the silver bullet buckeye defense came out strong in the second half forcing two wisconsin turnovers and a three-and-out, on wisconsin's first three possessions. though the buckeyes threw an interception on their first possession, they followed it up with two consecutive touchdowns, both j. t. barrett runs. on barrett's second touchdown, ohio state took their first lead of the night at the 14:09 mark of the fourth quarter, and the buckeyes led 20–16. the next drive, wisconsin drove 81 yards to take back the lead with 7:54 left in the game. the buckeyes followed that score with a field goal to tie the game at 23 with 3:57 to go. the badger offense drove 25 yards on their last possession, but come up short of field goal range and had to punt to the buckeyes with 0:14 left. the buckeyes with the ball on their 17-yard line decided to run out the clock and force overtime.