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Inaugural College Football Playo! National Championship

#4 Ohio State Buckeyes 42

#2 Oregon Ducks 20

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#4 OHIO STATE (14-1) vs. #2 OREGON (13-2) Date: Jan 12, 2015 • Site: Arlington, Texas • Stadium: AT&T Stadium Attendance: 85689

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Total #4 OHIO STATE 14 7 7 14 42 #2 OREGON 7 3 10 0 20

Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H 1st 12:21 ORE - Lowe, Keanon 7 yd pass from Mariota, Marcus (Schneider, A. kick), 11-75 2:39 0 - 7 04:36 OSU - Elliott, E 33 yd run (Nuernberger, S kick), 10-97 3:16 7 - 7 01:08 OSU - Vannett, Nick 1 yd pass from Jones, Cardale (Nuernberger, S kick), 4-46 1:27 14 - 7 2nd 04:49 OSU - Jones, Cardale 1 yd run (Nuernberger, S kick), 6-49 2:16 21 - 7 00:48 ORE - Schneider, A. 26 yd field goal, 12-66 4:01 21 - 10 3rd 11:23 ORE - Marshall, Byron 70 yd pass from Mariota, Marcus (Schneider, A. kick), 1-70 0:10 21 - 17 06:39 ORE - Schneider, A. 23 yd field goal, 6-17 1:42 21 - 20 00:00 OSU - Elliott, E 9 yd run (Nuernberger, S kick), 12-75 6:39 28 - 20 4th 09:44 OSU - Elliott, E 2 yd run (Nuernberger, S kick), 9-76 4:13 35 - 20 00:28 OSU - Elliott, E 1 yd run (Nuernberger, S kick), 5-14 2:17 42 - 20

Kickoff time: 7:33 pm • End of Game: 11:10 pm • Total elapsed time: 3:37 Officials: Referee: Greg Burks; Umpire: Scott Campbell; Linesman: George Guzman; Line judge: Mark Bovos; Back judge: Brad Van Vark; Field judge: Bobby Bernard; Side judge: Freeman Johns; Alternate: Mike Cuttone-CJ; Temperature: 72 deg. • Wind: • Weather: Indoors Team Statistics (Final) 2015 CFP National Championship #4 OHIO STATE vs #2 OREGON (Jan 12, 2015 at Arlington, Texas)

OSU ORE FIRST DOWNS 28 20 R u s h i n g 18 7 P a s s i n g 8 13 P e n a l t y 2 0 NET YARDS RUSHING 296 132 Rushing Attempts 61 33 Average Per Rush 4.9 4.0 Rushing Touchdowns 5 0 Yards Gained Rushing 327 143 Yards Lost Rushing 31 11 NET YARDS PASSING 242 333 C o m p l e t i o n s - A t t e m p t s - I n t 16-23-1 24-38-1 Average Per Attempt 10.5 8.8 Average Per Completion 15.1 13.9 Passing Touchdowns 1 2 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 538 465 Total offense plays 84 71 Average Gain Per Play 6.4 6.5 Fumbles: Number-Lost 3-3 1-0 Penalties: Number-Yards 5-30 10-76 PUNTS-YARDS 3-126 6-240 Average Yards Per Punt 42.0 40.0 Net Yards Per Punt 42.0 34.7 Inside 20 2 1 50+ Yards 0 1 T o u c h b a c k s 0 0 Fair catch 3 2 KICKOFFS-YARDS 7-429 5-325 Average Yards Per Kickoff 61.3 65.0 Net Yards Per Kickoff 43.1 40.4 T o u c h b a c k s 3 4 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 3-32-0 0-0-0 Average Per Return 10.7 0.0 Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 1-23-0 4-52-0 Average Per Return 23.0 13.0 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 1-8-0 1-0-0 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 1-0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 37:29 22:31 1st Quarter 8 : 0 3 6 : 5 7 2nd Quarter 6 : 2 5 8 : 3 5 3rd Quarter 13:08 1 : 5 2 4th Quarter 9 : 5 3 5 : 0 7 Third-Down Conversions 8 of 15 2 of 12 Fourth-Down Conversions 3 of 3 0 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 5-5 3-4 T o u c h d o w n s 5-5 1-4 Field goals 0-5 2-4 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-6 1-17 PAT Kicks 6-6 2-2 Field Goals 0-0 2-2 Points off turnovers 0 10 Individual Statistics (Final) 2015 CFP National Championship #4 OHIO STATE vs #2 OREGON (Jan 12, 2015 at Arlington, Texas)

#4 OHIO STATE #2 OREGON

Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Elliott, E 36 246 0 246 4 33 6.8 Tyner, Thomas 12 64 2 62 0 11 5.2 Jones, Cardale 21 67 29 38 1 17 1.8 Mariota, Marcus 10 45 6 39 0 8 3.9 Samuel, Curtis 1 6 0 6 0 6 6.0 Freeman, Royce 10 25 3 22 0 8 2.2 Marshall, Jalin 2 5 2 3 0 5 1.5 Marshall, Byron 1 9 0 9 0 9 9.0 Smith, Corey 1 3 0 3 0 3 3.0 Totals 33 143 11 132 0 11 4.0 Totals 61 327 31 296 5 33 4.9

Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Jones, Cardale 16-23-1 242 1 47 1 Mariota, Marcus 24-37-1 333 2 70 2 Totals 16-23-1 242 1 47 1 Lockie, Jeff 0-1-0 0 0 0 0 Totals 24-38-1 333 2 70 2

Receiving No. Yards TD Long Receiving No. Yards TD Long Marshall, Jalin 5 52 0 26 Marshall, Byron 8 169 1 70 Thomas, Michael 4 53 0 23 Baylis, Evan 5 25 0 9 Smith, Corey 2 76 0 47 Stanford, D. 4 61 0 28 Vannett, Nick 2 9 1 8 Lowe, Keanon 3 55 1 28 Smith, Devin 1 45 0 45 Nelson, Charles 2 21 0 14 Samuel, Curtis 1 8 0 8 Tyner, Thomas 2 2 0 3 Elliott, E 1 -1 0 0 Totals 24 333 2 70 Totals 16 242 1 47

Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Johnston, C 3 126 42.0 48 2 0 Wheeler, Ian 6 240 40.0 52 1 0 Totals 3 126 42.0 48 2 0 Totals 6 240 40.0 52 1 0

Punt Kickoff Intercept Punt Kickoff Intercept Returns No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds Lg Returns No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds Lg Marshall, Jalin 3 32 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nelson, Charles 0 0 0 4 52 20 0 0 0 Samuel, Curtis 0 0 0 1 23 23 0 0 0 Mattingly, D. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Apple, Eli 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 8 Totals 0 0 0 4 52 20 1 0 0 Totals 3 32 17 1 23 23 1 8 8

Field goals Qtr Time Dist Result Field goals Qtr Time Dist Result Schneider, A. 2nd 00:48 26 yards Good Schneider, A. 3rd 06:39 23 yards Good

Kickoffs No. Yards Avg TB OB Kickoffs No. Yards Avg TB OB Clinton, Kyle 7 429 61.3 3 0 Wogan, Matt 5 325 65.0 4 0

All-purpose Run Rcv KR PR IR Total All-purpose Run Rcv KR PR IR Total Elliott, E 246 -1 0 0 0 245 Marshall, Byron 9 169 0 0 0 178 Marshall, Jalin 3 52 0 32 0 87 Nelson, Charles 0 21 52 0 0 73 Smith, Corey 3 76 0 0 0 79 Tyner, Thomas 62 2 0 0 0 64 Thomas, Michael 0 53 0 0 0 53 Stanford, D. 0 61 0 0 0 61

FUMBLES: #4 OHIO STATE-Jones, Cardale 2-2; Smith, Corey 1-1. #2 OREGON-Tyner, Thomas 1-0. Defensive Statistics (Final) 2015 CFP National Championship #4 OHIO STATE vs #2 OREGON (Jan 12, 2015 at Arlington, Texas)

# #4 OHIO STATE Solo Ast Total Sacks-Yds TFL-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds BrUp Blks QBH 23 Powell, Tyvis 5 4 9 - - - - - 1 - - 43 Lee, Darron 4 4 8 - - - - - 1 - - 13 Apple, Eli 5 2 7 - - - - 1-8 1 - - 14 Grant, Curtis 5 1 6 ------11 Bell, Vonn 3 3 6 1.0-1 1.0-1 ------37 Perry, Joshua 2 4 6 ------12 Grant, Doran 4 1 5 - 1.0-1 ------2A McMillan, R 3 2 5 - 0.5-2 ------92 Washington, A 1 2 3 1.0-5 1.0-5 ------97 Bosa, Joey 2 0 2 - 1.0-2 ------90 Schutt, Tommy 1 0 1 ------88 Miller, Steve 1 0 1 ------26 Reeves, Armani 1 0 1 ------35 Worley, Chris 1 0 1 ------17 Marshall, Jalin 1 0 1 ------84 Smith, Corey 1 0 1 ------39 Clinton, Kyle 1 0 1 ------59 Lewis, Tyquan 0 1 1 ------1F Frazier, Rashad 0 1 1 - 0.5-1 ------53 Bennett, M 0 1 1 ------Totals 41 26 67 2.0-6 5.0-12 0 0-0 1-8 3 0 0

# #2 OREGON Solo Ast Total Sacks-Yds TFL-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds BrUp Blks QBH 0 Daniels, Reggie 7 2 9 ------0I Armstead, Arik 5 4 9 - - - 1-0 - - - - 44 Buckner, D. 5 3 8 ------48 Hardrick, R. 6 1 7 - - - 1-0 - - - - 12 Seisay, Chris 5 2 7 - 1.0-1 - - - 1 - - 91 Washington, T. 4 3 7 - 0.5-0 ------13 Hill, Troy 4 1 5 - - 1 - - --- 4 Dargan, Erick 4 1 5 - 1.0-1 ------56 Balducci, Alex 3 2 5 - 0.5-1 - 1-0 - --- 22 Malone, Derrick 4 0 4 ------35 Walker, Joe 3 1 4 ------33 Coleman, Tyson 1 3 4 1.0-17 1.0-17 1 - - - - - 46 Mattingly, D. 2 0 2 - 1.0-2 - - 1-0 - - - 96 French, C. 1 1 2 ------6 Nelson, Charles 1 0 1 ------18 Swain, Jimmie 1 0 1 ------2 Robinson, Tyree 1 0 1 ------7 Lowe, Keanon 0 1 1 ------85 Stanford, D. 0 1 1 ------38 Wheeler, Ian 0 1 1 ------99 Kamp, Sam 0 1 1 ------Totals 57 28 85 1.0-17 5.0-22 2 3-0 1-0 1 0 0 Drive Chart (By Team) (Final) 2015 CFP National Championship #4 OHIO STATE vs #2 OREGON (Jan 12, 2015 at Arlington, Texas)

Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How lost Pl - Yds TOP OSU 1st V25 12:21 K i c k o f f V42 09:10 P u n t 6 - 17 3:11 OSU V03 07:52 P u n t H00 04:36 *TOUCHDOWN 10 - 97 3:16 OSU H46 02:35 P u n t H00 01:08 *TOUCHDOWN 4 - 46 1:27 . OSU V37 00:09 P u n t H40 13:49 F u m b l e 5 - 23 1:20 OSU 2nd V01 11:10 D o w n s H09 08:46 F u m b l e 5 - 90 2:24 OSU H49 07:05 P u n t H00 04:49 *TOUCHDOWN 6 - 49 2:16 . OSU V13 00:40 K i c k o f f V21 00:14 P u n t 3 - 8 0:26 OSU 3rd V25 15:00 K i c k o f f H37 11:33 I n t e r c e p t i o n 8 - 38 3:27 OSU V25 11:23 K i c k o f f V23 08:21 F u m b l e 6 - (2) 3:02 OSU V25 06:39 K i c k o f f H00 00:00 *TOUCHDOWN 12 - 75 6:39 . OSU 4th V24 13:57 P u n t H00 09:44 *TOUCHDOWN 9 - 76 4:13 . OSU V39 07:40 P u n t H46 04:17 P u n t 5 - 15 3:23 OSU H14 02:45 D o w n s H00 00:28 *TOUCHDOWN 5 - 14 2:17 . OSU V33 00:00 I n t e r c e p t i o n V33 00:00 0 - 0 0:00

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd #4 OHIO STATE Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Half Half Total Time of possession 08:03 06:25 13:08 09:53 14:28 23:01 37:29 3rd down conversions 2-4 3-4 2-4 1-3 5-8 3-7 8-15 Average field position V29 V21 V25 V49 V26 V37 V31 4th down conversions 1-1 0-0 2-2 0-0 1-1 2-2 3-3

Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How lost Pl - Yds TOP ORE 1st H25 15:00 K i c k o f f V00 12:21 *TOUCHDOWN 11 - 75 2:39 . ORE H10 09:10 P u n t H45 07:52 P u n t 4 - 35 1:18 ORE H17 04:27 K i c k o f f H28 02:35 P u n t 5 - 11 1:52 ORE H25 01:08 K i c k o f f H35 00:09 P u n t 4 - 10 0:59 ORE 2nd H41 13:49 F u m b l e V01 11:10 D o w n s 9 - 58 2:39 . ORE H09 08:46 F u m b l e H09 07:05 P u n t 3 - 0 1:41 ORE H25 04:49 K i c k o f f V09 00:48 *FIELD GOAL 12 - 66 4:01 . ORE H32 00:14 P u n t H49 00:00 End of half 2 - 17 0:14 ORE 3rd H30 11:33 I n t e r c e p t i o n V00 11:23 *TOUCHDOWN 1 - 70 0:10 ORE V23 08:21 F u m b l e V06 06:39 *FIELD GOAL 6 - 17 1:42 . ORE 4th H21 14:54 K i c k o f f H41 13:57 P u n t 4 - 20 0:57 ORE H10 09:32 K i c k o f f H26 07:40 P u n t 5 - 16 1:52 ORE H15 04:17 P u n t H14 02:45 D o w n s 4 - (1) 1:32 ORE H20 00:27 K i c k o f f H43 00:00 I n t e r c e p t i o n 3 - 23 0:27

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd #2 OREGON Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Half Half Total Time of possession 06:57 08:35 01:52 05:07 15:32 06:59 22:31 3rd down conversions 0-3 2-5 0-1 0-3 2-8 0-4 2-12 Average field position H19 H26 H42 H15 H23 H28 H25 4th down conversions 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-2 Drive Chart (By Quarter) (Final) 2015 CFP National Championship #4 OHIO STATE vs #2 OREGON (Jan 12, 2015 at Arlington, Texas)

Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How lost Pl - Yds TOP ORE 1st H25 15:00 K i c k o f f V00 12:21 *TOUCHDOWN 11 - 75 2:39 . OSU V25 12:21 K i c k o f f V42 09:10 P u n t 6 - 17 3:11 ORE H10 09:10 P u n t H45 07:52 P u n t 4 - 35 1:18 OSU V03 07:52 P u n t H00 04:36 *TOUCHDOWN 10 - 97 3:16 ORE H17 04:27 K i c k o f f H28 02:35 P u n t 5 - 11 1:52 OSU H46 02:35 P u n t H00 01:08 *TOUCHDOWN 4 - 46 1:27 . ORE H25 01:08 K i c k o f f H35 00:09 P u n t 4 - 10 0:59 OSU V37 00:09 P u n t H40 13:49 F u m b l e 5 - 23 1:20 ORE 2nd H41 13:49 F u m b l e V01 11:10 D o w n s 9 - 58 2:39 . OSU V01 11:10 D o w n s H09 08:46 F u m b l e 5 - 90 2:24 ORE H09 08:46 F u m b l e H09 07:05 P u n t 3 - 0 1:41 OSU H49 07:05 P u n t H00 04:49 *TOUCHDOWN 6 - 49 2:16 . ORE H25 04:49 K i c k o f f V09 00:48 *FIELD GOAL 12 - 66 4:01 . OSU V13 00:40 K i c k o f f V21 00:14 P u n t 3 - 8 0:26 ORE H32 00:14 P u n t H49 00:00 End of half 2 - 17 0:14 OSU 3rd V25 15:00 K i c k o f f H37 11:33 I n t e r c e p t i o n 8 - 38 3:27 ORE H30 11:33 I n t e r c e p t i o n V00 11:23 *TOUCHDOWN 1 - 70 0:10 OSU V25 11:23 K i c k o f f V23 08:21 F u m b l e 6 - (2) 3:02 ORE V23 08:21 F u m b l e V06 06:39 *FIELD GOAL 6 - 17 1:42 . OSU V25 06:39 K i c k o f f H00 00:00 *TOUCHDOWN 12 - 75 6:39 . ORE 4th H21 14:54 K i c k o f f H41 13:57 P u n t 4 - 20 0:57 OSU V24 13:57 P u n t H00 09:44 *TOUCHDOWN 9 - 76 4:13 . ORE H10 09:32 K i c k o f f H26 07:40 P u n t 5 - 16 1:52 OSU V39 07:40 P u n t H46 04:17 P u n t 5 - 15 3:23 ORE H15 04:17 P u n t H14 02:45 D o w n s 4 - (1) 1:32 OSU H14 02:45 D o w n s H00 00:28 *TOUCHDOWN 5 - 14 2:17 . ORE H20 00:27 K i c k o f f H43 00:00 I n t e r c e p t i o n 3 - 23 0:27 OSU V33 00:00 I n t e r c e p t i o n V33 00:00 0 - 0 0:00 Participation Report (Final) 2015 CFP National Championship #4 OHIO STATE vs #2 OREGON (Jan 12, 2015 at Arlington, Texas)

#4 OHIO STATE #2 OREGON

Pos ## OFFENSE Pos ## OFFENSE LT 68 Decker, Taylor LT 75 Fisher, Jake LG 54 Price, Billy LG 54 Stevens, Hamani C 50 Boren, Jacoby C 5E Grasu, Hroniss RG 65 Elflein, Pat RG 78 Hunt, Cameron RT 76 Baldwin, Darryl RT 73 Crosby, Tyrell TE 5 Heuerman, Jeff TE 81 Baylis, Evan WR 6 Spencer, Evan QB 8 Mariota, Marcus QB 1A Jones, Cardale RB 24 Tyner, Thomas RB 15 Elliott, E WR 9 Marshall, Byron WR 3 Thomas, Michael WR 7 Lowe, Keanon WR 9 Smith, Devin WR 85 Stanford, D.

Pos ## DEFENSE Pos ## DEFENSE DE 97 Bosa, Joey DE 0I Armstead, Arik DT 92 Washington, A NG 56 Balducci, Alex DT 53 Bennett, M DE 44 Buckner, D. DE 88 Miller, Steve OLB 91 Washington, T. SLB 43 Lee, Darron ILB 48 Hardrick, R. MLB 14 Grant, Curtis ILB 22 Malone, Derrick WLB 37 Perry, Joshua OLB 33 Coleman, Tyson CB 13 Apple, Eli CB 12 Seisay, Chris S 23 Powell, Tyvis DB 4 Dargan, Erick S 11 Bell, Vonn S 0H Daniels, Reggie CB 12 Grant, Doran CB 13 Hill, Troy

#4 OHIO STATE: 0A-Smith, Erick, 0D-Webb, Damon, 1E-Burrows, Cam, 1F-Frazier, Rashad, 2A-McMillan, R, 2-Wilson, Dontre, 4-Samuel, Curtis, 4B-Rock, Chris, 17-Marshall, Jalin, 19-Conley, Gareon, 20-Tanner, Ron, 25-Dunn, Bri'onte, 26-Reeves, Armani, 28-Ball, Warren, 33-Booker, Dante, 35-Worley, Chris, 38-Fada, Craig, 39-Clinton, Kyle, 41-Haynes, Bryce, 48-Burger, Joe, 52-Munger, Donovan, 55-Williams, Cam, 57-Farris, Chase, 59-Lewis, Tyquan, 72-Carter, Chris, 73-Underwood, A, 80-Brown, Noah, 81-Vannett, Nick, 84-Smith, Corey, 85-Baugh, Marcus, 90-Schutt, Tommy, 95-Johnston, C, 96-Nuernberger, S.

#2 OREGON: 1B-Alie, Taylor, 1G-Lockie, Jeff, 2-Robinson, Tyree, 3-Mathis, Dior, 6-Nelson, Charles, 10-Loyd, Johnathan, 17-Williams, Ju., 18-Swain, Jimmie, 21-Freeman, Royce, 31-Bassett, Kenny, 35-Walker, Joe, 38-Wheeler, Ian, 41-Schneider, A., 45-Daniel, T.J., 46-Mattingly, D., 49-Wogan, Matt, 51-Ava, Isaac, 55-Talia, Tui, 58-Carew, Tanner, 62-Pierson, Matt, 76-Pisarcik, Jake, 82-Schuller, Zac, 83-Mundt, Johnny, 86-Prevot, T., 92-Mondeaux, Henry, 96-French, C., 99-Kamp, Sam. Quickie Statistics (Final) #4 OHIO STATE vs #2 OREGON (Jan 12, 2015 at Arlington, Texas)

OSU ORE Score 42 20 FIRST DOWNS 28 20 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 61-296 33-132 PASSING YDS (NET) 242 333 Passes Att-Comp-Int 23-16-1 38-24-1 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 84-538 71-465 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 1-0 Punt Returns-Yards 3-32 0-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 1-23 4-52 Interception Returns-Yards 1-8 1-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 3-42.0 6-40.0 Fumbles-Lost 3-3 1-0 Penalties-Yards 5-30 10-76 Possession Time 37:29 22:31 Third-Down Conversions 8 of 15 2 of 12 Fourth-Down Conversions 3 of 3 0 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 5-5 3-4

#4 OHIO STATE #2 OREGON Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Elliott, E 36 246 0 246 4 33 6.8 Tyner, Thomas 12 64 2 62 0 11 5.2 Jones, Cardale 21 67 29 38 1 17 1.8 Mariota, Marcus 10 45 6 39 0 8 3.9 Samuel, Curtis 1 6 0 6 0 6 6.0 Freeman, Royce 10 25 3 22 0 8 2.2 Smith, Corey 1 3 0 3 0 3 3.0 Marshall, Byron 1 9 0 9 0 9 9.0

Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Jones, Cardale 16-23-1 242 1 47 1 Mariota, Marcus 24-37-1 333 2 70 2 Lockie, Jeff 0-1-0 0 0 0 0

Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Johnston, C 3 126 42.0 48 2 0 Wheeler, Ian 6 240 40.0 52 1 0

Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Marshall, Jalin 3 32 0 17

Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Samuel, Curtis 1 23 0 23 Nelson, Charles 4 52 0 20

Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Powell, Tyvis 5-4 9 0.0 0.0 Daniels, Reggie 7-2 9 0.0 0.0 Lee, Darron 4-4 8 0.0 0.0 Armstead, Arik 5-4 9 0.0 0.0 Apple, Eli 5-2 7 0.0 0.0 Buckner, D. 5-3 8 0.0 0.0 Grant, Curtis 5-1 6 0.0 0.0 Hardrick, R. 6-1 7 0.0 0.0

ORE wins toss, elects to rec; OSU to kick, defend E goal 1-10 OSU 35 OSU ball on OSU35. Clinton, Kyle kickoff 65 yards to the ORE0, touchback. 1-10 ORE 25 Mariota, Marcus pass complete to Marshall, Byron for 8 yards to the ORE33, out-of-bounds (Miller, Steve). 2-2 ORE 33 Mariota, Marcus pass complete to Marshall, Byron for 8 yards to the ORE41, 1ST DOWN ORE P1 (Bell, Vonn). 1-10 ORE 41 Tyner, Thomas rush for 4 yards to the ORE45 (Lee, Darron;Bennett, M). 2-6 ORE 45 Tyner, Thomas rush for 10 yards to the OSU45, fumble by Tyner, Thomas recovered by ORE R2 Tyner, Thomas at OSU43, 1ST DOWN ORE. 1-10 OSU 43 Tyner, Thomas rush for 6 yards to the OSU37 (Bell, Vonn;Perry, Joshua). 2-4 OSU 37 Tyner, Thomas rush for 6 yards to the OSU31, 1ST DOWN ORE (Lee, Darron). R3 1-10 OSU 31 Mariota, Marcus rush for 7 yards to the OSU24 (Grant, Curtis). Previous play, ruled fumble, reviewed; reversed 2-3 OSU 24 Mariota, Marcus pass complete to Nelson, Charles for 7 yards to the OSU17, 1ST DOWN ORE P4 (Grant, Curtis). 1-10 OSU 17 Freeman, Royce rush for 2 yards to the OSU15 (Grant, Curtis). 2-8 OSU 15 Mariota, Marcus rush for 8 yards to the OSU7, 1ST DOWN ORE (Powell, Tyvis). R5 1-G OSU 07 Mariota, Marcus pass complete to Lowe, Keanon for 7 yards to the OSU0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 12:21. 1-G OSU 03 Schneider, A. kick attempt good. #2 OREGON 7, #4 OHIO STATE 0 11 plays, 75 yards, 2:39 Wogan, Matt kickoff 65 yards to the OSU0, touchback. #4 OHIO STATE drive start at 12:21. 1-10 OSU 25 Elliott, E rush for 2 yards to the OSU27 (Armstead, Arik). 2-8 OSU 27 Jones, Cardale rush for 4 yards to the OSU31, out-of-bounds. 3-4 OSU 31 Jones, Cardale rush for 6 yards to the OSU37, 1ST DOWN OSU (Hardrick, R.). R1 1-10 OSU 37 Elliott, E rush for 3 yards to the OSU40 (Buckner, D.). 2-7 OSU 40 Jones, Cardale pass complete to Marshall, Jalin for no gain to the OSU40 (Hill, Troy). 3-7 OSU 40 Jones, Cardale rush for 2 yards to the OSU42 (Daniels, Reggie). 4-5 OSU 42 Johnston, C punt 48 yards to the ORE10, fair catch by Loyd, Johnathan. 6 plays, 17 yards, 3:11 #2 OREGON drive start at 09:10. 1-10 ORE 10 Mariota, Marcus pass complete to Lowe, Keanon for 28 yards to the ORE38, 1ST DOWN ORE P6 (Bell, Vonn). 1-10 ORE 38 Tyner, Thomas rush for 4 yards to the ORE42 (Schutt, Tommy). 2-6 ORE 42 Tyner, Thomas rush for 3 yards to the ORE45 (Bell, Vonn;Apple, Eli). 3-3 ORE 45 Mariota, Marcus pass incomplete to Nelson, Charles. 4-3 ORE 45 Wheeler, Ian punt 52 yards to the OSU3, downed. 4 plays, 35 yards, 1:18 #4 OHIO STATE drive start at 07:52. 1-10 OSU 03 Jones, Cardale rush for 2 yards to the OSU5 (Armstead, Arik). 2-8 OSU 05 Jones, Cardale pass incomplete. 3-8 OSU 05 Jones, Cardale pass complete to Smith, Corey for 26 yards to the OSU31, 1ST DOWN OSU, P2 out-of-bounds. 1-10 OSU 31 Jones, Cardale pass complete to Marshall, Jalin for 26 yards to the ORE43, 1ST DOWN OSU P3 (Dargan, Erick). 1-10 ORE 43 Elliott, E rush for 1 yard to the ORE42 (Armstead, Arik;Coleman, Tyson). 2-9 ORE 42 Jones, Cardale pass incomplete to Elliott, E. 3-9 ORE 42 Jones, Cardale rush for 7 yards to the ORE35 (Hardrick, R.). 4-2 ORE 35 Jones, Cardale pass complete to Marshall, Jalin for 2 yards to the ORE33, 1ST DOWN OSU P4 (Malone, Derrick). 1-10 ORE 33 Jones, Cardale pass incomplete to Samuel, Curtis. 2-10 ORE 33 Elliott, E rush for 33 yards to the ORE0, 1ST DOWN OSU, TOUCHDOWN, clock 04:36. R5 1-G ORE 03 Nuernberger, S kick attempt good, PENALTY OSU holding (Burger, Joe) 10 yards to the ORE13, NO PLAY. 1-G ORE 13 Nuernberger, S kick attempt good. #2 OREGON 7, #4 OHIO STATE 7 10 plays, 97 yards, 3:25 Clinton, Kyle kickoff 61 yards to the ORE4, Nelson, Charles return 13 yards to the ORE17, out-of-bounds (Clinton, Kyle). #2 OREGON drive start at 04:27. 1-10 ORE 17 Freeman, Royce rush for 8 yards to the ORE25 (Powell, Tyvis). 2-2 ORE 25 Mariota, Marcus pass complete to Baylis, Evan for 5 yards to the ORE30, 1ST DOWN ORE, P7 out-of-bounds. 1-10 ORE 30 Mariota, Marcus pass complete to Baylis, Evan for 1 yard to the ORE31 (Powell, Tyvis;Perry, Joshua). 2-9 ORE 31 Freeman, Royce rush for loss of 3 yards to the ORE28 (McMillan, R;Frazier, Rashad). Play-by-Play Summary (1st quarter) #4 OHIO STATE vs #2 OREGON (Jan 12, 2015 at Arlington, Texas)

