FINAL SCORE
Ohio State Buckeyes at Penn State Nittany Lions game details
Saturday, November 2, 2024 at 12:00 PM ET
Beaver Stadium · Attendance 111,030
Put the final score in perspective.
Ohio State finished 7 points ahead. The teams combined for 33 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Ohio State 14, Penn State 10. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Penn State outscored its opponent in 1 and Ohio State in 2. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 Ohio State | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
 Penn State | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 21 | 15 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 6-13 | 3-11 |
| 4th down efficiency | 1-1 | 1-2 |
| Total Yards | 358 | 270 |
| Passing | 182 | 150 |
| Comp/Att | 16/24 | 13/21 |
| Yards per pass | 7.6 | 7.1 |
| Rushing | 176 | 120 |
| Rushing Attempts | 40 | 32 |
| Yards per rush | 4.4 | 3.8 |
| Penalties | 2-15 | 5-45 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 0 |
| Interceptions thrown | 1 | 1 |
| Possession | 31:29 | 28:31 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Ohio State Buckeyes
passing
| Will Howard | 16/24 | 182 | 7.6 | 2 | 1 | 70.7 |
rushing
| Quinshon Judkins | 14 | 95 | 6.8 | 0 | 22 |
| TreVeyon Henderson | 10 | 54 | 5.4 | 0 | 16 |
| Will Howard | 12 | 24 | 2.0 | 0 | 11 |
| Emeka Egbuka | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Team | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| Jeremiah Smith | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 0 | 18 |
| Brandon Inniss | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 1 | 21 |
| Emeka Egbuka | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 1 | 25 |
| TreVeyon Henderson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 |
| Jelani Thurman | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 |
| Carnell Tate | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 8 |
| Quinshon Judkins | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Gee Scott Jr. | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
fumbles
| Will Howard | 1 | 1 | 0 |
defensive
| Cody Simon | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sonny Styles | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lathan Ransom | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaylahn Tuimoloau | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caleb Downs | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Davison Igbinosun | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Sawyer | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denzel Burke | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Caden Curry | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ty Hamilton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenyatta Jackson Jr. | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyleik Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Hancock | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C.J. Hicks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Calvin Simpson-Hunt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayden Fielding | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hero Kanu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kayden McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dianté Griffin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
interceptions
kickReturns
| Emeka Egbuka | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
kicking
| Jayden Fielding | 2/2 | 100.0 | 46 | 2/2 | 8 |
punting
| Joe McGuire | 2 | 94 | 47.0 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Penn State Nittany Lions
passing
| Drew Allar | 12/20 | 146 | 7.3 | 0 | 1 | 32.7 |
| Beau Pribula | 1/1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 25.9 |
rushing
| Tyler Warren | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 0 | 33 |
| Drew Allar | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 0 | 14 |
| Kaytron Allen | 12 | 27 | 2.3 | 0 | 7 |
| Nicholas Singleton | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 0 | 4 |
| Beau Pribula | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| Nicholas Singleton | 6 | 54 | 9.0 | 0 | 19 |
| Tyler Warren | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 0 | 31 |
| Harrison Wallace III | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | 24 |
| Julian Fleming | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
defensive
| Zakee Wheatley | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kobe King | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaylen Reed | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zane Durant | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Abdul Carter | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Rojas | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amin Vanover | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominic DeLuca | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalen Kimber | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A.J. Harris | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Miller | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Elliot Washington II | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dvon J-Thomas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrece Mills | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coziah Izzard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kolin Dinkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alonzo Ford Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zion Tracy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
interceptions
| Zion Tracy | 1 | 31 | 1 |
kickReturns
| Nicholas Singleton | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 25 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Zion Tracy | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 14 | 0 |
kicking
| Ryan Barker | 2/2 | 100.0 | 44 | 1/1 | 7 |
punting
| Riley Thompson | 4 | 171 | 42.8 | 1 | 1 | 50 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 6:54 | Ryan Barker 29 Yd Field Goal | 0 – 3 |
| 1 | 5:37 | Zion Tracy 31 Yd Interception Return (Ryan Barker Kick) | 0 – 10 |
| 1 | 1:59 | Emeka Egbuka 25 Yd pass from Will Howard (Jayden Fielding Kick) | 7 – 10 |
| 2 | 11:54 | Brandon Inniss 21 Yd pass from Will Howard (Jayden Fielding Kick) | 14 – 10 |
| 3 | 10:40 | Jayden Fielding 46 Yd Field Goal | 17 – 10 |
| 3 | 5:03 | Ryan Barker 44 Yd Field Goal | 17 – 13 |
| 4 | 10:13 | Jayden Fielding 39 Yd Field Goal | 20 – 13 |
ESPN · Updated Oct 12, 11:06 PM UTCData methodology