserve those snaps, and it was a good victory against a tough football team. We had excellent leadership the winter, spring, and preseason and I think we took a step forward today.
STEVE SNAPP: Troy, your thoughts on the game, and we'll do the same with the rest of the captains.
SMITH: For the most part, I thought we did a good job the whole way around. Offensively, I think the guys up front did exactly what we game planned to do, get a hundred-yard rusher every game, protect the quarterback, and we did just that. I can't speak enough about the offensive line, time in and time out. Without them, the game doesn't get played the way it needs to be played. Defensively, I think they did a great job in holding them under 13 points, which was one of our goals, and all around I think we did good.
PITCOCK: Defensively, I think we did well. We went in second half and looked over our -- their stats and we noticed that really the only thing defensively we weren't consistent on were mistakes we were making when we were making the big plays. We tried to correct it the second half and made a little more mistakes. A lot of times, it's not all 11 players doing their job consistently, which is what we need to do every week. Other than that, I think up front, put a lot of pressure. I think we got a couple sacks, which is what we need to do all year long, and again, consistently doing that all the time.
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PATTERSON: Again, on the defensive side of the ball, I was just happy with the effort by everyone on defense. Like Quinn said, we did make a few mistakes, but we rallied to the football and that helped us out, and also I was impressed with how the younger guys helped us. We had a couple breakdowns out there, but we got together and we knew that the next play was the most important and we tried to handle that and come back and keep playing.
DATISH: I think that -- I'm not going to echo what Troy said, but offensively we had some new guys come in, they filled in, did a good job being consistent. I think that we gave Troy some time, without watching the film, it's hard to get that. I think we could have been a little more consistent in the run, and I was happy with how the offensive line performed so far.
REPORTER: In the first quarter, Troy threw for 149 yards in the first quarter. You had a game where you had just a great start after all this time that you waited for today, first four times you touched the ball, you scored a touchdown. Talk a little bit about the onset of the game.
COACH TRESSEL: Well, we did come out and strike with some big plays. The nature of their defense was such that they were going to make sure they crowded the box and tried to wrap up and play some man coverage outside, and when you have good protection, and the guys covering man aren't quite as fast as the men they're covering, you've got to execute and make those plays, and we, I thought our receivers ran good routes, opened up the game with just four verticals, and Brian Hartline made a play right off the bat on down with Teddy and Gonzo and that whole crew. It starts, as Troy mentioned, it's not a cliche, but it starts with time. The passing game is all about protection. And we've got guys that can complete passes and we tease them sometimes and I tell them, shoot, I can complete that with all that time. But it starts up front, and Troy did a great job putting the ball on the money for the big plays, and our guys made the catches and we got off to that good start.
REPORTER: To Coach and to Troy, is it important that Teddy become the go-to guy or does it matter? Just as long as you find one, I guess.
COACH TRESSEL: Well, I'll answer it and Troy will answer it and we'll see if it's the same answer. The go-to guy I would like to have is the guy that's open. If Teddy gets open on the route design, we better get it to him. That last one we threw, I was afraid we didn't get it to him and he was pretty open and he did a good job of playing a nice, high, vertical ball, but Teddy can do some things with the ball now, and so if we can design things trying to get him open, I hope Troy goes to him.
SMITH: I think it's just, we've got plays called, you have a progression that you have to follow, if your number one guy is there, you take number one. If number one is not there, then you go accordingly. We try to get all our playmakers balls. At any given time, a guy could be the go-to guy. You know, pretty much to piggy-back on what he said, but we have a play called and we have a number one and number two and number three and the dump and that's the way the play is ran.
REPORTER: Coach, could you talk about the offensive line? Troy was not close to being sacked at all and maybe just to elaborate on what you have to improve.
COACH TRESSEL: I think the offensive line did an outstanding job. Most sacks occur on missed assignments first. So I don't think we had any missed assignments and that's a heck of a start up front. And that means the guy in the center is making the right calls and sending them to the right places and that type of thing. And then it's technique. It will be interesting to watch the film, but it looked to me from where I stood that their technique was excellent and we had the time we needed. We're very aware that the guys rushing the passer next week are going to maybe be a little more skillful than the ones that were this week, but we got better today up there and didn't make assignment errors and that's a heck of a start, and it starts with Doug. Wait a minute now, Doug Datish is supposed to -- are you in charge of this or am I?
STEVE SNAPP: Obviously it's not me.
DATISH: Today I thought we took some big steps on the offensive line. We overtested some guys, and they did a great job for us. I thought we did a great job on communication, we communicated up and down the line so I could get the right call and that makes my life easier, and I thought we did great with that.
COACH TRESSEL: All right, Steve, you're in charge.
REPORTER: Troy, in all your thoughts leading up to this game, could you have imagined a smoother, crisper start for yourself and this offense?
SMITH: No, I think it's just a credit to everyone around me, without the other guys on the field, without the staff making the right calls, putting us in the right situations, I can't start the way I started, Ted can't start the way he started. Antonio Pittman can't run the way he runs. It's all a collaborative effort.
REPORTER: Troy Smith looked like a classic drop-back passer today without all the running, is that because of all the protection or are you making a conscious effort to keep him out of the pocket running more often?
COACH TRESSEL: One time I called a run where he had a chance to run, he looked like me running out there. So we're going to have to get back and get a little bit better at that maybe. Our design today was based upon what defense that Northern brings and the things that I thought we need to get good at and we didn't think the way they deployed some of our design quarterback runs were the best things. And they'll always be part of our plan. I don't know if we even called a quick option pitch or anything today. It wasn't part of what we were going to go in there and do. I think -- I don't know what a classic drop-back passer is, but I think Troy Smith can make all the different throws, and when you can make all the different throws, now you have guys that can protect him and you have guys that can run the routes because he'll make every different throw and he'll hurt you with his feet too. We didn't have any step-ups or anything that we typically do in a ball game, but we'll have plenty of those as the season goes.
REPORTER: Troy, if you see Ted has single coverage on the outside, do you automatically almost assume that he's going to get open and you almost want to wait a half a second longer just to see if he will shake loose like when you hit him on a couple of those deep ones?
SMITH: Sometimes. If it's all within the route, then we call it. If it's always in the play that we call, protection is there. You have to give the receiver enough time to get open, any receiver, not just Ted. You give Anthony Gonzalez enough time, he'll get over, Brian Robiskie and on down the line. So to answer your question, sometimes I do when it's in the play.
REPORTER: Jim, you and David, with Grant's interception, 21-0, they come right back down the field, and how big a play was that?
COACH TRESSEL: I'm sure emotionally that was a huge play for their offense, because they finally just got it going a little bit and made some plays. I think it was shortly after that screen that went down maybe or one of those, and then for us to come up with that big turnover, I'm sure some of the guys are going to be on Larry for running out of gas there. I'm not sure who caught him, but I thought it was the left tackle. That was a heck of a play and I think that really gave our defense a rise up that, hey, we've got guys that are going to step up and make plays and as David said, guys when we're in an adverse situation, we're going to rise up. I'm sure on their end of things, it was disappointing to all of a sudden give us the football back across mid field.
REPORTER: Troy, you had talked a lot about all the studying you did in all summer and preseason, could you feel that today? Could you feel the defense unfolding as you expected and what you saw on film is what happened in the game and you could take advantage of that?
SMITH: Yeah, the film study definitely paid off. It was still certain points of the game where I had certain reads and didn't make a throw. So film study is something that's got to be mandatory. It's a necessity and I will continue to do it.
REPORTER: Coach, in all due respect to Northern, given your opponent next week, were you hoping not to have to dive too deep into the play book today?
COACH TRESSEL: Oh, I don't know, because usually your play book has got a little bit of everything for according to what kind of defense people play, and I haven't watched any Texas film, can't remember all the way back to last September, we've had so many games in between, but the design of what we did today was based upon the design of what Northern Illinois does and what we practice and what we've worked on through the spring and the preseason, against our defense, and the things that we thought would do well against good defenses and so forth. So, no, there wasn't really a play book issue.
REPORTER: Coach, how does the threat of Ted on the outside and Troy at quarterback open things up for maybe Antonio Pittman's running or Brian Robiskie or tight ends making plays?
