PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — C.J. Stroud capped his record-setting offensive day by leading a 56-yard drive ending in Noah Ruggles’ 19-yard field goal with nine seconds to play, and No. 7 Ohio State beat No. 10 Utah 48-45 on Saturday night in the wild 108th edition of the Rose Bowl.
Stroud passed for a school-record 573 yards and a record-tying six touchdowns for the Buckeyes (11-2). Stroud’s yards passing and touchdowns both are Rose Bowl records. Ohio State still had to rally from 10 points down late in the third quarter to get past the Pac-12 champion Utes (10-4). Ohio State’s Jaxon Smith-Njigba set the record for any FBS bowl game with 347 yards receiving, catching a school-record 15 passes and scoring three touchdowns.
Utah made sure its first trip to the Rose Bowl was memorable. Unfortunately for the Utes, they ran out of time to rally.
The 10th-ranked Utes led most of the way Saturday, but an injury to quarterback Cam Rising during the fourth quarter and an undermanned secondary proved too much to overcome as No. 7 Ohio State rallied for a 48-45 victory in the 108th edition of the Granddaddy Of Them All.
Former Milford quarterback Bryson Barnes replaced Rising at quarterback for the Utes. After just a couple of handoffs and a punt in his first series the coaches opened up the playbook more for Barnes on his next drive. He led the Utes offense on a six play 57-yard drive capped off by a 15-yard touchdown pass to Dalton Kincaid.












