The win gives the Buckeyes their seventh straight victory over the Nittany Lions and wins in 11 of the last 12 matchups between the two.
The Ohio State offense struggled to move the ball at points in this game against a ferocious Penn State defense, but executed well enough to come away with the win.
The game ball on offense undoubtedly goes to Marvin Harrison Jr. who torched the Nittany Lions secondary for 162 yards and a touchdown on 11 catches.
In this article we’ll break down Harrison Jr. and the rest of the offense’s performance by position group using Pro Football Focus grades.
Hear and watch everything Penn State head coach James Franklin had to say about Ohio State after the game. #GoBucks
The Penn State Nittany Lions presented quite the challenge to the Ohio State football team on Saturday, taking the game all the way into the fourth quarter, but the Buckeyes dug deep, created a couple of turnovers on defense, and put together some drives to pull away for a 44-31 victory.
After the game, Nittany Lions head coach James Franklin was proud of his team’s effort but obviously disappointed it couldn’t finish the deal against the No. 2 ranked team in the country. He met with the local media in State College after the loss to discuss what he saw during the game and gave his thoughts on Ohio State.
We like to keep track of what the opposing coaches think of the Buckeyes after they play him and Franklin was very complimentary of his opposition today while still holding his team accountable for some shortcomings.
If you didn’t get to catch everything Franklin said about Ohio State, we have the press conference for you thanks to Mark Brennan of 247Sports. Watch and listen to Franklin give credit to OSU’s skill, marvel at Marvin Harrison Jr, discuss his team’s turnovers and more.
With the victory, Ohio State runs its record to 8-0 and will hit the road again next week when it travels to Northwestern.
Check out some of the best photos of Ohio State football’s hard-fought, impressive win over Penn State on Saturday afternoon.
Whew. After many blowouts this season, the Ohio State football team found itself locked into a tight one at Penn State on Saturday. The outcome looked very much in doubt all the way into the fourth quarter before the Buckeyes seemed to flip the switch on both sides of the ball to pull away and win 44-31.
There are a lot of great venues in college football, and Beaver Stadium in State College, Pennsylvania is one of them. Add that to a fall Saturday with the colors, some blue skies, and the contrast of colors between both teams and all the action on Saturday made for some great pictures for us to share with you.
We scoured our USA TODAY Sports library and picked out some of the best still images of a pretty entertaining game in Happy Valley for your scrolling and viewing pleasure.
Here are some of the best photos of Ohio State football’s victory over Penn State Saturday afternoon.
Five things to take away from the Ohio State win over Penn State. #GoBucks
It was a heart-pumping, sweaty palm affair for a while against Penn State, but Ohio State got its act together in the fourth quarter and earned a huge 44-31 win in Happy Valley against a top-15 opponent. It’s the type of gut-check win you can hang your hat on and build upon.
After every game, we like to reflect and peel the layers back on the scarlet and gray onion to dissect what we saw and what we think we learned about this Buckeye squad.
There is a ton we can examine after the first real, true road test Ohio State has faced this season and one that the Buckeyes absolutely had to have to stay among the top of the Big Ten East race and an inside track to the College Football Playoff.
Here are five things we think we learned after Ohio State took care of business at Penn State.
The Ohio State Buckeyes will meet the Penn State Nittany Lions in college football action on Saturday afternoon from Beaver Stadium.
The Ohio State Buckeyes will meet the Penn State Nittany Lions in college football action on Saturday afternoon from Beaver Stadium.
Ohio State is coming off a 54-10 win over Iowa last week to give them a 7-0 record this season, while Penn State is also coming off a blowout win when they took down Minnesota 45-17 to improve to 6-1 on the season.
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Ohio State issued its availability report and it looks like Jaxon Smith-Njigba will sit it out vs. Penn State once again. #GoBucks
The Ohio State football team doesn’t provide an injury report any longer, but it does give us an availability report a couple of hours prior to each game and we just received the one for Penn State.
Of course, everyone is curious to know whether star receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba is going to play and it appears that he will not be in the lineup once again as he continues to deal with a tricky hamstring injury. Ryan Day was optimistic early in the week that he would suit up with a “pitch count” but seemed to back off of that a little later in the week.
You can look for Marvin Harrison Jr, Emeka Egbuka, and Pennsylvania native Julian Fleming to be the guys to be ready to be weapons for quarterback C.J. Stroud once again.
In addition to Smith-Njigba, starting cornerback Cam Brown will be out once again. Here is the rest of the availability report.
NEXT … Complete Ohio State availability report for Penn State
All of our Ohio State vs. Penn State preview pieces in one place. #GoBucks
Each week we put together a lot of content for you to consume and prepare for the next Ohio State football contest. This week, Ohio State hits the road for a pretty stiff road game against Penn State, and we’ve done the same.
From what the coaches said in previewing the game, to the odds, players to watch, and predictions, we’ve put a lot out there over the last week. It’s all so you can read and get the knowledge to impress your friends and family when you get together to watch the game.
But if you’re still looking for content, rather than have you sift through all the stories and preview pieces we’ve written, we’ve got them indexed all in one spot to make things easy to find.
Here are all of our Ohio State vs. Penn State preview pieces for your consumption and reaction.
Time for another round of predictions from our staff as Ohio State hits the road to take on Penn State Saturday afternoon. #GoBucks
OK, here we go. Ohio State and Penn State are ready to face each other Saturday afternoon in a key Big Ten tussle that will go a long way toward deciding what team wins the East division.
The Nittany Lions have already dropped a game to Michigan, so another loss most likely takes them out of the running. A loss by the Buckeyes isn’t the absolute end of the world, but it would make the road home a lot tougher.
Each week, we like to have our three writers give their score predictions for each Ohio State football game and a quick reason the game will play out that way.
Here’s how Phil, Mark and Josh see the game ending up after the fans start to file out of Beaver Stadium late Saturday afternoon.
How to watch Ohio State vs. Penn State, plus some key injuries and players to watch. #GoBucks
We have a fairly sizeable matchup in the Big Ten this week, and it involves Ohio State traveling to Happy Valley to take on Penn State. Both teams are ranked inside the top 15, and both would love a win to put themselves in position to win the Big East title and head to Indianapolis for the Big Ten Championship game.
The oddsmakers like Ohio State as roughly a two-touchdown favorite, but we’ve seen some pretty tight games in Beaver Stadium in years past. Nobody would be surprised if it turned out that way this year.
As you order up your pizza and grab some beverages and head out to a watch party, we’re sure you might need the intel on this game, so we’re bringing it to you.
Here’s how to find the game, some key injuries to be on the lookout for, and a couple of key players for the titanic matchup between the Buckeyes and Nittany Lions on Saturday.
Are you at all worried about the trip to Happy Valley this year for Ohio State? #GoBucks
It’s an Ohio State football game eve folks, and we’re getting ready for a pretty big one this weekend with the Buckeyes traveling to Happy Valley to take on a top-15 opponent, the Penn State Nittany Lions.
The Buckeyes have looked nearly unbeatable, taking care of teams easily even with less than their best at times. However, traveling to State College seems to always result in a Donnybrook, and Ohio State better be ready for the best shot Penn State can dish out.
There are plenty of reasons to believe that OSU will take care of business on Saturday afternoon, but there are others that say this one could turn into a bit of an unexpected dogfight for a game the oddsmakers say Ohio State should handle rather easily.
And while we will be rooting hard for this game to have a very distinct scarlet and gray flair, here are five reasons Penn State could pose a threat to derail the undefeated season for Ryan Day and his gang.