3-12 ORE 28 Mariota, Marcus pass incomplete to Stanford, D.. 4-12 ORE 28 Wheeler, Ian punt 35 yards to the OSU37, Marshall, Jalin return 17 yards to the ORE46 (Dargan, Erick;Wheeler, Ian). 5 plays, 11 yards, 1:52 #4 OHIO STATE drive start at 02:35. 1-10 ORE 46 Elliott, E rush for 6 yards to the ORE40 (Seisay, Chris). 2-4 ORE 40 Jones, Cardale pass complete to Thomas, Michael for 7 yards to the ORE33, 1ST DOWN OSU P6 (Daniels, Reggie). 1-10 ORE 33 Jones, Cardale pass incomplete to Smith, Devin (Hill, Troy), PENALTY ORE pass X7 interference (Hill, Troy) 15 yards to the ORE18, 1ST DOWN OSU, NO PLAY. 1-10 ORE 18 Elliott, E rush for 17 yards to the ORE1, 1ST DOWN OSU (Daniels, Reggie;Washington, T.). R8 1-G ORE 01 Jones, Cardale pass complete to Vannett, Nick for 1 yard to the ORE0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:08. 1-G ORE 03 Nuernberger, S kick attempt good. #4 OHIO STATE 14, #2 OREGON 7 4 plays, 46 yards, 1:27 Clinton, Kyle kickoff 65 yards to the ORE0, touchback. #2 OREGON drive start at 01:08. 1-10 ORE 25 Tyner, Thomas rush for 11 yards to the ORE36, 1ST DOWN ORE (Apple, Eli). R8 1-10 ORE 36 Mariota, Marcus rush for 7 yards to the ORE43, out-of-bounds. 2-3 ORE 43 Freeman, Royce rush for 2 yards to the ORE45 (McMillan, R;Lee, Darron). 3-1 ORE 45 PENALTY ORE false start (Stevens, Hamani) 5 yards to the ORE40. 3-6 ORE 40 Mariota, Marcus pass incomplete to Marshall, Byron (Powell, Tyvis). 4-6 ORE 40 [PUNT], PENALTY ORE false start (Buckner, D.) 5 yards to the ORE35, NO PLAY. 4-11 ORE 35 Wheeler, Ian punt 40 yards to the OSU25, Marshall, Jalin return 12 yards to the OSU37, out-of-bounds (Washington, T.). 4 plays, 10 yards, 0:59 #4 OHIO STATE drive start at 00:09. 1-10 OSU 37 Elliott, E rush for 1 yard to the OSU38 (Balducci, Alex). END OF 1st QUARTER: #4 OHIO STATE 14, #2 OREGON 7

Time 1st Downs Conversions Quarter Summary Score Poss RPXT 3rd 4th Rushing Passing Penalties #4 OHIO STATE 14 08:12 3 4 1 8 2-4 1-1 12-84 6-9-0-62 1-10 #2 OREGON 7 06:48 4 4 0 8 0-3 0-0 14-77 7-10-0-64 3-25 Quickie Statistics (1st quarter) #4 OHIO STATE vs #2 OREGON (Jan 12, 2015 at Arlington, Texas)

OSU ORE Score 14 7 FIRST DOWNS 8 8 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 12-84 14-77 PASSING YDS (NET) 62 64 Passes Att-Comp-Int 9-6-0 10-7-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 21-146 24-141 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 2-29 0-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 0-0 1-13 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 1-48.0 3-42.3 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 1-10 3-25 Possession Time 08:12 06:48 Third-Down Conversions 2 of 4 0 of 3 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 0 of 0

#4 OHIO STATE #2 OREGON Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Elliott, E 7 63 0 63 1 33 9.0 Tyner, Thomas 7 46 0 46 0 11 6.6 Jones, Cardale 5 21 0 21 0 7 4.2 Mariota, Marcus 3 22 0 22 0 8 7.3 Freeman, Royce 4 12 3 9 0 8 2.2

Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Jones, Cardale 6-9-0 62 1 26 0 Mariota, Marcus 7-10-0 64 1 28 0

Receiving No. Yards TD Long Receiving No. Yards TD Long Marshall, Jalin 3 28 0 26 Lowe, Keanon 2 35 1 28 Smith, Corey 1 26 0 26 Marshall, Byron 2 16 0 8 Thomas, Michael 1 7 0 7 Baylis, Evan 2 6 0 5 Vannett, Nick 1 1 1 1 Nelson, Charles 1 7 0 7

Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Johnston, C 1 48 48.0 48 1 0 Wheeler, Ian 3 127 42.3 52 1 0

Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Marshall, Jalin 2 29 0 17

Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Nelson, Charles 1 13 0 13

Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Bell, Vonn 2-2 4 0.0 0.0 Daniels, Reggie 2-1 3 0.0 0.0 Grant, Curtis 3-0 3 0.0 0.0 Armstead, Arik 2-1 3 0.0 0.0 Powell, Tyvis 2-1 3 0.0 0.0 Hardrick, R. 2-0 2 0.0 0.0 Lee, Darron 1-2 3 0.0 0.0 Washington, T. 1-1 2 0.0 0.0

2-9 OSU 38 Start of 2nd quarter, clock 15:00. 2-9 OSU 38 Jones, Cardale pass incomplete to Vannett, Nick. 3-9 OSU 38 Jones, Cardale rush for 17 yards to the ORE45, 1ST DOWN OSU, out-of-bounds (Walker, Joe). R9 1-10 ORE 45 Jones, Cardale pass complete to Thomas, Michael for 6 yards to the ORE39 (Hill, Troy;Daniels, Reggie). 2-4 ORE 39 Jones, Cardale rush for loss of 1 yard to the ORE40, fumble by Jones, Cardale recovered by ORE Balducci, Alex at ORE40. 5 plays, 23 yards, 1:20 #2 OREGON drive start at 13:49. 1-10 ORE 40 ORE ball on ORE41. 1-10 ORE 41 Mariota, Marcus pass complete to Baylis, Evan for 7 yards to the ORE48, out-of-bounds (Apple, Eli;Powell, Tyvis). 2-3 ORE 48 Tyner, Thomas rush for 4 yards to the OSU48, 1ST DOWN ORE (Lee, Darron). R9 1-10 OSU 48 Mariota, Marcus pass complete to Marshall, Byron for 20 yards to the OSU28, 1ST DOWN ORE P10 (Grant, Doran). 1-10 OSU 28 Mariota, Marcus pass complete to Stanford, D. for 1 yard to the OSU27 (Lee, Darron). 2-9 OSU 27 Mariota, Marcus pass complete to Marshall, Byron for 17 yards to the OSU10, 1ST DOWN ORE, P11 out-of-bounds (Grant, Doran). 1-G OSU 10 Mariota, Marcus pass complete to Baylis, Evan for 3 yards to the OSU7 (Powell, Tyvis). 2-G OSU 07 Mariota, Marcus pass incomplete to Baylis, Evan. 3-G OSU 07 Mariota, Marcus rush for 4 yards to the OSU3 (Grant, Curtis;Powell, Tyvis). 4-G OSU 03 Tyner, Thomas rush for 2 yards to the OSU1 (Bell, Vonn;Washington, A). 9 plays, 58 yards, 2:39 #4 OHIO STATE drive start at 11:10. 1-10 OSU 01 PENALTY OSU personal foul (Bennett, M) 0 yards to the OSU1. 1-10 OSU 01 Jones, Cardale rush for 1 yard to the OSU2 (Armstead, Arik;Coleman, Tyson). 2-9 OSU 02 Elliott, E rush for 26 yards to the OSU28, 1ST DOWN OSU (Seisay, Chris). R10 1-10 OSU 28 Jones, Cardale pass complete to Vannett, Nick for 8 yards to the OSU36 (Daniels, Reggie). 2-2 OSU 36 Elliott, E rush for 5 yards to the OSU41, 1ST DOWN OSU (Buckner, D.;Armstead, Arik). R11 1-10 OSU 41 Jones, Cardale pass complete to Smith, Corey for 47 yards to the ORE12, fumble forced by Hill, Troy, fumble by Smith, Corey recovered by ORE Hardrick, R. at ORE9, Hardrick, R. for no gain to the ORE9 (Marshall, Jalin). 5 plays, 90 yards, 2:24 #2 OREGON drive start at 08:46. 1-10 ORE 09 Freeman, Royce rush for 3 yards to the ORE12 (Perry, Joshua). 2-7 ORE 12 Freeman, Royce rush for 2 yards to the ORE14 (Grant, Curtis). 3-5 ORE 14 Mariota, Marcus sacked for loss of 5 yards to the ORE9 (Washington, A). 4-10 ORE 09 Wheeler, Ian punt 40 yards to the ORE49, fair catch by Marshall, Jalin. 3 plays, 0 yards, 1:41 #4 OHIO STATE drive start at 07:05. 1-10 ORE 49 Jones, Cardale pass incomplete. 2-10 ORE 49 Marshall, Jalin rush for loss of 2 yards to the OSU49 (Mattingly, D.). 3-12 OSU 49 Jones, Cardale pass complete to Smith, Devin for 45 yards to the ORE6, 1ST DOWN OSU P12 (Daniels, Reggie). 1-G ORE 06 Jones, Cardale rush for 2 yards to the ORE4 (Walker, Joe). 2-G ORE 04 Jones, Cardale rush for 3 yards to the ORE1 (Coleman, Tyson;Hardrick, R.). Previous play, ruled TD on field, reversed; ruled down at H01 3-G ORE 01 Jones, Cardale rush for 1 yard to the ORE0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 04:49. 1-G ORE 03 Nuernberger, S kick attempt good. #4 OHIO STATE 21, #2 OREGON 7 6 plays, 49 yards, 2:16 Clinton, Kyle kickoff 65 yards to the ORE0, touchback. #2 OREGON drive start at 04:49. 1-10 ORE 25 Mariota, Marcus rush for 2 yards to the ORE27 (Lee, Darron;Powell, Tyvis). 2-8 ORE 27 Mariota, Marcus pass complete to Marshall, Byron for 7 yards to the ORE34, out-of-bounds, PENALTY ORE holding (Fisher, Jake) 10 yards to the ORE17, NO PLAY. 2-18 ORE 17 Mariota, Marcus pass complete to Marshall, Byron for 7 yards to the ORE24. 3-11 ORE 24 Mariota, Marcus pass complete to Stanford, D. for 28 yards to the OSU48, 1ST DOWN ORE P12 (Reeves, Armani). 1-10 OSU 48 Tyner, Thomas rush for 3 yards to the OSU45 (Lee, Darron;Washington, A). 2-7 OSU 45 Mariota, Marcus pass complete to Marshall, Byron for 15 yards to the OSU30, 1ST DOWN ORE P13 (Perry, Joshua). 1-10 OSU 30 Mariota, Marcus sacked for loss of 1 yard to the OSU31 (Bell, Vonn). 2-11 OSU 31 Mariota, Marcus rush for 2 yards to the OSU29, out-of-bounds (Apple, Eli). 3-9 OSU 29 Mariota, Marcus pass complete to Nelson, Charles for 14 yards to the OSU15, 1ST DOWN ORE P14 (Apple, Eli). 1-10 OSU 15 Freeman, Royce rush for 3 yards to the OSU12 (McMillan, R). 2-7 OSU 12 Freeman, Royce rush for 3 yards to the OSU9 (Perry, Joshua;Lewis, Tyquan). 3-4 OSU 09 Mariota, Marcus pass incomplete to Baylis, Evan. Play-by-Play Summary (2nd quarter) #4 OHIO STATE vs #2 OREGON (Jan 12, 2015 at Arlington, Texas)