COACH TRESSEL: I think that's the whole thing, if you can have playmakers at every position and have an offensive line that can protect the passer and knock people off the ball with run blocking, you have a good chance to have a good offense, and I think seeing some of those young guys run through, you saw Brian Hartline make a catch in his first play as a Buckeye, I think Brian Robiskie had a couple catches, and I think Ray Small had a couple good catches and the veterans came through also with Gonzo and Teddy and veteran tailbacks came through in Antonio, young tailbacks got to play a little bit in Beanie and Mo. And so I'd like to think we could be explosive. Rory Nicol caught a ball or two. We want to be good across the board. We took a step. The next step is higher, we understand that, but I thought we took a step.
REPORTER: Just wanted to ask if the running back rotation was about what you hoped it to be in terms of the split and also if you learned anything about your kickers today or was it a fair assessment of that with the long tries?
COACH TRESSEL: Antonio had 19 carries and Chris 10 and Mo 5. I'll be interested to see if the game was shorter like some people were saying. I don't know how many total plays, let's see. Total plays, 63 and 63. 126 plays. The average game in the NCAA last year was 141 plays. So it was a shorter game, so we didn't have quite as many carries maybe as we would have liked. As far as kickers, we went into it with the idea that they both have opportunities to kick off and we were hoping we could earn the right for them to have an opportunity to do PATs and field goals, and I mentioned to one of the coaches late in the game that it wasn't the ideal game for a guy being the first time out there under the gun because kicking is all about your plant foot, and there was a little slippage in your plant foot. You couldn't really attack the ball maybe like you normally do and especially if you're a rookie. So we got to see a little bit, and I don't know where the balls went through on goal posts and we don't just evaluate whether they made it or not, we want it to be straight down the middle. So we'll do all those evaluations. I thought they kicked off pretty well, though.
REPORTER: Coach, David mentioned some of the younger guys on defense rising up and facing adversity. With all the talk of the starters, how would you grade those new starters today, the defense as a whole with so many young guys in there?
COACH TRESSEL: You know, it was so hard to keep track of who was in because we played so many guys, which I think was a good thing. That was one of the real good things about today. We got a lot of guys to play against a good offense and great back. So I don't know how I'd grade it. You know, as Troy mentioned, we kept them to under the goal, which was less than 14 points. I don't know how we did in the turnover margin exactly, the take-aways, and I don't know how many missed tackles, we had. I don't know how many missed assignments. We grade so many different things before we assign a total grade, but as David mentioned, the effort was good and if the huddle dynamics were good, no one was panicked and no one had those big saucer eyes and all that, only these guys can evaluate that, then I'd say the grade was good. Now, we'll watch the film and have plenty to talk about, I'm sure.
REPORTER: To David and Quinn, Garrett Wolfe ran for 171 or something like that, could you talk about him and playing against him, both of you?
PITCOCK: I think he's a great running back. As I watched him on film and saw him firsthand here, very fast. He has great vision. He sees the opening and takes off. I think he's going to do well, great, this season. I wish him the best of luck with the Heisman race, but we've still got my buddy here next to me I'm wishing for. But he's a great player and I wish him all the luck.
PATTERSON: Yeah, just to kind of echo what Quinn said, he's an amazing tailback, they have a great scheme for him and they know how to give him the ball where he can make plays, a couple swing passes, a couple good runs, he gets out there behind those pullers. I think he's a great running back and I think it was really good for our defense to go against such a great player early on in the season.
REPORTER: Jim, I know they're a good MAC program, but do you think they were really ready for Ted's speed when they were trying to single him up? Three years of experience, how long does it take to adjust to that kind of speed?
COACH TRESSEL: You know, it's hard to adjust to speed until you've had to try to cover it and the thing that you admire about Northern Illinois as you watched all their films is they didn't change who they were against anybody and they played the same way, they believe in what they do, you know, we knew that going in. We knew that perhaps we could show them some speed that maybe they hadn't seen before and that's tough duty. The one, the long touchdown, down toward the south end, right at the snap, the guy kind of moved up and tried to play press man with no help behind him, and I don't know, that's tough duty. But that's what they do. And so Teddy ran by him.
COLUMBUS, Ohio - No. 1/1 Ohio State scored on its first four possessions of the game while Troy Smith threw for 297 yards and three touchdowns and Ted Ginn Jr. hauled in four catches for 123 yards and two scores in leading the Buckeyes to a 35-12 victory against Northern Illinois in front of 103,896 fans Saturday at Ohio Stadium.
Smith, a Heisman Trophy candidate along with Ginn, completed 18-of-25 passes for 297 yards and three touchdowns without an interception or a sack. Ginn reeled in a 58-yard TD pass in the first quarter and a 56-yard reception in the fourth quarter. He also had 69 return yards with 44 yards on two punt returns and two kick returns for 25 yards, Antonio Pittman carried the ball 19 times for 111 yards and one touchdown, while Anthony Gonzalez caught four passes for 53 yards and one TD. True freshman Chris Wells, in his Buckeye debut, rushed for 50 yards on 10 carries.
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The Buckeyes outgained the Huskies in total yardage, 488-343, and amassed 173 yards rushing on 36 carries while they posted 315 yards on 20-of-27 passing. The Huskies totaled 153 yards rushing and 192 yards passing. A lot of that yardage came from Garrett Wolfe, the nation's leading returning rusher. He totaled 171 yards on the ground and had five catches for 114 yards.
The Buckeyes turned the ball over twice, both inside the NIU 10-yard line, and missed two field goals.
"A lot of this game was what we expected in that they had a great back in Garrett Wolfe," Jim Tressel, Ohio State head coach, said. "A lot of times when you get a big lead, you get a little sloppy. You can't have turnovers that keep you from scoring points. Despite how good Garrett Wolfe is running with the ball, we'll see a lot of quality backs over the course of the next 11 games. It was a good win over a tough opponent. I thought we took a step forward today."
Ohio State gave up a couple of plays of 31 and 9 yards to Wolfe on the opening possession of the game, but Vernon Gholston came up with an 8-yard sack of NIU quarterback Phil Horvath that forced a punt. After a 22-yard return by Ginn, Smith hit Brian Hartline for a 32-yard pickup on the first play from scrimmage. Seven plays later, Smith found Ginn in the front right corner of the south end zone for a 5-yard strike to give the Buckeyes a 7-0 lead with 8:24 to play in the first quarter.
The Huskies were 3-and-out on their next possession. When the Buckeyes got the ball back, they took only 13 seconds to score thanks to a 58-yard pass from Smith to Ginn with 6:38 to play in the first quarter. The quick strike gave Ohio State a 14-0 lead after Aaron Pettrey converted his second PAT of the game.
Gholston again came up big when Northern Illinois got the ball back. With the Huskies facing 2nd-and-12 from the NIU 8-yard line, Gholston recorded his second sack of the day, taking Horvath down for a 5-yard loss. Wolfe had a minimal 6-yard gain before the Huskies were forced to punt. The punt went off the side of the foot of Andy Dittbenner and sailed only 11 yards, giving the Buckeyes possession at the NIU 20-yard line. After two rushes by Pittman, Smith found Gonzalez in the end zone for a 15-yard touchdown. Pettrey converted again to give Ohio State a 21-0 cushion with 3:15 to play in the first frame.
Northern Illinois was mounting a threat as the first quarter was winding down thanks to a 65-yard gain by Wolfe on a screen pass from Horvath. After he gained another yard to set up 2nd-and-9 at the OSU 11, Larry Grant stepped in front of Horvath's pass and returned it 49 yards to the NIU 43. Maurice Wells ran for three yards and then caught a 30-yard pass from Smith to the NIU 10. Chris Wells carried the ball the rest of the way, picking up two yards before capping the drive with an 8-yard rush over the right end for the Buckeyes' fourth score of the game. Pettrey converted again to give Ohio State a 28-0 lead just five seconds into the second quarter.
The last time the Buckeyes scored on four straight possessions was last year against Texas (three Josh Huston field goals and a pass reception by Santonio Holmes). The last time Ohio State scored touchdowns on four-consecutive possessions was in the first half against Kent State in 2002.
