1975 Ohio State vs. Purdue

Ohio State 35-6

West Lafayette

Summary
1st Quarter

OSU: Johnson 60 yard run (kick good), 13:23...PUR punted on first possession

PUR: Steve Schmidt 22 yard field goal...first Big Ten team to score against Ohio St

OSU: Johnson 3 yard run (kick good)...ensuing kickoff, Archie Griffin returns 57 yds to PUR 37, seven plays later they scored

2nd Quarter

PUR: Schmidt 27 yard field goal...Bob Mannella INT'd Cornelius Greene at PUR 24, drove 15 plays to FG

OSU: Brian Baschnagel 22 yard pass from Greene (kick good)...12 pl/80 yds

3rd Quarter

OSU: WR Lenny Willis 41 yard pass from Greene (kick good)...80 yd drive to open half

4th Quarter

OSU: Greene 28 yard run (kick good)...OSU stopped PUR at 10 and drove for TD in 11 plays


 * Griffin 23-yard run midway through quarter broke Cornell's Ed Marinaro NCAA rushing record

Stats
Passing

OSU: Greene 5/8, 103 yds, INT

PUR: Mark Vitali 11/33, 173 yds, INT

Rushing

OSU: Johnson 18/131, Griffin 20/130, Greene 5/66, Woody Roach 1/10, Jeff Logan 2/8, Rod Gerald 3/8, Lou Williott 2/4, Baschnagel 1/2

PUR: Mike Pruitt 24/127, Mike Brown 4/21, Scott Dierking 9/15, Vitali 4/11, Paul Beery 3/6, Tim Boykin 2/3, Bennie Leverett 2/2

Receiving

OSU: Willis 3/73, Baschnagel 1/22, Griffin 1/8

PUR: Beery 5/96, Jesse Townsend 4/65, Nigel Wirgowski 2/22