November 9, 2019 Week 11 · Regular Season Belt defended

Ohio State defends the belt, 73–14, at home over Maryland.

Home · Defending Holder

Ohio StateAP No. 3 73

Away · Challenger

Maryland 14

AP poll, week 11: Maryland 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 364 days into reign #306, which began with a win over Michigan State, with 12 defenses already behind it; this was its 13th defense. Ohio State went on to defend it 4 more times before Clemson took it on December 28, 2019, 413 days after the reign began.

For Maryland this was its 16th shot at the belt; it had held the belt once before.

It was the 2nd of 2 belt games between the two; going in, Ohio State led the belt series 1–0; all-time Ohio State leads 2–0.

AI-Written

Recap

Ohio State dominated Maryland from start to finish, with Justin Fields putting on a masterclass in the first half that essentially decided the game before halftime. Fields orchestrated a relentless scoring drive in the opening quarter, throwing touchdown passes to Binjimen Victor, K.J. Hill, and Garrett Wilson while adding a rushing TD to stake the Buckeyes to a commanding early lead. The onslaught continued in the second quarter as J.K. Dobbins punched in two rushing touchdowns and the Ohio State offense kept Maryland's defense on the field for extended periods, controlling time of possession 36:41 to 23:19. Maryland managed a couple of late-game scores to avoid complete shutout, but Ohio State's dominant ground game, efficient passing attack, and relentless execution kept the Belt firmly around the Buckeyes' waist.

Justin Fields' four touchdown passes in Q1 to Victor, Hill, and Wilson established immediate dominance
J.K. Dobbins' two rushing touchdowns in Q2 (at 4:58 and 0:52) extended the lead to insurmountable levels
Maryland's lone offensive bright spot: Javon Leake's 23-yard run in Q2 showing brief resistance
Ohio State's 705 total yards and 9-14 third-down conversion rate demonstrated overwhelming control throughout

