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No. 3 Ohio State 30, Minnesota 14
Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018
Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
Attendance: 100,042
Ohio State Football Postgame Notes
- The win was the Buckeyes’ 12th in a row, marking the second-longest winning streak in FBS.
- Ohio State improved to 24-3 all-time against Minnesota in Columbus.
- The game marked Dwayne Haskins’ fifth 300-yard passing game of the season, the second-most in a single season in program history. His five-career 300-yard passing games are third in Ohio State history and, after throwing for a 455 yards last week and 412 today against Minnesota, Haskins possesses two of the three 400-yard passing games in program history.
- Haskins has at least two TD passes in each game this season and at least three in six of seven contests. He has 28 scoring strikes on the year against just four interceptions.
- For the second-consecutive week, Haskins tied J.T. Barrett’s Ohio State single-game record of 33 completions.
- Kendall Sheffield’s first-quarter interception marked his second-career interception and second of the season after picking off a pass against Rutgers.
- K.J. Hill’s 42-yard reception in the first quarter marked his season long.
- The 21-yard first-quarter field goal by Blake Haubeil marked the first points of his career. Haubeil then added a 47-yarder in the third quarter and a 27-yarder in the fourth quarter.
- Terry McLaurin’s 41-yard touchdown catch in the first quarter was his seventh touchdown reception of the year, tying Parris Campbell for the team lead.
- Hill, who set a career high with 187 receiving yards and tied his career high with two touchdown catches, extended his streak of games with a reception to 27 contests. Hill has at least four receptions in every game this season.
- With another punt downed inside the 20-yard line on his only attempt today, 16 of Drue Chrisman’s 25 punts on the season have been pinned inside the 20.
- Luke Farrell’s 24-yard reception in the fourth quarter marked a career long.
- Isaiah Pryor’s fourth-quarter interception was the first of his career.
- Jordan Fuller set a career high with 12 tackles while Pryor had a career-best five stops and Pete Werner tallied a career-high eight tackles.
- Justin Hilliard notched a career-best two pass breakups.
