College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Ohio State 42, Alabama 35
When: 8:30 PM   ET ,  Thursday, January 1, 2015
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Attendance: 74682
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Ohio State 6 14 14 8 42
Alabama 14 7 7 7 35
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 11:32
Ohio State   FG  Alabama 0 - Ohio State 3
Sean Nuernberger 22 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 9:25
Alabama   TD  Alabama 7 - Ohio State 3
Derrick Henry 25 yd. run (Adam Griffith kick)
1st Quarter - 5:17
Ohio State   FG  Alabama 7 - Ohio State 6
Sean Nuernberger 21 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 2:06
Alabama   TD  Alabama 14 - Ohio State 6
Amari Cooper 15 yd. pass from Blake Sims (Adam Griffith kick)
2nd Quarter - 8:07
Alabama   TD  Alabama 21 - Ohio State 6
T.J. Yeldon 2 yd. run (Adam Griffith kick)
2nd Quarter - 2:55
Ohio State   TD  Alabama 21 - Ohio State 13
Ezekiel Elliott 3 yd. run (Sean Nuernberger kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:12
Ohio State   TD  Alabama 21 - Ohio State 20
Michael Thomas 13 yd. pass from Evan Spencer (Sean Nuernberger kick)
3rd Quarter - 12:44
Ohio State   TD  Alabama 21 - Ohio State 27
Devin Smith 47 yd. pass from Cardale Jones (Sean Nuernberger kick)
3rd Quarter - 3:21
Ohio State   TD  Alabama 21 - Ohio State 34
Steve Miller 41 yd. interception return (Sean Nuernberger kick)
3rd Quarter - 1:01
Alabama   TD  Alabama 28 - Ohio State 34
Blake Sims 5 yd. run (Adam Griffith kick)
4th Quarter - 3:24
Ohio State   TD  Alabama 28 - Ohio State 42
Ezekiel Elliott 85 yd. run (Michael Thomas pass from Cardale Jones)
4th Quarter - 1:59
Alabama   TD  Alabama 35 - Ohio State 42
Amari Cooper 6 yd. pass from Blake Sims (Adam Griffith kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Ohio State Alabama
W/L 13 - 1 - 0 12 - 2 - 0
Conference 8 - 0 - 0 7 - 1 - 0
Team Stats
  Ohio State Alabama
Score 42 35
1st Downs 23 21
3rd Down Efficiency 10-for-18
56%		 2-for-13
15%
4th Down Efficiency 0-for-0
0%		 2-for-2
100%
Total Yards 537 407
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 42-281 34-170
Average/Rush 6.7 5.0
Passing
Comp-Att 19-36 22-36
Passing Yards 256 237
Average/Pass Play 6.6 6.1
Penalties-Yards 4-24 4-36
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0
Interceptions Thrown 1 3
Time of Possession 31:19 28:41
PLAYER STATS
Ohio State (13 - 1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Jones 18/35 243 1 1
E. Spencer 1/1 13 1 0
Alabama (12 - 2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
B. Sims 22/36 237 2 3
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
E. Elliott 20 230 11.5 2
C. Jones 17 43 2.5 0
J. Marshall 3 11 3.7 0
C. Samuel 1 1 1.0 0
N. Brown 1 -4 -4.0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
D. Henry 13 95 7.3 1
T. Yeldon 10 47 4.7 1
B. Sims 10 29 2.9 1
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
D. Smith 2 87 43.5 1
M. Thomas 7 66 9.4 1
J. Marshall 5 55 11.0 0
N. Vannett 2 23 11.5 0
E. Elliott 1 13 13.0 0
E. Spencer 1 7 7.0 0
C. Smith 1 5 5.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
A. Cooper 9 71 7.9 2
D. White 3 65 21.7 0
D. Henry 2 54 27.0 0
J. Fowler 2 14 7.0 0
O. Howard 2 14 7.0 0
C. Black 2 10 5.0 0
B. Vogler 2 9 4.5 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
S. Miller 1 41 1
T. Powell 1 29 0
V. Bell 1 7 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
C. Jones 1 32 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
D. Lee 2.0 8.0
M. Bennett 1.0 9.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
X. Dickson 1.0 12.0
D. Pettway 1.0 5.0
J. Allen 1.0 4.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
V. Bell 8 0
D. Lee 7 0
D. Grant 6 1
C. Grant 5 5
J. Perry 4 1
E. Apple 4 1
J. Bosa 3 0
G. Conley 2 0
C. Smith 2 0
T. Powell 2 1
M. Bennett 2 2
B. Dunn 1 0
E. Elliott 1 0
C. Williams 1 0
C. Samuel 1 0
E. Smith 1 0
D. Booker 1 0
A. Washington 1 1
Tackles
  Tk Ast
L. Collins 9 3
X. Dickson 5 0
N. Perry 5 1
E. Jackson 4 0
T. DePriest 4 2
G. Smith 4 2
J. Reed 3 0
J. Allen 2 0
R. Foster 2 0
J. Williams 2 0
A. Robinson 2 0
C. Jones 2 0
R. Ragland 2 5
M. Nysewander 1 0
J. Washington 1 0
D. Pettway 1 0
T. Brown 1 0
R. Anderson 1 0
O. Howard 1 0
J. Fowler 1 0
D. Devall 1 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
D. Lee 3.0 11.0
M. Bennett 1.5 10.0
A. Washington 0.5 0.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
X. Dickson 2.0 15.0
J. Allen 2.0 9.0
R. Ragland 2.0 5.0
N. Perry 1.0 11.0
L. Collins 1.0 8.0
D. Pettway 1.0 5.0
T. DePriest 1.0 1.0
R. Anderson 1.0 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
C. Jones 1
E. Elliott 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles