Miyan Williams rushed for 2 touchdowns to lend a hand No. 3 Ohio State pull clear of pesky Indiana for a 23-3 victory of their season openers in Bloomington, Ind., on Saturday.
Kyle McCord, who received the beginning process for Ohio State over Devin Brown, used to be 20 for 33 for 239 yards and an interception within the Large Ten contest.
Williams’ 2d ranking, from 3 yards, gave the Buckeyes a 20-3 lead with 1:51 left within the 3rd quarter when they led 10-3 on the part.
Ohio State has received 28 immediately towards the Hoosiers since a 27-27 tie in 1990. Indiana’s remaining victory used to be in 1988.
Brown performed one sequence within the first part and the general pressure of the sport for the Buckeyes.
Chip Trayanum rushed for 57 yards on 8 carries, TreVeyon Henderson had 47 on 12 carries and Williams 25 on seven.
Cade Stover led the Buckeyes with 98 yards on 5 catches.
All-American receiver candidate Marvin Harrison Jr. had 18 yards on two receptions.
Brendan Sorsby used to be 8 for 16 for 58 yards and Trayven Jackson went 1 for five for twenty-four yards for the Hoosiers.
The Buckeyes wanted a 40-yard box purpose by means of Jayden Fielding with 3 seconds left to hold the seven-point margin into halftime. The ones issues got here after the Hoosiers had been stopped on a fourth-and-4 move play from the Ohio State 39-yard line with 38 seconds left.
Ohio State took a 7-0 lead on its first sequence, an 80-yard pressure, when Williams ran for a 7-yard ranking halfway during the first quarter.
It remained that means till Chris Freeman hit a 42-yard box purpose with 6:15 closing in the second one quarter.
Fielding added a 22-yard box purpose to make it 13-3 with 6:42 left within the 3rd quarter.
He later added every other from 22 yards with below 5 mins to play for a 23-3 lead.
Each groups, as anticipated, used two quarterbacks within the first part after aggressive battles heading into the season.
Sorsby began for the Hoosiers prior to being changed by means of Jackson for the 3rd sequence. McCord performed 4 of the 5 sequence.
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