The Series

OSU leads this four game series 2-1, as the 2010 victory was vacated. Woody Hayes won the first matchup with Miami in 1977 with a score of 10-0. Miami knocked off Ohio State in the Kickoff Classic season opener in 1999, 23-12. You likely will not forget the next matchup, which was a double overtime victory against Miami, 31-24 in the 2002 National Championship game.

Last Time
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#2 OSU beat #12 Miami 36-24 in front of a sold-out record crowd of 105,545.

First Quarter

OSU took the early lead 3-0 with a 24-yard FG by Barclay early in the first quarter. OSU had possession as the result of a turnover by Miami, when safety CJ Barnett broke up a pass and lineman Nathan Williams returned it 33 yards. Miami responded immediately with an 88-yard kickoff return TD.

 

Second Quarter

In Miami's next possession they drove it down and hit a 51-yard FG to extend the lead to 10-3. OSU took over and Pryor threw a 62-yard rocket to Posey to get them within 20-yards. On the next play Pryor hit a twisting Brandon Saine in the endzone, to tie it up 10-10. OSU took the lead with a 41-yard FG by Barclay in the next possession. Chekwa collected his first interception of Harris and returned it to the Miami 19 and Boom Herron ran it in to give OSU the lead 20-10. Miami scored on a punt return of 79 yards. Barclay hit two more FGs to end the half, 21 yards and 24 yards.

 

Third Quarter

OSU was up 26-17 to start the second half. On Miami's first possession of the second half, at the OSU 9-yard line lineman Cameron Heyward went back into coverage and intercepted Harris and the big guy took it 80 yards. Pryor ran it in by himself in the drive that followed the interception. Miami took over and attempted a 39-yard FG, but it was blocked by Torrence. In the next possession Pryor connected with another RB, this time it was Boom Herron for a 47-yard reception. Barclay hit another FG, putting OSU up 36-24, which tied the OSU record with five made FGs in one game.

 

Fourth Quarter

Early in the fourth Miami scored the first and only offensive TD allowed by the OSU defense up to that point in the season, a 9-yard pass. Overall Pryor had a decent game by passing 12 of 27 for 233 yards, no interceptions, one passing TD, one rushing TD, and running for a team leading 113 yards. The defense stepped up big with four interceptions, two by Chekwa. Posey had four passes for 105 yards.