4-4 OSU 09 Schneider, A. field goal attempt from 26 GOOD, clock 00:48. #4 OHIO STATE 21, #2 OREGON 10 12 plays, 66 yards, 4:09 Wogan, Matt kickoff 65 yards to the OSU0, Samuel, Curtis return 23 yards to the OSU23 (Swain, Jimmie), PENALTY OSU holding (Vannett, Nick) 10 yards to the OSU13, 1st and 10, OSU ball on OSU13. #4 OHIO STATE drive start at 00:40. 1-10 OSU 13 Elliott, E rush for 1 yard to the OSU14 (Malone, Derrick). 2-9 OSU 14 Timeout #2 OREGON, clock 00:33. 2-9 OSU 14 Elliott, E rush for 3 yards to the OSU17 (French, C.). 3-6 OSU 17 Timeout #2 OREGON, clock 00:26. 3-6 OSU 17 Jones, Cardale rush for 4 yards to the OSU21 (Balducci, Alex). 4-2 OSU 21 Timeout #2 OREGON, clock 00:20. 4-2 OSU 21 Johnston, C punt 47 yards to the ORE32, fair catch by Loyd, Johnathan. 3 plays, 8 yards, 0:26 #2 OREGON drive start at 00:14. 1-10 ORE 32 Mariota, Marcus pass complete to Stanford, D. for 13 yards to the ORE45, 1ST DOWN ORE P15 (Apple, Eli). 1-10 ORE 45 Clock 00:09, Mariota, Marcus pass complete to Tyner, Thomas for 3 yards to the ORE48, Marshall, Byron for 1 yard to the ORE49 (Bosa, Joey). End of half, clock 00:00. 2 plays, 17 yards, 0:14 END OF 2nd QUARTER: #4 OHIO STATE 21, #2 OREGON 10

Time 1st Downs Conversions Quarter Summary Score Poss RPXT 3rd 4th Rushing Passing Penalties #4 OHIO STATE 7 06:17 3 1 0 4 3-4 0-0 12-60 4-6-0-109 2-10 #2 OREGON 3 08:43 1 6 0 7 2-5 0-1 12-22 11-13-0-129 1-10 Quickie Statistics (Halftime) #4 OHIO STATE vs #2 OREGON (Jan 12, 2015 at Arlington, Texas)

OSU ORE Score 21 10 FIRST DOWNS 12 15 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 24-144 26-99 PASSING YDS (NET) 171 193 Passes Att-Comp-Int 15-10-0 23-18-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 39-315 49-292 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 1-0 Punt Returns-Yards 2-29 0-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 1-23 1-13 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 2-47.5 4-41.8 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-0 Penalties-Yards 3-20 4-35 Possession Time 14:29 15:31 Third-Down Conversions 5 of 8 2 of 8 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 0 of 1

#4 OHIO STATE #2 OREGON Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Elliott, E 11 98 0 98 1 33 8.9 Tyner, Thomas 10 55 0 55 0 11 5.5 Jones, Cardale 12 49 1 48 1 17 4.0 Mariota, Marcus 8 30 6 24 0 8 3.0 Marshall, Jalin 1 0 2 -2 0 0 -2.0 Freeman, Royce 8 23 3 20 0 8 2.5

Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Jones, Cardale 10-15-0 171 1 47 0 Mariota, Marcus 18-23-0 193 1 28 2

Receiving No. Yards TD Long Receiving No. Yards TD Long Marshall, Jalin 3 28 0 26 Marshall, Byron 6 76 0 20 Smith, Corey 2 76 0 47 Baylis, Evan 4 16 0 7 Thomas, Michael 2 13 0 7 Stanford, D. 3 42 0 28 Vannett, Nick 2 9 1 8 Lowe, Keanon 2 35 1 28

Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Johnston, C 2 95 47.5 48 1 0 Wheeler, Ian 4 167 41.8 52 1 0

Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Marshall, Jalin 2 29 0 17

Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Samuel, Curtis 1 23 0 23 Nelson, Charles 1 13 0 13

Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Powell, Tyvis 3-4 7 0.0 0.0 Daniels, Reggie 4-2 6 0.0 0.0 Lee, Darron 3-4 7 0.0 0.0 Armstead, Arik 2-3 5 0.0 0.0 Apple, Eli 4-2 6 0.0 0.0 Hill, Troy 2-1 3 0.0 0.0 Bell, Vonn 3-3 6 1.0 1.0 Hardrick, R. 2-1 3 0.0 0.0

Start of 3rd quarter, clock 15:00, ORE ball on ORE35. Wogan, Matt kickoff 65 yards to the OSU0, touchback. #4 OHIO STATE drive start at 15:00. 1-10 OSU 25 Elliott, E rush for 22 yards to the OSU47, 1ST DOWN OSU (Daniels, Reggie). R13 1-10 OSU 47 Jones, Cardale rush for 5 yards to the ORE48. 2-5 ORE 48 Elliott, E rush for 6 yards to the ORE42, 1ST DOWN OSU (Buckner, D.). R14 1-10 ORE 42 Jones, Cardale pass incomplete to Thomas, Michael (Seisay, Chris). 2-10 ORE 42 Elliott, E rush for 8 yards to the ORE34 (Dargan, Erick). 3-2 ORE 34 Elliott, E rush for 1 yard to the ORE33 (Washington, T.). 4-1 ORE 33 Jones, Cardale rush for 1 yard to the ORE32, 1ST DOWN OSU (French, C.;Seisay, Chris). R15 1-10 ORE 32 PENALTY OSU false start 5 yards to the ORE37. 1-15 ORE 37 Jones, Cardale pass intercepted by Mattingly, D. at the ORE30, Mattingly, D. return 0 yards to the ORE30. 8 plays, 38 yards, 3:27 #2 OREGON drive start at 11:33. 1-10 ORE 30 Mariota, Marcus pass complete to Marshall, Byron for 70 yards to the OSU0, 1ST DOWN ORE, P16 TOUCHDOWN, clock 11:23. Previous play, ruled TD, reviewed; confirmed 1-G OSU 03 Schneider, A. kick attempt good. #4 OHIO STATE 21, #2 OREGON 17 1 play, 70 yards, 0:10 Wogan, Matt kickoff 65 yards to the OSU0, touchback. #4 OHIO STATE drive start at 11:23. 1-10 OSU 25 Elliott, E rush for 13 yards to the OSU38, 1ST DOWN OSU (Hill, Troy). R16 1-10 OSU 38 Jones, Cardale rush for loss of 1 yard to the OSU37 (Seisay, Chris). 2-11 OSU 37 Elliott, E rush for 9 yards to the OSU46 (Malone, Derrick). 3-2 OSU 46 Jones, Cardale rush for 1 yard to the OSU47 (Walker, Joe). Previous play, ruled down at V47, reviewed; confirmed 4-1 OSU 47 Elliott, E rush for 2 yards to the OSU49, 1ST DOWN OSU (Armstead, Arik;Buckner, D.). R17 1-10 OSU 49 Jones, Cardale sacked for loss of 17 yards to the OSU32 (Coleman, Tyson), fumble by Jones, Cardale recovered by ORE Armstead, Arik at OSU23. 6 plays, minus 2 yards, 3:02 #2 OREGON drive start at 08:21. 1-10 OSU 23 Marshall, Byron rush for 9 yards to the OSU14, out-of-bounds (Grant, Curtis). 2-1 OSU 14 Freeman, Royce rush for 2 yards to the OSU12, 1ST DOWN ORE (Grant, Doran;Perry, Joshua). R17 1-10 OSU 12 Tyner, Thomas rush for loss of 2 yards to the OSU14 (Bosa, Joey). 2-12 OSU 14 Mariota, Marcus rush for 8 yards to the OSU6, out-of-bounds (Powell, Tyvis). 3-4 OSU 06 Mariota, Marcus pass incomplete to Baylis, Evan (Apple, Eli). 4-4 OSU 06 Schneider, A. field goal attempt from 23 GOOD, clock 06:39. #4 OHIO STATE 21, #2 OREGON 20 6 plays, 17 yards, 1:42 Wogan, Matt kickoff 65 yards to the OSU0, touchback. #4 OHIO STATE drive start at 06:39. 1-10 OSU 25 Elliott, E rush for 8 yards to the OSU33 (Mattingly, D.). 2-2 OSU 33 Elliott, E rush for 4 yards to the OSU37, 1ST DOWN OSU (Balducci, Alex). R18 1-10 OSU 37 Jones, Cardale pass complete to Thomas, Michael for 17 yards to the ORE46, 1ST DOWN OSU P19 (Seisay, Chris). 1-10 ORE 46 Jones, Cardale pass complete to Elliott, E for loss of 1 yard to the ORE47 (Dargan, Erick). 2-11 ORE 47 Elliott, E rush for 10 yards to the ORE37 (Buckner, D.). 3-1 ORE 37 Elliott, E rush for 2 yards to the ORE35, 1ST DOWN OSU (Buckner, D.). R20 1-10 ORE 35 Jones, Cardale pass complete to Samuel, Curtis for 8 yards to the ORE27 (Hardrick, R.). 2-2 ORE 27 Jones, Cardale rush for loss of 1 yard to the ORE28 (Balducci, Alex;Washington, T.). 3-3 ORE 28 Jones, Cardale rush for 3 yards to the ORE25, 1ST DOWN OSU (Balducci, Alex;Kamp, Sam). R21 1-10 ORE 25 Jones, Cardale pass complete to Marshall, Jalin for 5 yards to the ORE20. 2-5 ORE 20 Elliott, E rush for 11 yards to the ORE9, 1ST DOWN OSU (Daniels, Reggie). R22 1-G ORE 09 Elliott, E rush for 9 yards to the ORE0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:00. 1-G ORE 03 Nuernberger, S kick attempt good. #4 OHIO STATE 28, #2 OREGON 20 END OF 3rd QUARTER: #4 OHIO STATE 28, #2 OREGON 20

Time 1st Downs Conversions Quarter Summary Score Poss RPXT 3rd 4th Rushing Passing Penalties #4 OHIO STATE 7 13:08 9 1 0 10 0-2 2-2 20-87 4-6-1-29 1-5 #2 OREGON 10 01:52 1 1 0 2 0-1 0-0 4-17 1-2-0-70 0-0 Quickie Statistics (3rd quarter) #4 OHIO STATE vs #2 OREGON (Jan 12, 2015 at Arlington, Texas)

OSU ORE Score 28 20 FIRST DOWNS 22 17 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 44-231 30-116 PASSING YDS (NET) 200 263 Passes Att-Comp-Int 21-14-1 25-19-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 65-431 55-379 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 1-0 Punt Returns-Yards 2-29 0-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 1-23 1-13 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 1-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 2-47.5 4-41.8 Fumbles-Lost 3-3 1-0 Penalties-Yards 4-25 4-35 Possession Time 27:37 17:23 Third-Down Conversions 7 of 12 2 of 9 Fourth-Down Conversions 3 of 3 0 of 1

#4 OHIO STATE #2 OREGON Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Elliott, E 24 203 0 203 2 33 8.5 Tyner, Thomas 11 55 2 53 0 11 4.8 Jones, Cardale 19 59 29 30 1 17 1.6 Mariota, Marcus 9 38 6 32 0 8 3.6 Marshall, Jalin 1 0 2 -2 0 0 -2.0 Freeman, Royce 9 25 3 22 0 8 2.4 Marshall, Byron 1 9 0 9 0 9 9.0

Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Jones, Cardale 14-21-1 200 1 47 1 Mariota, Marcus 19-25-0 263 2 70 2

Receiving No. Yards TD Long Receiving No. Yards TD Long Marshall, Jalin 4 33 0 26 Marshall, Byron 7 146 1 70 Thomas, Michael 3 30 0 17 Baylis, Evan 4 16 0 7 Smith, Corey 2 76 0 47 Stanford, D. 3 42 0 28 Vannett, Nick 2 9 1 8 Lowe, Keanon 2 35 1 28

Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Johnston, C 2 95 47.5 48 1 0 Wheeler, Ian 4 167 41.8 52 1 0

Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Marshall, Jalin 2 29 0 17

Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Samuel, Curtis 1 23 0 23 Nelson, Charles 1 13 0 13

Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Powell, Tyvis 4-4 8 0.0 0.0 Daniels, Reggie 6-2 8 0.0 0.0 Lee, Darron 3-4 7 0.0 0.0 Buckner, D. 4-2 6 0.0 0.0 Grant, Curtis 5-1 6 0.0 0.0 Armstead, Arik 2-4 6 0.0 0.0 Apple, Eli 4-2 6 0.0 0.0 Seisay, Chris 4-1 5 0.0 1.0

Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H 1st 12:21 ORE - Lowe, Keanon 7 yd pass from Mariota, Marcus (Schneider, A. kick), 11-75 2:39 0 - 7 04:36 OSU - Elliott, E 33 yd run (Nuernberger, S kick), 10-97 3:25 7 - 7 01:08 OSU - Vannett, Nick 1 yd pass from Jones, Cardale (Nuernberger, S kick), 4-46 1:27 14 - 7 2nd 04:49 OSU - Jones, Cardale 1 yd run (Nuernberger, S kick), 6-49 2:16 21 - 7 00:48 ORE - Schneider, A. 26 yd field goal, 12-66 4:09 21 - 10 3rd 11:23 ORE - Marshall, Byron 70 yd pass from Mariota, Marcus (Schneider, A. kick), 1-70 0:10 21 - 17 06:39 ORE - Schneider, A. 23 yd field goal, 6-17 1:42 21 - 20 00:00 OSU - Elliott, E 9 yd run (Nuernberger, S kick), 12-75 6:39 28 - 20 Play-by-Play Summary (4th quarter) #4 OHIO STATE vs #2 OREGON (Jan 12, 2015 at Arlington, Texas)

1-G OSU 35 Start of 4th quarter, clock 15:00. 12 plays, 75 yards, 6:45 Clinton, Kyle kickoff 64 yards to the ORE1, Nelson, Charles return 20 yards to the ORE21 (Worley, Chris). #2 OREGON drive start at 14:54. 1-10 ORE 21 Mariota, Marcus pass complete to Lowe, Keanon for 20 yards to the ORE41, 1ST DOWN ORE P18 (Apple, Eli). 1-10 ORE 41 Freeman, Royce rush for no gain to the ORE41 (Lee, Darron). 2-10 ORE 41 Mariota, Marcus pass incomplete to Stanford, D. (Lee, Darron). 3-10 ORE 41 Mariota, Marcus pass incomplete to Marshall, Byron. 4-10 ORE 41 Wheeler, Ian punt 38 yards to the OSU21, Marshall, Jalin return 3 yards to the OSU24 (Nelson, Charles). 4 plays, 20 yards, 0:57 #4 OHIO STATE drive start at 13:57. 1-10 OSU 24 Marshall, Jalin rush for 5 yards to the OSU29 (Armstead, Arik). 2-5 OSU 29 Elliott, E rush for 12 yards to the OSU41, 1ST DOWN OSU (Seisay, Chris;Walker, Joe). R23 1-10 OSU 41 Jones, Cardale pass complete to Thomas, Michael for 23 yards to the ORE36, 1ST DOWN OSU, P24 out-of-bounds (Dargan, Erick). 1-10 ORE 36 Smith, Corey rush for 3 yards to the ORE33 (Robinson, Tyree). 2-7 ORE 33 Elliott, E rush for 2 yards to the ORE31 (Hill, Troy). 3-5 ORE 31 Jones, Cardale pass complete to Marshall, Jalin for 19 yards to the ORE12, 1ST DOWN OSU P25 (Daniels, Reggie). 1-10 ORE 12 Samuel, Curtis rush for 6 yards to the ORE6 (Hardrick, R.). 2-4 ORE 06 Elliott, E rush for 4 yards to the ORE2, 1ST DOWN OSU (Seisay, Chris). R26 1-G ORE 02 Elliott, E rush for 2 yards to the ORE0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 09:44. 1-G ORE 03 Nuernberger, S kick attempt good. #4 OHIO STATE 35, #2 OREGON 20 9 plays, 76 yards, 4:25 Clinton, Kyle kickoff 63 yards to the ORE2, Nelson, Charles return 18 yards to the ORE20 (Smith, Corey), PENALTY ORE holding (Coleman, Tyson) 10 yards to the ORE10, 1st and 10, ORE ball on ORE10. #2 OREGON drive start at 09:32. 1-10 ORE 10 Mariota, Marcus pass complete to Baylis, Evan for 9 yards to the ORE19 (McMillan, R). 2-1 ORE 19 PENALTY ORE false start 5 yards to the ORE14. 2-6 ORE 14 Tyner, Thomas rush for 9 yards to the ORE23, 1ST DOWN ORE (McMillan, R). R19 1-10 ORE 23 Mariota, Marcus pass incomplete to Stanford, D.. QB Mariota injured on previous play 2-10 ORE 23 PENALTY ORE unsportsmanlike conduct (Fisher, Jake) 11 yards to the ORE12. 2-21 ORE 12 Lockie, Jeff at QB for #2 OREGON. 2-21 ORE 12 PENALTY ORE false start (Crosby, Tyrell) 5 yards to the ORE7. 2-26 ORE 07 Lockie, Jeff pass incomplete to Lowe, Keanon. 3-26 ORE 07 Mariota, Marcus at QB for #2 OREGON. 3-26 ORE 07 Mariota, Marcus pass complete to Stanford, D. for 19 yards to the ORE26 (Grant, Doran). 4-7 ORE 26 Timeout #4 OHIO STATE, clock 07:47. 4-7 ORE 26 Wheeler, Ian punt 35 yards to the OSU39, fair catch by Marshall, Jalin. 5 plays, 16 yards, 1:52 #4 OHIO STATE drive start at 07:40. 1-10 OSU 39 Elliott, E rush for 3 yards to the OSU42 (Hardrick, R.). 2-7 OSU 42 Elliott, E rush for 8 yards to the 50 yardline, 1ST DOWN OSU (Buckner, D.;Washington, T.). R27 1-10 OSU 50 Elliott, E rush for no gain to the 50 yardline (Washington, T.). 2-10 OSU 50 Elliott, E rush for 3 yards to the ORE47 (Armstead, Arik). 3-7 ORE 47 Jones, Cardale rush for 6 yards to the ORE41 (Hardrick, R.). 4-1 ORE 41 PENALTY OSU delay of game (Jones, Cardale) 5 yards to the ORE46. 4-6 ORE 46 Johnston, C punt 31 yards to the ORE15, fair catch by Loyd, Johnathan. 5 plays, 15 yards, 3:23 #2 OREGON drive start at 04:17. 1-10 ORE 15 Mariota, Marcus pass complete to Stanford, D. for 29 yards to the ORE44, out-of-bounds, PENALTY ORE holding (Crosby, Tyrell) 7 yards to the ORE8, NO PLAY. 1-17 ORE 08 Mariota, Marcus rush for 7 yards to the ORE15. 2-10 ORE 15 Mariota, Marcus pass complete to Tyner, Thomas for loss of 1 yard to the ORE14 (Grant, Doran). 3-11 ORE 14 Mariota, Marcus pass incomplete to Stanford, D.. 4-11 ORE 14 Mariota, Marcus pass incomplete to Nelson, Charles. 4 plays, minus 1 yard, 1:32 #4 OHIO STATE drive start at 02:45. 1-10 ORE 14 Jones, Cardale rush for 2 yards to the ORE12 (Malone, Derrick). 2-8 ORE 12 Timeout #2 OREGON, clock 02:35. 2-8 ORE 12 Elliott, E rush for 5 yards to the ORE7 (Armstead, Arik). 3-3 ORE 07 Elliott, E rush for 2 yards to the ORE5 (Washington, T.). Play-by-Play Summary (4th quarter) #4 OHIO STATE vs #2 OREGON (Jan 12, 2015 at Arlington, Texas)

4-1 ORE 05 PENALTY ORE offside defense (Kamp, Sam) 3 yards to the ORE2, 1ST DOWN OSU. X28 1-G ORE 02 Elliott, E rush for 1 yard to the ORE1 (Buckner, D.). 2-G ORE 01 Elliott, E rush for 1 yard to the ORE0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:28. 1-G ORE 03 Nuernberger, S kick attempt good. #4 OHIO STATE 42, #2 OREGON 20 5 plays, 14 yards, 2:18 Clinton, Kyle kickoff 46 yards to the ORE19, Nelson, Charles return 1 yards to the ORE20, out-of-bounds. #2 OREGON drive start at 00:27. 1-10 ORE 20 Mariota, Marcus pass complete to Marshall, Byron for 23 yards to the ORE43, 1ST DOWN ORE P20 (Powell, Tyvis). 1-10 ORE 43 Mariota, Marcus pass incomplete to Lowe, Keanon. 2-10 ORE 43 Mariota, Marcus pass intercepted by Apple, Eli at the OSU25, Apple, Eli return 8 yards to the OSU33 (Lowe, Keanon;Stanford, D.). 3 plays, 23 yards, 0:27 #4 OHIO STATE drive start at 00:00. FINAL SCORE: #4 OHIO STATE 42, #2 OREGON 20

Time 1st Downs Conversions Quarter Summary Score Poss RPXT 3rd 4th Rushing Passing Penalties #4 OHIO STATE 14 10:12 3 2 1 6 1-3 0-0 17-65 2-2-0-42 1-5 #2 OREGON 0 04:48 1 2 0 3 0-3 0-1 3-16 5-13-1-70 6-41 Quickie Statistics (4th quarter) #4 OHIO STATE vs #2 OREGON (Jan 12, 2015 at Arlington, Texas)

OSU ORE Score 42 20 FIRST DOWNS 28 20 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 61-296 33-132 PASSING YDS (NET) 242 333 Passes Att-Comp-Int 23-16-1 38-24-1 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 84-538 71-465 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 1-0 Punt Returns-Yards 3-32 0-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 1-23 4-52 Interception Returns-Yards 1-8 1-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 3-42.0 6-40.0 Fumbles-Lost 3-3 1-0 Penalties-Yards 5-30 10-76 Possession Time 37:49 22:11 Third-Down Conversions 8 of 15 2 of 12 Fourth-Down Conversions 3 of 3 0 of 2

#4 OHIO STATE #2 OREGON Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Elliott, E 36 246 0 246 4 33 6.8 Tyner, Thomas 12 64 2 62 0 11 5.2 Jones, Cardale 21 67 29 38 1 17 1.8 Mariota, Marcus 10 45 6 39 0 8 3.9 Samuel, Curtis 1 6 0 6 0 6 6.0 Freeman, Royce 10 25 3 22 0 8 2.2 Marshall, Jalin 2 5 2 3 0 5 1.5 Marshall, Byron 1 9 0 9 0 9 9.0

Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Jones, Cardale 16-23-1 242 1 47 1 Mariota, Marcus 24-37-1 333 2 70 2 Lockie, Jeff 0-1-0 0 0 0 0

Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Johnston, C 3 126 42.0 48 2 0 Wheeler, Ian 6 240 40.0 52 1 0

Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Marshall, Jalin 3 32 0 17

Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Samuel, Curtis 1 23 0 23 Nelson, Charles 4 52 0 20

Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H 1st 12:21 ORE - Lowe, Keanon 7 yd pass from Mariota, Marcus (Schneider, A. kick), 11-75 2:39 0 - 7 04:36 OSU - Elliott, E 33 yd run (Nuernberger, S kick), 10-97 3:25 7 - 7 01:08 OSU - Vannett, Nick 1 yd pass from Jones, Cardale (Nuernberger, S kick), 4-46 1:27 14 - 7 2nd 04:49 OSU - Jones, Cardale 1 yd run (Nuernberger, S kick), 6-49 2:16 21 - 7 00:48 ORE - Schneider, A. 26 yd field goal, 12-66 4:09 21 - 10 3rd 11:23 ORE - Marshall, Byron 70 yd pass from Mariota, Marcus (Schneider, A. kick), 1-70 0:10 21 - 17 06:39 ORE - Schneider, A. 23 yd field goal, 6-17 1:42 21 - 20 00:00 OSU - Elliott, E 9 yd run (Nuernberger, S kick), 12-75 6:45 28 - 20 4th 09:44 OSU - Elliott, E 2 yd run (Nuernberger, S kick), 9-76 4:25 35 - 20 00:28 OSU - Elliott, E 1 yd run (Nuernberger, S kick), 5-14 2:18 42 - 20 2015 CFP NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME / POSTGAME NOTES 1 Ohio State Buckeyes 42, Oregon Ducks 20 AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas (January 12, 2015)

MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS 18-10-1 OREGON OHIO STATE FINAL SCORE ...... 20 42 Time Spent in the Lead (Tied 5:48) ...... 7:45 46:27 4-of-6 Total Plays-Yards ...... 71-465 84-538 20+/10+/5+ ...... 6/13/31 8/16/36 Gained Yards ...... 51 69 Zero/Minus ...... 15/5 9/6 Plus Territory: Plays-Yards ...... 27-147 46-203 Drives With Plays in Plus Territory ...... 4 of 13 9 of 13 First Down Plays/Yards ...... 33/289 39/231 Average on First Down ...... 8.8 5.9 First Half ...... 6.6 (23-151) 7.5 (17-127) Second Half ...... 13.8 (10-138) 4.7 (22-104) Rushes/Average ...... 15/4.5 24/4.8 Passes/Average (includes sacks) ...... 18/12.3 15/7.8 Times Gained: 20+/10+/5+ ...... 5/7/17 4/7/17 Times Gained: 2-/0/Neg ...... 9/ 3/2 19/5/3 In Texas: 5-0 in the Lone Star State Second Down Efficiency ...... 11-24 11-27 6-5 Second Half ...... 2-7 7-14 Yards Gained ...... 114 160 38 Third Down Efficiency ...... 2-12 8-15 Rushing ...... 0-1 5-12 (but it obviously didn’t matter Passing ...... 2-11 3-3 with the roof closed).

