Thirteen Ohio State defenders played season-high snap counts as the Buckeyes tightened their rotations and faced 81 plays from Penn State’s offense on Saturday in State College.
For only the second time in eight games this season, Ohio State had to play its starters for four full quarters in its 44-31 win over Penn State.
Like in the season opener against Notre Dame, Ohio State never had firm control of Saturday’s game in Happy Valley until late in the fourth quarter. The Buckeyes actually trailed in the fourth quarter until theyin a span of just six minutes and nine seconds to pull away from the home team. As a result, Ohio State kept its rotations much tighter against Penn State than in most of its games this season. Giving us a glimpse into which players Ohio State trusts to be on the field in big games in the homestretch of the season, a season-low 50 Buckeyes saw action in the battle with the Nittany Lions.
Only 16 Buckeyes played snaps on offense, and just 20 Buckeyes saw action on defense. Thirteen of those Buckeyes – defensive ends Zach Harrison, J.T.
Our full report on how many snaps each Buckeye played on offense, defense and special teams follows below. Offensive and defensive snap counts are courtesy ofdata analyst Matt Gutridge. All snap counts should be considered unofficial as they were not provided by Ohio State.Stroud played every snap of the game at quarterback for only the second time this season and threw passes on just over half of Ohio State’s 64 offensive snaps, completing 26 of 33 attempts for 354 yards and one touchdown.
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