No. 5Ohio State Buckeyes

Past match

Ohio State Buckeyes won.

Ohio State Buckeyes beat the Illinois Fighting Illini

2-2 19 – 42

Ranked #5 · 3-1

Final · Sat, Sep 26

Game Details

Ohio Stadium (Columbus) · 101,452 fans · FOX

Highlights

Jeremiah Smith ties Ohio State record with 4 TD catches as No. 7 Buckeyes beat Illinois 42-19

Another home game, another record for Ohio State's Jeremiah Smith.

Recap via ESPN

0:23 Jeremiah Smith explains his improvement from last year

Clips play on ESPN

Ohio Stadium · Columbus

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
ILL	7	3	3	6	19
OSU	14	14	0	14	42

Win Probability · Ohio State Buckeyes

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Game Leaders

Illinois Fighting Illini

Katin Houser · 21/37, 263 YDS, 1 TDPassing Yards
Aidan Laughery · 11 CAR, 113 YDSRushing Yards
Hudson Clement · 5 REC, 87 YDSReceiving Yards
Matthew Bailey · 14Tackles

Ohio State Buckeyes

Julian Sayin · 27/36, 367 YDS, 4 TDPassing Yards
Ja'Kobi Jackson · 10 CAR, 56 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Jeremiah Smith · 12 REC, 217 YDS, 4 TDReceiving Yards
Kenyatta Jackson Jr. · 1Sacks
Jaylen McClain · 8Tackles

2026 Big Ten Conference Standings

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Indiana
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USC
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Washington
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Michigan State
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Scoring

Q4 2:36

TD Ja'Kobi Jackson 2 Yd Run (Connor Hawkins Kick)19–42

Q4 6:02

TD Ty Robinson 27 Yd pass from Katin Houser (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)19–35

Q4 10:07

TD Jeremiah Smith 26 Yd pass from Julian Sayin (Connor Hawkins Kick)13–35

Q3 9:35

FG Ethan Moczulski 44 Yd Field Goal 13–28

Q2 0:15

TD Julian Sayin 7 Yd Run (Connor Hawkins Kick)10–28

Q2 1:32

FG Ethan Moczulski 43 Yd Field Goal 10–21

Q2 4:12

TD Jeremiah Smith 9 Yd pass from Julian Sayin (Connor Hawkins Kick)7–21

Q1 1:04

TD Jordan Anderson 22 Yd Run (Ethan Moczulski Kick)7–14

Q1 3:39

TD Jeremiah Smith 72 Yd pass from Julian Sayin (Connor Hawkins Kick)0–14

Q1 9:34

TD Jeremiah Smith 7 Yd pass from Julian Sayin (Connor Hawkins Kick)0–7

Team Stats

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Offense

462 Total Yards 518

263 Passing Yards 367

199 Rushing Yards 151

25 First Downs 27

Efficiency

6-14 3rd Down 8-12

1-3 4th Down 2-2

21/38 Completions 27/36

Turnovers & Clock

0 Turnovers 0

6-52 Penalties 7-59

30:38 Possession 29:22

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	QBR
Katin Houser	21/37	263	7.1	1	88.9
Team	0/1	0	0.0	0	--
Team	21/38	263	6.9	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Aidan Laughery	11	113	10.3	0	37
Ca'Lil Valentine	10	47	4.7	0	12
Jordan Anderson	2	20	10.0	1	22
Katin Houser	7	14	2.0	0	25
Javari Barnett	2	4	2.0	0	3
Jershaun Newton	1	1	1.0	0	1
Team	33	199	6.0	1	37

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Hudson Clement	5	87	17.4	0	27
Collin Dixon	5	63	12.6	0	21
Ty Robinson	4	45	11.3	1	27
Ca'Lil Valentine	1	33	33.0	0	33
Brayden Trimble	4	28	7.0	0	12
Christian Abney	1	6	6.0	0	6
Aidan Laughery	1	1	1.0	0	1
Team	21	263	12.5	1	33

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD
Matthew Bailey	14	7	1	0
Juice Clarke	7	6	0	2
Mac Resetich	7	5	0	1
Xavier Scott	6	3	0	1
Tywan Cox	4	2	0	0
Ismael Kante	4	2	0	0
Robert Edmonson	2	2	0	0
Pat Farrell	2	1	0	1
Jakwon Morris	2	1	0	0
James Kreutz	2	0	0	0
Demetrius John	2	0	0	0
Will Holmes	2	0	0	0
Grant Beerman	1	1	0	0
Darrell Prater	1	1	0	0
Des Straughton	1	1	0	0
Carter Janki	1	0	0	0
Joe Barna	1	0	0	0
Cameron Thomas	1	0	0	0
Tanner Heckel	1	0	0	0
Ean Rhea	1	0	0	0
Team	62	32	1	5

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Aidan Laughery	1	11	11.0	11	0
Team	1	11	11.0	11	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Mac Resetich	1	13	13.0	13	0
Team	1	13	13.0	13	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Ethan Moczulski	2/2	100.0	44	1/1	7
Team	2/2	100.0	44	1/1	7

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Lars Rau	2	95	47.5	0	2	53
Team	2	95	47.5	0	2	53

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