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National Championship Game: Tennessee Volunteers vs. Ohio St. Buckeyes

January 22, 2051
69°
Hard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens, FL) Attendance: 65,059 (100%)
Volunteers 3 13 0 6 - 22
Buckeyes 7 0 7 10 - 24

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Volunteers: 4-5-OS 15 (9:13) 13-Henry Steele 34 yard field goal is GOOD. OS 0 TEN 3
(Qtr 1) Buckeyes: 3-11-TEN 25 (3:56) 6-Paul Robertson pass complete to 13-Glen Justice for 25 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Kendrick Knee. OS 7 TEN 3
(Qtr 2) Volunteers: 3-2-OS 2 (12:53) 23-James Burke ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 2) Volunteers: 1-10-OS 35 (8:02) 4-Mark Thomas pass complete to 35-James Yearby for 35 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 13-Henry Steele. OS 7 TEN 16
(Qtr 3) Buckeyes: 2-10-TEN 19 (5:25) 6-Paul Robertson pass complete to 13-Glen Justice for 19 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Kendrick Knee. OS 14 TEN 16
(Qtr 4) Buckeyes: 4-3-TEN 11 (11:59) 9-Kendrick Knee 29 yard field goal is GOOD. OS 17 TEN 16
(Qtr 4) Buckeyes: 1-10-OS 42 (1:52) 3-Bertram Lee ran for 58 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Kendrick Knee. OS 24 TEN 16
(Qtr 4) Volunteers: 1-4-OS 4 (0:33) 4-Mark Thomas pass complete to 23-James Burke for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN!

Team Statistics

Buckeyes Volunteers
First Downs 10 26
- Rushing 5 1
- Passing 5 24
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 285 509
- Offensive Plays 50 68
- Yards Per Play 5.70 7.49
Net Rushing Yards 144 56
- Rushing Attempts 24 21
- Yards Per Rush 6.00 2.67
Net Passing Yards 141 453
- Att/Comp/Int 26 / 14 / 0 46 / 39 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 141 465
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 1 / 12
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.42 9.64
- Yards Per Completion 10.07 11.92
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 0 3 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 12 5 / 10
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.4 5.9
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 17 2 / 10
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 2
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 28 2 / 46
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 31 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 2 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 23
Time of Possession 23:59 36:02

Drive Charts

Ohio St. Buckeyes

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 9:10 5:17 OWN 25 9 75 Touchdown
2 12:50 1:29 OWN 25 3 -2 Punt
2 10:25 0:16 OPP 41 3 0 Punt
2 7:54 1:25 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
2 2:10 2:10 OWN 5 4 15 Half
3 15:00 3:47 OWN 25 8 22 Punt
3 7:09 1:37 OPP 44 3 6 Punt
3 5:27 0:07 OPP 19 2 19 Touchdown
3 2:05 5:10 OWN 20 10 69 Field Goal
4 6:33 2:02 OWN 5 3 8 Punt
4 1:52 0:11 OWN 42 1 58 Touchdown
4 0:28 0:28 OPP 50 1 0 Game

Tennessee Volunteers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 5:50 OWN 25 9 60 Field Goal
1 3:52 6:02 OWN 24 11 76 Touchdown
2 11:21 0:56 OWN 26 3 13 Fumble
2 10:09 2:15 OWN 20 4 80 Touchdown
2 6:29 4:19 OWN 26 7 35 Punt
3 11:13 4:04 OWN 18 8 57 Interception
3 5:33 0:06 OWN 9 1 0 Fumble
3 5:20 3:15 OWN 18 5 35 Punt
4 11:56 5:22 OWN 25 8 33 Punt
4 4:31 2:39 OWN 35 5 30 Missed FG
4 1:41 1:14 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown

Rushing Stats

Ohio St. Buckeyes

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Bertram Lee 16 103 6.44 58 2 1
Melvin Suhr 6 37 6.17 12 2 0
Tom Beard 1 4 4.00 4 0 0
Paul Robertson 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Tennessee Volunteers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
James Yearby 8 29 3.63 9 0 0
James Burke 13 27 2.08 8 0 1

Passing Stats

Ohio St. Buckeyes

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Paul Robertson 26 14 141 0 / 0 2 25 0 95.19

Tennessee Volunteers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Mark Thomas 46 39 465 1 / 12 2 38 1 114.22

Receiving Stats

Ohio St. Buckeyes

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Glen Justice 5 56 11.20 25 2
Glenn Kingsley 3 41 13.67 25 0
Mike Ramos 2 30 15.00 22 0
Ramon Danner 2 10 5.00 7 0
Braxton Miller 1 3 3.00 3 0
Raymond Fulton 1 1 1.00 1 0

Tennessee Volunteers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Alvin Stanford 9 126 14.00 31 0
James Burke 7 82 11.71 22 1
James Mucha 7 69 9.86 18 0
James Yearby 5 64 12.80 35 1
Michael Buzzell 4 62 15.50 38 0
Everett Kent 4 39 9.75 12 0
George Pepe 2 20 10.00 16 0
Timmy Acosta 1 3 3.00 3 0

