Ohio State at Rutgers
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Ohio State | 24 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 52 | |
| Rutgers | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 12:13 | Ohio State touchdown. TreVeyon Henderson 44 Yd Run (Noah Ruggles Kick) |
| 11:33 | Ohio State touchdown. Denzel Burke 23 Yd Interception Return (Noah Ruggles Kick) |
| 5:45 | Ohio State field goal. Noah Ruggles 23 Yd Field Goal |
| 2:34 | Ohio State touchdown. Garrett Wilson 32 Yd pass from C.J. Stroud (Noah Ruggles Kick) |
| 2:23 | Rutgers touchdown. Aron Cruickshank 75 Yd pass from Noah Vedral (Valentino Ambrosio PAT blocked) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 12:31 | Ohio State touchdown. Mitch Rossi 1 Yd pass from C.J. Stroud (Noah Ruggles Kick) |
| 6:27 | Ohio State touchdown. Jeremy Ruckert 19 Yd pass from C.J. Stroud (Noah Ruggles Kick) |
| 3:24 | Ohio State touchdown. Chris Olave 56 Yd pass from C.J. Stroud (Noah Ruggles Kick) |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 10:21 | Ohio State touchdown. Chris Olave 11 Yd pass from C.J. Stroud (Noah Ruggles Kick) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 7:40 | Rutgers touchdown. Joshua Youngblood 12 Yd pass from Cole Snyder (Valentino Ambrosio Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Ohio State | Rutgers |
| Total first downs | 25 | 18 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Ohio State | Rutgers |
| Third downs attempted | 13 | 15 |
| Third downs converted | 8 | 4 |
| Third down percentage | 62 % | 27 % |
| Fourth down | Ohio State | Rutgers |
| Fourth downs attempted | 1 | 6 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 2 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 33 % |
| Offense | Ohio State | Rutgers |
| Total yards | 541 | 346 |
| Total rushing yards | 208 | 3 |
| Total passing yards | 333 | 235 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 30:21 | 29:39 |
| Rushing | Ohio State | Rutgers |
| Total rushing plays | 37 | 111 |
| Total rushing yards | 208 | 3 |
| Average yards per rush | 5.6 | 3.6 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| Passing | Ohio State | Rutgers |
| Passes attempted | 27 | 40 |
| Passes completed | 18 | 28 |
| Average yards per completion | 12.3 | 5.9 |
| Passing touchdowns | 5 | 2 |
| Penalties | Ohio State | Rutgers |
| Penalties committed | 6 | 3 |
| Penalty yards | 65 | 25 |
| Turnovers | Ohio State | Rutgers |
| Passes intercepted | ||
| Interception returns | 0 | 3 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Ohio State | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| TreVeyon Henderson | 8 | 71 | 8.9 | 1 | 44 | ||||
| Marcus Crowley | 7 | 58 | 8.3 | 0 | 22 | ||||
| Master Teague III | 11 | 52 | 4.7 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Garrett Wilson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| C.J. Stroud | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Evan Pryor | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Kyle McCord | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Jack Miller III | 3 | -6 | -2.0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Rutgers | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Jamier Wright-Collins | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Noah Vedral | 8 | 34 | 4.3 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Shameen Jones | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Aaron Young | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Isaih Pacheco | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Brandon Sanders | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Aron Cruickshank | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Johnny Langan | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Evan Simon | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Cole Snyder | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Ohio State | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| C.J. Stroud | 23 | 17 | 74 % | 330 | 14.3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Kyle McCord | 3 | 1 | 33 % | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Miller III | 1 | 0 | 0 % | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rutgers | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Noah Vedral | 26 | 16 | 62 % | 152 | 5.8 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Cole Snyder | 8 | 7 | 88 % | 56 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Evan Simon | 5 | 5 | 100 % | 27 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Matt Alaimo | 1 | 0 | 0 % | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Ohio State | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Chris Olave | 5 | 119 | 23.8 | 2 | 56 | ||||
| Garrett Wilson | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 1 | 32 | ||||
| Jaxon Smith-Njigba | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 0 | 38 | ||||
| Jeremy Ruckert | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 1 | 19 | ||||
| Marcus Crowley | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Gee Scott Jr. | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Mitch Rossi | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Rutgers | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Aron Cruickshank | 3 | 102 | 34.0 | 1 | 75 | ||||
| Brandon Sanders | 7 | 47 | 6.7 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Isaiah Washington | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Isaih Pacheco | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Jamier Wright-Collins | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Joshua Youngblood | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Kyle Monangai | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Shameen Jones | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Christian Dremel | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Johnny Langan | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Aaron Young | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Ohio State | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Jack Miller III | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Rutgers | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Evan Simon | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Isaiah Washington | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Ohio State | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Denzel Burke | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Tommy Eichenberg | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ryan Watts | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Rutgers | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Ohio State | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Ronnie Hickman | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cameron Martinez | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ryan Batsch | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cade Kacherski | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Craig Young | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cody Simon | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marcus Hooker | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chris Olave | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jaden McKenzie | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kourt Williams II | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bryson Shaw | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Teradja Mitchell | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cade Stover | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tommy Eichenberg | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Denzel Burke | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Master Teague III | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| J.T. Tuimoloau | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Xavier Johnson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steele Chambers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Sawyer | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jaylen Johnson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ryan Watts | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marcus Williamson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Javontae Jean-Baptiste | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Zach Harrison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gee Scott Jr. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Garrett Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jordan Hancock | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tyleik Williams | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Demario McCall | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Haskell Garrett | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kamryn Babb | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Miyan Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerron Cage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Antwuan Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cormontae Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lathan Ransom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lejond Cavazos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Julian Fleming | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ty Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Taron Vincent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Reid Carrico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rutgers | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Olakunle Fatukasi | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Christian Izien | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kessawn Abraham | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Avery Young | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tyreek Maddox-Williams | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Patrice Rene | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Aaron Young | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Julius Turner | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tre Avery | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wesley Bailey | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mohamed Toure | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tyreem Powell | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Aaron Lewis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lawrence Stevens | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Naijee Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert Longerbeam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rene Konga | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ifeanyi Maijeh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Drew Singleton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| CJ Onyechi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Mike Tverdov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mayan Ahanotu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Elijuwan Mack | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alijah Clark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kyonte Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Ohio State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| None | |||||||||
| Rutgers | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Aron Cruickshank | 6 | 86 | 14.3 | 19 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Ohio State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Garrett Wilson | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Rutgers | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Aron Cruickshank | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Ohio State | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Noah Ruggles | 1/1 | 23 | 7/7 | 10 | |||||
| Rutgers | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Valentino Ambrosio | 0/0 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Ohio State | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Jesse Mirco | 3 | 130 | 43.3 | 0 | 0 | 47 | |||
| Rutgers | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Adam Korsak | 4 | 181 | 45.3 | 0 | 0 | 55 | |||
Last updated on Wednesday, October 6, 2021 2:10 AM.