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 StateMaryland

Total yards705139

Rushing yards38362

Passing yards32277

First downs3916

3rd down conv.9/142/12

Turnovers12

Penalties–yards13–1416–42

Time of possession36:4123:19

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 11:32	Ohio State	+12 yd	Justin Fields pass complete to Binjimen Victor for 12 yds for a TD (Blake Haubeil KICK)
Q1 7:14	Ohio State	+33 yd	Justin Fields pass complete to K.J. Hill for 33 yds to the Mary 15 for a 1ST down
Q1 5:02	Ohio State	+4 yd	Justin Fields run for 4 yds for a TD (Blake Haubeil KICK)
Q1 7:46	Ohio State	+23 yd	Justin Fields pass complete to Jeremy Ruckert for 23 yds to the Mary 43 for a 1ST down
Q1 2:15	Ohio State	+27 yd	Justin Fields pass complete to Garrett Wilson for 27 yds to the Mary 4 for a 1ST down
Q1 1:56	Ohio State	+4 yd	Justin Fields pass complete to K.J. Hill for 4 yds for a TD (Blake Haubeil KICK)
Q1 1:56	Ohio State	+20 yd	Blake Haubeil kickoff for 53 yds , Javon Leake return for 20 yds to the Mary 32
Q2 11:25	Ohio State	+2 yd	Justin Fields pass complete to Chris Olave for 2 yds for a TD (Blake Haubeil KICK)
Q2 13:51	Ohio State	+30 yd	Master Teague III run for 30 yds to the Mary 17 for a 1ST down
Q2 4:58	Ohio State	+7 yd	J.K. Dobbins run for 7 yds for a TD (Blake Haubeil KICK)
Q2 3:44	Maryland	+23 yd	Javon Leake run for 23 yds to the OhSt 42 for a 1ST down
Q2 1:01	Ohio State	+20 yd	Justin Fields pass complete to Chris Olave for 5 yds to the Mary 35 for a 1ST down MARYLAND Penalty, Personal Foul (Chance Campbell) to the Mary 20 for a 1ST down
Q2 0:52	Ohio State	+20 yd	J.K. Dobbins run for 20 yds for a TD (Blake Haubeil KICK)
Q3 15:00	Maryland	+38 yd	Joseph Petrino kickoff for 59 yds , Demario McCall return for 38 yds to the OhSt 44
Q3 13:53	Ohio State	+35 yd	Chris Chugunov pass complete to Garrett Wilson for 35 yds to the Mary 9 for a 1ST down
Q3 12:04	Maryland	-1 yd	Tyrrell Pigrome pass intercepted K'Vaughan Pope return for 1 yd to the Mary 28
Q3 11:28	Ohio State	+14 yd	Chris Chugunov pass complete to Garrett Wilson for 14 yds for a TD (Blake Haubeil KICK)
Q3 7:01	Ohio State	+23 yd	Blake Haubeil 23 yd FG GOOD
Q3 3:00	Maryland	+26 yd	Josh Jackson pass complete to Dontay Demus Jr. for 26 yds for a TD (Joseph Petrino KICK)
Q4 10:04	Ohio State	+1 yd	Marcus Crowley run for 1 yd for a TD (Blake Haubeil KICK)
Q4 10:23	Ohio State	+25 yd	Marcus Crowley run for 25 yds to the Mary 1 for a 1ST down
Q4 10:04	Ohio State	+70 yd	Blake Haubeil kickoff for 62 yds , Javon Leake return for 70 yds to the OhSt 27
Q4 9:39	Maryland	+12 yd	Tayon Fleet-Davis run for 12 yds for a TD (Joseph Petrino KICK)
Q4 7:11	Ohio State	+5 yd	Demario McCall run for 5 yds for a TD (Blake Haubeil KICK) (Dominic DiMaccio KICK)
Q4 9:39	Maryland	+25 yd	Joseph Petrino kickoff for 65 yds , Demario McCall return for 25 yds to the OhSt 25
Q4 7:23	Ohio State	+32 yd	Demario McCall run for 32 yds to the Mary 5 for a 1ST down
Q4 7:11	Ohio State	+23 yd	Blake Haubeil kickoff for 53 yds , Javon Leake return for 23 yds to the Mary 35
Q4 6:35	Maryland	-5 yd	Tyrrell Pigrome run for a loss of 5 yards to the Mary 41 Tyrrell Pigrome fumbled, recovered by OhSt Jerron Cage
Q4 3:47	Ohio State	+20 yd	Demario McCall run for 20 yds for a TD (Dominic DiMaccio 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
Justin Fields	16/25	200	8.0	3
Chris Chugunov	8/11	103	9.4	1
Gunnar Hoak	2/2	19	9.5	0

Maryland

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Tyrrell Pigrome	4/8	42	5.3	0	1
Josh Jackson	4/9	35	3.9	1	0

Rushing

Ohio State

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Master Teague	18	111	6.2	0	30
J.K. Dobbins	12	90	7.5	2	20
Marcus Crowley	8	82	10.3	1	25
Demario McCall	7	78	11.1	2	32
Justin Fields	5	28	5.6	1	10
Chris Olave	1	4	4.0	0	4
K.J. Hill	1	1	1.0	0	1
Team	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Chris Chugunov	3	-10	-3.3	0	0

Maryland

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Javon Leake	9	55	6.1	0	23
Tayon Fleet-Davis	8	44	5.5	1	12
Anthony McFarland	6	7	1.2	0	9
Josh Jackson	3	-20	-6.7	0	0
Tyrrell Pigrome	6	-24	-4.0	0	11

Receiving

Ohio State

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Garrett Wilson	4	82	20.5	1	35
K.J. Hill	4	56	14.0	1	33
Chris Olave	5	43	8.6	1	15
Jameson Williams	4	38	9.5	0	15
Binjimen Victor	3	36	12.0	1	13
Jeremy Ruckert	2	30	15.0	0	23
Demario McCall	1	11	11.0	0	11
Master Teague	1	10	10.0	0	10
J.K. Dobbins	1	8	8.0	0	8
Mitch Rossi	1	8	8.0	0	8

