2009 Ohio State Buckeyes football team The 2009 Ohio State Buckeyes football team competed in football on behalf of The Ohio State University for the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Buckeyes were coached by Jim Tressel and played their home games in Ohio Stadium in Columbus , Ohio . They finished with a record of 11 – 2 ( 7 – 1 Big Ten ) and won the Big Ten championship . They represented the Big Ten in the 2010 Rose Bowl , which they won 26 – 17 over Pac - 10 champion Oregon . The 2009 Ohio State Buckeyes became the first , and only , team to defeat five 10 - win teams in the same season ( Navy , Wisconsin , Penn State , Iowa , and Oregon ) . Regular season . Navy . A crowd of 105 , 092 was the largest attendance recorded to watch the Buckeyes open a season against Navy . The Buckeyes scored first , but Navy tied it up , but the Bucks made it 20 – 7 at halftime . However , Ohio State nearly blew a 29 – 14 lead when Navy scored twice to come within 29 – 27 . Navy ' s two point conversion pass to potentially tie the game was intercepted and Ohio State returned it for a two point defensive conversion to hold on to win for a final score of 31 – 27 . 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter - - - - USC . A crowd of 106 , 033 , the largest in Ohio Stadium history , were in attendance as the # 3 USC Trojans came to Columbus , Ohio to face the # 8 Ohio State Buckeyes . Both teams showed great defense with the game close at the half tied 10 – 10 . After a safety and a field goal , Ohio State led 15 – 10 with less than five minutes to go . However , Joe McKnight and the Trojans drove down the field to score a touchdown and a two - point conversion to end the game . The final score was USC 18 , Ohio State 15 , with the Buckeyes losing to the Trojans for the second straight year . This was also the first time Ohio State had lost to a team that had not later gone on to a BCS Bowl game since 2004 , against Purdue . 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter - - - - Toledo . The Ohio State Buckeyes and the Toledo Rockets met in Cleveland , Ohio for their matchup . Toledo had scored an average of 42 points in their last two games against Purdue and Colorado . The Ohio State offense scored first with a 76 yard pass from Pryor , his longest at Ohio State , while the defense held the high scoring offense to no points in the first half . The final score was Ohio State 38 , Toledo 0 . This was Ohio State ' s first shutout since the 2008 game against Youngstown State . 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter - - - - Illinois . The # 13 Ohio State Buckeyes hosted the Illinois Fighting Illini on a rainy afternoon in Columbus , Ohio . The last time these two met at Ohio Stadium , the Illini beat the # 1 Buckeyes 28 – 21 . Ohio State relied heavily on its running game to put up 13 points in the first half ; in fact , quarterback Terrelle Pryor threw for 0 passing yards in the first half . Illinois committed several turnovers and never gained any momentum ; the final score was Ohio State 30 , Illinois 0 . This was the second straight shutout for the Buckeyes , their first consecutive shutouts since 1996 . 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter - - - - Indiana . The # 9 Ohio State Buckeyes traveled to Memorial Stadium in Bloomington , Indiana for a night game against a Big Ten opponent , the Indiana Hoosiers . Ohio State came in posting two straight shutouts against Toledo and Illinois . The offense scored first with a field goal and a touchdown in the first quarter . However , the Hoosiers broke Ohio State ' s two game shutout streak with a touchdown in the second quarter . After the first half the Buckeyes led the Hoosiers 24 – 7 . After a safety in the third quarter and a touchdown in the fourth ; the Buckeyes were leading 33 – 7 . The Hoosiers scored a touchdown at the end of the game to make the final score with Ohio State winning 33 – 14 . 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter - - - - Wisconsin . The Wisconsin Badgers came to Columbus being one of only three teams , including Ohio State , that were undefeated in Big Ten play . Ohio State scored first with a Wisconsin interception ran back for a touchdown by Kurt Coleman . The Badgers , however , scored 10 unanswered points with one minute left in the half . Terrelle Pryor led the Buckeyes on to their first offensive touchdown of the day to end the first half , the Buckeyes led 14 – 10 . The second half started with another interception returned for a touchdown and a kick return . In total , the Buckeyes had three non - offensive touchdowns on the day . The Buckeyes won the game 31 – 13 to stay undefeted in the Big Ten and a 5 – 1 record overall . 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter - - - - Purdue . The Ohio State Buckeyes traveled to West Lafayette , Indiana on a cold October day playing against the Purdue Boilermakers . Purdue , who had lost many close games , came to play in front of their home fans at Ross - Ade Stadium . Purdue scored first with a field goal in the first quarter , but Ohio State made it 7 – 3 with a Pryor run for a touchdown . The second quarter was all Purdue with Boilermakers making two field goals to put them up it a 9 – 7 halftime . In the second half Purdue was finally able to find the end zone with two Joey Elliot touchdown passes to Valentin , making it a commanding 23 – 7 lead for the Boilermakers . In the fourth quarter both teams traded field goals with the score now 26 – 10 . Purdue , however , was forced to punt midway through the fourth quarter and Ohio State quickly drove down the field to score a touchdown with a pass from Pryor to Posey , with Pryor running it in the two point conversion . The next drive , Purdue went three and out and it seemed the momentum had shifted and Ohio State had come alive , but with a sack of Pryor and a denial of a fourth down , Purdue had the ball . After seemingly stopping Purdue , a crucial facemask penalty by the Buckeyes allowed the Boilermakers to run out the clock . This was the first time Ohio State had lost to a team that had finished the season with a losing record since losses to Wisconsin and Penn State in 2001 . 