October 5, 2019 Week 6 · Regular Season Belt defended

Ohio State defends the belt, 34–10, at home over Michigan State.

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Ohio StateAP No. 4 34

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Michigan StateAP No. 25 10

AP poll, week 6: Michigan State No. 25 at Ohio State No. 4 · No. 1 that week: Georgia. The belt vs. the polls →

Belt context

Where this game sits in the lineage

Ohio State came in 329 days into reign #306, which began with a win over Michigan State, with 9 defenses already behind it; this was its 10th defense. Ohio State went on to defend it 7 more times before Clemson took it on December 28, 2019, 413 days after the reign began.

For Michigan State this was its 14th shot at the belt; it had held the belt twice before.

It was the 6th of 6 belt games between the two; going in, Ohio State led the belt series 5–0; all-time Ohio State leads 6–0. Every meeting →

AI-Written

Recap

Ohio State dominated Michigan State from start to finish, forcing three turnovers while committing only two to secure the belt 34-10. The Buckeyes struck first with a field goal, then exploded in the second quarter with Justin Fields orchestrating an aerial assault, connecting with Binjimen Victor for a 60-yard touchdown before adding a 21-yard scoring pass to Luke Farrell. J.K. Dobbins punctuated the half with a stunning 67-yard touchdown run, and Ohio State extended the lead to 34-10 by early in the fourth quarter with another touchdown, this one a 1-yard Fields run. Michigan State never recovered from early mistakes, including two Lewerke fumbles in the first quarter and a third turnover in the fourth, leaving the Spartans unable to sustain any meaningful offensive drives against Ohio State's defense.

Cody White fumble (Q1 12:51) forced by Damon Arnette - set up Ohio State's first drive in hostile territory
Justin Fields to Binjimen Victor 60-yard TD (Q2 12:12) - opened up the Buckeyes' explosive scoring attack
J.K. Dobbins 67-yard TD run (Q2 2:24) - exemplified Ohio State's dominant ground game and put the game out of reach
Multiple Michigan State turnovers - three total giveaways compared to Ohio State's two proved decisive in a lopsided belt defense

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 StateMichigan State

Total yards529285

Rushing yards32367

Passing yards206218

First downs2218

3rd down conv.8/154/13

Turnovers23

Penalties–yards10–854–30

Time of possession31:3728:23

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 12:51	Michigan State	+9 yd	Brian Lewerke pass complete to Cody White for 9 yds Cody White fumbled, forced by Damon Arnette, recovered by OhSt Malik Harrison , return for 22 yds to the MchSt 27
Q1 10:34	Ohio State	+37 yd	Blake Haubeil 37 yd FG MISSED
Q1 9:58	Michigan State	-1 yd	Brian Lewerke run for a loss of 1 yard to the MchSt 22 Brian Lewerke fumbled, recovered by OhSt Davon Hamilton
Q1 8:04	Ohio State	+39 yd	Blake Haubeil 39 yd FG GOOD
Q2 12:12	Ohio State	+60 yd	Justin Fields pass complete to Binjimen Victor for 60 yds for a TD, (Blake Haubeil KICK)
Q2 10:36	Michigan State	+20 yd	Brian Lewerke pass complete to Darrell Stewart Jr. for 20 yds for a TD, (Matt Coghlin KICK)
Q2 11:35	Michigan State	+23 yd	Elijah Collins run for 23 yds to the OhSt 39 for a 1ST down
Q2 8:09	Ohio State	+21 yd	Justin Fields pass complete to Luke Farrell for 21 yds for a TD, (Blake Haubeil KICK)
Q2 9:40	Ohio State	+35 yd	Justin Fields run for 35 yds to the MchSt 35 for a 1ST down
Q2 3:36	Michigan State	+39 yd	Matt Coghlin 39 yd FG GOOD
Q2 8:09	Ohio State	+60 yd	Blake Haubeil kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback OHIO ST Penalty, Defensive Offside (-5 Yards)
Q2 2:24	Ohio State	+67 yd	J.K. Dobbins run for 67 yds for a TD, (Blake Haubeil KICK)
Q2 0:05	Ohio State	+43 yd	Blake Haubeil 43 yd FG GOOD
Q3 10:43	Michigan State	+27 yd	Matt Coghlin 27 yd FG MISSED
Q3 9:55	Ohio State	+23 yd	Justin Fields pass complete to K.J. Hill for 23 yds to the OhSt 41 for a 1ST down
Q3 8:00	Ohio State	-34 yd	Justin Fields pass intercepted Josiah Scott return for 34 yds to the MchSt 46
Q4 10:41	Ohio State	+1 yd	Justin Fields run for 1 yd for a TD, (Blake Haubeil KICK)
Q4 13:27	Ohio State	+29 yd	J.K. Dobbins run for 29 yds to the MchSt 20 for a 1ST down
Q4 6:09	Michigan State	-41 yd	Brian Lewerke pass intercepted Jordan Fuller return for 26 yds to the OhSt 8 OHIO ST Penalty, Illegal Block (15 Yards) to the OhSt 25
Q4 2:00	Ohio State	+41 yd	Master Teague III run for 41 yds to the MchSt 39 for a 1ST down

