National Championship Game: LSU Tigers vs. Ohio St. Buckeyes

January 25, 2043
70°
Carrier Dome (Syracuse, NY) Attendance: 49,250 (100%)
LSU Tigers 0 14 10 20 - 44
Buckeyes 14 0 0 3 - 17

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Buckeyes: 1-10-LSU 48 (12:31) 11-Samuel Valentin pass complete to 21-William Brown for 48 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Randy Oboyle. OS 7 LSU 0
(Qtr 1) Buckeyes: 2-7-LSU 7 (2:04) 11-Samuel Valentin pass complete to 83-Lawrence Damiano for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Randy Oboyle. OS 14 LSU 0
(Qtr 2) LSU Tigers: 2-1-OS 1 (10:58) 27-Richard Keppler ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Derek Forsyth. OS 14 LSU 7
(Qtr 2) LSU Tigers: 1-10-OS 23 (2:00) 8-Zach Mettenberger pass complete to 7-Leonard Fournette for 23 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Derek Forsyth. OS 14 LSU 14
(Qtr 3) LSU Tigers: 4-7-OS 11 (4:54) 9-Derek Forsyth 29 yard field goal is GOOD. OS 14 LSU 17
(Qtr 3) LSU Tigers: 1-8-OS 8 (0:29) 8-Zach Mettenberger pass complete to 27-Richard Keppler for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Derek Forsyth. OS 14 LSU 24
(Qtr 4) LSU Tigers: 4-8-OS 31 (9:24) 9-Derek Forsyth 49 yard field goal is GOOD. OS 14 LSU 27
(Qtr 4) LSU Tigers: 4-6-OS 6 (7:17) 9-Derek Forsyth 24 yard field goal is GOOD. OS 14 LSU 30
(Qtr 4) LSU Tigers: 2-10-OS 14 (6:40) 8-Zach Mettenberger pass complete to 88-Michael Elliott for 14 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Derek Forsyth. OS 14 LSU 37
(Qtr 4) Buckeyes: 4-10-LSU 13 (2:36) 3-Randy Oboyle 31 yard field goal is GOOD. OS 17 LSU 37
(Qtr 4) LSU Tigers: 2-10-OS 16 (1:37) 11-Samuel Valentin pass INTERCEPTED by 19-Jabril Cox at OS 21. 19-Jabril Cox to OS 0 for 21 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Derek Forsyth. OS 17 LSU 44

Team Statistics

Buckeyes LSU Tigers
First Downs 20 19
- Rushing 10 6
- Passing 9 11
- Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 336 399
- Offensive Plays 77 70
- Yards Per Play 4.36 5.70
Net Rushing Yards 139 112
- Rushing Attempts 21 26
- Yards Per Rush 6.62 4.31
Net Passing Yards 197 287
- Att/Comp/Int 56 / 25 / 4 44 / 28 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 197 287
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.52 6.52
- Yards Per Completion 7.88 10.25
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 7 / 16 4 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.3 8.2
4th Down Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 21 6 / 47
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 4 / 56
Kick Returns/Yards 3 / 91 1 / 37
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 4 / 60
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 3 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 22 OWN 40
Time of Possession 25:53 34:07

Drive Charts

Ohio St. Buckeyes

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:52 1:30 OWN 21 4 79 Touchdown
1 8:48 6:47 OWN 16 13 84 Touchdown
2 10:55 2:54 OWN 25 7 32 Punt
2 3:58 0:59 OWN 13 3 0 Punt
2 1:55 1:55 OWN 25 8 36 Missed FG
3 15:00 3:30 OWN 17 5 21 Punt
3 10:06 0:56 OWN 35 3 8 Punt
3 4:51 1:38 OWN 23 5 14 Interception
3 0:24 1:46 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
4 9:20 0:08 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
4 7:14 0:32 OWN 25 2 -4 Interception
4 6:36 0:39 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
4 5:03 2:30 OWN 23 15 64 Field Goal
4 1:39 0:09 OWN 16 2 0 Interception

LSU Tigers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:08 OWN 25 5 7 Punt
1 12:22 3:34 OWN 25 6 24 Punt
1 2:01 6:06 OWN 25 11 75 Touchdown
2 8:01 4:04 OWN 12 7 47 Punt
2 2:59 1:04 OPP 37 3 37 Touchdown
3 11:30 1:24 OWN 11 3 6 Punt
3 9:10 4:20 OWN 20 8 69 Field Goal
3 3:12 2:48 OPP 45 6 45 Touchdown
4 13:38 4:18 OWN 36 8 33 Field Goal
4 9:12 1:58 OPP 9 3 3 Field Goal
4 6:42 0:06 OPP 14 2 14 Touchdown
4 5:57 0:54 OWN 24 3 7 Punt
4 2:33 0:53 OWN 34 3 9 Punt
4 1:30 0:42 OPP 34 3 1 Punt
4 0:48 0:48 OWN 25 2 4 Game

Rushing Stats

Ohio St. Buckeyes

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Larry Brown 12 67 5.58 14 3 0
William Brown 8 62 7.75 12 2 0
James Thompson 1 10 10.00 10 1 0

