Ryan Day has lost a regular-season game as a head coach for the first time.
In Ohio State's second game of the 2021 season and its first game in front of fans at Ohio Stadium since 2019, Kerry Coombs' defense was gashed and Oregon defeated Ohio State, 35-28, to hand the Buckeyes their first regular-season loss since 2018.
Neither team scored in the first quarter. Ohio State’s opening drive of the game ended with a turnover on downs; Ryan Day opted to go for it on 4th-and-7, but C.J. Stroud’s pass fell incomplete, giving Oregon the ball at its 31-yard line.