Final
Pryor has big day for No. 2 OSU, 73-20
Sep 26, 2010 - 12:44 AM By RUSTY MILLER AP College Football WriterCOLUMBUS, Ohio(AP) -- The way Jim Tressel explained it, No. 2 Ohio State wasn't trying to score more points than any Buckeyes team in 60 years.
It just sort of happened.
"We didn't come in saying, 'Well, you know, we're going to go after X amount of points,"' the notoriously conservative coach said Saturday.
Dane Sanzenbacher tied two school records by catching four touchdown passes from Terrelle Pryor, and Pryor also ran for a score and caught a TD pass in the Buckeyes' 73-20 landslide over Eastern Michigan. Not since an 83-21 beating of Iowa in 1950 had Ohio State scored so much.
The biggest cheers throughout the day came not for the Buckeyes, but when it was announced that Arkansas was leading top-ranked Alabama. The Crimson Tide came from behind to win 24-20, the only damper on an otherwise glittering afternoon in Columbus.
Ohio State took no prisoners, continuing to pile up the points long after the outcome was decided. Eastern Michigan coach Ron English seemed bemused but aware of what was happening.
"My thing is this: You've got to stop them," English said. "So I'll never whine about that. Yeah, he kept throwing. He throws the throwback to the quarterback and all that stuff but we were trying to score, too. ... I respect Jim Tressel. I don't say that I'm (ticked) off at Jim Tressel. That's the nature of the beast. The strong survive in this profession."
The Buckeyes (4-0) certainly looked strong Saturday, scoring on their first six possessions against the 44 1/2-point underdogs, who lost their 16th game in a row.
Pryor completed 20 of 26 passes for 224 yards and the four scores, rushed seven times for 104 yards and a touchdown and also caught a 20-yard scoring pass from his former high school teammate, Jordan Hall, late in the third quarter.
"I never had a day when I caught one, ran for one and threw one," said Pryor, who was told by Tressel that if he dropped the pass from Hall "to just keep running through the tunnel."
Pryor, who opened the scoring on a 53-yard run, hit Sanzenbacher on scoring passes of 31, 9, 7 and 8 yards. Sanzenbacher finished with nine grabs for 108.
"Obviously you never come into a game expecting to do that," he said. "As an offense, we don't come into the game planning on 73 points, either, but sometimes you're in the right place at the right time."
Eastern Michigan (0-4) did put together three long, impressive scoring drives against an Ohio State defense that had surrendered just two touchdowns coming in. But the Eagles were overmatched at almost every position.
It took just three plays on each of Ohio State's first two possessions to make it 14-0. The outcome wasn't in doubt the rest of the way.
Dan Herron added a 7-yard touchdown run, running back Jaamal Berry went 67 yards on a run, backup quarterback Joe Bauserman tossed a 17-yard scoring pass to Hall, and third-team QB Kenny Guiton ran it in from 15 yards.
Sanzenbacher's four touchdown catches tied the school record. He and Pryor also tied the Ohio State mark for touchdown connections by a quarterback and receiver in a game. In addition, Pryor matched another school mark by having a hand in six scores.
He played until late in the third quarter, when his scoring pass from Hall made it 52-20.
"Every dog has his day. I've had my days," English said. "I'm taking mine right now, and I'm sure there'll be a day when I'm giving mine again. Whether it be here or somewhere else. But I promise you I'll be back giving my butt-whuppin's out, too."
- NCAAF FINAL
1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
EASTRN MICHIGAN 0 14 6 0 20
OHIO ST (2) 24 14 14 21 73 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: OHIO ST - TD, TERRELLE PRYOR 53 YD RUN
(DEVIN BARCLAY KICK), 1:56.
