Result Ohio State vs. Tennessee, live updates: College Football Playoff First Round

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• Sat Dec 21, 2024 at 9:30 PM MST

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  Touchdown Tennessee

  Well, the Vols found the end zone again after a short run from Nico Iamaleava.

  The bad news is there are 2 minutes left in the match.

  OSU 42, Tennessee 17

• Sat Dec 21, 2024 9:19 PM MST

  The teams traded punts and the Vols have it back on their own 12-yard line with 7 minutes left.

• Sat Dec 21, 2024 9:06 PM MST

  Ohio State Touchdown!

  Now it’s TreVeyon Henderson with his second TD of the game. The veteran RB breaks the line for a 24-yard touchdown run to extend the Buckeyes’ lead.

  OSU 42, Tennessee 10

• Sat Dec 21, 2024 8:56 PM MST

  End of 3Q: OSU 35, Tennessee 10

  The Vols will have to start adding up the points quickly to get this started again.

• Sat Dec 21, 2024 8:48 PM MST

  Ohio State Touchdown!

  The Buckeyes are working on it now. Quinshon Judkins just capped a 9-play, 81-yard drive with a short touchdown run.

  OSU 35, Tennessee 10

• Sat Dec 21, 2024 8:44 PM MST

  OSU in midfield

  The Buckeyes are moving the ball and eating a lot of clock now with the run game.

• Sat Dec 21, 2024 at 8:34 PM MST

  Tennessee kicks it away

  The Vols appeared to be considering going for it on fourth-and-short at midfield, but instead opted to punt the ball away.

  It’s Ohio State Ball with 6:04 left in the third quarter.

• Sat Dec 21, 2024 at 8:25 PM MST

  Ohio State Touchdown!

  It’s Jeremiah Smith AGAIN! The freshman phenom again caught a beautiful pass from Will Howard on a fade in the corner and the Buckeyes have re-established themselves in this one.

  OSU 28, Tennessee 10

• Sat Dec 21, 2024 8:19 PM MST

  Tennessee passes it to OSU

  It’s a quick possession to open the third quarter for the Vols. They tried to establish the run game on that drive, but it didn’t work out very well.

• Sat Dec 21, 2024 8:10 PM MST

  Vols gets the ball to start the 2nd half

  Will Tennessee keep it going and pull off the greatest comeback in College Football Playoff history?

• Sat Dec 21, 2024 7:51 PM MST

  Halftime: OSU 21, Tennessee 10

  Buckeyes kicker Jayden Fielding had a chance to extend the lead as time expired, but his 56-yard attempt was not close.

• Sat Dec 21, 2024 at 7:44 PM MST

  Touchdown Tennessee!

  The Vols finally found the end zone with just 20 seconds left in the first half on a short run from Nico Iamaleava.

  OSU 21, Tennessee 10

• Sat Dec 21, 2024 at 7:36 PM MST

  Full on march

  Tennessee is now past midfield with just under 2 minutes left in the first half.

• Sat Dec 21, 2024 at 7:30 PM MST

  Vols force punt

  Tennessee will have a chance to eat into the Buckeyes’ lead before halftime after holding strong and forcing a punt.

• Sat Dec 21, 2024 at 7:22 PM MST

  Fulls are on the board

  Tennessee’s drive failed after the penalty and the Vols had to settle for a short field goal by Max Gilbert.

  OSU 21, Tennessee 3

• Sat Dec 21, 2024 7:19 PM MST

  OSU interception negated by penalty

  The Buckeyes had an interception, but a Tennessee defender was assessed a passer penalty after landing on Nico Iamaleava.

  The Vols are inside the red zone after the controversial penalty.

• Sat Dec 21, 2024 7:16 PM MST

  Full on march

  Now it’s Tennessee’s turn to make some plays. Nico Iamaleava just found two different receivers for long gains and the Vols are past midfield.

• Sat Dec 21, 2024 at 7:12 PM MST

  Tennessee interception!

  Will Howard tried to find Jeremiah Smith for another touchdown, but the freshman couldn’t hold on to the ball and Tennessee’s Will Brooks made a spectacular play to get a foot in the end zone for the pick.

  After a brief review, the call remains on the field of an interception. What a play by Brooks!

• Sat Dec 21, 2024 at 7:05 PM MST

  OSU drives for another score

  The Buckeyes were facing a fourth-and-3 at midfield when Jeremiah Smith caught a crossing route and made a nice play to extend the drive.

• Sat Dec 21, 2024 6:57 PM MST

  End of Q1: OSU 21, Tennessee 0

  It was all Buckeyes at first.

  Total meters so far…
  State of Ohio: 205
  Tennessee: -3