The shutout being pitched by a talented, yet inexperienced, Buckeye defense came to an end with 6:16 to play in the first half when Chris Nendick put a 35-yard kick through the uprights to make the score 28-3. Wolfe carried the ball for 39 yards on the nine-play, 48-yard scoring drive. He was tackled in the backfield for a 5-yard loss before an incomplete pass made it 4th-and-15 to lead to the field goal.
The score remained 28-3 at the half with Ohio State leading in total yardage, 297-179, thanks to 208 yards passing by Smith, who completed 13 of 17 first-half passes, including three for scores. Ginn had three grabs for 67 yards and a pair of TDs, while Pittman had 11 rushes for 69 yards. The Buckeye defense limited Northern Illinois to 46 yards rushing in the first half.
The Buckeye defense came up with another third-down stop on Northern Illinois' opening drive of the second half, forcing the Huskies to kick their second field goal of the game. Horvath bobbled the snap, but recovered it before Gholston and Antonio Smith tackled him for a 5-yard loss to force the Nendick field goal that made the score 28-6 with 8:39 to play in the third quarter.
Pittman got into the scoring for Ohio State with a 1-yard run two seconds into the fourth quarter to cap a 6-play, 38-yard drive. Pittman carried three times for 10 yards on the drive that included passes to Gonzalez for 11 yards, Ray Small for 8 and Rory Nicol for 9. Pittman's score gave the Buckeyes a 35-6 lead with 14:58 remaining in the game.
Northern Illinois finally broke through the Ohio State defense for its first touchdown of the game with 10:27 to play. The 4-yard reception by Wolfe from Horvath pulled the Huskies within 35-12 after a two-point conversion failed when Brandon Mitchell tackled Horvath. The score capped a 10-play, 71-yard drive that took 4:34 off the clock.
Mitchell finished the game with 10 tackles, including one tackle for loss, to lead Ohio State. Freeman added nine tackles. The defense, which had only two starters returning, saw five first-time starters, including Gholston, Antonio Smith, Marcus Freeman, Nick Patterson and John Kerr. Two offensive players - Hartline and Brian Robiskie - made their first starts as Buckeyes.
The win was the 28th straight win for the Buckeyes' in their home opener.
Ohio State travels to Austin next Saturday to meet No. 2/3 Texas, a 56-7 winner over North Texas Saturday and the defending national champion. The game will kick off at 8:12 p.m., EDT, and will be televised by ABC Sports.
Scoring Summary (Final)
2006 Ohio State Football
Northern Illinois vs #1 Ohio State (Sep 2, 2006 at Columbus, Ohio)
Northern Illinois (0-1) vs. Ohio State (1-0)
Date: Sep 2, 2006 Site: Columbus, Ohio Stadium: Ohio Stadium
Attendance: 103896
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
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Northern Illinois... 0 3 3 6 - 12
Ohio State.......... 21 7 0 7 - 35
Scoring Summary:
1st 08:24 OSU - Ginn, Jr., Ted 5 yd pass from Smith, Troy (Pettrey, Aaron kick)
8 plays, 66 yards, TOP 3:53, NIU 0 - OSU 7
06:38 OSU - Ginn, Jr., Ted 58 yd pass from Smith, Troy (Pettrey, Aaron kick)
1 play, 58 yards, TOP 0:13, NIU 0 - OSU 14
03:15 OSU - Gonzalez, Anthony 15 yd pass from Smith, Troy (Pettrey, Aaron kick)
3 plays, 20 yards, TOP 1:34, NIU 0 - OSU 21
2nd 14:55 OSU - Wells, Chris 8 yd run (Pettrey, Aaron kick)
5 plays, 43 yards, TOP 1:11, NIU 0 - OSU 28
06:16 NIU - Nendick, Chris 35 yd field goal
9 plays, 48 yards, TOP 3:05, NIU 3 - OSU 28
3rd 08:39 NIU - Nendick, Chris 37 yd field goal
10 plays, 60 yards, TOP 5:06, NIU 6 - OSU 28
4th 14:58 OSU - Pittman, Antonio 1 yd run (Pettrey, Aaron kick)
6 plays, 38 yards, TOP 2:15, NIU 6 - OSU 35
10:27 NIU - Wolfe, Garrett 4 yd pass from Horvath, Phil (Horvath, Phil rush failed)
10 plays, 71 yards, TOP 4:31, NIU 12 - OSU 35
Kickoff time: 3:37 pm End of Game: 6:28 Total elapsed time: 2:51
Officials: Referee: Dave Witvoet; Umpire: Jeff Carr; Linesman: Mike Mahouski;
Line judge: John Kouris; Back judge: Robert Smith Jr; Field judge: Greg Sujack;
Side judge: Rick Ames; Scorer: Paul Hummel;
Temperature: 61 Wind: NNW 5mph Weather: Partly Cloudy
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Team Statistics
Team Statistics (Final)
2006 Ohio State Football
Northern Illinois vs #1 Ohio State (Sep 2, 2006 at Columbus, Ohio)
NIU OSU
FIRST DOWNS................... 15 22
Rushing..................... 9 11
Passing..................... 5 11
Penalty..................... 1 0
NET YARDS RUSHING............. 151 173
Rushing Attempts............ 33 36
Average Per Rush............ 4.6 4.8
Yards Gained Rushing........ 199 179
Yards Lost Rushing.......... 48 6
NET YARDS PASSING............. 192 315
Completions-Attempts-Int.... 16-30-1 20-27-0
Average Per Attempt......... 6.4 11.7
Average Per Completion...... 12.0 15.8
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS........... 343 488
Total offense plays......... 63 63
Average Gain Per Play....... 5.4 7.7
Fumbles: Number-Lost.......... 1-0 2-2
Penalties: Number-Yards....... 4-35 3-40
PUNTS-YARDS................... 6-227 1-43
Average Yards Per Punt...... 37.8 43.0
Net Yards Per Punt.......... 25.3 43.0
Inside 20................... 0 0
50+ Yards................... 0 0
Touchbacks.................. 1 0
Fair catch.................. 0 1
KICKOFFS-YARDS................ 4-203 6-378
Average Yards Per Kickoff... 50.8 63.0
Net Yards Per Kickoff....... 32.5 42.0
Touchbacks.................. 0 3
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD. 0-0-0 3-55-0
Average Per Return.......... 0.0 18.3
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 3-66-0 4-73-0
Average Per Return.......... 22.0 18.2
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD.. 0-0-0 1-49-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD. 0-0-0 0-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards........... 0 0
Possession Time............... 31:04 28:56
1st Quarter................. 8:14 6:46
2nd Quarter................. 6:35 8:25
3rd Quarter................. 6:50 8:10
4th Quarter................. 9:25 5:35
Third-Down Conversions........ 1 of 13 6 of 10
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 3 of 3 1 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 3-4 4-6
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 0-0 4-24
PAT Kicks..................... 0-0 5-5
Field Goals................... 2-2 0-2
Individual Statistics
Individual Statistics (Final)
2006 Ohio State Football
Northern Illinois vs #1 Ohio State (Sep 2, 2006 at Columbus, Ohio)
Northern Illinois
Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg
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Wolfe, Garrett 26 187 16 171 0 51 6.6
Clanton, Montell 2 12 3 9 0 12 4.5
Nicholson, Dan 1 0 8 -8 0 0 -8.0
Horvath, Phil 4 0 21 -21 0 0 -5.2
Totals... 33 199 48 151 0 51 4.6
Passing Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sack
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Horvath, Phil 26-15-1 185 1 65 3
Nicholson, Dan 4-1-0 7 0 7 1
Totals... 30-16-1 192 1 65 4
Receiving No. Yds TD Long
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Wolfe, Garrett 5 114 1 65
Davis, Britt 5 23 0 9
Nordin, Jake 3 37 0 18
Clanton, Montell 2 4 0 4
Carter, Jarret 1 14 0 14
Totals... 16 192 1 65
Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB
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Dittbenner, Andy 6 227 37.8 49 0 1
Totals... 6 227 37.8 49 0 1
Punts Kickoffs Intercept
All Returns No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg
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Davis, Britt 0 0 0 1 19 19 0 0 0
Perez, Marcus 0 0 0 2 47 30 0 0 0
Totals... 0 0 0 3 66 30 0 0 0
Field goal attempts
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Nendick, Chris 2nd 06:16 35 yds - Good
Nendick, Chris 3rd 08:39 37 yds - Good
Kickoffs No. Yds TB OB Avg
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Nendick, Chris 4 203 0 0 50.8
Ohio State
Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg
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Pittman, Antonio 19 111 0 111 1 14 5.8
Wells, Chris 10 52 2 50 1 12 5.0
Wells, Maurice 5 16 1 15 0 7 3.0
Smith, Troy 1 0 1 -1 0 0 -1.0
Zwick, Justin 1 0 2 -2 0 0 -2.0
Totals... 36 179 6 173 2 14 4.8
Passing Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sack
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Smith, Troy 25-18-0 297 3 58 0
Zwick, Justin 2-2-0 18 0 12 0
Totals... 27-20-0 315 3 58 0
Receiving No. Yds TD Long
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Ginn, Jr., Ted 4 123 2 58
Gonzalez, Anthony 4 53 1 18
Robiskie, Brian 3 32 0 12
Small, Ray 3 19 0 8
Nicol, Rory 2 14 0 9
Hartline, Brian 1 32 0 32
Wells, Maurice 1 30 0 30
Dukes, Albert 1 12 0 12
Pittman, Antonio 1 0 0 0
Totals... 20 315 3 58
Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB
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Trapasso, A. J. 1 43 43.0 43 0 0
Totals... 1 43 43.0 43 0 0
Punts Kickoffs Intercept
All Returns No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg
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Ginn, Jr., Ted 2 44 22 2 25 15 0 0 0
Gonzalez, Anthony 1 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0
O'Neal, Jamario 0 0 0 2 48 31 0 0 0
Grant, Larry 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 49 49
Totals... 3 55 22 4 73 31 1 49 49
Field goal attempts
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Pretorius, Ryan 2nd 09:21 51 yds - Missed
Pettrey, Aaron 2nd 00:33 44 yds - Missed
Kickoffs No. Yds TB OB Avg
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Pettrey, Aaron 4 259 3 0 64.8
Pretorius, Ryan 2 119 0 0 59.5
FUMBLES: Northern Illinois-Horvath, Phil 1-0. Ohio State-Wells, Chris 1-1; Zwick, Justin 1-1.
Drive Chart
Drive Chart (Final)
2006 Ohio State Football
Northern Illinois vs #1 Ohio State (Sep 2, 2006 at Columbus, Ohio)
Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed
Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP
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NIU 1st N20 15:00 Kickoff N48 12:17 Punt 5-28 2:43
NIU 1st N18 08:24 Kickoff N16 06:51 Punt 3--2 1:33
NIU 1st N10 06:38 Kickoff N09 04:49 Punt 3--1 1:49
NIU 1st N20 03:15 Kickoff O11 01:06 Interception 4-69 2:09#
NIU 2nd N31 14:55 Kickoff O49 11:58 Punt 4-20 2:57
NIU 2nd N34 09:21 Missed FG O18 06:16 *FIELD GOAL 9-48 3:05#
NIU 2nd N27 00:33 Missed FG N36 00:00 End of half 4-9 0:33
NIU 3rd N20 13:45 Punt O20 08:39 *FIELD GOAL 10-60 5:06#
NIU 3rd N05 03:57 Fumble N07 02:13 Punt 3-2 1:44
NIU 4th N29 14:58 Kickoff O00 10:27 *TOUCHDOWN 10-71 4:31#
NIU 4th N07 07:53 Fumble N41 02:59 Punt 10-34 4:54
OSU 1st O34 12:17 Punt N00 08:24 *TOUCHDOWN 8-66 3:53#
OSU 1st O42 06:51 Punt N00 06:38 *TOUCHDOWN 1-58 0:13
OSU 1st N20 04:49 Punt N00 03:15 *TOUCHDOWN 3-20 1:34#
OSU 1st N43 01:06 Interception N00 14:55 *TOUCHDOWN 5-43 1:11#
OSU 2nd O20 11:58 Punt N34 09:21 Missed FG 8-46 2:37
OSU 2nd O20 06:16 Kickoff N26 00:33 Missed FG 11-54 5:43
OSU 3rd O35 15:00 Kickoff O37 13:45 Punt 3-2 1:15
OSU 3rd O45 08:39 Kickoff N04 03:57 Fumble 10-51 4:42#
OSU 3rd N38 02:13 Punt N00 14:58 *TOUCHDOWN 6-38 2:15#
OSU 4th O20 10:27 Kickoff N07 07:53 Fumble 5-73 2:34#
OSU 4th O38 02:59 Punt N35 00:00 End of half 5-27 2:59
NIU 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd
Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Half Half Total
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Time of possession 08:14 06:35 06:50 09:25 14:49 16:15 31:04
3rd Down Conversions 0/3 1/4 0/2 0/4 1/7 0/6 1/13
Avg Field Position N17 N30 N12 N18 N22 N15 N20
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0 0/0 3/3 0/0 3/3 3/3
OSU 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd
Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Half Half Total
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Time of possession 06:46 08:25 08:10 05:35 15:11 13:45 28:56
3rd Down Conversions 3/3 1/3 0/2 2/2 4/6 2/4 6/10
Avg Field Position N47 O20 O47 O29 O42 O40 O41
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0 1/1 0/0 0/0 1/1 1/1
Drive Chart (By Quarter)
Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed
Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP
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NIU 1st N20 15:00 Kickoff N48 12:17 Punt 5-28 2:43
OSU 1st O34 12:17 Punt N00 08:24 *TOUCHDOWN 8-66 3:53#
NIU 1st N18 08:24 Kickoff N16 06:51 Punt 3--2 1:33
OSU 1st O42 06:51 Punt N00 06:38 *TOUCHDOWN 1-58 0:13
NIU 1st N10 06:38 Kickoff N09 04:49 Punt 3--1 1:49
OSU 1st N20 04:49 Punt N00 03:15 *TOUCHDOWN 3-20 1:34#
NIU 1st N20 03:15 Kickoff O11 01:06 Interception 4-69 2:09#
OSU 1st N43 01:06 Interception N00 14:55 *TOUCHDOWN 5-43 1:11#
NIU 2nd N31 14:55 Kickoff O49 11:58 Punt 4-20 2:57
OSU 2nd O20 11:58 Punt N34 09:21 Missed FG 8-46 2:37
NIU 2nd N34 09:21 Missed FG O18 06:16 *FIELD GOAL 9-48 3:05#
OSU 2nd O20 06:16 Kickoff N26 00:33 Missed FG 11-54 5:43
NIU 2nd N27 00:33 Missed FG N36 00:00 End of half 4-9 0:33
OSU 3rd O35 15:00 Kickoff O37 13:45 Punt 3-2 1:15
NIU 3rd N20 13:45 Punt O20 08:39 *FIELD GOAL 10-60 5:06#
OSU 3rd O45 08:39 Kickoff N04 03:57 Fumble 10-51 4:42#
NIU 3rd N05 03:57 Fumble N07 02:13 Punt 3-2 1:44
OSU 3rd N38 02:13 Punt N00 14:58 *TOUCHDOWN 6-38 2:15#
NIU 4th N29 14:58 Kickoff O00 10:27 *TOUCHDOWN 10-71 4:31#
OSU 4th O20 10:27 Kickoff N07 07:53 Fumble 5-73 2:34#
NIU 4th N07 07:53 Fumble N41 02:59 Punt 10-34 4:54
OSU 4th O38 02:59 Punt N35 00:00 End of half 5-27 2:59
Defensive Statistics
Defensive Statistics (Final)
2006 Ohio State Football
Northern Illinois vs #1 Ohio State (Sep 2, 2006 at Columbus, Ohio)
Northern Illinois
## Player Solo Ast Tot TFL/Yds FF FR-Yd Intc BrUp Blkd Sack/Yds QH
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11 Hansbro, Alvah 7 2 8.0 1.0/1 . . . . . . .