OHIO ST 7-0
OHIO ST - TD, DANE SANZENBACHER 31 YD PASS
FROM TERRELLE PRYOR (DEVIN
BARCLAY KICK), 4:05. OHIO ST
14-0
Sep 25 6:59 PM - NCAAF
EASTRN MICHIGAN 20
OHIO ST (2) 73 0:00 LEFT, 4TH QTR
Sep 25 6:59 PM
TD OHIO ST KENNY GUITON 15 YD RUN (DEVIN BARCLAY KICK)
Eastern Michigan 20, Ohio State(2) 73 4th - 3:26Sep 25 6:53 PM
TD OHIO ST KENNY GUITON 15 YD RUN (DEVIN BARCLAY KICK)
Eastern Michigan 20, Ohio State(2) 73 4th - 3:26Sep 25 6:53 PM- NCAAF
EASTRN MICHIGAN 20
OHIO ST (2) 73 3:26 LEFT, 4TH QTR
Eastern Michigan 20, Ohio State(2) 73 4th - 3:26Sep 25 6:53 PM
TD OHIO ST JAAMAL BERRY 67 YD RUN (DEVIN BARCLAY KICK)
Eastern Michigan 20, Ohio State(2) 66 4th - 8:39Sep 25 6:41 PM
TD OHIO ST JAAMAL BERRY 67 YD RUN (DEVIN BARCLAY KICK)
Eastern Michigan 20, Ohio State(2) 66 4th - 8:39Sep 25 6:41 PM- NCAAF
EASTRN MICHIGAN 20
OHIO ST (2) 66 8:39 LEFT, 4TH QTR
Eastern Michigan 20, Ohio State(2) 66 4th - 8:39Sep 25 6:41 PM
TD OHIO ST JORDAN HALL 17 YD PASS FROM JOE BAUSERMAN (DEVIN BARCLAY KICK)
Eastern Michigan 20, Ohio State(2) 59 4th - 13:44Sep 25 6:21 PM
TD OHIO ST JORDAN HALL 17 YD PASS FROM JOE BAUSERMAN (DEVIN BARCLAY KICK)
Eastern Michigan 20, Ohio State(2) 59 4th - 13:44Sep 25 6:21 PM
TD OHIO ST JORDAN HALL 17 YD PASS FROM JOE BAUSERMAN (DEVIN BARCLAY KICK)
Eastern Michigan 20, Ohio State(2) 59 4th - 13:44Sep 25 6:21 PM- NCAAF
EASTRN MICHIGAN 20
OHIO ST (2) 59 13:44 LEFT, 4TH QTR
Eastern Michigan 20, Ohio State(2) 59 4th - 13:44Sep 25 6:21 PM - NCAAF
EASTRN MICHIGAN 20
OHIO ST (2) 52 0:00 LEFT, 3RD QTR
Sep 25 6:14 PM
TD OHIO ST TERRELLE PRYOR 21 YD PASS FROM JORDAN HALL (DEVIN BARCLAY KICK)
Eastern Michigan 20, Ohio State(2) 52 3rd - 2:57Sep 25 6:04 PM
TD OHIO ST TERRELLE PRYOR 21 YD PASS FROM JORDAN HALL (DEVIN BARCLAY KICK)
Eastern Michigan 20, Ohio State(2) 52 3rd - 2:57Sep 25 6:04 PM
TD OHIO ST TERRELLE PRYOR 21 YD PASS FROM JORDAN HALL (DEVIN BARCLAY KICK)
Eastern Michigan 20, Ohio State(2) 52 3rd - 2:57Sep 25 6:04 PM- NCAAF
EASTRN MICHIGAN 20
OHIO ST (2) 52 2:57 LEFT, 3RD QTR
Eastern Michigan 20, Ohio State(2) 52 3rd - 2:57Sep 25 6:04 PM
TD EASTRN MICHIGAN DONALD SCOTT 32 YD PASS FROM ALEX GILLETT (PAT BLOCKED)
Eastern Michigan 20, Ohio State(2) 45 3rd - 9:11Sep 25 5:49 PM
TD EASTRN MICHIGAN DONALD SCOTT 32 YD PASS FROM ALEX GILLETT (PAT BLOCKED)
Eastern Michigan 20, Ohio State(2) 45 3rd - 9:11Sep 25 5:49 PM- NCAAF
EASTRN MICHIGAN 20
OHIO ST (2) 45 9:11 LEFT, 3RD QTR
Eastern Michigan 20, Ohio State(2) 45 3rd - 9:11Sep 25 5:49 PM
TD OHIO ST DANE SANZENBACHER 8 YD PASS FROM TERRELLE PRYOR (DEVIN BARCLAY KICK)
Eastern Michigan 14, Ohio State(2) 45 3rd - 11:43Sep 25 5:41 PM
