Ohio State football powers past Nebraska, 63-38

Ohio State won?t soon forget the 2012 Homecoming football game against Nebraska.

Records fell on the field and in the Ohio Stadium grandstands, and most importantly, No. 12 OSU (6-0, 2-0 Big Ten) outlasted No. 21 Nebraska (4-2, 1-1 Big Ten) in a raucous, back-and-forth affair, 63-38.

A record Ohio Stadium crowd of 106,102 watched as OSU sophomore quarterback Braxton Miller powered OSU to victory. Miller set a new OSU single-game quarterback rushing record with 186 yards in the game. Miller also threw 127 yards on 7-of-14 pass attempts.

Miller helped lead OSU's offense to just 17 yards of total offense in the first quarter, but racked up a statistical advantage by game's end. By the end of the night, the Buckeyes out-gained Nebraska, 498-437, in the most impressive showing by first-year coach Urban Meyer's spread offense to date.

Nebraska junior quarterback Taylor Martinez committed four turnovers in the game, one of which was returned 41 yards by OSU sophomore cornerback Bradley Roby. The game?s second interception, also caught by Roby, set OSU up for a go-ahead score in the second quarter. Martinez would finish the game 15-of-25 on pass attempts for 214 yards.

The two 123-year-old football programs swapped scores into the second half, and three of the Buckeyes? touchdowns belonged to junior running back Carlos Hyde. After adding a touchdown in the final minute of play, Hyde finished the night with four scores on on 28 carries and 140 yards. The four scores brought Hyde's career touchdown tally in two games against the Cornhuskers to six.

Hyde scored two touchdowns and ran for 104 yards during the Buckeyes? Oct. 8 visit to Lincoln last season. OSU lost that game, 34-27, but Saturday was a different story.

OSU and Nebraska seemed to go tit-for-tat on the scoreboard, but a third-quarter punt return for a touchdown by OSU receiver Corey Brown put the game out of reach once and for all.

?Overall it was just good blocking. When we watch the film tomorrow, that?s what we?ll see, those guys making good blocks," Brown said. "Making those perfect blocks made it easy for me. The blocking was honestly so good I didn?t even see anyone in front of me, just the punter. I knew I just had to make one person miss.?

Still, the Buckeyes poured on more offense. A 33-yard run by OSU redshirt sophomore Rod Smith put OSU up, 56-31.?With less than six minutes to play, Martinez would score to bring Nebraska to within 18 points, but it was too late.

OSU had won, and Meyer had helped the Buckeyes remain undefeated in his first season in Columbus.

"I never want to let hat go without telling the fans that ? hat was tremendous," Meyer said of the Scarlet and Gray fans after the game. "... That was, from the bottom of my heart ? I want to make sure everybody knows that. I know it's not a great story, but it's a great story. That was good for Ohio State."

After taking a 7-0 lead on Roby?s interception for a touchdown, Nebraska roared out to a 17-7 lead as the Cornhuskers scored on three consecutive drives.

Nebraska sophomore running back Ameer Abdullah scored back-to-back 1-yard touchdown runs to put his team up, 14-7, and senior kicker Brett Maher extended the lead to 17-7 with a 26-yard field goal.

The Buckeyes? offense sputtered out of the gate, punting on each of its first three drives. After the third punt, which was returned to inside the Buckeyes? 30-yard line, Nebraska moved the ball 28 yards on just four plays to take the lead at 14-7 on an another 1-yard run by Abdullah.

Abdullah finished the game with 28 yards on seven carries.

Like the previous three drives, OSU?s fourth possession ended well short of a score. A failed fake-punt attempt, which saw OSU redshirt senior Ben Buchanan wrapped up prior to gaining the necessary yardage, put Nebraska in line for a third consecutive score. Maher?s kick advanced Nebraska?s advantage to 17-7.

OSU?s offense was floundering, but, as he often does, Miller came to the rescue.

Miller broke a 72-yard run to put the Buckeyes back in scoring position, and the team capitalized when Hyde crossed into the end zone on a 1-yard run.

Junior quarterback Kenny Guiton helped the Buckeyes finish the drive after Miller exited the field with an apparent injury following his long run. He would return on the following drive.

With the score 17-14, Roby struck again, intercepting Martinez for the second time in the half. That set OSU up nicely for the go-ahead score ? Miller flicked the ball five yards and sophomore tight end Jeff Heuerman did the rest, running untouched into the south end zone for his first career score.

Martinez was unflinching in his response, though, as he led the Cornhuskers on a four-play, 75-yard drive that he finished himself with a nine-yard run. He barged into the end zone to restore Nebraska?s lead at 24-21 after several missed tackles by OSU.

Source: http://www.thelantern.com/sports/ohio-state-football-powers-past-nebraska-63-38-1.2921502

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