September 21, 2019 Week 4 · Regular Season Belt defended

Ohio State defends the belt, 76–5, at home over Miami (OH).

Home · Defending Holder

Ohio StateAP No. 6 76

Away · Challenger

Miami (OH) 5

AP poll, week 4: Miami (OH) unranked at Ohio State No. 6 · No. 1 that week: Georgia. The belt vs. the polls →

Belt context

Where this game sits in the lineage

Ohio State came in 315 days into reign #306, which began with a win over Michigan State, with 7 defenses already behind it; this was its 8th defense. Ohio State went on to defend it 9 more times before Clemson took it on December 28, 2019, 413 days after the reign began.

For Miami (OH) this was its 2nd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t: 2 attempts in all, every one of them a loss or a tie.

This is the only time Miami (OH) and Ohio State have met with the belt on the line.

AI-Written

Recap

Ohio State's defense suffocated Miami (OH) from the opening whistle, forcing three turnovers while the Buckeyes' offense put on a clinic behind Justin Fields and his receivers. After an early safety set the tone, Fields led a devastating second-quarter onslaught where he threw four touchdown passes in less than seven minutes, including a 53-yard bomb to K.J. Hill and back-to-back scoring strikes to Chris Olave. Miami (OH) managed only a field goal and never threatened to compete, with the RedHawks gaining just 130 total yards and converting only four of seventeen third-down attempts. Ohio State's starters piled on in the third quarter before giving way to backups, with four different quarterbacks eventually taking snaps as the Buckeyes methodically dismantled their overmatched opponent to retain the belt with a dominant 76-5 victory.

Justin Fields' four touchdown passes in Q2 (to Hill, Olave twice, and Victor) that put the game completely out of reach
Jeff Okudah's interception return of Brett Gabbert's pass in Q2 that swung momentum decisively to Ohio State
Miami (OH)'s lone touchdown drive stalled by turnovers, accumulating just 130 yards total offense against Ohio State's dominant 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 StateMiami (OH)

Total yards601130

Rushing yards22770

Passing yards37460

First downs3010

3rd down conv.1/54/17

Turnovers13

Penalties–yards6–524–50

Time of possession27:0232:58

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 12:00	Ohio State	+0 yd	Team Safety
Q1 7:25	Miami (OH)	+21 yd	Sam Sloman 21 yd FG GOOD
Q1 5:16	Ohio State	+26 yd	J.K. Dobbins run for 26 yds for a TD, (Blake Haubeil KICK)
Q1 5:59	Ohio State	+21 yd	Justin Fields pass complete to Binjimen Victor for 6 yds to the OHIOST 47 for a 1ST down MIAMI OH Penalty, Unnecessary Roughness (Bart Baratti) to the MiaOh 32 for a 1ST down
Q1 5:01	Miami (OH)	+23 yd	Maurice Thomas run for 23 yds to the MiaOh 48 for a 1ST down
Q2 14:36	Ohio State	+53 yd	Justin Fields pass complete to K.J. Hill for 53 yds for a TD, (Blake Haubeil KICK)
Q2 14:33	Miami (OH)	+0 yd	Brett Gabbert pass intercepted Jeff Okudah return for no gain to the MiaOh 41
Q2 14:04	Ohio State	+7 yd	Justin Fields run for 7 yds for a TD, (Blake Haubeil KICK)
Q2 14:10	Ohio State	+25 yd	Justin Fields pass complete to K.J. Hill for 25 yds to the MiaOh 7 for a 1ST down
Q2 8:37	Ohio State	+6 yd	Justin Fields run for 6 yds for a TD, (Blake Haubeil KICK)
Q2 12:20	Ohio State	+24 yd	Justin Fields pass complete to Jeremy Ruckert for 24 yds to the MiaOh 46 for a 1ST down
Q2 5:06	Ohio State	+13 yd	Justin Fields pass complete to Chris Olave for 13 yds for a TD, (Blake Haubeil KICK)
Q2 2:40	Miami (OH)	+0 yd	TEAM punt blocked by Sevyn Banks blocked by Sevyn Banks
Q2 2:14	Ohio State	+30 yd	Justin Fields pass complete to Binjimen Victor for 30 yds for a TD, (Blake Haubeil KICK)
Q2 0:53	Ohio State	+10 yd	Justin Fields pass complete to Chris Olave for 10 yds for a TD, (Blake Haubeil KICK)
Q3 11:42	Miami (OH)	+52 yd	Kyle Kramer punt for 44 yds , Garrett Wilson returns for 52 yds to the MiaOh 12
Q3 11:05	Ohio State	+2 yd	Master Teague III run for 2 yds to the MiaOh 16 Master Teague III fumbled, recovered by MiaOh
Q3 9:21	Miami (OH)	+30 yd	Kyle Kramer punt for 45 yds, downed at the OHIOST 33, MIAMI OH Penalty, Kick Catching Interference (Zedrick Raymond) to the OhSt 48 for a 1ST down
Q3 9:00	Ohio State	+38 yd	Chris Chugunov pass complete to Garrett Wilson for 38 yds for a TD, (Blake Haubeil KICK)
Q3 2:15	Ohio State	+7 yd	Chris Chugunov pass complete to Marcus Crowley for 7 yds for a TD, (Blake Haubeil KICK)
Q4 13:59	Ohio State	+61 yd	Gunnar Hoak pass complete to Jameson Williams for 61 yds for a TD, (Blake Haubeil KICK)
Q4 3:02	Ohio State	+2 yd	Steele Chambers run for 2 yds for a TD, (Dominic DiMaccio PAT MISSED)

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	QBR
Justin Fields	14/21	223	10.6	4	92.1
Chris Chugunov	6/7	86	12.3	2	96.1
Gunnar Hoak	2/2	65	32.5	1	100.0

