No. 2 Ohio State football vs. Northwestern: Relive the game from Wrigley Field as it happened

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Ohio State Buckeyes are in Chicago for Saturday’s matchup against Northwestern.

The Buckeyes (8-1) are 21-1 all time against the Wildcats, with 10 consecutive wins in the series since their lone loss, 33-27 in overtime, in 2004.

Northwestern (4-5) is in the midst of rebuilding Ryan Field, with hopes of reopening in 2026. In the meantime the Wildcats have been playing their home games at Martin Field, a temporary stadium that sits right on Lake Michigan. The venue for Saturday’s matchup, however, is Wrigley Field, home of Major League Baseball’s Chicago Cubs.

You can get live updates on the game right here, including highlights, analysis and insight from cleveland.com OSU beat reporters Stephen Means, Andrew Gillis and Stefan Krajisnik as well as Tim Bielik and Jimmy Watkins.

Final: Ohio State 31, Northwestern 7.

1:53, 3Q: Northwestern turns the ball over on downs and OSU will take over at their own 16-yard line. Starters have been pulled and Devin Brown is in at quarterback.

End third quarter: Ohio State 31, Northwestern 7.

0:38, 3Q: Jayden Fielding’s 28-yard field goal is good. Ohio Sate leads 31-7.

12:11, 3Q: Carnell Tate catches an eight yard TD pass from Will Howard for his second score of the game. Ohio State leads 28-7.

14:55, 3Q: Ohio State will open the half with possession at their own 10-yard line.

Halftime: Ohio State 21, Northwestern 7.

0:47, 2Q: Will Howard finds Chicago native Carnell Tate on a 25-yard TD pass. Buckeyes lead 21-7.

2:43, 2Q: Ohio State will take over at their own 23-yard line after the Northwestern punt.

4:19, 2Q: Quinshon Judkins punches in the TD to give OSU a 14-7 lead.

5:15, 2Q: After a bad snap on third down the 4th down snap was too high Northwestern’s punter. He chased the ball, picked it up and tried to punt the ball away, but it was block. Ohio State will have the ball at the Northwestern 1-yard line.

6:59, 2Q: Quinshon Judkins goes into the endzone from 1-yard out to tie the score at 7-7.

12:34, 2Q: Jack Lausch caps a 13-play, 92-yard drive with an eight-yard TD run. Northwestern leads 7-0.

End first quarter: Ohio State 0, Northwestern 0.

3:04, 1Q: Will Howard’s deep TD pass to Jeremiah Smith was reversed and called incomplete and Ohio State was forced to punt. Northwestern will takeover inside their own 10-yard line.

8:04, 1Q: Jack Sawyer forces Northwestern’s Jack Lausch to fumble and Davison Igbinosun recovers it and returns the ball to the OSU 33-yard line.

15:00, 1Q: Northwestern will open the game with possession.