Maryland

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Dontay Demus	1	26	26.0	1	26
Brian Cobbs	2	23	11.5	0	16
Carlos Carriere	1	16	16.0	0	16
Tyler Mabry	1	7	7.0	0	7
Anthony McFarland	2	3	1.5	0	3
Tayon Fleet-Davis	1	2	2.0	0	2

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Defense

Ohio State

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD
Malik Harrison	5	3	1	1	2
Tuf Borland	5	1	1	1	0
Tyreke Smith	3	3	2	2	0
Amir Riep	3	3	0	0	0
Pete Werner	3	3	0	0	0
Marcus Hooker	3	2	0	0	0
Craig Young	3	2	0	0	0
Davon Hamilton	2	2	2	2	0
Jordan Fuller	2	2	0	0	0
Tyler Friday	2	2	0	0	0
Marcus Williamson	2	1	0	0	0
Shaun Wade	2	1	0	0	0
Jerron Cage	2	1	0	1	0
Sevyn Banks	2	1	0	0.5	1
Noah Potter	2	1	0	0	0
Zach Harrison	1	1	1	1	0
Robert Landers	1	1	0	1	0
Brendon White	1	1	0	0	0
Blake Haubeil	1	1	0	0	0
Aaron Cox	1	1	0	0	0
Antwuan Jackson	1	1	0	1	0
Jashon Cornell	1	0	0	0	0
Kevin Dever	1	0	0	0	0
Dallas Gant	1	0	0	0.5	0
K'Vaughan Pope	1	0	0	0	1
Zaid Hamdan	1	0	0	0	0
Ben Schmiesing	1	0	0	0	0
Bryson Shaw	1	0	0	0	0
Jeffrey Okudah	0	0	0	0	1

Maryland

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD
Antoine Brooks Jr.	10	7	0	0	2
Nick Cross	9	6	0	0	1
Chance Campbell	9	2	0	0	0
Keandre Jones	8	4	1	1	0
Ayinde Eley	8	1	0	0	0
Lavonte Gater	7	7	0	0	0
Isaiah Davis	7	3	0	0	0
Marcus Lewis	6	2	0	0	0
Brett Kulka	4	2	1	1	0
Jordan Mosley	4	2	0	0	0
Tahj Capehart	3	2	0	0	0
Shaq Smith	2	1	0	1	0
Deon Jones	2	1	0	0	0
Brandon Gaddy	2	1	0	0	0
Isaiah Hazel	2	1	0	0	0
Deonte Banks	2	1	0	0	0
Oluwaseun Oluwatimi	2	0	0	0	0
Keiron Howard	1	1	0	0	0
Javon Leake	1	1	0	0	0
Durell Nchami	1	1	0	0	0
Brian Cobbs	1	1	0	0	0
Joseph Petrino	1	1	0	0	0
Bryce Brand	1	0	0	0	0
Oladimeji Olayinka	1	0	0	0	0

Fumbles

Ohio State

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Jerron Cage	0	0	1
Chris Chugunov	1	1	0

Maryland

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Ayinde Eley	0	0	1
Tyrrell Pigrome	1	1	0

Interceptions

Ohio State

Player	INT	YDS	TD
K'Vaughan Pope	1	1	0

Maryland

No recorded stats in this category.

Kick Returns

Ohio State

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Demario McCall	2	63	31.5	38	0
Marcus Crowley	1	17	17.0	17	0

Maryland

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Javon Leake	7	164	23.4	70	0

Kicking

Ohio State

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Blake Haubeil	1/1	100.0	23	8/8	11
Dominic DiMaccio	0/0	0.0	0	2/2	2

Maryland

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Joseph Petrino	0/0	0.0	0	2/2	2

Punt Returns

Ohio State

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Garrett Wilson	2	-5	-2.5	0	0

Maryland

No recorded stats in this category.

Punting

Ohio State

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Drue Chrisman	2	74	37.0	1	0	47

Maryland

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Colton Spangler	7	258	36.9	0	1	43
Anthony Pecorella	1	40	40.0	0	0	40

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 401112209) · This game in the downloadable dataset

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