Average Yards To Go ...... 9.0 5.3 Average Yards To Go/Conversions .... 10.0 5.6 OHIO STATE-OREGON SERIES Yards Gained ...... 60 142 9-03-0 3rd & 5 or less ...... 0-4 5-8 59-26-2 3rd & 6 or more ...... 2-8 3-7 18-33 Fourth Down Efficiency (Yards) ...... 0-2 (2) 3-3 (5) Total Possessions/Average FP ...... 14/O26 13/OS31 CONFERENCE UPDATE 6-3 First Half ...... 8/O23 7/OS26 163-143-6(.532 Second Half ...... 6/O29 6/OS37 (the NCAA will count all CPF scores and statistics in its bowl Drives Started Inside/At Own 20 ...... 5 (5/0) 3 (3/0) records)153-175-3 Drives Started In Plus Territory ...... 1 (3 pts) 3 (21 pts) Three Plays & Out ...... 1 1 Opponent Turnovers (Pts) ...... 3 (7) 0 (0) Red Zone (pts) ...... 3-4 (13) 5-5 (35) 21-2413-16 Plays-Yards ...... 14-40 14-50 Third Down Efficiency ...... 0-3 3-3 LUCKY NUMBER … 14 Fourth Down Efficiency ...... 0-1 0-0 14 Yards by Quarter: 1st ...... 141 146 2nd ...... 146 174 1996 Brigham Young 2010 *Auburn 3rd ...... 87 116 2002 *Ohio State 2013 *Florida State 4th ...... 86 107 2009 *Alabama 2014 *Ohio State 2009 Boise State

CFP NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYERS OF THE GAME PLAYER QUICK LINER NOTES QB Marcus Mariota

Offensive: #15 RB Ezekiel Elliott, Soph., Ohio State 41 Defensive: #23 S Tyvis Powell, Soph., Ohio State 13191

26 116 ATTENDANCE 85,689 THIRD QUARTER NOTES 13:08 1,730,52444,372 35 45 17:212:55 ONE-LINER QUICKIES 85,689 MORE TO COME … 2015 CFP NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME / POSTGAME NOTES 2 Ohio State Buckeyes 42, Oregon Ducks 20 AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas (January 12, 2015)

AT&T STADIUM COLLEGE GAME RECORDS winner INDIVIDUAL SCOREBOARD Most Rushing Yards TIED RECORD Old Record: 246, Terrance Ganaway, Baylor vs. Texas Tech, 2011 Most Rushing Touchdowns RECORD Old Record: 3, by 3 players. Most recently: Jeremy Langford, Michigan State vs. Baylor, Jan. 1, 2015 CONFERENCE “ANTI-PUNCH” Most Points RECORD 5-2 Old Record: 18, by 4 players. Most recently: Jeremy Langford, 4-7 Michigan State vs. Baylor, Jan. 1, 2015 Winner Most Touchdowns RECORD Old Record: 3, by 4 players. Most recently: Jeremy Langford, RUSHING ANALYSIS Michigan State vs. Baylor, Jan. 1, 2015 Player, Team Att Yds Avg. Long PCY TD FD 20+ 10+ 5+ 0 Neg. TEAM Elliott, OSU 36 246 6.8 33 146 4 14 3 8 17 1 0 Longest Scoring Drive RECORD Jones, OSU 21 38 1.8 17 19 1 4 0 1 5 0 4 Old Record: 94, Florida State vs. Oklahoma State, Aug. 30, 2014 Samuel, OSU 1 6 6.0 6 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Tyner, Oregon 12 62 5.2 11 29 0 5 0 2 5 0 1 Most Rushing Touchdowns TIED RECORD Mariota, Oregon 10 39 3.9 8 15 0 1 0 0 5 0 2 Old Record: 5, by 3 schools. Last: Baylor vs. Texas Tech, Nov. 29, 2014 Freeman, Oregon 10 22 2.2 8 13 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 (PCY—postcontact yardage)

KEEPAWAY 37:29 PASSING ANALYSIS 23:01 OUTSIDE LEFT HASH CENTER OUTSIDE RIGHT HASH Player, Team A-C-I Yds TD A-C-I Yds TD A-C-I Yds TD HALFTIME TELLTALE Elliott, OSU 3- 3-0 44 1 3- 3-0 29 0 17-10-1 169 0 Mariota, Oregon 10- 8-1 59 1 8- 5-0 150 1 19-11-0 124 0

20-2 HEISMAN TROPHY WINNERS IN NAT’L CHAMP GAMES Player, School Heisman Season Game Result / Stats 3-20 O.J. Simpson, USC 1968 L 28-171, 1 TD rush; 8-85 receiving Herschel Walker, Georgia 1982 L 28-103, 1 TD rush Vinnie Testeverde, Miami 1986 L 50-26-5, 285, 0 TD; 9-(10) rush 1999 BCS Championship (first one): Gino Torretta, Miami 1992 L 56-24-3, 278, 0 TD; 5-1 rush (Tennessee committed four, Va. Tech three); Charlie Ward, Florida State 1993 W 43-24-0, 286, 0 TD; 8-(-3) rush 2004 BCS Championship: LSU 21 Oklahoma 14 *Chris Weinke, Florida State 2000 L 51-25-2, 274, 0 TD; 4-7 rush *Eric Crouch, Nebraska 2001 L 15-5-1, 62, 0 TD; 22-114 rush *Jason White, Oklahoma 2003 L 37-13-2, 102, 0 TD; 7-(-46) rush TONIGHT’S UO PUNCH vs OSU COUNTER PUNCH *Matt Leinhart, USC 2004 W 35-18-0, 332, 5 TD; 2-(-11) rush *Reggie Bush, USC (vacated) 2005 L 13-82, 1 TD rush; 6-95, 0 TD rec *Troy Smith, Ohio State 2006 L 14-4-1, 35, 0 TD; 10-(-29) rush Winner *Sam Bradford, Oklahoma 2008 L 41-26-2, 256, 2 TD; 2-(-18) rush *Mark Ingram, Alabama 2009 W 22-116, 2 TD *Cam Newton, Auburn 2010 W 34-20-1, 265, 2 TD; 22-64 rush *Jameis Winston, Florida State 2013 W 35-20-0, 237, 2 TD; 11-26 rush TONIGHT’S OSU PUNCH vs UO COUNTER PUNCH #Marcus Mariota, Oregon 2014 L 37-24-1, 333, 2 TD; 10-39 rush (*—BCS Championship Game; #—CFP Championship Game) FIRST HALF NOTES Winner THE ANTI-PUNCHES: winner winner MORE TO COME …

2015 CFP NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME / POSTGAME NOTES 3 Ohio State Buckeyes 42, Oregon Ducks 20 AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas (January 12, 2015)

TOP 10 POSTSEASON PEFORMANCES (2014) POSTSEASON 18 Ezekiel Elliott FINAL CONFERENCE RECORDS League (’14 bowl teams) W L Pct. Pts Opp vs. P5 RUSHING LEADERS (100-yard games: 39) Conference USA (5) 4 1 .800 172 116 1-0 Player, School Att Yards Avg. TD Long Pac-12 (8) 6 3 .667 342 269 5-2 Kareem Hunt, Toledo 32 271 8.5 5 44t Independents (3) 2 1 .667 96 99 1-0 Nick Chubb, Georgia 33 266 8.1 2 82 SEC (12) 7 5 .583 374 342 6-5 Melvin Gordon, Wisconsin 34 251 7.4 3 53t Big Ten (10) 6 5 .545 357 381 6-4 Ezekiel Elliott, Ohio State (vs. Oregon) 36 246 6.8 4 33t Mountain West (7) 3 4 .429 132 168 1-1 Ezekiel Elliott, Ohio State (vs. Alabama) 20 230 11.5 2 85t American Athletic (5) 2 3 .400 154 177 0-3 Josh Hicks, Rutgers 19 202 10.6 1 49 Mid-American (5) 2 3 .400 191 211 0-0 Paul Perkins, UCLA 20 194 9.7 2 67t Synjyn Days, Georgia Tech 21 171 8.1 3 69t Atlantic Coast (11) 4 7 .364 327 346 2-6 Devontae Booker, Utah 26 162 6.2 1 60t Sun Belt (3) 1 2 .333 88 99 0-0 Jeremy Langford, Michigan State 27 162 6.0 3 65 Big 12 (7) 2 5 .286 198 223 2-5 Marcus Murphy, Missouri 12 157 13.1 0 69 Totals 39 39 .500 2431 2431 24-26 J.C. Coleman, Virginia Tech 25 157 6.3 1 35 PASSING LEADERS (300-yard games: 23) LOOKING AHEAD Player, School Att-Com-Int Yards Pct. Avg. TD Rating Bryce Petty, Baylor 51-36-1 550 70.6 10.8 3 176.7 Cooper Rush, Central Michigan 45-28-1 493 62.2 11.0 7 201.1 Brandon Doughty, W. Kentucky 42-31-0 486 73.8 11.6 5 210.3 Dak Prescott, Mississippi State 51-33-1 453 64.7 8.9 3 154.8 Shane Carden, East Carolina 66-34-2 427 51.5 6.5 2 109.8 Fredi Knighten, Arkansas State 31-23-0 403 74.2 13.0 5 236.6 Tommy Armstrong, Nebraska 51-32-1 381 62.7 6.5 3 141.0 Christian Hackenberg, Penn State 50-34-0 371 68.0 7.4 4 156.7 James Knapke, Bowling Green 39-25-0 368 64.1 9.4 2 160.3 Jameis Winston, Florida State 45-29-1 348 64.4 7.7 1 132.3 Christian Stewart, BYU 48-23-3 348 47.9 7.3 3 116.9 RECEIVING LEADERS (100-yard games: 39) Player, School No. Yards Avg. TD Long Thomas Sperbeck, Boise State 12 199 16.6 0 36 KD Cannon, Baylor 8 197 24.6 2 74t Tommy Shuler, Marshall 18 185 10.3 1 42 Corey Davis, Western Michigan 8 176 22.0 3 51t Pharoh Cooper, South Carolina 9 170 18.9 1 78t Byron Marshall, Oregon (vs. Ohio State) 8 169 21.1 1 70t Darren Carrington, Oregon (vs.Fla. St.) 7 165 23.6 2 56t Tyler Lockett, Kansas State 13 164 12.6 2 29t Justin Hardy, East Carolina 11 160 14.5 1 66 Willie McNeal, Western Kentucky 5 155 31.0 1 56 Corey Coleman, Baylor 7 150 21.4 1 53t

Ohio State Post-Game Notes Ohio State vs. Oregon Monday, January 12, 2015 AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas s

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Oregon Post-Game Notes Ohio State vs. Oregon Monday, January 12, 2015 AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas

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Ohio State - 42 Q. This was an extremely young team Oregon - 20 that you have. First of all, is this something that you thought would be coming perhaps another year, maybe not right now, particularly An Interview With: the way you started out, and secondly, could you talk about the future of the program and just how bright it is? URBAN MEYER URBAN MEYER: Well, I think Eli Apple, Zeke, I thought we had high expectations for Zeke CARDALE JONES because we saw what could do last year, but that EZEKIEL ELLIOTT group of sophomores that we have that really stepped up and played, they complemented the URBAN MEYER: I just want to on behalf seniors. Whenever you have a coaching of the Ohio State University and the great state of transition, there's usually a little bit of a blip or a Ohio and my players and coaching staff, I want to miss in the recruiting, and if our sophomore class tell the College Football Playoff committee and didn't step up, we wouldn't be where we are. I everyone associated with this incredible mean, it's incredible. A lot of them are redshirt experience that it was done first class, and I think freshmen, and yeah, to answer your question, I you have two great teams out there. We have a lot certainly did not see that happening after spring of respect for Oregon and Coach [Mark] Helfrich, practice and early in the season. But I but I love these players. This team wasn't undervalued -- I didn't quite understand the supposed to do this, but they fought through improvement that these guys could make. adversity, they got stronger and stronger and stronger, and this is a great team. We finished the Q. I wanted to ask you, you've been year a great team. To have four turnovers and still through this before. You've won the National beat a team like that 42-20, incredible experience. Championship before. At the same time, Ohio I don't want to get over dramatic, but it's as State means so much to you. What does it improved a football team, and I've watched football mean for you to bring Ohio State back to the for a long time from Game 1 to Game 15. I've pinnacle? never seen anything like it. URBAN MEYER: I'm not shy about the love I have for this great state. Ashtabula, Ohio, is Q. You guys turned the ball over four my hometown. I've got to travel all around the times. I think you said coming into this game country and I realized how fortunate I am to grow you couldn't do that and win this game. Is this up in a great town like that in a great state. I sort of a microcosm of all the adversity you played college football here, and to bring now a had to overcome this season to win this game? national title to the great state of Ohio, it's almost URBAN MEYER: It is, and it's also a surreal. testimony to the improvement our defense has made. We won that game because of course Zeke Q. I know you probably prefer not to Elliott and of course our offensive line, but our talk about yourself but maybe you can in this defense, to hold Marcus -- I know he threw for a one case. You do join one other person who's bunch of yards, 300-plus yards, but our defense, been able to bring two schools to a National we tackled tonight and did a great job. Championship. It does say a lot about what Nick Saban has done, what you have done.

