October 6, 2018 Week 6 · Regular Season Belt defended

Ohio State defends the belt, 49–26, at home over Indiana.

Home · Defending Holder

Ohio StateAP No. 3 49

Away · Challenger

Indiana 26

AP poll, week 6: Indiana unranked at Ohio State No. 3 · No. 1 that week: Georgia. The belt vs. the polls →

Belt context

Where this game sits in the lineage

Ohio State came in 7 days into reign #303, which began with a win over Penn State, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. Ohio State went on to defend it 1 more time before Purdue took it on October 20, 2018, 21 days after the reign began.

For Indiana this was its 7th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t: 8 attempts in all, every one of them a loss or a tie.

It was the 3rd of 4 belt games between the two; going in, Ohio State led the belt series 2–0; all-time Ohio State leads 4–0. Every meeting →

AI-Written

Recap

Ohio State's offense was nearly unstoppable in this belt defense, with Dwayne Haskins orchestrating a dominant passing attack that featured six touchdown passes. Indiana kept things competitive early, with Logan Justus connecting on field goals and Peyton Ramsey leading scoring drives that included touchdown passes to Peyton Hendershot and Nick Westbrook (twice), but Ohio State's firepower proved too much to overcome. The Buckeyes built a commanding lead by halftime with four touchdown passes, including a spectacular 71-yard strike to Parris Campbell in the third quarter, while Indiana's defense couldn't generate enough pressure or stops to slow the relentless aerial assault. Despite Indiana's efforts to keep pace with offensive drives throughout the game, Ohio State's superior efficiency on third down (8 of 16 vs. 3 of 14) and time of possession advantage (36:40 to 23:18) allowed the belt holder to cruise to a 49-26 victory.

Haskins to Johnnie Dixon 39-yard TD in Q2 - Ohio State's second touchdown pass that extended their lead early
Ramsey to Nick Westbrook 19-yard TD in Q2 - Indiana's second touchdown that kept them within striking distance temporarily
Haskins to Parris Campbell 71-yard TD in Q3 - Ohio State's explosive third quarter score that essentially put the game away
Turnovers favoring Ohio State in Q2 (Reese Taylor fumble recovered by Jordan Fuller, Haskins interception by Devon Matthews) - crucial momentum shifts that disrupted Indiana's rhythm

Written by Claude from the box score and play-by-play on this page — a plain-English recap of the numbers below, not a substitute for them.

Full Box Score

Team stats

CFBD box score

Ohio StateIndiana

Total yards610406

Rushing yards15584

Passing yards455322

First downs3322

3rd down conv.8/163/14

Turnovers32

Penalties–yards9–823–35

Time of possession36:4023:18

Full team box score from CFBD’s /games/teams data. This section only appears for belt games from 2003 onward — CFBD doesn’t have team-level stats that far back.

