Postgame Notes vs. Indiana
11/23/2024 3:34:00 PM | Football
No. 2 Ohio State 38, Indiana 15Â
Nov. 23, 2024 – Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OhioÂ
Attendance: 105,751Â
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With its 38-15 victory, Ohio State improved to 10-1 on the season and 7-1 in Big Ten play.Â
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Ohio State's record against Indiana is now 80-12-5.Â
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The Buckeyes have won 29 consecutive games against the Hoosiers.Â
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Ohio State claimed its 31st 10-or-more-win season in school history.Â
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Head coach Ryan Day's career record improved to 66-9. He remains undefeated in the six games he has coached against Indiana.Â
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This was his 20th career win against a Top 25 opponent.Â
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Will Howard finished his 45th career start with 201 passing yards and two touchdowns after completing 22 passes on 26 attempts.Â
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Howard went deep into the second quarter without throwing an incompletion. He completed his first 14 pass attempts before throwing an incomplete jump ball in an attempt to score.Â
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Howard completed 80 percent of his passes, the sixth time he's done that this year. He is the only Buckeye QB to have six games of 80 percent or better passing in a career.Â
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Howard scored on a one-yard rush to provide the final score in the fourth quarter.Â
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He now has accounted for 101 career touchdowns -- 74 passing, 26 rushing and one receiving.Â
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Emeka Egbuka finished the day with a team-leading 80 receiving yards and one touchdown on seven receptions.Â
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Egbuka reeled in a beautiful 11-yard pass from Will Howard for the Buckeyes' first score of the day. Â
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That was his 23rd career touchdown reception, which ties Garrett Wilson for eighth on the program's all-time list.Â
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Egbuka now has 180 career receptions, which places him third on the all-time list at Ohio State. He surpassed Chris Olave, who had 176 career receptions.Â
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He also surpassed Devin Smith on the all-time receiving yards list and now is seventh with 2,549.Â
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This was Egbuka's 35th straight game with a catch.Â
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TreVeyon Henderson finished the day with 68 yards and one touchdown on nine rushing attempts.Â
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Henderson scored on a four-yard touchdown rush to put the Buckeyes up 13-7.Â
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His touchdown tied him for fifth all-time on the career touchdowns list. Henderson, J.K. Dobbins and J.T. Barrett all have 43 rushing touchdowns.Â
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Caleb Downs put the Buckeyes up 21-7 after a 79-yard punt return for a touchdown.Â
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The last time Ohio State had a punt return for a touchdown was by Jalin Marshall against Indiana 10 years ago (Nov. 23, 2014).Â
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This was the fourth-longest punt return for a touchdown since 1970. Ahead of Downs is Jeff Graham (81 yards vs. Wisconsin, 1981), Nate Clements (83 yards vs. Purdue, 2000) and Brian Hartline (90 yards vs. Kent State, 2007).Â
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Jelani Thurman caught his first career touchdown on a one-yard pass from Will Howard to put Ohio State up 28-7.Â
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Ohio State's defense has forced a turnover in five consecutive games.Â
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The Buckeyes held Indiana to just 151 total yards on the day.Â
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After allowing a touchdown on Indiana's first possession, Ohio State's defense held Indiana's offense to –5 net yards on 18 plays the rest of the first half.Â
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The Buckeyes tied a season high with five sacks.Â
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Cody Simon recorded a single game career high 2.5 sacks. He also led the team with two tackles for loss.Â
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One of Simon's key sacks resulted in a forced fumble recovered by Ty Hamilton.Â
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Simon now has 7.5 sacks and three forced fumbles in his career.Â
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Hamilton collected his second career fumble recovery.Â
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Jack Sawyer recorded 1.5 sacks and JT Tuimoloau had 1.0.Â
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In all, 21 Buckeyes recorded at least one tackle.Â
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Simon led the pack with 10 and Sonny Styles recorded eight.Â
