College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl ·

College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl

College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl Presented by Prudential
No. 6 Ohio State12-241
No. 1 Oregon13-121Final
Wed, Jan 1 · Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. (neutral site) · Crowd 90,732 · 68°, cloudyESPN

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

No. 6 Ohio State beat No. 1 Oregon by 20 points, the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl.

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

How the game turned

Ohio State aheadOregon ahead
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Q1 14:00 Ohio State 7, Oregon 0

Ohio State 74% to win

Howard 45-yd TD pass to Smith, Ohio State goes ahead 7-0

Big moments

  1. 1Q1 14:00 · Ohio State 7, Oregon 0Ohio State's win chance rose from 67% to 74%.Howard 45-yd TD pass to Smith, Ohio State goes ahead 7-0
  2. 2Q1 7:31 · Ohio State 14, Oregon 0Ohio State's win chance rose from 74% to 86%.Howard 42-yd TD pass to Egbuka, Ohio State leads 14-0

Ohio State was never below a 67 percent chance to win. 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 led after every score.

What happened next

  1. Oregon finished the 2024 season 13-1, No. 1 in the last AP poll before the bowls.

  2. Ohio State's next game: W 28-14 vs Texas in the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, Jan 10

    9 days later

  3. Oregon's first game of the 2025 season: W 59-13 vs Montana State, Aug 30, 2025

    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.

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