Play By Play

Key plays

CFBD play-by-play

When	Team	Yards	Play
Q1 11:47	Indiana	+37 yd	Logan Justus 37 yd FG GOOD
Q1 14:10	Indiana	+45 yd	Stevie Scott run for 45 yds to the OhSt 14 for a 1ST down
Q1 8:56	Ohio State	+1 yd	Mike Weber run for 1 yd to the Ind 38 Mike Weber fumbled, forced by Brandon Wilson, recovered by Ind Cam Jones
Q1 5:10	Ohio State	+23 yd	Dwayne Haskins pass complete to J.K. Dobbins for 23 yds to the Ind 36 for a 1ST down
Q1 2:58	Ohio State	+1 yd	J.K. Dobbins run for 1 yd for a TD (Sean Nuernberger KICK)
Q2 12:21	Ohio State	+39 yd	Dwayne Haskins pass complete to Johnnie Dixon for 39 yds for a TD (Sean Nuernberger KICK)
Q2 10:59	Indiana	+32 yd	Peyton Ramsey pass complete to Peyton Hendershot for 32 yds for a TD (Logan Justus KICK)
Q2 10:27	Ohio State	+22 yd	Dwayne Haskins pass complete to Terry McLaurin for 22 yds to the OhSt 47 for a 1ST down
Q2 8:37	Ohio State	+0 yd	Dwayne Haskins pass intercepted Devon Matthews return for no gain to the Ind 30
Q2 7:19	Indiana	+30 yd	Peyton Ramsey pass complete to J-Shun Harris II for 30 yds to the OhSt 19 for a 1ST down
Q2 7:04	Indiana	+19 yd	Peyton Ramsey pass complete to Nick Westbrook for 19 yds for a TD (Logan Justus KICK)
Q2 5:20	Ohio State	+21 yd	Mike Weber run for 21 yds to the Ind 8 for a 1ST down
Q2 4:39	Ohio State	+18 yd	Dwayne Haskins pass complete to Parris Campbell for 18 yds for a TD (Sean Nuernberger KICK)
Q2 4:32	Indiana	+7 yd	Peyton Ramsey pass complete to Reese Taylor for 7 yds Reese Taylor fumbled, forced by Tuf Borland, recovered by OhSt Jordan Fuller
Q2 2:16	Ohio State	+7 yd	Dwayne Haskins pass complete to Terry McLaurin for 7 yds for a TD (Sean Nuernberger KICK)
Q2 0:40	Indiana	+37 yd	Logan Justus 37 yd FG GOOD
Q2 1:40	Indiana	+30 yd	Peyton Ramsey pass complete to Nick Westbrook for 30 yds to the OhSt 29 for a 1ST down
Q3 14:09	Ohio State	+71 yd	Dwayne Haskins pass complete to Parris Campbell for 71 yds for a TD (Sean Nuernberger KICK)
Q3 4:53	Indiana	+3 yd	Peyton Ramsey pass complete to Donavan Hale for 3 yds for a TD (Peyton Ramsey intercepted )
Q3 7:31	Indiana	+38 yd	Peyton Ramsey pass complete to Nick Westbrook for 38 yds to the OhSt 20 for a 1ST down
Q3 2:58	Ohio State	-9 yd	Dwayne Haskins pass intercepted Bryant Fitzgerald return for 9 yds to the OhSt 49
Q3 4:53	Indiana	+29 yd	Jared Smolar kickoff for 64 yds , Johnnie Dixon return for 29 yds to the OhSt 30
Q3 0:17	Indiana	+50 yd	Logan Justus 50 yd FG MISSED
Q4 12:21	Ohio State	+17 yd	Dwayne Haskins pass complete to Terry McLaurin for 17 yds for a TD (Sean Nuernberger KICK)
Q4 6:51	Ohio State	+30 yd	Dwayne Haskins pass complete to Binjimen Victor for 30 yds for a TD (Sean Nuernberger KICK)

Scoring plays, turnovers, and gains of 20+ yards, pulled from CFBD’s play-by-play. This section only appears for belt games with play-by-play on file (2003 onward).

Box Score

Player stats

CFBD player stats

Passing

Ohio State

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Dwayne Haskins	33/44	455	10.3	6	2

Indiana

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Peyton Ramsey	26/49	322	6.6	3	0

Rushing

Ohio State

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
J.K. Dobbins	26	82	3.2	1	9
Mike Weber	13	70	5.4	0	21
Dwayne Haskins	7	7	1.0	0	8
Team	1	-2	-2.0	0	0

Indiana

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Stevie Scott	9	64	7.1	45
Peyton Ramsey	10	10	1.0	11
Reese Taylor	1	9	9.0	9
Mike Majette	1	1	1.0	1

Receiving

Ohio State

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Parris Campbell	9	142	15.8	2	71
Johnnie Dixon	5	73	14.6	1	39
Terry McLaurin	4	59	14.8	2	22
Austin Mack	5	49	9.8	0	13
K.J. Hill	4	46	11.5	0	17
Binjimen Victor	2	43	21.5	1	30
J.K. Dobbins	2	25	12.5	0	23
Luke Farrell	1	13	13.0	0	13
Mike Weber	1	5	5.0	0	5

