Regular season ·
Ohio State beat TCU
Records are after this game. Rankings are the AP poll before it.
No. 4 Ohio State beat No. 15 TCU by 12 points.
It was played at a neutral site: AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX.
How the game turned
Q3 5:54 Ohio State 26, TCU 21
Ohio State 89% to win
Jones return TD, Ohio State goes ahead 26-21
Big moments
- 1Q1 13:20 · Ohio State 3, TCU 0Ohio State's win chance rose from 80% to 84%.Nuernberger 20-yd field goal, Ohio State goes ahead 3-0
- 2Q2 9:08 · Ohio State 10, TCU 14Ohio State's win chance fell from 81% to 66%.Anderson 93-yd TD run, TCU goes ahead 14-10
- 3Q3 10:43 · Ohio State 13, TCU 21Ohio State's win chance fell from 66% to 45%.Anderson 16-yd TD run, TCU leads 21-13
- 4Q3 5:54 · Ohio State 26, TCU 21Ohio State's win chance rose from 65% to 89%.Jones return TD, Ohio State goes ahead 26-21
- 5Q4 12:30 · Ohio State 40, TCU 28Ohio State's win chance rose from 84% to 97%.Haskins 5-yd TD run, Ohio State leads 40-28
Ohio State's lowest chance to win was 37 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.
The biggest swing
With 5:54 left in the 3rd quarter, Ohio State's chance to win went from 65 percent to 88 percent when Ohio State scored a touchdown.
The score went from Ohio State 19, TCU 21 to Ohio State 26, TCU 21.
The play: Jones return TD, Ohio State goes ahead 26-21.
What happened next
Ohio State's next game: W 49-6 vs Tulane, Sep 22
7 days laterTCU's next game: L 16-31 at Texas, Sep 22
7 days later
Related pages
Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.

