 Participation was about the same as at the Purdue game and the loss resulted in a brief drop in the popularity of the event.Ohio State scored a defensive and special teams touchdown, but Penn State's defense mostly kept them out of the end zone in a 21–10 loss, one of two times they scored double digits in the Horseshoe as a Big 10 team, the other time being in 2008 where they won 13–6 to take control of the Big Ten race.Penn State actually outscored the Buckeyes 10–7 offensively.