One of Ryan Day’s biggest offseason moves required looking at himself. To properly tend to his role as Ohio State football head coach, he felt he needed to hand over offensive play-calling duties. He hired Chip Kelly as his offensive coordinator,

Marshall found some offensive gains through its air raid scheme and quarterback run play, scoring the first two touchdowns the Buckeyes' defense has allowed all season. Special teams had two kickoffs go out of bounds and would have had a muffed punt for a turnover if not for a play-erasing penalty.