[11] Ohio State took the opening possession 79 yards, capped by a one-yard run by quarterback Frank Kremblas, to take a 7–0 lead.

[12] On their next possession, the Ducks were driving until end Ron Stover fumbled inside the Ohio State thirty.

With time running out in the game, Oregon got the ball back and had a chance to tie or go ahead, but Crabtree's fourth-down pass to Stover fell incomplete with 47 seconds remaining, and the Buckeyes held on to win, 10–7.

Stover had 10 receptions on the day, and his 144 receiving yards established a new record for PCC participants.

Benny Lom of California in 1929, who tackled teammate Roy Riegels (after a wrong-way run with the ball), is the only other solo Player of the Game from a losing team.