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visit our archives at asapsports.com Can you talk about what it means to do Q. This is the sixth time since 2012 that something that has so rarely been done? you've taken a team into a game as an URBAN MEYER: Yeah, very humbled. underdog and all six times your team has won. I've got my third-string quarterback sitting here to What do you say to players in these situations my left. I've never met a third-string quarterback that makes them play above in all of these before, and he's 3-0. I'm very humbled that you games? brought that up, but I'm also the first one to URBAN MEYER: Oh, I think every team is appreciate the people who did it, and that's our different. This team is very smart. This team is -- players. I love these guys, and I made a comment we didn't spend a lot of time talking about the out there that Bill Parcells, and I'll never forget underdog role because that's if you have a team when he said that in the video that we made, it's that maybe you have to make angry or maybe you like a blood transfer. We're officially brothers for have to be creative in motivation. This was all the rest of our lives because we're champions. about eliminating the demon, what we call the demon was the 16, and you eliminate that demon, Q. Zeke obviously the MVP of the I think we could win this game. That was the game, rushes for a new record -- whole challenge since when we found out after the URBAN MEYER: A monster. Alabama game we were playing Oregon is if we can somehow eliminate that fatigue factor and turn Q. What have you seen from him all it into inside drill and turn it into a game that's a season as improvement, and then the last three block-and-tackle game that we could win this games where he obviously just blew up? game, and obviously they did it. URBAN MEYER: Yeah, he'll be the first one, and I love Zeke because he's very humble, Q. Two years ago you were doing comes from a great family and deserves the credit. postgame coverage for ESPN after Alabama However, he's the most underrated back in beat Notre Dame, and you said something to America. He's one of the best post-contact yard the effect that everybody had to raise to their guys I've ever been around, and on top of that he's level. What impact, if any, did that have on a great human being, so I can't wait to -- we get you, and do you feel like your program is in him at least for one more year, so I can't wait to -- that position now? we start back to work on -- I'll give you a couple URBAN MEYER: Yeah, I think I sat and days off, Zeke, and we're back at it, you and watched it, and every one of these players and Cardale. every support staff, everybody on the coaching CARDALE JONES: The chase is on. staff, everybody associated with our program, I called our strength coach, I said I'm going to send Q. Urban, could you in a nutshell talk you a text right now and I want everybody in their about how you challenged your defense hands immediately, and that was The Chase, and tonight to face that so-called up-tempo that's when that big sign went up in a the facility, challenge? that's when we created an area for our players to URBAN MEYER: Yeah, we challenged go get extra work, and that was one of those wow them and we had 16 signs everywhere. Every moments when I saw a team that I thought -- time our players went to get something to eat we obviously it was just dominated in the National had one of those big signs that lights up, and we Championship game, and they looked better than thought if we could eliminate the fatigue factor and we did, so somehow we had to get to that level, make them block us and make them play football and that was The Chase. that we'd be in pretty good shape, and that's what we did, even after all those turnovers. It's Q. Chase is complete. Did you think phenomenal that we held them to a field goal when you could complete it this quickly? Cardale dropped it going way deep into our own URBAN MEYER: No, I made the territory. That to me was a changing point of the comment -- I did as this team started getting better game. It made it 21-20 if I'm correct, and I thought and better, and by the end of the year we were when that happened, I thought we had a chance to playing very good football, and then the Big Ten win this game. Championship game, Alabama game, and then

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visit our archives at asapsports.com this one. But to say we had this vision back in guys to my left and the offensive line, but we lose September or even August, no, not a chance. I that game if we don't stop them on turnovers. We thought this was a team that we could battle and consider that a stop when you hold them to a field battle and find a way to win a bunch of games and goal. Championships are won with defense, and then a year later go make a run at it. our defense has been on a difficult journey the last couple years, but I'm very -- the future of our Q. On Saturday at media day I asked defense is even better because there are a lot of you about the Alabama game and overcoming young guys playing. two turnovers, and you said that was a good thing. You faced adversity and your team Q. Can I ask each of you to take a step overcame it. Four tonight. Can you talk about back, first Cardale, then Ezekiel, what does it how this team has overcome adversity all mean to have done this, to overcome the odds, season long and especially tonight? and to be on the top of the college football URBAN MEYER: Well, I think the guys world? sitting next to me, I made a comment, Cardale is a CARDALE JONES: It means a lot case study for overcoming adversity and how if because going back to early August, late August, alignment is -- his personal alignment with his around camp, everybody counted us out when our mentor, his high school coach, and his coaching Heisman Trophy quarterback went down, and then staff, if that didn't happen, he wouldn't be sitting when the first college football ranking playoffs here. Same thing with our team. If we didn't have came out we was like No. 16 or 17. Long story alignment, not one time have I ever heard an short, we weren't supposed to be here. We had offensive player criticize a defensive player or a every -- all the odds were stacked against us special teams player, and the same with the through the whole season, and for us to be sitting coaching staff. Adversity, it's how you respond to right here as national champs, it only means a lot adversity, that's in your life, and our guys have to me but our community, Buckeye Nation, and our been trained how to do it, but it's not that easy. hometowns. You can train however you want. These guys EZEKIEL ELLIOTT: It means everything have great heart for each other. A lot of people to us, just being able to accomplish this great say that. Very few back it up. These guys backed accomplishment, winning the National it up. Championship after everything we went through this season, losing Braxton, then losing to Virginia Q. You talked the other day about how Tech and how we rebounded against that, and the Oregon's defense and special teams really tough game at Penn State that went to double stood out to you in preparation. I was just overtime, then traveling to Michigan State in that wondering if there was anything that surprised hostile environment, then losing J. T. [Barrett] and you about Oregon tonight? having this clown step in. It seems like we've been URBAN MEYER: No, I thought they were through everything, and it made us who we were. a great team. I think we tackled well, and we played -- other than turnovers, that's as well as we Q. Zeke, this was the most carries you played. We blocked them and we ran the ball had in a game this season. How did it feel? against those two giant defensive ends. I've got a Did you know it was going to be like that going lot of respect for them. Marcus, I wish I had a in? And how does it feel now? chance to see him. I'll see him again some day. EZEKIEL ELLIOTT: Oh, I definitely feel it But I've just got a lot of respect for the Oregon now, but I knew going into the game that we program and that whole outfit. wanted to run the ball. We knew that our O-line was bigger and more physical than their D-line, Q. Your defense was able to hold the and we just had to punch them in the mouth, and Ducks to over five on third downs to start the the O-line, they came out, they played their butts game. They finished 2 of 12 on third down off and they paved the way for me. He was hitting, conversions and you held them to 132 yards. and he just kept feeding me the ball. Can you speak about the defense's performance? URBAN MEYER: Yeah, defense won the game. I don't want to take away from these two

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visit our archives at asapsports.com Q. Zeke, can you tell me what it's going play for a bowl game at the end of the season, to take to repeat next year? This is kind of a which was unbelievable. Them two things were one-year plan ahead of time. What it will take definitely a turning point for our program, and it to repeat again next year, and can you do it was just definitely a point that everybody realized again? what we can accomplish. EZEKIEL ELLIOTT: We've just got to stay EZEKIEL ELLIOTT: I think the biggest a hungry team. We're losing some great seniors, thing with Coach Meyer, he just demands but we have a lot of great young players that will excellence out of everybody, every aspect of your step up, and this year was just a great year to learn life. When he demands that every day from you, a lot of things, and I think we'll be the same team you don't have a choice but to change. You see next year, as long as we stay humble, we grind he had to change this clown, this goofball. hard in the offseason, don't let our heads get too big, I think we'll be here next year. Q. For both of you, going into the playoffs, there was a lot of debate whether or Q. Zeke, obviously you guys look like not you even deserved that fourth spot, and a you're having fun up there right now, but you lot of debate about the quality of play in the Big said after the game it just doesn't feel real. Has Ten. Did you feel like you were maybe carrying it set in right now, and what's it mean to you to the banner for the Big Ten and that now you've obviously get the MVP and set a record in this sent a message about the caliber of play in game? your conference? EZEKIEL ELLIOTT: It's starting to sink in. CARDALE JONES: I mean, not really. It Just getting the MVP, I credit that to my big boys depends how people want to look at it. When we up front, actually everybody on the offense. got into the playoffs, we didn't say, let's do it for the Everybody does their job, and nothing would be Big Ten. All due respect to our conference, to me possible without that team effort. But just setting it's one of the toughest conferences in the country, that record, I feel blessed. All the great running but we didn't strap up and say, let's go play for backs that have came through Ohio State, Archie Wisconsin, let's go play for The Team Up North. Griffin, Eddie George, Beanie Wells, just being We wanted to play for each other. We wanted to able to accomplish something that all of them prove something to not the country about the Big weren't able to accomplish, it means the world to Ten but prove something to the country about The me, and I'm happy that I was able to carry on that Ohio State University. lineage this season. EZEKIEL ELLIOTT: Going to the playoffs we knew that we were representing the Big Ten, Q. Cardale, what has Coach Meyer but like he said, we go out there and play for each meant to building this program? Obviously other, we play for our brothers and we play for our when he came in, it was a down time and a lot university, and that's all we play for. But I think the of turmoil in the program, and I don't know that Big Ten definitely had a great bowl season. They anybody saw winning a title this quickly and definitely showed what we can bring to the table, having the success that y'all have had so and they definitely showed that we're one of the quickly. What has he meant to the program stronger conferences in the nation. and getting it to where it is today? CARDALE JONES: I mean, he means a Q. Cardale, when you had the two lot to us as players but to this program and the mistakes that led to 10 points and they pulled university as a whole because when he first got in, within 21-20, were you flustered at all, or when as far as the head coaching job, his first team the defense held Oregon to the field goal, did meeting was actually my first day on campus, as you kind of think, all right, this is our turn, well, and the way he attacked the team and let us we're going to take it back here? know it was time for a change and it started at the CARDALE JONES: I mean, I wasn't top with the culture, without that, the defining flustered because there was mistakes that could moment in our program and then something have been avoided. Definitely the fumble that I magical, like he always says, happened, when we tried to throw out of bounds, and I think the played Michigan State my first year here, so two interception, I think it bounced off Jalin's [Marshall] years ago, the way that them seniors bought in and they knew they couldn't -- we weren't able to

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visit our archives at asapsports.com pads or something like that. Just things like that, they didn't force us to commit those mistakes. It was hard to be flustered or nervous or down when you have the other guys on defense playing the way they're playing, and then definitely when you've got the guys up front blocking the way they were blocking, we really felt like we could score any time we want. That's no disrespect to the Oregon defense, that's just the time and dedication we put in on offense, starting up front.

Q. Zeke, with these last three performances on the national stage, you're probably going to come into 2015 a frontrunner for the Heisman Trophy. Just wondering what your thoughts would be on a potential Heisman campaign. EZEKIEL ELLIOTT: It means everything. It's something you dream about as a kid when you're playing NCAA football and you create your little player, and he wins the Heisman. Just thinking that I'm going to have the opportunity next year to compete for the Heisman, just it means everything. I'm not going to change, I'm going to keep grinding. I'm going to do all I can to win it. FastScripts by ASAP Sports

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Ohio State - 42 made, didn't execute in the red zone. That was on Oregon - 20 me, a couple of those things, and then third down. Third down was a big deal, and part of that was precipitated by not being great on 1st and 2nd An Interview With: down and getting in some third-and-longs which is not where you want to be against any defense MARK HELFRICH along the lines of those guys.

MARCUS MARIOTA Q. You were on the staff four years ago BYRON MARSHALL when you played Auburn in the championship game and lost. How does it feel different this time around? MARK HELFRICH: Very similar. Not very MARK HELFRICH: Well, first of all, good. But again, I think that the thing that it's congratulations to Ohio State and Gene Smith and always focused on tonight, there were a lot of great Urban Meyer for a fantastic season, played nights and great days with these guys that led up extremely well tonight, played extremely hard to tonight and caused tonight, and at some point tonight, and we knew we'd expect that and we'd we'll be able to relish those. I don't know when have to play really well to win. Could not be that happens anymore. But yeah, it's a tough, prouder to be associated or could not be prouder tough pill to swallow, knowing everything that to be associated with a greater group of guys than these guys put into this season and how much we the guys in that locker room, two of them up here want these guys to be successful in the minds of with me right now, and what these guys weathered everyone. and persevered through this season was amazing. The coaches, our entire staff, our entire Q. Mark, four years ago in Arizona, administration, and everybody that contributed to Chip Kelly proclaimed we'll be back in a similar us getting here, we've unfortunately had some situation. How confident are you in the future experience in this spot, and it's not much fun of this program to be back on this stage? because these guys had a great season, not a MARK HELFRICH: Extremely confident. good season, a great season, and to end it like this It's really hard, but Oregon, the University of is certainly not the way we wanted to do that. But Oregon, is a place that obviously that can happen again, could not be prouder to be associated with and has happened. Everything is in place from a these guys. support standpoint and facilities standpoint and infrastructure standpoint, talent, our coaching staff Q. Coach, what do you think they did to is outstanding, and the leadership is outstanding. your offense after that first drive? That's kind of all the ingredients. MARK HELFRICH: Well, they're an outstanding defense. We knew that coming in, Q. As a coach, can you appreciate the and they did some different things, both on that accomplishment of Urban Meyer winning three drive and throughout. Not different things national titles? Obviously it's pretty elite completely schematically, but by kind of company, but just as a fellow coach and now to percentage of what they had done to that point. have done it at two different schools? We had a couple opportunities to convert a couple MARK HELFRICH: Yeah, it's extremely huge 3rd downs and had some plays there to be impressive and I said that coming in. What he's

