Texas outgained Ohio State by 133 yards and still lost. The No. 3 Buckeyes defeated No. 1 Texas 14-7 at Ohio Stadium on August 30, 2025, holding Arch Manning to 38 passing yards through three quarters and converting four fourth-down stops into the winning margin. Julian Sayin, in his first collegiate start, completed 13 of 20 passes for 126 yards and the decisive score — a 40-yard strike to Carnell Tate early in the fourth quarter — becoming the first quarterback since Jim Harbaugh in 1984 to beat the AP’s top-ranked team in a debut start.
Ohio State finished with 203 total yards, the program’s lowest regular-season output since 2015. Texas went 1-of-5 on fourth down, with two of those failures coming inside the Ohio State 10-yard line. The 107,524 in attendance — the 12th-largest crowd in Ohio Stadium history — witnessed a game decided not by who moved the ball more efficiently, but by who stopped when it counted. The complete Texas Longhorns vs Ohio State Buckeyes player stats and full box score from the game are below.
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Game Information
Date
August 30, 2025
Kickoff
9:00 PM ET
Venue
Ohio Stadium — Columbus, Ohio
Attendance
107,524
Broadcast
FOX
All-Time Series
Ohio State leads, 3–2
Final Score
Team
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Final
#1 Texas Longhorns
0
0
0
7
7
#3 Ohio State Buckeyes
0
7
0
7
14
Scoring Drives
Quarter
Time
Score
Play
Drive
2nd
8:57
OSU 7 – TEX 0
CJ Donaldson Jr. 1-Yd Run (Jayden Fielding Kick)
13 plays, 80 yds, 8:01
4th
13:08
OSU 14 – TEX 0
Carnell Tate 40-Yd Pass from Julian Sayin (Jayden Fielding Kick)
7 plays, 68 yds, 4:53
4th
3:28
OSU 14 – TEX 7
Parker Livingstone 32-Yd Pass from Arch Manning (Mason Shipley Kick)
4 plays, 60 yds, 0:42
Team Stats
Texas
Ohio State
Total Yards
336
203
Passing Yards
170
126
Rushing Yards
166
77
Completions/Attempts
17/30
13/20
Yards Per Pass
5.7
6.3
Yards Per Rush
4.5
2.3
1st Downs
16
11
3rd Down Efficiency
5/14 (35.7%)
3/12 (25.0%)
4th Down Efficiency
1/5 (20.0%)
1/2 (50.0%)
Penalties
6 for 50 yds
2 for 15 yds
Turnovers
1
0
Fumbles Lost
0
0
Interceptions Thrown
1
0
Time of Possession
27:55
32:05
Passing Stats
Team
Player
C/ATT
YDS
AVG
TD
INT
QBR
Texas
Arch Manning
17/30
170
5.7
1
1
61.5
Ohio State
Julian Sayin
13/20
126
6.3
1
0
68.8
Rushing Stats
Texas Rushing
Player
CAR
YDS
AVG
TD
LG
Quintrevion Wisner
16
80
5.0
0
13
CJ Baxter
10
40
4.0
0
14
Arch Manning
10
38
3.8
0
15
Ryan Wingo
1
8
8.0
0
8
Team
37
166
4.5
0
15
Ohio State Rushing
Player
CAR
YDS
AVG
TD
LG
CJ Donaldson Jr.
19
67
3.5
1
8
James Peoples
10
20
2.0
0
6
Julian Sayin
2
2
1.0
0
1
Team
34
77
2.3
1
8
Receiving Stats
Texas Receiving
Player
REC
YDS
AVG
TD
LG
Jack Endries
4
50
12.5
0
30
Parker Livingstone
2
47
23.5
1
32
Ryan Wingo
2
35
17.5
0
28
CJ Baxter
5
25
5.0
0
6
DeAndre Moore Jr.
2
6
3.0
0
9
Quintrevion Wisner
1
5
5.0
0
5
Daylan McCutcheon
1
2
2.0
0
2
Team
17
170
10.0
1
32
Ohio State Receiving
Player
REC
YDS
AVG
TD
LG
Carnell Tate
2
49
24.5
1
40
Jeremiah Smith
6
43
7.2
0
16
Max Klare
1
11
11.0
0
11
CJ Donaldson Jr.
