Back on the road for a second straight Saturday, No. 1 Ohio State's offense started slow enough for the Buckeyes to trail 9-7 at the half but things fell into place over the final 30 minutes as Ryan Day's squad handed Rutgers a 35-16 defeat in SHI Stadium.
Entering the game with four-straight 100-yard receiving yard performances, Marvin Harrison Jr. was held to just 25 yards on four catches but two of those went for short red zone touchdowns in the fourth quarter as Ohio State delivered the needed daggers to remain undefeated.
With Harrison unable to chew up the yardage Ohio State has come to expect thanks to its own struggles along with Rutgers' two-deep safeties look, tailback TreVeyon Henderson was again elite with 208 total yards and a touchdown.