Ohio State defeats Oregon in 2025 Rose Bowl, advances to College Football Playoff semifinals

Ohio State defeated Oregon 41-21 to win the 2025 Rose Bowl within the Faculty Soccer Playoff quarterfinals. 

The Buckeyes jumped out to a 34-0 lead within the second quarter and by no means seemed again. Large receiver Jeremiah Smith broke the Ohio State single-game freshman receiving yardage file with 187 yards. He additionally added seven receptions and two receiving touchdowns as he earned the Rose Bowl Offensive MVP.

The man throwing Smith the ball, quarterback Will Howard, accomplished 65 % of his passes for 319 yards and three touchdowns. Nevertheless, it was solely the air assault the place Ohio State dominated; operating again TreVeyon Henderson ran for 94 yards and two touchdowns on eight carries (11.8 ypc) and operating again Quinshon Judkins ran for 85 yards. In whole it was a 500 yard efficiency for the Buckeye offense.

Ohio State’s protection was dominant in its personal proper, solely permitting three drives to cross the 50-yard line. The Buckeyes harassed Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel to the tune of eight sacks, and the run recreation wasn’t any assist with destructive 23 yards and solely 20 yards with out Gabriel’s destructive whole. Linebacker Cody Simon earned Rose Bowl Defensive MVP honors after main Ohio State with 11 tackles, two sacks and three tackles for loss.

Within the loss, Gabriel tied Case Keenum for the FBS profession all-time passing landing file at 155.

With the win, 8-seed and No. 6 ranked Ohio State advances to play 5-seed and No. 3 ranked Texas within the Cotton Bowl in Arlington, Texas, on Friday, January 10 at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN. It will be the fourth time the historic packages have met on the gridiron.

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