53 Mccarthy, Tim 5 4 7.0 . . 1-0 . 1 . . .
12 Hansbro, Adriel 5 3 6.5 . . . . 1 . . .
24 Pruitt, Bradley 4 2 5.0 1.0/1 . . . . . . .
35 Utschig, Dustin 3 3 4.5 . . . . . . . .
33 Blalark, Keenan 2 4 4.0 . . . . . . . .
51 English, Larry 3 1 3.5 . . . . . . . .
8 Reiter, Mark 2 1 2.5 . . 1-0 . . . . .
4 Bryant, David 2 . 2.0 . . . . . . . .
27 Williamson, Spencer 1 1 1.5 . . . . . . . .
16 Biondi, Luke 1 1 1.5 . . . . . . . .
9 Allen, Josh 1 1 1.5 . . . . . . . .
49 Benson, Brad 1 1 1.5 . . . . . . . .
56 Bice, Brandon 1 . 1.0 . . . . . . . .
23 Ibarra, Saul 1 . 1.0 . . . . . . . .
21 Anderson, Justin 1 . 1.0 . . . . . . . .
92 Schroeder, Adam . 2 1.0 . . . . . . . .
2 Rice, Melvin . 2 1.0 . . . . . . . .
34 West, Ken . . . . . . . 1 . . .
Ohio State
## Player Solo Ast Tot TFL/Yds FF FR-Yd Intc BrUp Blkd Sack/Yds QH
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32 Mitchell, Brandon 8 2 9.0 1.0/2 . . . . . . .
1 Freeman, Marcus 4 5 6.5 0.5/1 . . . 1 . . .
21 Russell, Anderson 4 2 5.0 1.0/1 . . . . . . .
99 Richardson, Jay 3 1 3.5 2.5/8 . . . . . 1.0/3 .
50 Gholston, Vernon 2 3 3.5 2.0/11 . . . . . 1.5/9 .
33 Laurinaitis, James 2 2 3.0 . . . . . . . .
2 Jenkins, Malcolm 2 1 2.5 . . . . . . . .
51 Homan, Ross 2 1 2.5 1.0/2 . . . . . . .
14 Smith, Antonio 1 3 2.5 0.5/3 . . . . . . .
78 Barrow, Alex 2 . 2.0 1.0/2 . . . . . . .
3 O'Neal, Jamario 1 1 1.5 0.5/4 . . . . . 0.5/4 .
97 Patterson, David 1 1 1.5 1.0/3 . . . . . . .
23 Patterson, Nick 1 1 1.5 . . . . . . . .
2C Washington, Donald 1 . 1.0 . . . . . . . .
92 Denlinger, Todd 1 . 1.0 1.0/3 . . . . . . .
8B Wilson, Lawrence 1 . 1.0 1.0/8 . . . . . 1.0/8 .
52 Kerr, John . 1 0.5 . . . . . . . .
90 Pitcock, Quinn . 1 0.5 . . . . . . . .
6 Grant, Larry . 1 0.5 . . . 1-49 1 . . .
Participation Report
Participation Report (Final)
2006 Ohio State Football
Northern Illinois vs #1 Ohio State (Sep 2, 2006 at Columbus, Ohio)
Northern Illinois Ohio State
POS ## OFFENSE POS ## OFFENSE
LE 34 West, Ken LT 75 Boone, Alex
NG 92 Schroeder, Adam LG 68 Schafer, Tim
T 69 Krutsch, Alex C 50 Gholston, V
RE 51 English, Larry RG 72 Downing, T. J.
LB 53 Mccarthy, Tim RT 74 Barton, Kirk
LB 33 Blalark, Keenan TE 88 Nicol, Rory
LB 9 Allen, Josh FL 7 Ginn, Jr., Ted
CB 11 Hansbro, Alvah QB 10 Smith, Troy
S 8 Reiter, Mark FB 89 White, Jr., S
S 35 Utschig, Dustin WB 11 Gonzalez, A
CB 12 Hansbro, Adriel TB 25 Pittman, A
POS ## DEFENSE POS ## DEFENSE
WR 14 Carter, Jarret DE 99 Richardson, Jay
LT 62 Free, Doug DT 97 Patterson, D
LG 70 Acevedo, Chris DT 90 Pitcock, Quinn
RG 61 Rogers, Matt DE 50 Gholston, V
RT 60 Brost, Jon SLB 1 Freeman, Marcus
TE 86 Nordin, Jake MLB 33 Laurinaitis, J
QB 3 Horvath, Phil WLB 52 Kerr, John
TB 1 Wolfe, Garrett SS 2 Jenkins, M
ZB 7 Davis, Britt NB 14 Smith, Antonio
TE 87 Davis, Brandon FS 23 Patterson, Nick
CB 11 Hansbro, Alvah FS 32 Mitchell, B
Northern Illinois: 2-Rice, Melvin, 4-Bryant, David, 5-Perez, Marcus, 16-Biondi, Luke, 17-Turner, Greg, 18-Dittbenner, And,
19-Nicholson, Dan, 20-Clanton, Montel, 21-Anderson, Justi, 23-Ibarra, Saul, 24-Pruitt, Bradley, 25-Nendick, Chris,
26-Hanson, Cory, 27-Williamson, Spe, 32-Fontana, Jeff, 42-Tranchitella, J, 43-Griffin, T.J., 48-O'Brien, Tommy, 49-Benson, Brad,
50-Adamski, Eddie, 56-Bice, Brandon, 59-Skatrud, Kevin, 63-Holycross, Zach, 65-Onyebuagu, Jaso, 85-Simon, Matt, 88-Beal, Brandon,
89-Lewis, Marcus, 95-Oruche, Robert.
Ohio State: 0A-Coleman, Kurt, 1C-Ruhl, Kyle, 2C-Washington, D, 3-O'Neal, Jamario, 4D-Lukens, Ryan, 4-Small, Ray, 5A-Datish, Doug,
5-Dukes, Albert, 6-Grant, Larry, 7A-Larimore, D, 8B-Wilson, L, 9-Hartline, Brian, 9A-Daly, Brett, 12-Zwick, Justin,
15-Trapasso, A. J., 16-Robinson, T, 19-Harden, Derek, 20-Pettrey, Aaron, 21-Russell, A, 28-Wells, Chris, 29-Lane, Shaun,
34-Wells, Maurice, 38-Spitler, Austin, 49-Johnson, Dionte, 51-Homan, Ross, 55-Terry, Curtis, 58-Norman, Drew, 67-Mitchum, Kyle,
69-Gray, Bryan, 78-Barrow, Alex, 79-Skinner, Jon, 80-Robiskie, B, 85-Pretorius, Ryan, 86-Potokar, Dan, 87-Smith, Brandon,
92-Denlinger, Todd, 98-Penton, Joel.
Play-by-Play Summary
Play-by-Play Summary (1st quarter)
2006 Ohio State Football
Northern Illinois vs #1 Ohio State (Sep 2, 2006 at Columbus, Ohio)
Ohio State wins the coin toss, and defers. NIU to receive. OSU defends
North Goal.
N 1-10 N35 OSU ball on OSU35.
Pettrey, Aaron kickoff 65 yards to the NIU0, touchback.
N 1-10 N20 Horvath, Phil sideline pass incomplete to Davis, Britt.
N 2-10 N20 Horvath, Phil screen pass complete to Wolfe, Garrett for 31 yards to the
OSU49, 1ST DOWN NIU (Patterson, Nick).
N 1-10 O49 Deadball foul, PENALTY NIU illegal procedure 5 yards to the NIU46, NO
PLAY.
N 1-15 N46 Wolfe, Garrett rush up middle for 1 yard to the NIU47 (Freeman, Marcus).
N 2-14 N47 Wolfe, Garrett rush over left end for 9 yards to the OSU44 (Freeman,
Marcus;Russell, A).
N 3-5 O44 Horvath, Phil sacked for loss of 8 yards to the NIU48 (O'Neal,
Jamario;Gholston, V).
N 4-13 N48 Dittbenner, And punt 40 yards to the OSU12, Ginn, Jr., Ted return 22 yards
to the OSU34 (Biondi, Luke).
--------------- 5 plays, 28 yards, TOP 02:43 ---------------
O 1-10 O34 OHIO STATE drive start at 12:17 (1st).
O 1-10 O34 Smith, Troy middle pass complete to Hartline, Brian for 32 yards to the
NIU34, 1ST DOWN OSU (Hansbro, Alvah).
