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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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

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Justin FieldsOhio State	17/25	206	8.2	2	1	78.1
Brian LewerkeMichigan State	20/38	218	5.7	1	1	49.4

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
J.K. DobbinsOhio State	24	172	7.2	1	67
Master TeagueOhio State	14	90	6.4	0	41
Justin FieldsOhio State	11	61	5.5	1	35
Elijah CollinsMichigan State	12	63	5.3	0	23
Cody WhiteMichigan State	2	8	4.0	0	11
Anthony Williams Jr.Michigan State	3	2	0.7	0	2
La'Darius JeffersonMichigan State	1	0	0.0	0	0
TeamMichigan State	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
Brian LewerkeMichigan State	8	-4	-0.5	0	13

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Binjimen VictorOhio State	3	79	26.3	1	60
K.J. HillOhio State	7	57	8.1	0	23
Garrett WilsonOhio State	2	24	12.0	0	15
Luke FarrellOhio State	1	21	21.0	1	21
Austin MackOhio State	1	19	19.0	0	19
Jeremy RuckertOhio State	1	4	4.0	0	4
J.K. DobbinsOhio State	2	2	1.0	0	2
Darrell Stewart Jr.Michigan State	6	68	11.3	1	20
Cody WhiteMichigan State	4	42	10.5	0	15
Matt SeybertMichigan State	2	37	18.5	0	19
Trenton GillisonMichigan State	3	34	11.3	0	19
C.J. HayesMichigan State	2	17	8.5	0	16
Matt DotsonMichigan State	1	9	9.0	0	9
Julian BarnettMichigan State	1	9	9.0	0	9
Elijah CollinsMichigan State	1	2	2.0	0	2

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Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Shaun WadeOhio State	5	3	1	1	1	1
Tuf BorlandOhio State	5	3	0	1	0	0
Jashon CornellOhio State	4	3	1	1	0	0
Malik HarrisonOhio State	3	2	0	1	0	0
Baron BrowningOhio State	2	2	1	1	1	0
Zach HarrisonOhio State	2	1	0.5	0.5	0	0
Austin MackOhio State	1	1	0	0	0	0
Haskell GarrettOhio State	1	1	0	1	0	0
Josh ProctorOhio State	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jordan FullerOhio State	7	5	0	0	0	0
Pete WernerOhio State	4	3	0	0	0	0
Chase YoungOhio State	4	2	0.5	1	0	0
Damon ArnetteOhio State	3	2	0	0	0	0
Cameron BrownOhio State	2	1	0	1	1	0
Robert LandersOhio State	2	0	0	0.5	0	0
Jeffrey OkudahOhio State	1	1	0	0	0	0
Brendon WhiteOhio State	1	1	0	0	0	0
Tyreke SmithOhio State	1	1	0	0	0	0
Raequan WilliamsMichigan State	8	5	0	0	0	0
Antjuan SimmonsMichigan State	7	6	0	0.5	0	0
Mike PanasiukMichigan State	7	5	1	3.5	0	0
Jacub PanasiukMichigan State	3	0	0	0	0	0
Michael DowellMichigan State	2	1	0	0	0	0
Drew BeesleyMichigan State	1	1	0	0	0	0
Kalon GervinMichigan State	1	1	0	0	0	0
Josiah ScottMichigan State	12	9	0	0	0	0
Joe BachieMichigan State	11	6	2	3	0	0
Kenny WillekesMichigan State	7	1	0	0	0	0
Xavier HendersonMichigan State	5	5	0	0	1	0
Tyriq ThompsonMichigan State	4	2	0	0	0	0
David DowellMichigan State	3	2	0	0	0	0
Naquan JonesMichigan State	3	1	0	0	0	0
Darrell Stewart Jr.Michigan State	1	1	0	0	0	0
Dominique LongMichigan State	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jacob SladeMichigan State	1	0	0	0	0	0

Fumbles

Player	REC	FUM	LOST
Davon HamiltonOhio State	1	0	0
Malik HarrisonOhio State	1	0	0
Justin FieldsOhio State	0	1	1
Drew BeesleyMichigan State	1	0	0
Brian LewerkeMichigan State	0	1	1
Cody WhiteMichigan State	0	1	1

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Jordan FullerOhio State	1	26	0
Josiah ScottMichigan State	1	34	0

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
K.J. HillOhio State	2	0	0.0	0	0
Darrell Stewart Jr.Michigan State	1	0	0.0	0	0
Julian BarnettMichigan State	3	0	0.0	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Blake HaubeilOhio State	2/3	66.7	43	4/4	10
Matt CoghlinMichigan State	1/2	50.0	39	1/1	4

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Drue ChrismanOhio State	4	193	48.3	0	0	53
Jake HartbargerMichigan State	7	328	46.9	0	0	60

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

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