Miami (OH)

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Brett Gabbert	5/15	48	3.2	0	1	18.3
Jackson Williamson	2/5	12	2.4	0	0	0.2

Rushing

Ohio State

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Steele Chambers	8	63	7.9	1	15
J.K. Dobbins	8	52	6.5	1	26
Justin Fields	9	36	4.0	2	9
Master Teague	11	34	3.1	0	14
Marcus Crowley	4	22	5.5	0	7
Demario McCall	1	10	10.0	0	10
Amari McMahon	1	10	10.0	0	10

Miami (OH)

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Maurice Thomas	8	44	5.5	23
Mitchell Burton	5	12	2.4	9
Zach Kahn	7	12	1.7	4
Brett Gabbert	4	9	2.3	8
Tyre Shelton	6	9	1.5	6
Davion Johnson	6	4	0.7	6
AJ Mayer	1	2	2.0	2
Team	2	-2	-1.0	0
Jackson Williamson	4	-20	-5.0	0

Receiving

Ohio State

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
K.J. Hill	2	78	39.0	1	53
Jameson Williams	2	74	37.0	1	61
Garrett Wilson	4	54	13.5	1	38
Binjimen Victor	3	42	14.0	1	30
Chris Olave	3	30	10.0	2	13
Jeremy Ruckert	1	24	24.0	0	24
Master Teague	1	17	17.0	0	17
Rashod Berry	1	16	16.0	0	16
Ellijah Gardiner	1	10	10.0	0	10
Jake Hausmann	1	9	9.0	0	9
J.K. Dobbins	1	9	9.0	0	9
Marcus Crowley	1	7	7.0	1	7
Demario McCall	1	4	4.0	0	4

Miami (OH)

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Jack Sorenson	4	42	10.5	13
Luke Mayock	1	10	10.0	10
Maurice Thomas	1	4	4.0	4
James Maye	1	4	4.0	4

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Defense

Ohio State

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Malik Harrison	4	3	0	1	0	0
Alex Williams	4	2	0	0	0	0
Baron Browning	3	2	1	2	0	0
Damon Arnette	2	2	0	0	1	0
Shaun Wade	2	1	0	0	0	0
Pete Werner	1	0	0	0	0	0
K'Vaughan Pope	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dallas Gant	5	2	1.5	1.5	0	0
Jashon Cornell	4	2	0	1	0	0
Haskell Garrett	4	2	0	1.5	0	0
Chase Young	3	2	2	2	0	1
Davon Hamilton	3	2	0	2	0	0
Zaid Hamdan	3	1	0	0	0	0
Zach Harrison	2	2	0	0	0	0
Tuf Borland	2	1	0	0	0	0
Jordan Fuller	2	1	0	0	0	0
Teradja Mitchell	2	1	0	1	0	0
Amir Riep	2	0	0	0	0	0
Javontae Jean-Baptiste	2	0	0.5	0.5	0	0
Team	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jeffrey Okudah	1	1	0	0	1	0
Marcus Williamson	1	1	0	0	0	0
Cameron Brown	1	1	0	0	0	0
Justin Hilliard	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jahsen Wint	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jerron Cage	1	0	0	0	0	0
Antwuan Jackson	1	0	0	0.5	0	0
Craig Young	1	0	0	0	0	0

Miami (OH)

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD
Myles Reid	6	4	1	0	0
Mike Brown	6	3	0	1	0
Kobe Burse	3	3	0	1	0
Bart Baratti	3	3	0	1	0
Ja'don Rucker-Furlow	3	2	0	0	1
Doug Costin	3	0	0.5	0.5	0
Andrew Sharp	1	1	0	0	0
Luke Bolden	1	0	0	0	0
Cecil Singleton	8	5	0	0	0
Sterling Weatherford	6	4	0	1	0
Ryan McWood	5	3	0	0	0
Cedric Boswell	4	3	0	0	0
Travion Banks	4	2	0	0	1
Nate Robinson	3	2	0	0	0
Kameron Butler	2	2	0	1	0
Lonnie Phelps	2	2	0	0	0
Zedrick Raymond	2	1	0.5	0.5	0
Dean Lemon	2	0	0	0	0
Matthew Salopek	2	0	0	0	0
Cam Turner	1	1	0	0	0
Ryan Newton	1	0	0	0	0
Austin Ertl	1	0	0	0	0

Fumbles

Ohio State

Player	REC	FUM	LOST
Tyler Friday	1	0	0
Malik Harrison	1	0	0
Master Teague	0	1	1
Justin Fields	0	1	0

Miami (OH)

Player	REC	FUM	LOST
Mike Brown	1	0	0
Jackson Williamson	0	2	2

Interceptions

Ohio State

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Jeffrey Okudah	1	0	0

Miami (OH)

No recorded stats in this category.

Kick Returns

Ohio State

No recorded stats in this category.

Miami (OH)

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Maurice Thomas	2	11	5.5	11	0

Kicking

Ohio State

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Blake Haubeil	0/0	0.0	0	10/10	10
Dominic DiMaccio	0/0	0.0	0	0/1	0

Miami (OH)

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Samuel Sloman	1/1	100.0	21	0/0	3

Punt Returns

Ohio State

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Garrett Wilson	1	52	52.0	52
Demario McCall	1	7	7.0	7
Sevyn Banks	1	5	5.0	0

Miami (OH)

No recorded stats in this category.

Punting

Ohio State

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Drue Chrisman	2	107	53.5	0	2	54

Miami (OH)

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Kyle Kramer	9	409	45.4	1	1	53
Team	1	0	0.0	0	0	0

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 401112253) · This game in the downloadable dataset

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