Entering tonight's CFP Semifinal against Georgia in the Peach Bowl, Ohio State has faced the nation's top-ranked team in a post-season game four times. Today, we take a look at the matchups against those No. 1 teams, in which the Buckeyes have a 2–2 record.
On New Year's Day 1973, a new college football attendance record was set with 106,869 fans filling the Rose Bowl to watch the top-ranked Trojans take on No. 3 Ohio State.
Entering this game, USC coach John McKay was 1–3 against Woody Hayes and the Buckeyes. The last time the two coaches faced off, McKay watched Ohio State and the Super Sophomores celebrate a 27-16 Rose Bowl victory and national title on the first day of January 1969.
This time around, Hayes and the Buckeyes were 14.5-point underdogs to the Trojans, who were riding an 11-game winning streak. The boys from Columbus came out inspired and brave as Hayes leaned on his offensive line and the legs of a freshman running back named Archie Griffin to establish the running game in the first half.
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