TD OHIO ST DANE SANZENBACHER 8 YD PASS FROM TERRELLE PRYOR (DEVIN BARCLAY KICK)
Eastern Michigan 14, Ohio State(2) 45 3rd - 11:43Sep 25 5:41 PM
TD OHIO ST DANE SANZENBACHER 8 YD PASS FROM TERRELLE PRYOR (DEVIN BARCLAY KICK)
Eastern Michigan 14, Ohio State(2) 45 3rd - 11:43Sep 25 5:41 PM- NCAAF
EASTRN MICHIGAN 14
OHIO ST (2) 45 11:43 LEFT, 3RD QTR
Eastern Michigan 14, Ohio State(2) 45 3rd - 11:43Sep 25 5:41 PM - NCAAF
EASTRN MICHIGAN 14
OHIO ST (2) 38 0:00 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Sep 25 5:09 PM
TD EASTRN MICHIGAN KINSMAN THOMAS 13 YD PASS FROM ALEX GILLETT (SEAN GRAHAM KICK)
Eastern Michigan 14, Ohio State(2) 38 2nd - 0:59Sep 25 5:06 PM
TD EASTRN MICHIGAN KINSMAN THOMAS 13 YD PASS FROM ALEX GILLETT (SEAN GRAHAM KICK)
Eastern Michigan 14, Ohio State(2) 38 2nd - 0:59Sep 25 5:06 PM
TD EASTRN MICHIGAN KINSMAN THOMAS 13 YD PASS FROM ALEX GILLETT (SEAN GRAHAM KICK)
Eastern Michigan 14, Ohio State(2) 38 2nd - 0:59Sep 25 5:06 PM- NCAAF
EASTRN MICHIGAN 14
OHIO ST (2) 38 0:59 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Eastern Michigan 14, Ohio State(2) 38 2nd - 0:59Sep 25 5:06 PM
TD OHIO ST DANE SANZENBACHER 7 YD PASS FROM TERRELLE PRYOR (DEVIN BARCLAY KICK)
Eastern Michigan 7, Ohio State(2) 38 2nd - 4:18Sep 25 4:58 PM
TD OHIO ST DANE SANZENBACHER 7 YD PASS FROM TERRELLE PRYOR (DEVIN BARCLAY KICK)
Eastern Michigan 7, Ohio State(2) 38 2nd - 4:18Sep 25 4:58 PM
TD OHIO ST DANE SANZENBACHER 7 YD PASS FROM TERRELLE PRYOR (DEVIN BARCLAY KICK)
Eastern Michigan 7, Ohio State(2) 38 2nd - 4:18Sep 25 4:58 PM- NCAAF
EASTRN MICHIGAN 7
OHIO ST (2) 38 4:18 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Eastern Michigan 7, Ohio State(2) 38 2nd - 4:18Sep 25 4:58 PM
TD OHIO ST DANE SANZENBACHER 9 YD PASS FROM TERRELLE PRYOR (DEVIN BARCLAY KICK)
Eastern Michigan 7, Ohio State(2) 31 2nd - 7:44Sep 25 4:47 PM
TD OHIO ST DANE SANZENBACHER 9 YD PASS FROM TERRELLE PRYOR (DEVIN BARCLAY KICK)
Eastern Michigan 7, Ohio State(2) 31 2nd - 7:44Sep 25 4:47 PM
TD OHIO ST DANE SANZENBACHER 9 YD PASS FROM TERRELLE PRYOR (DEVIN BARCLAY KICK)
Eastern Michigan 7, Ohio State(2) 31 2nd - 7:44Sep 25 4:47 PM- NCAAF
EASTRN MICHIGAN 7
OHIO ST (2) 31 7:44 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Eastern Michigan 7, Ohio State(2) 31 2nd - 7:44Sep 25 4:47 PM
TD EASTRN MICHIGAN DWAYNE PRIEST 2 YD RUN (SEAN GRAHAM KICK)
Eastern Michigan 7, Ohio State(2) 24 2nd - 10:47Sep 25 4:34 PM
TD EASTRN MICHIGAN DWAYNE PRIEST 2 YD RUN (SEAN GRAHAM KICK)
Eastern Michigan 7, Ohio State(2) 24 2nd - 10:47Sep 25 4:34 PM- NCAAF
EASTRN MICHIGAN 7
