March 6, 2026

Ohio State vs Rutgers Recap: Hot Start, Cold Finish for OSU

2nd Half  

The second half started slow with three total punts. Rutgers was the first team to break the streak and score a touchdown on the fourth drive of the half. A monster 66-yard Isaih Pacheco run set up a 4-yard Raiqwon O’Neal TD run. The two-point conversion was then failed. (35-9)

OSU finally rebounded offensively and quickly struck back. Fields found his star tight end Jeremy Ruckert for a 7-yard TD. (42-9)

Several Ohio State defensive penalties continued to gift Rutgers on the next drive. The Scarlet Knights then capitalized with a Johnny Langan 6-yard TD pass to Jovani Haskins. The two-point conversion was again failed. (42-15)

Ohio State punted on the next drive and Avery Young returned the ball on the far side of the field. Young then tossed a wobbly and ugly ball to switch the field. Bo Melton hauled it in and took it 58-yards to the house. The two-point conversion was once again failed. (42-21)

Ohio State then scored for their final time of the game with a 33-yard bullet from Fields to Olave.  (49-21)

Rutgers scored a last consolation touchdown off a Langan 1-yard run. For the fourth time in a row, the two-point conversion was failed. (49-27)

Prior to game finishing, both teams fumbled. No points were scored off the turnovers and it all wrapped up at 49-27.

Cole McDaniel

Cole has served as the Vice President of Kee On Sports since 2020. He is a 2019 graduate of Baldwin Wallace University, where he played soccer and majored in broadcasting and mass communications. Cole began his media career in radio in 2016. Here at Kee On Sports, Cole and Vince McKee co-host the Climate Tech Inc. NFL Prediction Show. He is our resident NFL and NBA draft expert and the former play-by-play voice of the High School Football Game of the Week on the Youtube channel. He also previously wrote on the Ohio State Buckeyes, Cleveland Browns and Cleveland Cavaliers for Sports Illustrated, served as the play-by-play voice for many Baldwin Wallace University athletic events at bwyellowjackets.com and OAC TV, was the color commentator for Cleveland SC and the play-by-play voice of the Frozen Fish Fiasco.

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