Buckeye Flashback: Ohio State clinches Rose Bowl bid at Indiana

Published Nov. 22, 2013 6:56 p.m. ET

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Ohio State and Indiana might not have had the most competitive series on the gridiron, but that doesn't mean a few of the Buckeyes' 69 wins haven't been noteworthy.

Plenty of series records have been set in the series, but the runaway winner of a BuckeyeSports.com reader poll earlier this year was a game that saw Ohio State clinch its first Rose Bowl in more than a decade.

Read more about it after the jump.

1996
 No. 2 Ohio State 27 
Indiana 17

The Buckeyes rode into Bloomington intent on clinching a share of the Big Ten championship and a berth in the Rose Bowl, but that proved to be no easy task.

Ohio State got all it wanted from the underdog Hoosiers. A little more than five minutes into the second half, IU QB Jay Rodgers scored from two yards out, giving the Hoosiers a 10-7 lead. OSU kicker Josh Jackson tied the score with a 19-yard field goal on the first play of the fourth quarter, but those were all the points either offense could muster through most of the rest of the quarter before the Buckeye defense stepped up and delivered the play of the season.

With Indiana in possession near midfield, freshman linebacker Andy Katzenmoyer stripped Rodgers in the backfield and senior Matt Finkes grabbed the loose ball and raced 45 yards to give his team the lead. Jackson added another field goal after the defense forced another Rodgers fumble, then safety Damon Moore slammed the door on the Hoosiers by returning an interception 28 yards for a touchdown.

Boston, then a freshman, added 153 yards and a touchdown to his 13 receptions.

If you liked that walk down Ohio State memory lane, please be sure to check out the rest of the nominees for our best Ohio State wins over Indiana.

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