Ohio State gets revenge against Michigan in dominant rivalry victory at Big House

It has been zero days since Ohio State bushed Michigan.

The top-ranked squad successful the federation got saccharine revenge, snapping a four-game losing streak against its archrival with a 27-9 triumph astatine the Big House.

The archetypal fewer minutes seemed to beryllium each Michigan, arsenic the Wolverines scored a tract extremity connected their archetypal drive, picked disconnected Julian Sayin connected the Buckeyes' 2nd play and kicked different tract extremity to follow. 

But the tract goals would beryllium to beryllium a detriment compared to the Buckeyes' touchdowns that followed.

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Ohio State Buckeyes wide receiver Brandon Inniss (1) celebrates a touchdown against the Michigan Wolverines astatine Michigan Stadium successful Ann Arbor, Mich., Nov. 29, 2025. (Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

Ohio State's archetypal people came connected a tract extremity to chopped its shortage successful half. But, aboriginal successful the second, Sayin recovered Jeremiah Smith for a 35-yard touchdown. The play was reviewed for a imaginable touchback, and it appeared Smith mislaid power of the shot for a divided 2nd and did not regain it until helium was retired of bounds beyond the pylon, which would person resulted successful a touchback. However, referees upheld the call.

Michigan kicked different tract goal, but the Buckeyes marched down the tract again to extremity the archetypal fractional with a touchdown by Brandon Innis to spell up 8 points. Snow past started to fall, and it seemed similar that played close into Ohio State's hands.

Ohio State and Michigan exchanged punts to statesman the 2nd half, but Michigan's was conscionable an 11-yarder that gave OSU large tract position. On conscionable the 2nd play of the drive, Carnell Tate, playing successful his archetypal crippled since Nov. 1, scored a 50-yard touchdown to enactment the Buckeyes up 24-9.

Carnell Tate of the Ohio State Buckeyes celebrates aft a touchdown during the 3rd 4th against the Michigan Wolverines astatine Michigan Stadium Nov. 29, 2025 successful Ann Arbor, Mich.  (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

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After forcing different punt, Ohio State past went connected a 20-play drive. The Wolverines were capable to unit a tract goal, but that did marque it a three-possession game, each portion sidesplitting a batch of clock. It was a 27-9 Buckeyes pb with 8:10 to go, and determination was thing Michigan could bash the remainder of the way.

Sayin completed 19 of his 26 passes for 233 yards, portion the Buckeyes ran for different 186. Michigan's Bryce Underwood was 8-for-18 for 63 yards, portion the Wolverines had 100 yards rushing.

It had been since 2019 that Ohio State past bushed Michigan, and past year's nonaccomplishment successful Columbus arsenic a three-touchdown favourite was the largest upset successful the past of the rivalry. Michigan players planted their emblem astatine midfield successful Columbus, prompting a brawl. Surely, that was each bulletin committee worldly for the Buckeyes to retrieve for astir 365 days.

Ohio State couldn't works its emblem instantly due to the fact that Michigan players guarded their midfield logo. But the players got to observe with tons of fans dressed successful reddish successful Ann Arbor.

Ohio State Buckeyes caput manager Ryan Day leads his squad onto the tract anterior to a crippled against the Michigan Wolverines astatine Michigan Stadium successful Ann Arbor, Mich., Nov. 29, 2025. (Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

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Ohio State volition present look Indiana, the second-ranked squad successful the nation, successful the Big Ten title adjacent week, portion Michigan volition hold to spot which vessel crippled it volition play in.

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