Allstate Sugar Bowl, CFP semifinal ·
Allstate Sugar Bowl, CFP semifinal
Records are after this game.
Ohio State beat Clemson by 21 points, the Allstate Sugar Bowl, CFP semifinal.
It was played at a neutral site: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA.
The announced crowd was 3,000, in the 2020 season.
How the game turned
Q2 10:35 Ohio State 21, Clemson 14
Ohio State 60% to win
Fields 17-yd TD pass to Ruckert, Ohio State goes ahead 21-14
Big moments
- 1Q1 12:10 · Ohio State 0, Clemson 7Ohio State's win chance fell from 23% to 21%.Lawrence 2-yd TD run, Clemson goes ahead 7-0
- 2Q1 5:01 · Ohio State 7, Clemson 14Ohio State's win chance fell from 34% to 22%.Etienne 3-yd TD run, Clemson goes ahead 14-7
- 3Q2 10:35 · Ohio State 21, Clemson 14Ohio State's win chance rose from 44% to 60%.Fields 17-yd TD pass to Ruckert, Ohio State goes ahead 21-14
- 4Q2 5:12 · Ohio State 28, Clemson 14Ohio State's win chance rose from 63% to 79%.Fields 9-yd TD pass to Olave, Ohio State leads 28-14
Ohio State's lowest chance to win was 14 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.
How the lead changed
Ohio State took the lead for good with 10:35 left in the 2nd quarter, Ohio State 21, Clemson 14.
It was Ohio State's first win over Clemson since 1970 in our games data, after 4 straight losses in the series.
What happened next
Clemson finished the 2020 season 10-2.
Ohio State's next game: L 24-52 vs Alabama in the CFP National Championship, Jan 11
10 days laterClemson's first game of the 2021 season: L 3-10 vs Georgia, Sep 4, 2021
about 8 months 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.