OHIO ST (2) 24 10:47 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Eastern Michigan 7, Ohio State(2) 24 2nd - 10:47Sep 25 4:34 PM - NCAAF
EASTRN MICHIGAN 0
OHIO ST (2) 24 0:00 LEFT, 1ST QTR
Sep 25 4:22 PM
TD OHIO ST DANIEL HERRON 7 YD RUN (DEVIN BARCLAY KICK)
Eastern Michigan 0, Ohio State(2) 24 1st - 0:30Sep 25 4:19 PM
TD OHIO ST DANIEL HERRON 7 YD RUN (DEVIN BARCLAY KICK)
Eastern Michigan 0, Ohio State(2) 24 1st - 0:30Sep 25 4:19 PM- NCAAF
EASTRN MICHIGAN 0
OHIO ST (2) 24 0:30 LEFT, 1ST QTR
Eastern Michigan 0, Ohio State(2) 24 1st - 0:30Sep 25 4:19 PM - NCAAF
EASTRN MICHIGAN 0
OHIO ST (2) 17 6:41 LEFT, 1ST QTR
Eastern Michigan 0, Ohio State(2) 17 1st - 6:41Sep 25 4:03 PM
TD OHIO ST DANE SANZENBACHER 31 YD PASS FROM TERRELLE PRYOR (DEVIN BARCLAY KICK)
Eastern Michigan 0, Ohio State(2) 14 1st - 10:55Sep 25 3:53 PM
TD OHIO ST DANE SANZENBACHER 31 YD PASS FROM TERRELLE PRYOR (DEVIN BARCLAY KICK)
Eastern Michigan 0, Ohio State(2) 14 1st - 10:55Sep 25 3:53 PM
TD OHIO ST DANE SANZENBACHER 31 YD PASS FROM TERRELLE PRYOR (DEVIN BARCLAY KICK)
Eastern Michigan 0, Ohio State(2) 14 1st - 10:55Sep 25 3:53 PM- NCAAF
EASTRN MICHIGAN 0
OHIO ST (2) 14 10:55 LEFT, 1ST QTR
Eastern Michigan 0, Ohio State(2) 14 1st - 10:55Sep 25 3:53 PM
TD OHIO ST TERRELLE PRYOR 53 YD RUN (DEVIN BARCLAY KICK)
Eastern Michigan 0, Ohio State(2) 7 1st - 13:04Sep 25 3:43 PM
TD OHIO ST TERRELLE PRYOR 53 YD RUN (DEVIN BARCLAY KICK)
Eastern Michigan 0, Ohio State(2) 7 1st - 13:04Sep 25 3:43 PM- NCAAF
EASTRN MICHIGAN 0
OHIO ST (2) 7 13:04 LEFT, 1ST QTR
Eastern Michigan 0, Ohio State(2) 7 1st - 13:04Sep 25 3:43 PM
Related News
- Ohio State trending for 2026 five-star QB Dec 26
- Ohio State’s Cotton Bowl history by the numbers Dec 25
- You’re Nuts: Which holiday movie best sums up this Ohio State football season? Dec 25
- You’re Nuts: Where would be your most surprising transfer portal destination? Dec 24
- Buckeye fans are expecting big things from Devin Brown in the Cotton Bowl Dec 24
- MC&J: The Big Ten starts to get into college football’s bowl mix Dec 22
- Buckeyes still active in the 2024 class, remain just as active in the portal Dec 22
- Ohio State may not be done recruiting defensive linemen in 2024 Dec 22
- A debrief on what turned out to be a wild, but successful signing day for Ohio State Dec 21
- Even though things haven’t been going well for Ohio State, it’s not time to panic... but it might be soon Dec 20
- Who is OSU’s offensive star in the Cotton Bowl, what do you think the outcome is? Dec 20
- Hangout in the Holy Land Podcast: Is Ryan Day asleep at the wheel, or does he have a few tricks up his sleeve? Dec 20