Indiana

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Nick Westbrook	5	109	21.8	1	38
J-Shun Harris II	8	104	13.0	0	30
Peyton Hendershot	1	32	32.0	1	32
Ty Fryfogle	3	26	8.7	0	11
Mike Majette	3	23	7.7	0	17
Reese Taylor	2	11	5.5	0	7
Austin Dorris	1	8	8.0	0	8
Stevie Scott	2	6	3.0	0	7
Tramar Reece	1	4	4.0	0	4
Donavan Hale	1	3	3.0	1	3

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Defense

Ohio State

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Malik Harrison	5	5	0	0	1	0
Jordan Fuller	5	4	0	0	1	0
Jahsen Wint	5	4	0	0	0	0
Pete Werner	4	4	1	1	3	0
Chase Young	4	3	0	1	0	0
Tuf Borland	3	3	1	2	0	0
Isaiah Pryor	3	3	0	0	1	0
Shaun Wade	3	3	0	0	0	0
Damon Arnette	2	2	0	0	2	0
Baron Browning	2	2	0	0	0	0
Dre'Mont Jones	2	1	1	1	0	1
Davon Hamilton	1	1	0	0	0	0
Kendall Sheffield	1	1	0	0	2	0
C.J. Saunders	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jeffrey Okudah	1	1	0	0	1	0
Tommy Togiai	1	1	0	1	0	0
Jonathon Cooper	0	0	0	0	0	1

Indiana

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	QB HUR
Dameon Willis Jr.	9	4	0	0	0
T.D. Roof	8	6	0	1	0
Marcelino Ball	8	3	0	0	0
Reakwon Jones	7	4	0	1	0
Andre Brown Jr.	6	3	0	0	0
Jonathan Crawford	6	2	0	0	0
Mike Barwick Jr.	5	4	0	0	0
Allen Stallings IV	5	3	0	0	0
Raheem Layne	5	3	0	0	0
Khalil Bryant	5	2	0	0	0
Juwan Burgess	5	1	0	0	0
James Head Jr.	4	3	0	0	0
Nile Sykes	4	1	1	1	0
Jerome Johnson	3	2	0	0	0
Michael Ziemba	3	2	0	0	0
Thomas Allen	3	0	0	0	0
Bryant Fitzgerald	2	2	0	0	0
Brandon Wilson	2	1	0	0	0
A'Shon Riggins	2	1	0	0	0
Jaylin Williams	1	1	0	0	0
Micah McFadden	1	1	0	0	0
Matt Bjorson	1	1	0	0	0
Devon Matthews	1	0	0	0	0
Cam Jones	0	0	0	0	1

Fumbles

Ohio State

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Dre'Mont Jones	0	0	1
Jordan Fuller	0	0	1
Mike Weber	1	1	0

Indiana

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Cam Jones	0	0	1
Peyton Ramsey	1	1	0
Reese Taylor	1	1	0

Interceptions

Ohio State

No recorded stats in this category.

Indiana

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Bryant Fitzgerald	1	9	0
Devon Matthews	1	0	0

Kick Returns

Ohio State

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Johnnie Dixon	2	45	22.5	29	0

Indiana

No recorded stats in this category.

Kicking

Ohio State

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Sean Nuernberger	0/0	0.0	0	7/7	7

Indiana

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Logan Justus	2/3	66.7	37	2/2	8

Punt Returns

Ohio State

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
K.J. Hill	1	1	1.0	1	0

Indiana

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
J-Shun Harris II	1	8	8.0	8	0

Punting

Ohio State

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Drue Chrisman	2	83	41.5	0	0	52

Indiana

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Haydon Whitehead	4	155	38.8	0	1	46

Full player stats from CFBD’s /games/players data, split out by team. This section only appears for belt games from 2003 onward — CFBD doesn’t have player-level stats that far back. Linked player names go to that player’s stat line in every other belt game they’ve appeared in.

Sources Box score at ESPN · Game record: College Football Data (id 401012855) · This game in the downloadable dataset

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