COLUMBUS, Ohio — Quinshon Judkins rushed for 173 yards and two touchdowns, Emeka Egbuka had 117 yards receiving and a TD and No. 3 Ohio State overcame an early push by Marshall to pull away and win 49-14 on Saturday. TreVeyon Henderson rushed for two touchdowns, freshman Jeremiah Smith had a 53-yard TD catch, and quarterback Will Howard rushed for a 1-yard score. The Buckeyes scored four touchdowns of 40 yards or more.

Takeaways

Marshall: The Thundering Herd were competitive early.

They gave Ohio State a game for much of the first half and went into the locker room down 28-14.

But they couldn’t sustain it in the second half, especially after quarterback Stone Earle left with an injury in the third quarter injury.

Ohio State: The Buckeyes defense gave up a couple of long drives in the first half of their final tune-up game before the Big Ten schedule begins.

Their arsenal of offensive weapons was on display, however, and the Herd couldn’t keep up.

Key moment

Henderson took a pitch from Howard to the left and broke two tackles on his way to a 40-yard TD on OSU’s first possession of the second half. That pushed the Buckeyes’ lead to 35-14. It was all Buckeyes after that.

Key stat

OSU had the ball for only 23 minutes, but averaged 10 yards per play — 12.3 through three quarters — to make that irrelevant.

Up next

Marshall hosts Western Michigan, and Ohio State is at Michigan State on Saturday.