{"id":434401,"date":"2026-09-13T02:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T02:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/434401\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T02:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T02:46:16","slug":"college-football-ohio-state-leads-texas-20-3-at-half-osu-buckeyes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/434401\/","title":{"rendered":"College football: Ohio State leads Texas 20-3 at half | OSU Buckeyes"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 1 Ohio State has taken a commanding halftime lead in their early season showdown against No. 4 Texas at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin.<\/p>\n

After forcing a fumble on Texas\u2019 first possession of the game, Buckeyes kicker Connor Hawkins hit a 26-yard field goal to give Ohio State an early 3-0 lead.<\/p>\n

On the next possession, Ohio State\u2019s Jaylen McClain intercepted a pass that ricocheted off the body of Longhorns wide receiver Cam Coleman. A few plays later, Buckeyes running back Ja\u2019Kobi Jackson scored from eight yards out to give Ohio State a 10-0 lead midway through the first quarter.<\/p>\n

After it stopped Ohio State on fourth down deep in their own territory, the Longhorns drove the ball deep in Buckeyes territory, but were forced to settle for a field goal. Texas kicker Gianni Spetic hit from 37 yards out to make it 10-3 midway through the second quarter.<\/p>\n

On its next possession, Hawkins hit another field goal from 30 yards out to make it 13-3 with less than two minutes remaining in the first half.<\/p>\n

Buckeyes quarterback Julian Sayin hit Jeremiah Smith on a 19-yard TD pass with 10 seconds remaining to give Ohio State a 20-3 halftime lead.<\/p>\n

Ohio State (1-0) beat Ball State last week, while Texas beat Texas State.<\/p>\n

The Buckeyes beat the Longhorns 14-7 last season at Ohio Stadium.<\/p>\n

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Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin (10) warms hip before an NCAA college football game against Texas in Austin, Texas, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026.<\/p>\n

Eric Gay – AP<\/p>\n

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Texas quarterback Arch Manning (16) warms up before an NCAA college football game against Ohio State in Austin, Texas, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026.<\/p>\n

Eric Gay – AP<\/p>\n

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Ohio State fans arrive for an NCAA college football game between Texas and Ohio State in Austin, Texas, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026.<\/p>\n

Eric Gay – AP<\/p>\n

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Ohio State head coach Ryan Day watches players warm up before an NCAA college football game against Texas in Austin, Texas, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026.<\/p>\n

Eric Gay – AP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No. 1 Ohio State has taken a commanding halftime lead in their early season showdown against No. 4…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434402,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-434401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}