| Scoring Summary |
| FIRST QUARTER | OSU | MINN |
 | TD | 12:42 | SANTONIO HOLMES 41 YD PASS FROM TROY SMITH (JOSH HUSTON KICK) Drive info: 7 plays, 80 yards. | 7 | 0 |
| FG | 7:09 | JOSH HUSTON 31 YD FG Drive info: 8 plays, 66 yards. | 10 | 0 |
 | TD | 5:16 | LAURENCE MARONEY 1 YD RUN (JASON GIANNINI KICK) Drive info: 6 plays, 80 yards. | 10 | 7 |
| TD | 5:03 | TED GINN JR. 100 YD KICK RETURN (JOSH HUSTON KICK) | 17 | 7 |
| FG | 0:09 | JASON GIANNINI 30 YD FG Drive info: 11 plays, 67 yards. | 17 | 10 |
| SECOND QUARTER | OSU | MINN |
| TD | 11:57 | JARED ELLERSON 5 YD PASS FROM BRYAN CUPITO (JASON GIANNINI KICK) Drive info: 5 plays, 58 yards. | 17 | 17 |
| THIRD QUARTER | OSU | MINN |
| TD | 12:47 | ANTONIO PITTMAN 67 YD RUN (JOSH HUSTON KICK) Drive info: 2 plays, 72 yards. | 24 | 17 |
| TD | 7:46 | ANTHONY GONZALEZ 27 YD PASS FROM TROY SMITH (JOSH HUSTON KICK) Drive info: 7 plays, 68 yards. | 31 | 17 |
| TD | 6:14 | GARY RUSSELL 1 YD RUN (JASON GIANNINI KICK) Drive info: 5 plays, 80 yards. | 31 | 24 |
| FOURTH QUARTER | OSU | MINN |
| TD | 13:20 | ANTONIO PITTMAN 4 YD RUN (JOSH HUSTON KICK) Drive info: 6 plays, 37 yards. | 38 | 24 |
| TD | 10:39 | SANTONIO HOLMES 30 YD PASS FROM TROY SMITH (JOSH HUSTON KICK) Drive info: 3 plays, 28 yards. | 45 | 24 |
| TD | 0:53 | GARY RUSSELL 1 YD RUN (JASON GIANNINI KICK) Drive info: 9 plays, 80 yards. | 45 | 31 |
Ohio State 45, 
Minnesota 31