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National Championship #4 Ohio State Buckeyes 42 #2 Oregon Ducks 20 O!ensive Player of the Game&[FLJFM&MMJPUU SVOOJOHCBDL 0IJP4UBUF Defensive Player of the Game5ZWJT1PXFMM TBGFUZ 0IJP4UBUF Ohio State University (14-1) vs. University of Oregon (13-2) January 12, 2015 "554UBEJVNt"SMJOHUPO 5FYBT "UUFOEBODF t4UBSU5JNFQNt%VSBUJPO Scoring Summary (Final) 2015 CFP National Championship #4 OHIO STATE vs #2 OREGON (Jan 12, 2015 at Arlington, Texas) #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.