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	QBR
Justin Fields	17/25	206	8.2	2	1	78.1

Michigan State

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Brian Lewerke	20/38	218	5.7	1	1	49.4

Rushing

Ohio State

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
J.K. Dobbins	24	172	7.2	1	67
Master Teague	14	90	6.4	0	41
Justin Fields	11	61	5.5	1	35

Michigan State

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Elijah Collins	12	63	5.3	23
Cody White	2	8	4.0	11
Anthony Williams Jr.	3	2	0.7	2
La'Darius Jefferson	1	0	0.0	0
Team	1	-2	-2.0	0
Brian Lewerke	8	-4	-0.5	13

Receiving

Ohio State

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Binjimen Victor	3	79	26.3	1	60
K.J. Hill	7	57	8.1	0	23
Garrett Wilson	2	24	12.0	0	15
Luke Farrell	1	21	21.0	1	21
Austin Mack	1	19	19.0	0	19
Jeremy Ruckert	1	4	4.0	0	4
J.K. Dobbins	2	2	1.0	0	2

Michigan State

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Darrell Stewart Jr.	6	68	11.3	1	20
Cody White	4	42	10.5	0	15
Matt Seybert	2	37	18.5	0	19
Trenton Gillison	3	34	11.3	0	19
C.J. Hayes	2	17	8.5	0	16
Matt Dotson	1	9	9.0	0	9
Julian Barnett	1	9	9.0	0	9
Elijah Collins	1	2	2.0	0	2

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Defense

Ohio State

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Shaun Wade	5	3	1	1	1	1
Tuf Borland	5	3	0	1	0	0
Jashon Cornell	4	3	1	1	0	0
Malik Harrison	3	2	0	1	0	0
Baron Browning	2	2	1	1	1	0
Zach Harrison	2	1	0.5	0.5	0	0
Austin Mack	1	1	0	0	0	0
Haskell Garrett	1	1	0	1	0	0
Josh Proctor	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jordan Fuller	7	5	0	0	0	0
Pete Werner	4	3	0	0	0	0
Chase Young	4	2	0.5	1	0	0
Damon Arnette	3	2	0	0	0	0
Cameron Brown	2	1	0	1	1	0
Robert Landers	2	0	0	0.5	0	0
Jeffrey Okudah	1	1	0	0	0	0
Brendon White	1	1	0	0	0	0
Tyreke Smith	1	1	0	0	0	0

Michigan State

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD
Raequan Williams	8	5	0	0	0
Antjuan Simmons	7	6	0	0.5	0
Mike Panasiuk	7	5	1	3.5	0
Jacub Panasiuk	3	0	0	0	0
Michael Dowell	2	1	0	0	0
Drew Beesley	1	1	0	0	0
Kalon Gervin	1	1	0	0	0
Josiah Scott	12	9	0	0	0
Joe Bachie	11	6	2	3	0
Kenny Willekes	7	1	0	0	0
Xavier Henderson	5	5	0	0	1
Tyriq Thompson	4	2	0	0	0
David Dowell	3	2	0	0	0
Naquan Jones	3	1	0	0	0
Darrell Stewart Jr.	1	1	0	0	0
Dominique Long	1	1	0	0	0
Jacob Slade	1	0	0	0	0

Fumbles

Ohio State

Player	REC	FUM	LOST
Davon Hamilton	1	0	0
Malik Harrison	1	0	0
Justin Fields	0	1	1

Michigan State

Player	REC	FUM	LOST
Drew Beesley	1	0	0
Brian Lewerke	0	1	1
Cody White	0	1	1

Interceptions

Ohio State

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Jordan Fuller	1	26	0

Michigan State

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Josiah Scott	1	34	0

Kick Returns

Ohio State

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
K.J. Hill	2	0	0.0	0	0

Michigan State

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Darrell Stewart Jr.	1	0	0.0	0	0
Julian Barnett	3	0	0.0	0	0

Kicking

Ohio State

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Blake Haubeil	2/3	66.7	43	4/4	10

Michigan State

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Matt Coghlin	1/2	50.0	39	1/1	4

Punting

Ohio State

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Drue Chrisman	4	193	48.3	0	0	53

Michigan State

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Jake Hartbarger	7	328	46.9	0	0	60

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 401112216) · This game in the downloadable dataset

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