Buckeye Rosters

Recap

Madison, WI — The fourth-ranked Buckeyes pulled out another close game on the road, edging Wisconsin 19-14 at Camp Randall Stadium.

Freshman Maurice Clarett ran for 133 yards on 30 carries to lead the Buckeyes.

The Badgers, who lost for the eighth time in their last 10 conference home games, took a 14-13 lead into the fourth quarter, but Craig Krenzel threw a 3-yard TD pass to Ben Hartsock with 10 minutes left to put the Buckeyes back in front 19-14.

Krenzel completed 12 of 19 passes for 204 yards, and Chris Gamble made big plays on both sides of the ball for OSU.

Krenzel overthrew Ryan Hamby on the 2-point conversion after the TD pass to Hartsock, but the Badgers had to use a timeout because they had only 10 men on defense.

Wisconsin also burned a timeout on a first down on offense, and those two stoppages cost them. The Buckeyes took over with 4:29 left and ran the ball nine straight times to use up the clock.

Krenzel set up the winning score with a 45-yard pass to Michael Jenkins on third-and-6 from his own 16. Jenkins outleaped B.J. Tucker and Brett Bell for the ball.

The Badgers reached the Buckeyes 29 on the next series, but Gamble, a flanker, lined up at cornerback and intercepted Jim Sorgi’s pass in the end zone.

Sorgi replaced starter Brooks Bollinger, who suffered a concussion on his fourth sack midway through the second quarter, Sorgi put Wisconsin ahead 14-13 with a 42-yard touchdown strike to Orr just before halftime.

Both teams flashed their quick-strike capability in the first half. Jenkins caught a 47-yard touchdown pass from Krenzel on the second play of the game.

The Badgers responded with their own three-play scoring drive later in the first quarter when Anthony Davis (25 carries for 125 yards) scored untouched on a 41-yard run to tie it at 7.

Two plays later, Krenzel hit Gamble on what would have been an 80-yard touchdown play, had Gamble not tripped at the Wisconsin 32. The Buckeyes settled for Mike Nugent’s school-record 16th consecutive field goal, a chip shot from 27 yards, for a 10-7 lead.

Nugent’s 25-yarder made it 13-7 after Ohio State safety Mike Doss recovered Bollinger’s fumble at the Badgers 32. Doss had 14 tackles.