Ohio State Holds Off Indiana 19-15 in a Battle of 6-1 Teams
Ohio State and Indiana are both 6-1 now, but only one of them got there by losing, and it is the Hoosiers, who came in 6-0. Ohio State won 19-15 in a game that was close all the way through and had no overtime to blame it on.
The game was never tied after the opening field goal, and the lead changed hands twice. Ohio State got a 26-yard Connor Hawkins field goal first, Indiana's Turbo Richard answered with a 7-yard run for a 7-3 lead, and Julian Sayin threw a 2-yard touchdown to Bo Jackson with 0:07 left in the half for 10-7. Hawkins added another field goal early in the third. Then Sayin hit Jeremiah Smith from 38 yards with 12:46 left in the fourth for 19-7. The two-point try failed, which turned out to matter.
Indiana got a touchdown back at 10:30, a 19-yard Josh Hoover pass to Nick Marsh, and converted the two-point try with a Hoover pass to Richard. That made it 19-15 and it stayed that way. Neither team scored again, so the last 10:30 of the game was spent trying.
Indiana had more yards, 369 to 316, and Hoover threw for 296. It also lost two fumbles while Ohio State threw two interceptions, and the Hoosiers' defense had 4 sacks to Ohio State's 1. Sayin had 15 completions for 235 yards, 2 touchdowns, 2 interceptions and minus 26 rushing yards, which is not the line of a winning quarterback. He won anyway.
Charlie Becker had the best fantasy day of the game with 9 catches for 165 yards, and no touchdown.