Ohio State Defeated by Texas, 25-22 – Ohio State Buckeyes
9/11/2005 12:00:00 AM | Football
Sept. 11, 2005
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – No. 4-ranked Ohio State was defeated by No. 2 Texas, 25-22, in the first-ever meeting between the schools in front of a record crowd of 105,565 Saturday in Ohio Stadium. The loss drops the Buckeyes to 1-1 on the year, while Texas now is 2-0.
Josh Huston kicked a school and stadium record five field goals (45 yards, 36, 25, 44, 26). Santonio Holmes had 36-yard touchdown reception from Troy Smith and finished with 73 yards on four catches to lead the Buckeyes. Antonio Pittman had a team-best 75 yards on 17 carries.
Holmes added 109 yards on three kick returns, and Ted Ginn Jr. had 82 yards on three kickoff returns. A.J. Hawk had an interception, two sacks, a team-high 12 tackles (including three for loss), a forced fumble and a fumble recovery.
For Texas, quarterback Vince Young was 18-for-29 for 270 yards, with two touchdowns and two interceptions. He also rushed for 76 yards on 20 carries. Receiver Billy Pittman had 130 yards on five catches.
In the game, Ohio State had 255 yards of total offense, Texas 382.
After holding Ohio State to three-and-out on its opening possession, Texas drove 64 yards in 11 plays and settled for a 42-yard field goal by David Pino to take a 3-0 lead with 10:03 to play in the first quarter. Longhorn quarterback Vince Young carried three times for 52 yards on the drive, including a 32-yard rush that moved his team across midfield.
Texas also scored on its second possession of the game to extend its lead to 10-0 with 1:37 to play in the first quarter. The Longhorns drove 84 yards in 10 plays, capped by a 5-yard pass from Vince Young to Tarell Brown in the back of the end zone.
Holmes took the ensuing kickoff and raced 47 yards down the west sideline before Ohio State’s field position was bolstered by a Longhorn penalty the moved the Buckeyes to the UT 36-yard line. Ohio State got on the scoreboard five plays later when Huston connected from 45 yards out to pull the Buckeyes within a 10-3 score with 14:17 to play in the second quarter.
The Ohio State defense allowed Texas only 13 yards on its next possession to force a punt. The Buckeyes followed with a nine-play, 80-yard drive that saw quarterback Troy Smith, in his first game back from a two-game suspension, complete a 36-yard pass to Holmes in the corner of the end zone to tie the score.
Huston’s leg gave the Buckeyes a 13-10 lead with 4:33 to play before halftime. He booted a 36-yard field goal after linebacker A.J. Hawk picked off Young under pressure from Mike Kudla. With his seventh career interception, Hawk doubled back and returned the ball 24 yards to the UT 18-yard line, but Ohio State could not pick up a first down and settled for the go-ahead field goal.
Hawk fell on a fumble on the ensuing Texas possession to give the ball back to Ohio State. OSU defensive end Jay Richardson forced Texas tailback Selvin Young to fumble and Hawk pounced on the ball at the UT 30-yard line. Nine plays later, Huston kicked his third field goal of the night to build the Buckeye lead to 16-10 with 35 seconds to play before intermission. Texas pulled within three points on a Pino 37-yard field goal with two seconds left in the opening half.
In the second half, another Texas turnover led to anther Huston field goal. On the Longhorns’ second play of their first second-half drive, Vince Young threw his second interception of the game as safety Nate Salley picked off a ball tipped by linebacker Bobby Carpenter. Six plays later, Huston booted his fourth field goal of the game, this time connecting from 44 yards to give the Buckeyes a 19-13 lead with 11:46 to play in the third quarter.
After the Longhorns pulled within three, 19-16, on a 25-yard Pino field goal, Huston tied a school and Ohio Stadium record with his fifth field goal of the game to retake a six-point lead. His connection from 26 yards out made the score 22-16 with 5:12 to play. He tied former Buckeyes Mike Nugent and Bob Atha with five field goals in a game. Nugent had five field goals at North Carolina State last year and Atha kicked five vs. Indiana in Ohio Stadium in 1980.
Texas took over on the Ohio State 33-yard line following a missed field goal attempt by Huston from 50-yards out. On the ensuing drive, the Longhorns tied the game on a Young 24-yard touchdown pass to Sweed with 2:37 left in the fourth quarter. Pino put Texas ahead with the extra point. The seven-play drive covered 67 yards and took 2:23 off the clock.
On the next drive, Ohio State fumbled and the Longhorns recovered on the OSU 21 with 2:19 left. Texas did not score on the drive, turning the ball over to OSU on downs inside the 1-yard line. On the first play from scrimmage, Smith was sacked in the end zone for a safety, pushing the Texas lead to 25-22.
Ohio State attempted an onside kick following the safety, but it was recovered by Texas, giving the Longhorns possession at the OSU 32. V. Young took a knee to run out the clock.
Texas and Ohio State will play again Sept. 9, 2006 at Darrell K. Royal Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin.
Ohio State welcomes San Diego State to Ohio Stadium at 3:30 p.m. next Saturday. The game will be televised by ABC Sports.
