Tulane University
1-3
Ohio State
4-0
No. 4 Buckeyes Defeat Green Wave at Ohio Stadium
Sep 22, 2018 | Football
The Buckeyes (4-0) scored touchdowns on their first six possessions while holding Tulane (1-3) to just one score. Tulane, though, kept Ohio State to only 7 points and outgained the Buckeyes through the air in the second half.
The Ohio Stadium crowd of 103,336 was the largest to ever watch Tulane play football in person.
Senior Roderic Teamer Jr. and sophomore Cameron Sample tied for the team lead with nine tackles. Sample's nine was three more than his previous career high – and he added a career-best 2.5 tackles for loss – and Teamer's nine was one shy of a career high. Thakarius Keyes also had a new career high with seven tackles.
Darius Bradwell scored Tulane's only touchdown in the second quarter. His 31 yards rushing combined with Corey Dauphine's 51 led the way for Tulane. The Green Wave recorded 100 rushing yards, making Saturday the 31st consecutive game that Tulane has reached at least 100 yards on the ground.
In the passing game, Darnell Mooney made four catches for 77 yards while Terren Encalade also contributed four catches for 62 yards.
Quarterback Jonathan Banks finished the day with an 8-for-14 passing performance, totaling 141 yards.
Bradwell's touchdown came on a 10-play scoring drive that got a boost from multiple Ohio State penalties. On the eighth play of the drive was a rainbow of a pass down the right side of the field from Banks to Encalade for 38 yards. Two plays later, Bradwell plowed into the end zone up the gut from 2 yards out, cutting the Buckeyes' lead to 21-6.
Ohio State scored early, going 91 yards and ending the drive with a 14-yard touchdown pass from Haskins to Parris Campbell Jr. A 56-yard touchdown drive on the Buckeyes' second possession was capped with a 17-yard touchdown pass from Haskins to Terry McLaurin and made it 14-0 midway through the first quarter. Ohio State got on the board one more time in the first, going ahead 21-0 on a 37-yard hookup between Haskins and Campbell on the second-to-last play of the period.
The Buckeyes then added three more touchdowns in the second quarter.
Up next for the Green Wave is a Friday date with Memphis at Yulman Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. with the game airing on ESPN2.
Team Stats
TLN 0, OSU 7
OSU - Campbell, P. 14 yd pass from Haskins, Dwayne (Nuernberger, S. kick) 9 plays, 91 yards, TOP 3:41
TLN 0, OSU 14
OSU - McLaurin, Terry 17 yd pass from Haskins, Dwayne (Nuernberger, S. kick) 8 plays, 56 yards, TOP 2:50
TLN 0, OSU 21
OSU - Campbell, P. 37 yd pass from Haskins, Dwayne (Nuernberger, S. kick) 7 plays, 93 yards, TOP 2:36
TLN 6, OSU 21
TLN - BRADWELL,D. 2 yd run (GLOVER,M. kickblocked), 10 plays, 75 yards, TOP 4:56
TLN 6, OSU 28
OSU - Victor, B. 31 yd pass from Haskins, Dwayne (Nuernberger, S. kick) 7 plays, 81 yards, TOP 2:29
TLN 6, OSU 35
OSU - Dobbins, J.K. 8 yd run (Nuernberger, S. kick), 6 plays, 59 yards, TOP 1:40
TLN 6, OSU 42
OSU - Mack, Austin 14 yd pass from Haskins, Dwayne (Nuernberger, S. kick) 10 plays, 65 yards, TOP 1:47
TLN 6, OSU 49
OSU - Martell, Tate 1 yd run (Nuernberger, S. kick), 8 plays, 70 yards, TOP 2:31