LSU Tigers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Leonard Fournette 12 58 4.83 11 1 0
Richard Keppler 11 48 4.36 11 4 1
Henry Lawless 3 6 2.00 12 1 0

Passing Stats

Ohio St. Buckeyes

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Samuel Valentin 56 25 197 0 / 0 2 48 4 36.09

LSU Tigers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Zach Mettenberger 44 28 287 0 / 0 3 27 0 105.02

Receiving Stats

Ohio St. Buckeyes

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
William Brown 4 65 16.25 48 1
Micheal Morissette 5 49 9.80 18 0
Larry Brown 4 25 6.25 13 0
James Thompson 2 21 10.50 12 0
William Smith 3 20 6.67 7 0
Kristopher Gattis 2 12 6.00 9 0
Lawrence Damiano 2 7 3.50 7 1
JK Dobbins 3 -2 -0.67 1 0

LSU Tigers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Leonard Fournette 11 125 11.36 25 1
Michael Elliott 5 60 12.00 14 1
Glenn Peck 2 34 17.00 27 0
Richard Keppler 5 29 5.80 8 1
Gustavo Garza 2 19 9.50 13 0
Craig Fitch 2 18 9.00 14 0
Jonathon Garcia 1 2 2.00 2 0

Blocking Stats

Ohio St. Buckeyes

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
John Leopold 0 4 0 0
JK Dobbins 15 9 0 2
Timothy Pollard 0 4 0 0
Anthony Eck 0 3 0 1
Jason Eddins 0 3 0 0
Joey Bosa 0 3 0 0
James Diehl 0 3 0 0
Peter Christner 0 3 0 0
David Palmer 2 5 0 1
Eddie Norton 7 5 0 0
Adam Gilliam 5 0 0 0
William Brown 6 3 0 0
Tracy Medders 1 6 0 0
Teddy Johnson 24 13 0 1
Jeffrey Mendez 64 32 0 1
Nicolas Ayala 14 2 0 0
Kristopher Gattis 0 14 0 0
James Thompson 2 1 0 0
Micheal Morissette 10 23 0 0
Lawrence Damiano 0 16 0 1
William Smith 0 19 0 1
Larry Brown 13 3 0 0
William Ligon 58 17 0 0
Gary Perry 65 26 0 2
Robert Molyneux 61 25 0 0
James Brown 56 22 0 2
Joseph Chunn 0 2 0 0
Ismael Sims 0 1 0 0

LSU Tigers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Gustavo Garza 47 18 0 1
Coy Lawrence 0 2 0 0
Henry Lawless 0 4 0 0
Jabril Cox 0 4 0 0
William Thomason 0 6 0 0
Kenneth Ronk 3 2 0 0
Anthony McFarland 0 2 0 0
Christopher Nissen 0 3 0 0
Gary Ellis 0 1 0 0
Nicholas Clark 0 3 0 0
Christopher Hanson 0 2 0 0
Walter Kelly 0 1 0 0
Kardell Thomas 0 3 0 1
Robert Williams 0 1 0 0
Steven Chang 0 1 0 0
Jarvis Landry 0 1 0 0
Nathan Harvey 0 5 0 0
Arthur Corbin 0 6 0 0
Tony Huddle 55 29 0 0
Dan Chung 3 9 0 0
La'el Collins 49 35 0 2
Clint Carter 54 32 0 1
Carlos Brown 57 36 0 0
William Pendleton 57 33 0 2
Leonard Fournette 7 9 0 1
Richard Keppler 2 5 0 0
Joseph Washington 20 6 0 0
Fletcher Moua 0 6 0 1
Michael Elliott 5 30 0 0
Daniel Barnes 0 17 0 1
Jonathon Garcia 0 21 0 2
Glenn Peck 0 12 0 0
Craig Fitch 0 20 0 0
Timothy Starks 0 6 0 0
Jorge Baird 0 7 0 0
Mark Abrams 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Ohio St. Buckeyes

LSU Tigers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Walter Kelly 2 26 13.00 0
Jabril Cox 1 21 21.00 1
Nathan Harvey 1 13 13.00 0

Fumble Stats

Ohio St. Buckeyes

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Larry Brown 1 0 0 0
James Thompson 1 0 0 0
James Diehl 0 1 0 0

LSU Tigers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jarvis Landry 1 1 0 0
Coy Lawrence 0 0 1 0

Punting

Ohio St. Buckeyes

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Jordan Jones 7 342 48.86 38.00 59 1

LSU Tigers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Charles Fulmore 6 246 41.00 41.17 48 3

Kicking

Ohio St. Buckeyes

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Randy Oboyle 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 31 2 / 2

LSU Tigers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Derek Forsyth 3 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 49 5 / 5

Punt Return

Ohio St. Buckeyes

LSU Tigers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jarvis Landry 4 56 14.0 27 0

Kick Return

Ohio St. Buckeyes

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
James Thompson 3 91 30.3 0

LSU Tigers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Jarvis Landry 1 37 37.0 0

Defensive Stats