GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NCAAF: OHIO ST (4-0) at MINNESOTA (1-3)

NCAAF: OHIO ST at MINNESOTA

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
OHIO ST (8) 14 6 3 7 30
MINNESOTA 0 7 0 0 7 FINAL

OHIO ST-TD, C Wells 6 YD RUN (R Pretorius KICK) 8:08 1st
Qtr
OHIO ST-TD, C Wells 4 YD RUN (R Pretorius KICK) 14:45 1st
Qtr
MINNESOTA-TD, R Spry 4 YD PASS FROM A Weber (J Monroe KICK)
8:12 2nd Qtr
OHIO ST-TD, B Robiskie 52 YD PASS FROM T Boeckman (PAT
BLOCKED) 13:44 2nd Qtr
OHIO ST-FG, R Pretorius 43 YD 4:28 3rd Qtr
OHIO ST-TD, B Hartline 19 YD PASS FROM T Boeckman (R
Pretorius KICK) 6:31 4th Qtr


OHIO ST MINNESOTA
First downs 24 15
Rushed-yards 47-274 29-86
Passing yards 209 232
Sacked-yards lost 0-0 1-9
Return yards 65 140
Passes 18-29-0 27-44-2
Punts 6-39.3 9-44.7
Fumbles-lost 2-1 2-0
Penalties-yards 5-32 6-60
Time of possession 31:45 28:15


Individual Statistics

RUSHING: OHIO ST-Chris Wells 24-125, Maurice Wells 14-57, Ray Small
1-37, A.J. Trapasso 1-28, Todd Boeckman 4-15, Marcus Williams 3-12.
MINNESOTA-Duane Bennett 16-41, Adam Weber 5-20, Ernest Wheelwright
1-15, Amir Pinnix 4-7, Jay Thomas 1-3, - Team 1-0, Ralph Spry 1-0.

PASSING: OHIO ST-Todd Boeckman 18-29-209- 0. MINNESOTA-Adam Weber
27-44-232- 2.

RECEIVING: OHIO ST-Brian Robiskie 5-99, Brian Hartline 3-36, Jake
Ballard 2-30, Ray Small 2-20, Dane Sanzenbacher 1-10, Chris Wells 1-6,
Maurice Wells 2-5, Rory Nicol 1-3, Trever Robinson 1-0. MINNESOTA-Eric
Decker 6-65, Tray Herndon 4-45, Duane Bennett 4-39, Ernest Wheelwright
6-38, Ralph Spry 4-25, Jack Simmons 3-20.


Att: 51,611</div>

 

NCAAF: OHIO ST at MINNESOTA

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NCAAF
OHIO ST (8) 30
MINNESOTA 7 FINAL</div>

 

MINNEAPOLIS (Ticker) -- Chris "Beanie" Wells ran for 117 yardsand two touchdowns to help eighth-ranked Ohio State to a 30-7victory over Minnesota in a Big Ten Conference matchup Saturday.

The Buckeyes (5-0, 2-0 Big Ten) have now won 23 consecutiveregular-season games, with their last setback coming againstPenn State on October 8, 2005.


Ohio State's Todd Boeckman completed 18-of-29 passes for 209yards, including a 19-yard TD pass to Brian Hartline in thefinal period to make it 30-7. The junior signal-caller hasthrown at least two touchdowns in each of his five outings.

The Buckeyes jumped out to a 14-0 advantage after one quarterbehind the efforts of Wells, who scored on runs of six and fouryards. He had 95 yards on the ground in the first half.

After forcing an interception, the Buckeyes capped a six-play,98-yard drive with Brian Robiskie's 52-yard leaping touchdowncatch at the 1:16 mark for a 20-6 bulge.


"We had the interception, and then unfortunately the penalty,and then the big run on third down, and then the big throw,"Ohio State Jim Tressel said. "All of a sudden we were 99 yardsaway and we score. So yeah, it was huge."


"We were driving, we were moving the ball, it was open and Ithrew it behind the receiver," Gophers quarterback Adam Webersaid. "There was a touchdown to be had there, and we missed outon that opportunity."


Robiskie finished with five catches for 99 yards.


Larry Grant and Malcolm Jenkins each picked off a pass for OhioState, which limited Minnesota (1-4, 0-2) to just 277 yards oftotal offense.


"They were great, they're really fast to the football,"Minnesota coach Tim Brewster said. "You look at (Vernon)Gholston, you look at (James) Laurinaitis; they're tremendous. Itold coach Tressel before the game I coached four years in theAFC West, and that's what I see in this defense."


"They have some great athletes on defense, that we may not seethe rest of the year," Weber said. "I think we were ready andplayed well. They were able to mix it up, hide their blitzesand they put a lot of pressure on us."


Weber went 27-of-44 for 232 yards and a score while Eric Deckerhad six catches for 65 yards for the Gophers, who fell to 7-40all-time in the series.