Blocking Stats

Ohio St. Buckeyes

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Mark Perez 35 30 0 1
John Reed 0 1 0 0
Thomas Harvey 0 2 0 0
Kurt Bennett 0 2 0 0
Leonard Cerrato 0 1 0 1
David Jones 0 1 0 0
Norman Kelley 0 1 0 0
Vernon Rodriguez 0 1 0 0
Glenn Higginbotham 0 1 0 0
Miguel Tapia 0 2 0 0
Lamont Hendrickson 0 3 0 0
Christopher Garner 0 1 0 0
Thomas Shaw 0 1 0 0
Andrew Giles 0 2 0 0
Aubrey Murphy 0 1 0 0
Shawn Grimes 0 2 0 0
Braxton Miller 0 1 0 0
Gary Alford 0 3 0 0
Scott Ramos 0 3 0 0
David Davidson 34 32 0 2
Tom Beard 2 3 0 0
Jeromy Royce 33 23 0 1
Trevor Redington 36 25 0 1
David Baldwin 26 31 0 3
Mike Ramos 0 15 0 0
Ramon Danner 0 9 0 0
Raymond Fulton 10 15 0 0
Bertram Lee 9 3 0 0
Jared Saephan 0 5 0 1
Richard McKinney 0 1 0 0
Glen Justice 0 12 0 1
Glenn Kingsley 8 21 0 1
Melvin Suhr 3 1 0 0
James Cowan 10 2 0 0
George Johnson 7 0 0 0
Jared Bailey 6 4 0 0
Steve Anderson 0 2 0 0
Larry Banks 1 0 0 0

Tennessee Volunteers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Mike Reed 52 35 1 1
Maurice Hayden 49 28 0 3
Albert Goad 0 1 0 0
Billy Hembree 2 0 0 0
Jess Lowrey 4 0 0 0
Timmy Acosta 3 3 0 0
John Devine 1 3 0 0
Gerald Taylor 0 1 0 0
Robert Brown 2 1 0 0
Alex Gleaves 0 1 0 0
Andrew Montgomery 0 2 0 0
Kani Walker 0 2 0 0
David Fox 0 2 0 1
Irvin Mitchell 0 2 0 0
Desmond Fincham 54 28 0 0
Chris Gaddis 5 0 0 0
Joseph Dickens 11 1 0 0
Everett Kent 0 7 0 0
James Burke 6 5 0 0
James Mucha 2 26 0 2
Michael Buzzell 0 19 0 1
George Pepe 32 22 0 0
Alvin Stanford 0 26 0 0
James Gelinas 47 28 0 0
Paul Kircher 52 34 0 1
James Yearby 5 3 0 0

Interception Stats

Ohio St. Buckeyes

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Richard McKinney 1 31 31.00 0

Tennessee Volunteers

Fumble Stats

Ohio St. Buckeyes

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Bertram Lee 1 0 0 0
Richard McKinney 1 0 0 0
Scott Ramos 0 0 2 0
Jared Bailey 0 1 0 0
Thomas Harvey 0 1 1 0
Kurt Bennett 0 1 0 0

Tennessee Volunteers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
James Burke 1 0 0 0
Alvin Stanford 1 0 0 0
James Yearby 1 0 0 0
Benjamin Kratochvil 0 0 1 0
George Pepe 0 0 1 0

Punting

Ohio St. Buckeyes

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Clint Clark 6 254 42.33 38.67 53 2

Tennessee Volunteers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Carl Lee 3 120 40.00 32.67 49 2

Kicking

Ohio St. Buckeyes

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Kendrick Knee 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 29 3 / 3

Tennessee Volunteers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Henry Steele 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 34 1 / 2

Punt Return

Ohio St. Buckeyes

Tennessee Volunteers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Yearby 1 2 2.0 2 0

Kick Return

Ohio St. Buckeyes

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Aubrey Murphy 1 28 28.0 0

Tennessee Volunteers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
James Yearby 2 46 23.0 0

Defensive Stats

Ohio St. Buckeyes

Name Tackles Sacks
Aubrey Murphy 9 0
Kurt Bennett 8 0
Jared Bailey 7 0
Richard McKinney 6 0
Lamont Hendrickson 5 0
Vernon Rodriguez 5 0
Steve Anderson 4 0
Thomas Harvey 4 0
Scott Ramos 3 0
Thomas Shaw 2 0
Andrew Giles 2 0
Miguel Tapia 1 1

Tennessee Volunteers

Name Tackles Sacks
Arthur Anderson 6 0
Irvin Mitchell 5 0
Alex Gleaves 5 0
Benjamin Kratochvil 3 0
Kani Walker 3 0
David Herrera 2 0
Lewis Beam 2 0
Gerald Taylor 2 0
Maurice Hayden 2 0
Robin Morrison 1 0
George Parker 1 0
Robert Brown 1 0
Andrew Montgomery 1 0
John Devine 1 0
Robert Simons 1 0
Alvin Stanford 1 0