O 1-10 N34 Pittman, A rush over left guard for 6 yards to the NIU28 (Hansbro,
Alvah;Blalark, Keenan).
O 2-4 N28 Pittman, A rush draw play for 10 yards to the NIU18, 1ST DOWN OSU
(Hansbro, Alvah).
O 1-10 N18 Pittman, A rush over left guard for 2 yards to the NIU16 (Benson, Brad).
O 2-8 N16 Smith, Troy from shotgun middle pass complete to Gonzalez, A for 9 yards
to the NIU7, 1ST DOWN OSU (Blalark, Keenan;Mccarthy, Tim).
O 1-G N07 Pittman, A rush up middle for 3 yards to the NIU4 (Reiter, Mark;Hansbro,
Adriel).
O 2-G N04 Smith, Troy rush right from shotgun for loss of 1 yard to the NIU5
(Hansbro, Alvah).
O 3-G N05 Smith, Troy sideline pass complete to Ginn, Jr., Ted for 5 yards to the
NIU0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 08:24.
Pettrey, Aaron kick attempt good.
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NORTHERN ILLINOIS 0, OHIO STATE 7
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--------------- 8 plays, 66 yards, TOP 03:53 ---------------
Pettrey, Aaron kickoff 64 yards to the NIU1, Perez, Marcus return 17
yards to the NIU18 (O'Neal, Jamario).
N 1-10 N18 NORTHERN ILLINOIS drive start at 08:24 (1st).
N 1-10 N18 Wolfe, Garrett rush draw play for loss of 2 yards to the NIU16 (Mitchell,
B).
N 2-12 N16 Horvath, Phil from shotgun middle pass incomplete to Davis, Britt.
N 3-12 N16 Horvath, Phil from shotgun sideline pass incomplete to Beal, Brandon.
N 4-12 N16 Dittbenner, And punt 42 yards to the OSU42, downed.
--------------- 3 plays, minus 2 yards, TOP 01:33 ---------------
O 1-10 O42 OHIO STATE drive start at 06:51 (1st).
O 1-10 O42 Smith, Troy deep in pass complete to Ginn, Jr., Ted for 58 yards to the
NIU0, 1ST DOWN OSU, TOUCHDOWN, clock 06:38.
Pettrey, Aaron kick attempt good.
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NORTHERN ILLINOIS 0, OHIO STATE 14
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--------------- 1 plays, 58 yards, TOP 00:13 ---------------
Pettrey, Aaron kickoff 65 yards to the NIU0, touchback, PENALTY NIU
illegal block (Pruitt, Bradley) 10 yards to the NIU10, 1st and 10, NIU
ball on NIU10.
N 1-10 N10 NORTHERN ILLINOIS drive start at 06:38 (1st).
N 1-10 N10 Wolfe, Garrett rush up middle for loss of 2 yards to the NIU8 (Homan, Ross).
N 2-12 N08 Horvath, Phil sacked for loss of 5 yards to the NIU3 (Gholston, V).
N 3-17 N03 Wolfe, Garrett rush over right end for 6 yards to the NIU9 (Russell, A).
N 4-11 N09 Dittbenner, And punt 11 yards to the NIU20, out-of-bounds.
--------------- 3 plays, minus 1 yards, TOP 01:49 ---------------
O 1-10 N20 OHIO STATE drive start at 04:49 (1st).
O 1-10 N20 Pittman, A rush over right guard for 3 yards to the NIU17 (Allen,
Josh;Mccarthy, Tim).
O 2-7 N17 Pittman, A rush draw play for 2 yards to the NIU15 (English, Larry).
O 3-5 N15 Smith, Troy middle pass complete to Gonzalez, A for 15 yards to the
NIU0, 1ST DOWN OSU, TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:15.
Pettrey, Aaron kick attempt good.
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NORTHERN ILLINOIS 0, OHIO STATE 21
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--------------- 3 plays, 20 yards, TOP 01:34 ---------------
Pettrey, Aaron kickoff 65 yards to the NIU0, touchback.
N 1-10 N20 NORTHERN ILLINOIS drive start at 03:15 (1st).
N 1-10 N20 Horvath, Phil middle pass complete to Davis, Britt for 3 yards to the NIU23
(Freeman, Marcus).
N 2-7 N23 Horvath, Phil screen pass complete to Wolfe, Garrett for 65 yards to the
OSU12, 1ST DOWN NIU (Smith, Antonio;Patterson, Nick).
N 1-10 O12 Wolfe, Garrett rush up middle for 1 yard to the OSU11 (Mitchell, B).
N 2-9 O11 Horvath, Phil middle pass intercepted by Grant, Larry at the OSU8, Grant,
Larry return 49 yards to the NIU43.
--------------- 4 plays, 69 yards, TOP 02:09 ---------------
O 1-10 N43 OHIO STATE drive start at 01:06 (1st).
Referee Dave Witvoet injured on the play, Helped off the field.
O 1-10 N43 Smith, Troy screen pass incomplete (West, Ken).
O 2-10 N43 Wells, Maurice rush draw play for 3 yards to the NIU40 (Mccarthy, Tim).
O 3-7 N40 Smith, Troy middle pass complete to Wells, Maurice for 30 yards to the
NIU10, 1ST DOWN OSU (Hansbro, Alvah;Pruitt, Bradley).
O 1-G N10 Wells, Chris rush up middle for 2 yards to the NIU8 (Benson,
Brad;Mccarthy, Tim).
========END OF 1st QUARTER========
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 0, OHIO STATE 21
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O 2-G N08 Start of 2nd quarter, clock 15:00.
O 2-G N08 Wells, Chris rush over right end for 8 yards to the NIU0, TOUCHDOWN,
clock 14:55.
Pettrey, Aaron kick attempt good.
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NORTHERN ILLINOIS 0, OHIO STATE 28
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--------------- 5 plays, 43 yards, TOP 01:11 ---------------
Pretorius, Ryan kickoff 64 yards to the NIU1, Perez, Marcus return 30
yards to the NIU31 (Russell, A).
N 1-10 N31 NORTHERN ILLINOIS drive start at 14:55 (2nd).
N 1-10 N31 Wolfe, Garrett rush over left end for 13 yards to the NIU44, 1ST DOWN
NIU (Laurinaitis, J).
N 1-10 N44 Wolfe, Garrett rush up middle for 3 yards to the NIU47 (Kerr, John;Freeman,
Marcus).
N 2-7 N47 Horvath, Phil sideline pass complete to Clanton, Montel for no gain to the
NIU47 (Pitcock, Quinn;Smith, Antonio).
N 3-7 N47 Horvath, Phil middle pass complete to Nordin, Jake for 4 yards to the OSU49
(Freeman, Marcus).
N 4-3 O49 Dittbenner, And punt 49 yards to the OSU0, touchback.
--------------- 4 plays, 20 yards, TOP 02:57 ---------------
O 1-10 O20 OHIO STATE drive start at 11:58 (2nd).
O 1-10 O20 Smith, Troy middle pass complete to Gonzalez, A for 18 yards to the
OSU38, 1ST DOWN OSU (Allen, Josh).
O 1-10 O38 Smith, Troy sideline pass complete to Robiskie, B for 10 yards to the
OSU48, 1ST DOWN OSU, out-of-bounds.
O 1-10 O48 Pittman, A rush over right end for 5 yards to the NIU47 (Utschig,
Dustin;Hansbro, Adriel).
O 2-5 N47 Smith, Troy from shotgun sideline pass complete to Robiskie, B for 12
yards to the NIU35, 1ST DOWN OSU (Hansbro, Adriel).
O 1-10 N35 Smith, Troy middle pass incomplete to Gonzalez, A.
O 2-10 N35 Pittman, A rush over left guard for 1 yard to the NIU34 (English,
Larry).
O 3-9 N34 Smith, Troy sideline pass incomplete to Nicol, Rory, dropped pass.
O 4-9 N34 Pretorius, Ryan field goal attempt from 51 MISSED - short, spot at
NIU34, clock 09:21.
--------------- 8 plays, 46 yards, TOP 05:42 ---------------
N 1-10 N34 Wolfe, Garrett rush over left end for 15 yards to the NIU49, 1ST DOWN
NIU (Mitchell, B).
