It's A Final

[ticklingfeet4fu]

In a great battle between two GREAT teams, it is now final: The Ohio State Buckeyes 42 - The Michigan Wolverines 39. Both teams should be proud of their efforts. A great game with two Giants. The Buckeyes came out on top, but Michigan has NOTHING to be ashamed of. They played their hearts out. Hats off to both teams who both deserve to play for a National Championship!!! Here is how this game looks in the boxscore: Congratulations to BOTH schools:

Ohio St. 42, Michigan 39

Preview - Box Score - Recap



1 2 3 4 Total

(2) Michigan 7 7 10 15 39 Final

(1) Ohio St. 7 21 7 7 42


Box Score Play by Play Drive Log


Scoring Summary Wolverines - Buckeyes
1st Quarter
Wolverines TD Mike Hart rushed to the right for 1 yard gain (Garrett Rivas made PAT) 7 - 0

Buckeyes TD Troy Smith passed to Roy Hall to the right for 1 yard gain (Aaron Pettrey made PAT) 7 - 7

2nd Quarter
Buckeyes TD Chris Wells rushed up the middle for 52 yard gain (Aaron Pettrey made PAT) 7 - 14

Buckeyes TD Troy Smith passed to Ted Ginn Jr. down the middle for 39 yard gain (Aaron Pettrey made PAT) 7 - 21

Wolverines TD Chad Henne passed to Adrian Arrington to the left for 37 yard gain (Garrett Rivas made PAT) 14 - 21

Buckeyes TD Troy Smith passed to Anthony Gonzalez down the middle for 8 yard gain (Aaron Pettrey made PAT) 14 - 28

3rd Quarter
Wolverines TD Mike Hart rushed to the right for 2 yard gain (Garrett Rivas made PAT) 21 - 28

Wolverines FG Garrett Rivas kicked a 39-yard field goal 24 - 28

Buckeyes TD Antonio Pittman rushed up the middle for 56 yard gain (Aaron Pettrey made PAT) 24 - 35

4th Quarter
Wolverines TD Mike Hart rushed to the right for 1 yard gain (Garrett Rivas made PAT) 31 - 35

Buckeyes TD Troy Smith passed to Brian Robiskie to the left for 13 yard gain (Aaron Pettrey made PAT) 31 - 42

Wolverines TD Chad Henne passed to Tyler Ecker to the right for 16 yard gain (2pt attempt converted, Chad Henne pass to Steve Breaston) 39 - 42

Team Statistics
Wolverines Buckeyes
First Downs 19 25
Passing 11 17
Rushing 6 7
Penalty 2 1
Third Down Efficiency 4-13 6-10
Fourth Down Efficiency 0-2 0-0
TOTAL NET YARDS 396 520
Total Plays 65 68
Average Gain Per Play 6.1 7.6
NET YARDS RUSHING 128 202
Rushes 30 27
Average Per Rush 4.3 7.5
NET YARDS PASSING 268 318
Completions-Attempts 21-35 29-41
Yards Per Pass Play 7.7 7.8
Times Sacked 4 1
Yards Lost to Sacks 33 6
Had Intercepted 0 1
PUNTS 5 3
Average Punt 44.8 38.3
PENALTIES 4 4
Penalty Yards 45 50
FUMBLES 1 2
Fumbles Lost 0 2

Passing
Michigan Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int
C. Henne 21 35 268 60.0 7.7 4 33 2 0
Ohio St. Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int
T. Smith 29 41 318 70.7 7.8 1 6 4 1

Rushing
Michigan Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL
M. Hart 23 140 6.1 33 3 0
M. Manningham 2 13 6.5 12 0 0
S. Breaston 1 8 8.0 8 0 0
C. Henne 4 -33 -8.3 -2 0 0
Ohio St. Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL
A. Pittman 18 138 7.7 56 1 0
C. Wells 5 55 11.0 52 1 0
T. Smith 4 9 2.3 8 0 2

Receiving
Michigan Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL
A. Arrington 5 90 18.0 37 1 0
M. Manningham 6 85 14.2 25 0 0
T. Ecker 2 30 15.0 16 1 0
M. Massey 1 20 20.0 20 0 0
C. Butler 2 19 9.5 10 0 0
S. Breaston 3 19 6.3 7 0 0
M. Hart 2 5 2.5 3 0 0
Ohio St. Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL
T. Ginn Jr. 8 103 12.9 39 1 0
B. Robiskie 7 91 13.0 40 1 0
A. Gonzalez 4 49 12.3 17 1 0
R. Hall 3 38 12.7 27 1 0
B. Hartline 3 21 7.0 8 0 0
R. Nicol 2 9 4.5 6 0 0
S. White Jr. 1 7 7.0 7 0 0
A. Pittman 1 0 0.0 0 0 0

Kicking
Michigan XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts
G. Rivas 4 4 1 1 39 100.0 7
Ohio St. XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts
A. Pettrey 6 6 0 0 0 0.0 6

Punting
Michigan Punt Avg Lng Blk I20 TB
Z. Mesko 5 44.8 0 0 2 1
Ohio St. Punt Avg Lng Blk I20 TB
A. Trapasso 3 38.3 0 0 1 0

Kick/Punt Returns
Michigan PR Yds Avg Lng TD KR Yds Avg Lng TD
S. Breaston 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 43 21.5 22 0
O. Oluigbo 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 11 11.0 11 0
Ohio St. PR Yds Avg Lng TD KR Yds Avg Lng TD
T. Ginn Jr. 2 0 0.0 0 0 5 106 21.2 24 0

 

[unclebill]

Fine job with the boxscore, ticklingfeet4fun. But for some reason, the Game 5 World Series boxscore was your best. I don`t know what you did different to that particular one. There was something about it that made me smile.