Buckeyes Beat Hoosiers, 27-14 – Ohio State Buckeyes
9/29/2001 12:00:00 AM | Football
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By DAN GELSTON
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) – Lydell Ross ran for 124 yards and two touchdowns,%^$and Steve Bellisari was 15-for-21 for 181 yards as Ohio State beat Indiana%^$27-14 Saturday.%^$
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Ross, a true freshman who wasn’t listed on Ohio State’s two-deep depth%^$chart, entered the game with only six carries for 20 yards in two games. He had%^$16 carries for 69 yards in the first quarter, and carried 25 times overall.%^$
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Bellisari opened the third quarter with consecutive 17-yard completions to%^$Chris Gamble and Angelo Chattams. Ross ran the ball five straight times and%^$scored on a 5-yard run with 12:07 left to put the Buckeyes (2-1, 1-0 Big Ten)%^$ahead 10-7.%^$
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Ross had a 1-yard touchdown run with 23 seconds left in the first half for a%^$17-7 lead.%^$
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He had to be helped to the sideline with 3:03 remaining in the game after%^$being tackled. He did not return.%^$
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By then, the Buckeyes had finished scoring, with the last touchdown coming%^$on a 7-yard run by Jonathon Wells.%^$
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Josh Huston, who kicked a 20-yard field goal in the first quarter, added%^$another 20-yarder in the third to push the lead to 20-14.%^$
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Bellisari, who completed only 5 of 23 passes for 45 yards last week against%^$UCLA, rebounded with an 11-for-15, 146-yard effort in the first quarter. The%^$Buckeyes finished with 391 yards of total offense after only 166 last week.%^$
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Indiana’s Antwaan Randle El, who became the first quarterback in Division%^$I-A history to rush for 3,000 yards and pass for 6,000 yards, threw a 44-yard%^$touchdown pass to Levron Williams with 7:03 left in the third to make it 20-14.%^$
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Williams scored the Hoosiers’ first touchdown, on a 1-yard run in the first%^$quarter. Williams ran for 81 yards on 21 carries and caught four passes for 62%^$yards.%^$
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Ohio State has won eight straight games against the Hoosiers (0-3, 0-1).%^$Indiana’s attendance was 48,577 thanks to about 15,000 Ohio State fans.
