Ohio State 60, Illinois 35
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, November 16, 2013
Where: Memorial Stadium, Champaign, Illinois
Temperature:
55°
Head Official:
Todd Geerlings
Attendance:
44095
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No. 3 Ohio State 60, Illinois 35: Braxton Miller accounted for 334 yards and three touchdowns and Carlos Hyde found the end zone five times as the undefeated Buckeyes posted a convincing road victory over the Fighting Illini.
Hyde finished with a career-high 246 yards and four touchdowns on 24 carries and added a pair of receptions for 26 yards and a score. Miller was 13-of-29 for 150 yards with two TDs and scampered for 184 yards and a score as Ohio State (10-0, 6-0 Big Ten) matched the school record with its 22nd straight victory and solidified its position at No. 3 in the BCS rankings, behind only Alabama and Florida State.
Nathan Scheelhaase threw a pair of touchdowns and added a rushing score for Illinois (3-7, 0-6), which has lost 20 Big Ten games in a row, a streak that began with a home loss to Ohio State in 2011. Steve Hull had eight catches for 105 yards and a touchdown to pace the Illini's air attack.
Miller got the action started on the third play of the game, rushing up the middle untouched for a 70-yard touchdown, and found Hyde in the flat for an 18-yard scoring strike on the Buckeyes' third possession. Less than two minutes later, Bradley Roby intercepted a deflected pass by Scheelhaase and sprinted 63 yards to the end zone before Miller's well-thrown 11-yard TD pass to Philly Brown made it 28-0 less than 20 minutes into the game.
Hyde's 8-yard TD run made it 35-7 midway through the second quarter and his 1-yard scoring plunge inflated the lead to 44-21 late in the third. Illinois worked its way back into the game, closing within 47-35 on Josh Ferguson's 4-yard TD run with 8:49 left, but Hyde erased any potential drama with touchdown runs of 51 and 55 yards in the final five minutes.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Hyde had not lost yardage on any carry this season before losing two yards on a run late in the second quarter. ... Illinois got on the scoreboard on a 67-yard punt return for a touchdown by V'Angelo Bentley midway through the second quarter. ... This was the 100th all-time meeting between the rivals, with the Buckeyes now holding a 66-30-4 advantage.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
Ohio State |
|
Illinois |
Carlos Hyde
|
Player |
Josh Ferguson
|
24 |
Attempts |
15 |
246 |
Yards |
69 |
10.2 |
Avg Yards |
4.6 |
4 |
Touchdowns |
1 |
0 |
Long |
0 |
Receiving
Ohio State |
|
Illinois |
Chris Fields
| Player |
Steve Hull
|
2 |
Receptions |
8 |
58 |
Yards |
105 |
29.0 |
Avg Yards |
13.1 |
0 |
Touchdowns |
1 |
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
|
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
Ohio State
|
591 |
441 |
150 |
8 |
1 |
2 |
6.0 |
1 |
Illinois
|
420 |
132 |
288 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
1.0 |
1 |