1
9
9.0
0
9
Brandon Inniss
2
8
4.0
0
5
Bennett Christian
1
6
6.0
0
6
Team
13
126
9.7
1
40
Defensive Stats
Texas Defense
Player
TOT
SOLO
SACKS
TFL
PD
Liona Lefau
9
3
0
1
0
Michael Taaffe
9
2
0
0
0
Malik Muhammad
6
4
0
0
1
Anthony Hill Jr.
6
1
0
0
0
Trey Moore
4
2
0
0
0
Ethan Burke
4
0
0
0
0
Ty’Anthony Smith
3
3
0
0
0
Jelani McDonald
3
1
0
0
0
Alex January
3
1
0
0
0
Hero Kanu
2
1
0
0
0
Colin Simmons
2
1
0
0
0
Cole Brevard
2
0
0
0
0
Travis Shaw
2
0
0
0
0
Zina Umeozulu
2
0
0
0
0
DeAndre Moore Jr.
1
1
0
0
0
Graceson Littleton
1
1
0
0
1
Jaylon Guilbeau
1
0
0
0
0
Derek Williams Jr.
1
0
0
0
0
Brad Spence
1
0
0
0
0
Maraad Watson
1
0
0
0
0
Team
63
21
0
1
2
Ohio State Defense
Player
TOT
SOLO
SACKS
TFL
PD
Davison Igbinosun
10
4
0
0
1
Arvell Reese
9
4
1
1
0
Jaylen McClain
8
5
0
0
0
Kayden McDonald
8
1
0
0
0
Lorenzo Styles Jr.
7
3
0
0
0
Caden Curry
6
1
0
0
0
Caleb Downs
5
3
0
0
0
Sonny Styles
5
2
0
0
0
Jermaine Mathews Jr.
3
3
0
0
0
C.J. Hicks
3
1
0
0
0
Eddrick Houston
3
0
0
0
0
Kenyatta Jackson Jr.
3
0
0
0
0
Beau Atkinson
2
1
0
0
0
Will Smith Jr.
2
0
0
0
0
Garrett Stover
1
0
0
0
0
Payton Pierce
1
0
0
0
0
Devin Sanchez
1
0
0
0
0
Leroy Roker III
1
0
0
0
0
Team
78
28
1
1
1
Interceptions
Team
Player
INT
Return Yds
TD
Ohio State
Jermaine Mathews Jr.
1
5
0
Special Teams
Kicking
Team
Player
FG
FG%
LG
XP
PTS
Texas
Mason Shipley
0/0
—
—
1/1
1
Ohio State
Jayden Fielding
0/0
—
—
2/2
2
Punting
Team
Player
NO
YDS
AVG
TB
In 20
LG
Texas
Jack Bouwmeester
4
185
46.3
0
3
52
Ohio State
Joe McGuire
6
260
43.3
0
1
55
Kick Returns
Team
Player
NO
YDS
AVG
LG
TD
Texas
Quintrevion Wisner
1
15
15.0
15
0
Ohio State
—
—
—
—
—
—
Punt Returns
Team
Player
NO
YDS
AVG
LG
TD
Texas
Ryan Niblett
1
3
3.0
3
0
Ohio State
—
—
—
—
—
—
Every statistical category favored Texas except the scoreboard. The Longhorns ran for 166 yards, held the ball for over 27 minutes, and still scored once — because their four fourth-down failures, two of them inside the Ohio State 10-yard line, handed the Buckeyes the stops they needed each time Texas had a genuine chance to change the game. Manning, held to 38 passing yards through three quarters, produced 132 of his 170 yards and his only touchdown after Ohio State had gone ahead 14-0. The numbers that mattered most were the two red-zone stuffs — a Manning QB sneak stopped at the 1-yard line by Caden Curry and Lorenzo Styles Jr. in the third quarter, and a fourth-down incompletion swatted away by Davison Igbinosun in the fourth.
For Ohio State, the win extended the program’s active season-opening winning streak to 25 consecutive games and moved Ryan Day to 17-1 in regular-season non-conference play. The Buckeyes claimed the No. 1 spot in the AP poll the following week. The result remained one of the defining performances of the 2025 college football season — a blueprint for how a defense-first identity, paired with a first-time starter trusted to do just enough, was sufficient to knock off the country’s top-ranked team on opening night.
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