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visit our archives at asapsports.com been able to accomplish on the field has been -- get to this point with this group of guys is again, whatever those adjectives are or something that none of us will ever forget. descriptions, an icon, a Hall of Famer, and Ohio State is a tremendous program with a very proud Q. Elliott's game was amazing. Can tradition, and he's added to it. you talk a little bit about the troubles you guys had stopping him? Q. I was wondering with the new MARK HELFRICH: Yeah, I mean, he's, quarterback coming in for Ohio State, did that again, a tremendous player. When you have him make it more difficult to game plan against him being as fast and physical as he is and then you if there was less tape, and is that how Ezekiel trump that with a 200 whatever he is, 55, 60-pound Elliott was able to have a standout game? quarterback, those are three pretty good hammers MARK HELFRICH: No, I think they're able when you add in the fly sweep game and some of to have standout games because they're the other stuff that they're able to do. But he is an exceptional athletes. Both those guys were very exceptional player, as is their offensive line. Their highly sought-after guys and very talented guys offensive line did a really nice job. Again, our that do a lot of good things. As for the lack of film defense created some turnovers, and we needed and all that stuff, I think, no, he just played really to complement one another a little bit better well, and they did a good job of kind of banging tonight. But again, a lot of credit to those guys. with their run game very well, as we knew coming in again, creating one-on-one situations, and those Q. 2 of 12 on 3rd down. How much of guys made some unbelievable plays in the first that was execution or lack of execution, or did half. The one was pinned against our DB's back it have something to do with their defense, or a and he made that catch. The other catch, the little of both? other one down, I don't know what that was, about MARK HELFRICH: Well, and even more a 40-something yarder, our guy got his hand on it importantly first and second down. If you're in before the wideout did, and you're fractions of an third-and-mediums, third-and-shorts, you've got a inch from getting home in the pass rush, you're lot more options and a lot more things that they fractions of an inch from getting the play at DB. have to defend, and we were in a ton of Those kind of wore on us. 3rd-and-six-pluses, seven-pluses that allows them to get after you up front and be a little bit more Q. You talked about how proud you are diverse in their coverage, so it's always kind of a of this team. You've overcome so many things combination of all those things. this season with injuries and other items. Can you maybe give us an idea of how proud you Q. What's Marcus's legacy at Oregon, are, again, of what this team has gone through and could you put into context the kind of year this year and ending up here in the first-ever he had? playoff and just how proud you are of this MARK HELFRICH: Again, on the outside, season overall? a couple people mentioned leading up to this MARK HELFRICH: Well, I think that's just game, on the outside there's that thing that you it. Again, people talk, which I think is -- and I have to win a National Championship to solidify talked about this last week a little bit. It's everything, and I don't know if that's necessarily unfortunate and a little bit insulting in a lot of ways true. I think Dan Marino was a pretty good player that whoever loses this game, the word failure and some of these other guys that have legacies comes up as a descriptive for the season, and as I and not have a National Championship, two or told these guys in the locker room, that will never three bowl wins, depending on how you count it, exist in these guys' vocabulary, the way that and the stuff on the field, I think you could certainly they've persevered through what they've done and argue that this was the best, if not certainly one of the assistant coaches, everybody in our program, the top two or three greatest seasons in college every player to a tee has just battled and gutted football history. And then if you add in the person this thing out for each other and with each other and the legacy that he has from that standpoint, and wanting to put the right finishing touch on it there has never been one greater. None. and that not happening is gutting to me, for them. But yeah, this was an unbelievable journey, and to

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visit our archives at asapsports.com Q. Along those same lines, if this tonight, but it shouldn't take away from what we happens to be Marcus Mariota's last game as a were able to do this year. Duck, what would you say he brought to the University of Oregon that has changed it Q. Marcus, you heard coach talk about forever? your -- what he thinks your legacy is going to MARK HELFRICH: You know, that's kind be. What do you want your legacy to be? of -- I love this guy, and will forever. Absolutely MARCUS MARIOTA: I don't care about couldn't be luckier to coach him and be around him legacies. That's other people's opinions. My main every day. He's kind of one of those guys, around focus was to be a great teammate. That's all I our neck of the woods, it's kind of like Madonna or hoped to accomplish. Yeah, I mean, I don't really Cher or whatever, it's Marcus. That's the kind his care about legacies. name has reached. He's an adjective, and definitely a very, very -- again, the impact that he's Q. Marcus and Byron, I know it just had on the field is extremely significant; off the ended, but is there something that Ohio State field, probably even bigger. did on the defensive end that maybe surprised you a little bit, or was there one thing that you Q. Can you explain to all of us the think limited your offense tonight? challenges for you and your young players for BYRON MARSHALL: Ohio State has a this new playoff format and the things you've great defense. They have all season. Their front gone through? seven is unbelievable, so hats off to them. But no, MARK HELFRICH: You know, if anything not one thing specifically. I think they just played a if it's the newness of it. Certainly you get to the great game. I think we kind of missed some point where you're playing for the Pac-12 opportunities. We had a couple red zone trips in championship and then it's one avenue, and then the first half that we didn't capitalize on, whether it you're committed 100 percent to winning that game was a field goal or a touchdown. So yeah, I think and then congratulations, and high fives, and you we kind of missed some opportunities, and they flip around and get ready for another outstanding played a great game. team. Especially given the fact that we had the loss midway through the season, it was do or die, Q. Marcus, you said on Saturday that so to speak, from then on out for our football team. outside of wins and losses, you just wanted to Again, to see these guys do what they did every make Oregon proud, your home state proud. single day in the face of some extreme adversity, it Things didn't work out the way you wanted was just really impressive and something, again, them to tonight, but do you feel you and your all the lessons that they used to get to this point team accomplished that? will be with them forever. MARCUS MARIOTA: I hope so. Again, we can't control that. All I know is that in that Q. Marcus, have you made a decision locker room, we're all proud of what we were able about the NFL? to do. Again, we just kind of came up short, proud MARCUS MARIOTA: I have not. I'll take of those guys in the locker room. Again, I truly the next couple days with my family to make that believe we had a great season, and nobody can decision. take that away from us.

Q. Marcus, obviously this loss hurts for Q. Marcus, I know it's difficult to talk you and your whole team, your coach after a loss like this, but what's your message especially, but after everything sinks in, what to all the fans who came over here from the are you going to be the most proud of this 808, from Hawai'i, who came on to support you season? and cheer you on today? MARCUS MARIOTA: I mean, what we MARCUS MARIOTA: Thank you. I were able to accomplish this year, nobody will be appreciate the support. It means a lot. I'm just able to take that away from us. Being the sorry we came up a little short, but again, just champions of the Pac-12, being Rose Bowl thank you for everything. Thank you for all the champions, that says a lot about what we were support. Yeah. able to do this year. Proud of the guys. We fought through a lot of stuff and just ended up short

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visit our archives at asapsports.com went out and just tried to put as many points on the Q. Marcus and Byron, you don't find board in the first, second, third and fourth quarter, yourselves on the losing end very much these so I wouldn't say they tried to flip the script, but last couple of seasons, including this season. they just went out there and played their game. Can you describe what your feelings were at the end of the game, about how much this one Q. Marcus, do you have a most hurts, to come so far and lose it here? memorable moment from this season? MARCUS MARIOTA: I mean it hurts. You MARCUS MARIOTA: You know, winning put so much work, you put so much effort into the the Rose Bowl and winning the Pac-12 year, and it's tough. It's tough to go out with a loss. championship was incredible feelings. That's That's just -- things happen. Ohio State played a something that I'll remember for the rest of my life. great game today, great program. They just It's just a great accomplishment and just an out-executed us for a couple more quarters, and awesome feeling. just the way it happens. Q. For both of you, Marcus, obviously Q. With both the Rose Bowl and now you have a decision to make. Byron, you do, this game, two really of the highest profile too. But if one or both of you guys come back, events in college sports history, what's it been what will it take for this program to get back like to represent Hawai'i, and how has that felt here next year? to you and how have you taken extra steps to MARCUS MARIOTA: Just keep working. make it clear that you represent your home You know, the process that Coach Helfrich and state? these coaches and the rest of the staff at the MARCUS MARIOTA: I mean, I really university have put in place has been successful, haven't put much thought into it. I just try to be and just continue to trust that, take it one day at a myself and be the best teammate that I can be. time, find ways to always improve, and just take it You know, I hope in the end that it does represent from there. Hawai'i in the right light, but again, I just try to be myself. Q. How much do you guys miss Darren and Devon tonight? Q. Marcus, how much will tonight's MARCUS MARIOTA: It's tough. You result affect or have bearing on your decision know, just -- it happens. It's part of football. But I about going to the NFL from the standpoint of thought the guys that played today stepped up and unfinished business, that sort of thing? made plays. You know, we've just got to put the MARCUS MARIOTA: You know, next guy out. obviously it hurts. I'm sure it will weigh in a little bit, but there's a lot of other things that have to play Q. Do you think that would have made into that decision. There's starting grad school, a difference? coming back for another year to improve, there's a MARCUS MARIOTA: I don't think so. We lot of other things that could bring me back. It's rotate so many guys that each guy had experience just not specifically this loss. and was prepared to play. FastScripts by ASAP Sports Q. Both of you or either of you, you guys are usually the team that pressure, pressure, pressure, wears opponents down, cashes in at the end. Did you think Ohio State -- did you get the sense that they flipped that on you tonight? BYRON MARSHALL: I mean, I think they just played their game, to be honest. We tried to play ours. It didn't really work out as planned. But I mean, we can't really take credit away from Ohio State. They just came out ahead and they really just bought out and played an unbelievable game. They deserved to win this one. I think they just

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2015 CFP NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME / POSTGAME QUICKIES No. 2 Oregon Ducks vs. No. 4 Ohio State Buckeyes; AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas (January 12, 2015)

QUICKIE QUOTES FROM THE FIELD

Ohio State Head Coach Urban Meyer

“We play football for a lot of reasons, for the great state of Ohio, we play for an incredible university, The Ohio State University, but most important we play for each other. This is one of the closest teams in football history.

“The chase is complete. These guys accepted their final mission and did it. It was our final mantra the past few weeks and I’m very grateful for the work these guys put in.”

On Mariota: “And our defense. We slowed that guy down, and he’s one of the best players in the country. We tackled well. This is a heck of a football team in scarlet and gray and I want to celebrate with the guys I love.”

Ohio State Running Back Ezekiel Elliott

“This is a surreal moment. It’s why we all came here. After all we went through, this is crazy. It doesn’t feel real.” Ohio State Quarterback Cardale Jones

On the feeling of winning the championship“It’s even better than I thought. It’s an unreal feeling. The seniors never could win a bowl game in four years. This is for them.” “Even though I made some stupid turnovers, I knew I didn’t have to do too much and just have faith in my teammates and faith in our defense.” On LeBron James’ words to him“This is something for all of Cleveland to believe in and rally around.”

PLAYERS OF THE GAME

Offensive: #15 RB Ezekiel Elliott, Soph., Ohio State

Defensive: #23 S Tyvis Powell, Soph., Ohio State

2015 CFP NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME / HALFTIME NOTES 1 of 1 No. 2 Oregon Ducks vs. No. 4 Ohio State Buckeyes; AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas (January 12, 2015)

MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS FIRST HALF NOTES OREGON OHIO STATE HALFTIME SCORE ...... 10 21 Time Spent in the Lead (Tied 5:48) ...... 7:45 16:27 Total Plays-Yards ...... 49-292 39-315 Plus Territory: Plays-Yards ...... 22-130 17-83 Drives With Plays in Plus Territory ... 3 of 8 4 of 7 First Down Plays/Yards ...... 23/147 17/127 Average on First Down ...... 6.4 7.5 Rushes/Average ...... 12/4.7 10/3.6 Passes/Average (includes sacks) ...... 11/8.4 7/13.0 Second Down Efficiency ...... 9-17 4-13 HALFTIME QUOTES FROM THE FIELD Third Down Efficiency ...... 2-8 5-8 Rushing ...... 0-1 3-6 OREGON HEAD COACH MARK HELFRICH Passing ...... 2-7 2-2 General: “ Average Yards To Go ...... 7.1 7.0 Average Yards To Go/Conversions .... 10.0 6.8 Yards Gained ...... 41 108 3rd & 5 or less ...... 0-3 2-2 3rd & 6 or more ...... 2-5 3-6 Fourth Down Efficiency (Yards) ...... 0-1 (2) 1-1 (2) On The First Half: Total Possessions/Average FP ...... 8/O23 7/OS26 First Half ...... 8/O23 7/OS26 Second Half ...... 7/O20 6/OS20 Drives Started Inside/At Own 20 ...... 3 (3/0) 3 (3/0) Drives Started In Plus Territory ...... 0 (0 pts) 2 (14 pts) Three Plays & Out ...... 1 1 Special Teams Tackles Inside-the-20 ...... 0 1 OHIO STATE HEAD COACH URBAN MEYER Red Zone (pts) ...... 2-3 (10) 2-2 (14) General: Plays-Yards ...... 10-32 4-7 Third Down Efficiency ...... 0-2 1-1 Yards by Quarter: 1st ...... 141 146 2nd ...... 146 174 On shutting down their offense:

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38 (but it obviously didn’t matter with the roof closed).

PLAYER QUICK LINER NOTES QB Marcus Mariota 42