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter - - - - Minnesota . The Ohio State Buckeyes returned to Ohio Stadium to face the Minnesota Golden Gophers . Ohio State came into the game with a loss to Purdue , trying not to lose two straight games since 2004 . The game opened up with little offensive production for both teams . Ohio State scored first with a 62 yard pass to Posey . After half time Minnesota lost the opening kickoff which was recovered by Ohio State . Pryor later ran it in for a touchdown , Ohio State led 14 – 0 . After many stops by the Ohio State defense , the offense continued rolling , at the end of the third quarter the score was 28 – 0 Ohio State . Two more scores in the fourth by Ohio State and a touchdown by Minnesota on Ohio State ' s backups ended the game . Ohio State came up with a big win over a struggling Minnesota team . 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter New Mexico State . The Ohio State Buckeyes came to Ohio Stadium to play a game against an out of conference opponent New Mexico State . The # 17 Buckeyes came in a forty point favorite , and lived up to that prediction . Ohio State got off to a slow start , scoring no points in the first quarter . However , Ohio State came back 28 unanswered points in the second quarter . After a great first half , Pryor was taken out and Ohio State went on to score 17 more points and beat the Aggies 45 – 0 . This was Ohio State ' s third shutout of the season . 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter Penn State . The Buckeyes headed to Pennsylvania to take on favored Penn State in a Big Ten matchup . This was Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor ' s first game at Penn State , very near his hometown of Jeannette , and many Penn State fans had expressed their dismay that he decided to play at Ohio State . The game was a one - sided affair , with Ohio State ' s defense holding the Nittany Lions to just one touchdown , while the Buckeyes scored in every quarter , including two touchdown passes by Pryor . However , special teams play gave the Buckeyes the biggest boost of all , including two Ray Small punt returns that allowed Ohio State to make the game into a laugher , despite their four scoring drives totalling 178 yards . With Iowa ' s loss this week , the Buckeyes moved into a tie for first in the Big Ten . 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Iowa . The Buckeyes stayed home to take on Iowa , with an automatic BCS bowl game berth and at least a share of the Big Ten championship on the line . Both teams traded field goals , but Ohio State took the lead before halftime with a 22 yard run by Brandon Saine . Iowa struck back in the third on a 9 yard pass to Marvin McNutt from freshman QB James Vanderberg . In the fourth , the Buckeyes scored two touchdowns in under two minutes , seemingly putting the game away . However , Derrell Johnson - Koulianos returned the ensuing kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown , and Vandenberg connected with McNutt again to send the game into overtime . On their first possession , Iowa got pushed out of field goal range and ended up not scoring . Ohio State took over and Devin Barclay kicked the game - winning field goal . The Buckeyes clinched at least a share of the Big Ten title for their 5th straight year , and earned the Big Ten ' s automatic BCS bowl bid to the 2010 Rose Bowl . 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Overtime Michigan . The Buckeyes headed into Ann Arbor to take on archrival Michigan in their final regular season game . The first score came by Ohio State , when Cameron Heyward recovered a Tate Forcier fumble in the end zone . Jason Olesnavage hit a field goal for Michigan , but Brandon Saine came back with a 29 yard run . Michigan and Ohio State traded touchdowns in the third , but Michigan could not recover from Forcier ' s four interceptions . With the win , Ohio State won the Big Ten title outright , and extended their longest winning streak ever against Michigan to six games . 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 2010 Rose Bowl . Oregon . Ohio State has played in 13 Rose Bowl Games with a record of 6 – 7 , winning its last appearance over Arizona State 20 – 17 . Oregon plays its fifth Rose Bowl Game and has a record of 1 – 3 . It has not won a Rose Bowl game in 92 years since that first victory over Pennsylvania 14 – 0 in 1917 . Ohio State struck first , with Brandon Saine scoring on a 13 yard pass from Terrelle Pryor on the Buckeyes ' first drive . Devin Barclay added a field goal near the end of the first quarter . Oregon came back to tie in the second , with a field goal by Morgan Flint and a 3 yard touchdown run by LaGarrette Blount . Ohio State retook the lead with two field goals before halftime . In the third , Jeremiah Masoli gave the Ducks their first lead with a 1 yard run . Then Barclay hit another field goal to give Ohio State the lead back . In the fourth , the Buckeyes scored another touchdown to give them a nine point lead , and the win was sealed when Flint missed a 45 yard field goal which would have drawn the Ducks within 6 . The final score was Ohio State 26 , Oregon 17 . The Buckeyes set a Rose Bowl record with a time of possession of 41 minutes , 37 seconds .