N 1-10 N49 Wolfe, Garrett rush over right end for 22 yards to the OSU29, 1ST DOWN
NIU (Homan, Ross).
N 1-10 O29 Horvath, Phil middle pass incomplete to Wolfe, Garrett (Freeman, Marcus).
N 2-10 O29 Wolfe, Garrett rush up middle for loss of 2 yards to the OSU31 (Barrow,
Alex).
N 3-12 O31 Horvath, Phil from shotgun middle pass complete to Nordin, Jake for 18 yards
to the OSU13, 1ST DOWN NIU (Mitchell, B;Laurinaitis, J).
N 1-10 O13 Horvath, Phil crossing pass incomplete to Nordin, Jake, dropped pass.
N 2-10 O13 Wolfe, Garrett rush over right end for loss of 5 yards to the OSU18
(Richardson, Jay).
N 3-15 O18 Horvath, Phil pass incomplete.
N 4-15 O18 Nendick, Chris field goal attempt from 35 GOOD, clock 06:16.
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NORTHERN ILLINOIS 3, OHIO STATE 28
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--------------- 9 plays, 48 yards, TOP 00:00 ---------------
Nendick, Chris kickoff 55 yards to the OSU10, Ginn, Jr., Ted return 10 yards
to the OSU20 (Ibarra, Saul).
O 1-10 O20 OHIO STATE drive start at 06:16 (2nd).
O 1-10 O20 Pittman, A rush over right end for 14 yards to the OSU34, 1ST DOWN
OSU (Hansbro, Adriel).
O 1-10 O34 Pittman, A rush over left end for 13 yards to the OSU47, 1ST DOWN
OSU, out-of-bounds (Hansbro, Alvah).
O 1-10 O47 Smith, Troy sideline pass complete to Ginn, Jr., Ted for 4 yards to the
NIU49 (Hansbro, Adriel).
O 2-6 N49 Pittman, A rush pitch out left for 10 yards to the NIU39, 1ST DOWN
OSU (Pruitt, Bradley;Blalark, Keenan).
O 1-10 N39 Wells, Maurice rush up middle for 3 yards to the NIU36 (Blalark,
Keenan).
O 2-7 N36 Smith, Troy from shotgun sideline pass complete to Small, Ray for 5
yards to the NIU31 (Mccarthy, Tim).
O 3-2 N31 Wells, Chris rush over left tackle for 5 yards to the NIU26, 1ST DOWN
OSU (Bice, Brandon).
O 1-10 N26 Pittman, A rush over left end for 5 yards to the NIU21, out-of-bounds
(Utschig, Dustin), PENALTY OSU holding (Boone, Alex) 10 yards to the
NIU36, NO PLAY.
O 1-20 N36 Smith, Troy crossing pass complete to Pittman, A for no gain to the
NIU36 (Blalark, Keenan).
O 2-20 N36 Smith, Troy from shotgun sideline pass complete to Robiskie, B for 10
yards to the NIU26 (Hansbro, Adriel).
O 3-10 N26 Smith, Troy pass incomplete to Ginn, Jr., Ted.
O 4-10 N26 Pettrey, Aaron field goal attempt from 44 MISSED - wide right, spot at
NIU27, clock 00:33.
--------------- 11 plays, 54 yards, TOP 06:16 ---------------
N 1-10 N27 Horvath, Phil from shotgun middle pass complete to Wolfe, Garrett for 12
yards to the NIU39, 1ST DOWN NIU (Freeman, Marcus;Laurinaitis, J).
N 1-10 N39 Horvath, Phil from shotgun middle pass incomplete to Wolfe, Garrett.
N 2-10 N39 Horvath, Phil middle pass incomplete to Davis, Britt.
N 3-10 N39 Horvath, Phil sacked for loss of 3 yards to the NIU36 (Richardson, Jay).
N 4-13 N36 End of half, clock 00:00.
========END OF 2nd QUARTER========
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 3, OHIO STATE 28
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Ohio State will receive kickoff NIU to defend South goal.
N 4-13 N36 Start of 3rd quarter, clock 15:00, NIU ball on NIU35.
--------------- 4 plays, 9 yards, TOP 00:00 ---------------
Nendick, Chris kickoff 47 yards to the OSU18, O'Neal, Jamario return 17
yards to the OSU35 (Williamson, Spe).
O 1-10 O35 OHIO STATE drive start at 15:00 (3rd).
O 1-10 O35 Pittman, A rush up middle for 2 yards to the OSU37 (English, Larry).
O 2-8 O37 Smith, Troy from shotgun sideline pass incomplete to Nicol, Rory.
O 3-8 O37 Smith, Troy from shotgun middle pass incomplete to Gonzalez, A
(Mccarthy, Tim).
O 4-8 O37 Trapasso, A. J. punt 43 yards to the NIU20, fair catch by Perez, Marcus.
--------------- 3 plays, 2 yards, TOP 01:15 ---------------
N 1-10 N20 NORTHERN ILLINOIS drive start at 13:45 (3rd).
N 1-10 N20 Horvath, Phil sideline pass complete to Davis, Britt for 9 yards to the
NIU29 (Russell, A).
N 2-1 N29 Wolfe, Garrett rush up middle for 3 yards to the NIU32, 1ST DOWN NIU
(Freeman, Marcus;Gholston, V).
N 1-10 N32 Wolfe, Garrett rush up middle for 9 yards to the NIU41 (Mitchell, B).
N 2-1 N41 Wolfe, Garrett rush over right guard for 9 yards to the 50 yardline, 1ST
DOWN NIU (Laurinaitis, J).
N 1-10 N50 Wolfe, Garrett rush over right end for 3 yards to the OSU47, out-of-bounds,
PENALTY NIU holding 10 yards to the NIU43.
N 1-17 N43 1st and 17.
N 1-17 N43 Horvath, Phil pass complete to Nordin, Jake for 15 yards to the OSU42
(Mitchell, B).
N 2-2 O42 Horvath, Phil pass incomplete, PENALTY OSU roughing passer (Richardson,
Jay) 20 yards to the OSU22, 1ST DOWN NIU, NO PLAY.
N 1-10 O22 Wolfe, Garrett rush up middle for 8 yards to the OSU14 (Patterson, D;Homan,
Ross).
N 2-2 O14 Wolfe, Garrett rush up middle for loss of 1 yard to the OSU15 (Freeman,
Marcus;Richardson, Jay).
N 3-3 O15 Horvath, Phil rush to the OSU17, fumble by Horvath, Phil recovered by NIU
Horvath, Phil at OSU20 (Smith, Antonio;Gholston, V).
N 4-8 O20 Nendick, Chris field goal attempt from 37 GOOD, clock 08:39.
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NORTHERN ILLINOIS 6, OHIO STATE 28
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--------------- 10 plays, 60 yards, TOP 05:06 ---------------
Nendick, Chris kickoff 51 yards to the OSU14, O'Neal, Jamario return 31
yards to the OSU45, out-of-bounds (Hansbro, Alvah).
O 1-10 O45 OHIO STATE drive start at 08:39 (3rd).
O 1-10 O45 Pittman, A rush over right end for 12 yards to the NIU43, 1ST DOWN
OSU (Reiter, Mark).
O 1-10 N43 Smith, Troy deep pass incomplete to Ginn, Jr., Ted (Hansbro, Adriel).
O 2-10 N43 Pittman, A rush for 3 yards to the NIU40 (Hansbro, Adriel;English,
Larry).
O 3-7 N40 Smith, Troy from shotgun slant pass complete to Nicol, Rory for 5 yards
to the NIU35 (Bryant, David).
O 4-2 N35 Wells, Chris rush over right tackle for 9 yards to the NIU26, 1ST
DOWN OSU (Rice, Melvin;Utschig, Dustin).
O 1-10 N26 Wells, Chris rush over right end for 12 yards to the NIU14, 1ST DOWN
OSU (Mccarthy, Tim).
O 1-10 N14 Wells, Chris rush over left end for 9 yards to the NIU5 (Hansbro,
Adriel).
O 2-1 N05 Wells, Chris rush over left end for 3 yards to the NIU2, 1ST DOWN
OSU (Rice, Melvin;Utschig, Dustin).
