ohio state (1–0) took on the tulsa golden hurricane (1–0) and won by a final of 48–3 in columbus, ohio. following the kickoff by ohio state, dane evans' pass was intercepted by ohio state's marshon lattimore during the first offensive possession of the game. ohio state was unable to find their way into the endzone and settled for a 29-yard tyler durbin field goal to make the score 3–0. tulsa and ohio state went on to trade field goals to make it 6–3, ohio state. the osu defense then forced turnovers on the next three tulsa possessions, scoring two defensive touchdowns, to end the half up 20–3.