Ohio State's defense forced six takeaways against Iowa, Zach Harrison played his best game as a Buckeye and C.J. Stroud showed resilience in an up-and-down performance.
C.J. Stroud completed 20 of 30 passes for 286 yards and four TDs, and Zach Harrison collected one sack, two TFLs, a forced fumble and deflected a pass against Iowa.
Caden Curry snuffs out Iowa’s trickery, Kye Stokes forces a fumble and Kaleb Brown records his first catch as 10 true freshmen play in Ohio State's 44-point victory.
Ohio State opened as a 15-point favorite over Penn State as the two prepare for battle next Saturday at noon in Happy Valley. The over/under was set at 61.5 points.
Despite a slow offensive start, Ohio State's 54 points were the most against a Kirk Ferentz-led Iowa team and Jim Knowles' defense dominated an embarrassing Iowa attack.
Iowa's offense lived up to its billing, but Ohio State had little problem lighting up the vaunted Hawkeye defense, winning 54-10. Here are three key stats from the game.
OSU had some rust to shake off, Tanner McCalister is "like a son" to Jim Knowles and Ryan Day thought "we ain't getting Zach (Harrison)" at one point in his recruitment.
Zach Harrison makes four drive-ending plays, Bradley Robinson and Jayden Ballard suffer injuries, Jordan Hancock makes his season debut and Chip Trayanum plays running back.
The OSU defense had its most turnovers in six years and its most sacks of the season in a near-perfect performance highlighted by one big play after the next.
Ohio State scored only one touchdown on its first 10 possessions against Iowa yet still scored only five fewer points than the Hawkeyes had allowed all season.