O 1-G N02 Wells, Chris rush up middle for no gain to the NIU2 (Mccarthy,
Tim;Schroeder, Adam).
O 2-G N02 Wells, Chris rush up middle to the NIU2, fumble by Wells, Chris
recovered by NIU Reiter, Mark at NIU4.
--------------- 10 plays, 51 yards, TOP 04:42 ---------------
N 1-10 N04 NORTHERN ILLINOIS drive start at 03:57 (3rd).
N 1-10 N04 NIU ball on NIU5.
N 1-10 N05 Wolfe, Garrett rush over left end for no gain to the NIU5 (Barrow, Alex).
N 2-10 N05 Horvath, Phil sideline pass complete to Davis, Britt for 2 yards to the NIU7
(Mitchell, B;Jenkins, M).
N 3-8 N07 Horvath, Phil from shotgun sideline pass incomplete to Davis, Britt.
N 4-8 N07 Dittbenner, And punt 42 yards to the NIU49, Gonzalez, A return 11 yards to
the NIU38 (Anderson, Justi).
--------------- 3 plays, 2 yards, TOP 01:44 ---------------
O 1-10 N38 OHIO STATE drive start at 02:13 (3rd).
O 1-10 N38 Smith, Troy from shotgun sideline pass complete to Gonzalez, A for 11
yards to the NIU27, 1ST DOWN OSU.
O 1-10 N27 Smith, Troy sideline pass complete to Small, Ray for 8 yards to the
NIU19 (Reiter, Mark).
O 2-2 N19 Pittman, A rush up middle for 9 yards to the NIU10, 1ST DOWN OSU
(Utschig, Dustin).
O 1-G N10 Smith, Troy crossing pass complete to Nicol, Rory for 9 yards to the
NIU1 (Bryant, David).
O 2-G N01 Pittman, A rush up middle for no gain to the NIU1 (Blalark,
Keenan;Schroeder, Adam).
========END OF 3rd QUARTER========
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 6, OHIO STATE 28
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O 3-G N01 Start of 4th quarter, clock 15:00.
O 3-G N01 Pittman, A rush over right guard for 1 yard to the NIU0, TOUCHDOWN,
clock 14:58.
Pettrey, Aaron kick attempt good.
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NORTHERN ILLINOIS 6, OHIO STATE 35
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--------------- 6 plays, 38 yards, TOP 02:15 ---------------
Pretorius, Ryan kickoff 55 yards to the NIU10, Davis, Britt return 19
yards to the NIU29 (Smith, Antonio).
N 1-10 N29 NORTHERN ILLINOIS drive start at 14:58 (4th).
N 1-10 N29 Wolfe, Garrett rush over right end for 51 yards to the OSU20, 1ST DOWN
NIU, out-of-bounds (Mitchell, B).
N 1-10 O20 Wolfe, Garrett rush over right end for 8 yards to the OSU12, out-of-bounds
(Mitchell, B), PENALTY NIU holding 10 yards to the OSU22.
N 1-12 O22 1st and 12.
N 1-12 O22 Horvath, Phil from shotgun sideline pass complete to Clanton, Montel for 4
yards to the OSU18, out-of-bounds (Gholston, V).
N 2-8 O18 Horvath, Phil pass incomplete.
N 3-8 O18 Wolfe, Garrett rush over left end for loss of 1 yard to the OSU19 (Russell,
A), PENALTY NIU holding declined.
N 4-9 O19 Horvath, Phil from shotgun middle pass complete to Carter, Jarret for 14
yards to the OSU5, 1ST DOWN NIU.
N 1-G O05 Wolfe, Garrett rush up middle for loss of 3 yards to the OSU8 (Patterson,
D).
N 2-G O08 Horvath, Phil screen pass complete to Wolfe, Garrett for 2 yards to the OSU6
(Richardson, Jay).
N 3-G O06 Horvath, Phil from shotgun middle pass complete to Davis, Britt for 2 yards
to the OSU4 (Jenkins, M).
N 4-G O04 Timeout Northern Illinois, clock 10:32.
N 4-G O04 Horvath, Phil from shotgun middle pass complete to Wolfe, Garrett for 4
yards to the OSU0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 10:27.
Horvath, Phil rush attempt failed.
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NORTHERN ILLINOIS 12, OHIO STATE 35
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--------------- 10 plays, 71 yards, TOP 04:31 ---------------
Nendick, Chris kickoff 50 yards to the OSU15, Ginn, Jr., Ted return 15 yards
to the OSU30 (Pruitt, Bradley), PENALTY OSU holding 10 yards to the
OSU20, 1st and 10, OSU ball on OSU20.
O 1-10 O20 OHIO STATE drive start at 10:27 (4th).
O 1-10 O20 Pittman, A rush over right guard for 13 yards to the OSU33, 1ST DOWN
OSU (Utschig, Dustin).
O 1-10 O33 Pittman, A rush over left end for 2 yards to the OSU35 (Pruitt,
Bradley).
O 2-8 O35 Smith, Troy deep pass complete to Ginn, Jr., Ted for 56 yards to the
NIU9, 1ST DOWN OSU (Hansbro, Alvah).
O 1-G N09 Wells, Chris rush over left guard for 4 yards to the NIU5 (Pruitt,
Bradley).
Ohio State new Quarterback #12 Justin Zwick
O 2-G N05 Zwick, Justin rush to the NIU7, fumble by Zwick, Justin recovered by NIU
Mccarthy, Tim at NIU7.
--------------- 5 plays, 73 yards, TOP 02:34 ---------------
N 1-10 N07 NORTHERN ILLINOIS drive start at 07:53 (4th).
N 1-10 N07 Wolfe, Garrett rush over left end for 14 yards to the NIU21, 1ST DOWN
NIU (Jenkins, M).
New Quarterback for Northern Illinois (#19) Dan Nicholson
N 1-10 N21 Nicholson, Dan sideline pass incomplete to Wolfe, Garrett.
N 2-10 N21 Nicholson, Dan middle pass complete to Davis, Britt for 7 yards to the NIU28
(Russell, A;Grant, Larry).
N 3-3 N28 Wolfe, Garrett rush over left end for 2 yards to the NIU30 (Mitchell, B).
N 4-1 N30 Wolfe, Garrett rush up middle for 10 yards to the NIU40, 1ST DOWN NIU
(Freeman, Marcus).
N 1-10 N40 Nicholson, Dan from shotgun middle pass incomplete to Davis, Britt (Grant,
Larry).
N 2-10 N40 Clanton, Montel rush over right end for 12 yards to the OSU48, 1ST DOWN
NIU (Washington, D).
N 1-10 O48 Nicholson, Dan sideline pass incomplete to Davis, Brandon.
N 2-10 O48 Clanton, Montel rush over left guard for loss of 3 yards to the NIU49
(Denlinger, Todd).
N 3-13 N49 Nicholson, Dan sacked for loss of 8 yards to the NIU41 (Wilson, L).
N 4-21 N41 Dittbenner, And punt 43 yards to the OSU16, Ginn, Jr., Ted return 22 yards
to the OSU38 (Williamson, Spe;Biondi, Luke).
--------------- 10 plays, 34 yards, TOP 04:54 ---------------
O 1-10 O38 OHIO STATE drive start at 02:59 (4th).
O 1-10 O38 Wells, Maurice rush over right end for 7 yards to the OSU45 (Utschig,
Dustin).
O 2-3 O45 Wells, Maurice rush over left guard for loss of 1 yard to the OSU44
(Pruitt, Bradley).
O 3-4 O44 Zwick, Justin from shotgun middle pass complete to Dukes, Albert for 12
yards to the NIU44, 1ST DOWN OSU (Hansbro, Alvah).
O 1-10 N44 Wells, Maurice rush up middle for 3 yards to the NIU41 (Mccarthy, Tim).
O 2-7 N41 Zwick, Justin from shotgun middle pass complete to Small, Ray for 6
yards to the NIU35 (Mccarthy, Tim).
O 3-1 N35 End of game, clock 00:00.
--------------- 5 plays, 27 yards, TOP 02:59 ---------------
============FINAL SCORE============
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 12, OHIO STATE 35
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