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Rose Bowl Game

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No. 10 Utah10-445
No. 7 Ohio State11-248Final
Sat, Jan 1 · Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. (neutral site) · Crowd 87,842 · 57°, clearESPN

Records are after this game. Rankings are the AP poll before it.

No. 7 Ohio State beat No. 10 Utah by 3 points, the Rose Bowl Game.

It was played at a neutral site: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA.

How the game turned

Ohio State aheadUtah aheadLow: 3%

Q4 4:22 Ohio State 45, Utah 38

Ohio State 79% to win

Stroud 30-yd TD pass to Smith-Njigba

Big moments

  1. 1Q1 9:29 · Ohio State 0, Utah 7Ohio State's win chance fell from 32% to 28%.Rising 19-yd TD pass to Covey, Utah goes ahead 7-0
  2. 2Q4 4:22 · Ohio State 45, Utah 38Ohio State's win chance rose from 39% to 79%.Stroud 30-yd TD pass to Smith-Njigba
  3. 3Q4 1:54 · Ohio State 45, Utah 45Ohio State's win chance fell from 77% to 58%.Barnes 15-yd TD pass to Kincaid, ties it 45-45
  4. 4Q4 0:09 · Ohio State 48, Utah 45Ohio State's win chance rose from 65% to 100%.Ruggles 19-yd field goal, Ohio State wins it 48-45

Ohio State's lowest chance to win was 3 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 0:09 left in the 4th quarter, Ohio State 48, Utah 45.

What happened next

  1. Ohio State finished the 2021 season 11-2, No. 7 in the last AP poll before the bowls.

  2. Utah finished the 2021 season 10-4, No. 10 in the last AP poll before the bowls.

  3. Ohio State's first game of the 2022 season: W 21-10 vs Notre Dame, Sep 3, 2022

    about 8 months later
  4. Utah's first game of the 2022 season: L 26-29 at Florida, Sep 3, 2022

    about 8 months later

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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.

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