#3 Buckeyes running game leads way in 49-14 win over Marshall; Judkins shows why he is one of the best in College Football

By Danielle Daniels

Quinshon Judkins being interviewed by Fox Sports after Buckeyes 49-14 win over Marshall, 9 21 2024 (courtesy IMAGN, photo by Barbara J. Perenic of The Dispatch via USA Today Sports)

 

73,515 Quinshon Judkins OSU RB Coach Day says he is very coachable and wants to get better. Has he always been like that #3 OSU 49 Marshall 14 9 21 2024.mp3

 

73,518 Quinshon Judkins OSU RB Coach Day says that the RB Corps everyone roots for everyone. Players are unselfish. Why is that #3 OSU 49 Marshall 14 9 21 2024.mp3

 

73,522 Quinshon Judkins OSU RB What goes through his mind when he sees an open field and nobody in front to tackle him #3 OSU 49 Marshall 14 9 21 2024.mp3

 

Quinshon Judkins running enroute to his 86 yard TD run against Marshall, 9 21 2024 (courtesy IMAGN, photo by Joseph Maiorama, IMAGN, Images)

Postgame Notes vs. Marshall

No. 3 Ohio State 49, Marshall 14
Sept. 21, 2024 – Ohio Stadium; Columbus, Ohio
Attendance: 103,871 

  • With its 49-14 victory, Ohio State improves to 3-0 on the season and has won 10 consecutive games at Ohio Stadium.
  • Head coach Ryan Day is now 59-8 at Ohio State, with a home record of 34-2 and a 20-5 mark vs. non-conference opponents. Throughout his career, he has coached 41 games when the Buckeyes have scored 40 or more points.
  • Will Howard found Emeka Egbuka for a 68-yard touchdown on the Buckeyes’ second offensive play of the game. For Egbuka, it was his third reception of 68 yards or more, previously hauling in a 69-yard and a 85-yard reception.
  • Egbuka climbed up multiple charts in the record board including:
    • 21st on the all-time career touchdown receptions list with 15. He is tied with Corey Brown, Parris Campbell and Ted Ginn Jr.
    • 12th on the career pass receptions list with 138. He surpasses Ted Ginn Jr., who had 135 catches.
    • 12th on the career receiving yards list, where he slides behind Garrett Wilson with 2,123 yards. Wilson had 2,213 career receiving yards.
  • Quinshon Judkins ripped off an 86-yard touchdown run, which was the third-longest rushing play in Ohio State history. The run was tied with J.T. Barrett’s run from 2014 and only surpassed by an 88-yard run by Morris Bradshaw in 1971 and an 87-yard run by Eddie George in 1995.
    • Judkins racked up his 15th career 100-yard rushing game and his second of the year.
    • Judkins now has 3,061 yards in his NCAA career, joining a list of five active players to accumulate 3,000 yards or more.
    • Judkins is now tied for first in most career rushing touchdowns among active NCAA players with 36.
    • Judkins notched his 12th career multi-rushing touchdown game and his second with the Buckeyes.
  • TreVeyon Henderson scored a pair of touchdowns and gained 76 yards on six carries. It was the 13th multi-rushing touchdown performance of his career.
    • Henderson moves into seventh in career touchdowns scored, where he is tied with Carlos Hyde at 41. Two more touchdowns would place him fifth all-time, matching J.T. Barrett and J.K. Dobbins at 43.
    • Henderson is also now tied for first in rushing touchdowns among active NCAA players.
  • Jeremiah Smith broke away with a 53-yard touchdown reception, pushing him up the receiving touchdowns by a true freshman list at Ohio State. He now sits fourth all-time, tied with Ten Ginn Jr. with four touchdowns.
    • Smith finished the day with three catches for 70 yards. He now has 14 catches for 281 yards and three touchdowns this year.
  • With a 21-yard punt return, Brandon Innis has collected 87 yards on punt returns this year. In 2023, the Buckeyes had 70 punt return yards total.
  • Junior defensive tackle Hero Kanu made his first career start for the Buckeyes.
  • Linebacker Sonny Styles had a career-high tying seven tackles.

 

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