Both the Ohio State Buckeyes and Northwestern Wildcats came to Indianapolis with hopes of walking out of Lucas Oil Stadium as conference champions. After 60 minutes of action on Saturday night, and a 499-yard passing performance from quarterback Dwayne Haskins, the Buckeyes were the ones that emerged victorious—defeating the Wildcats, 45-24.
At halftime, OSU was running away with the game, 24-7. But a 14-point third quarter from the Wildcats brought them back into the game, and at times, within one score of the Buckeyes. However, the Ohio State offense was too much, and the defense clamped down in the final nine minutes of the game.