Dan Lanning suggests Oregon penalty was intentional as time expired vs. Ohio State

Oregon coach Dan Lanning suggested his team intentionally took a 5-yard penalty for having too many defenders on the field for what turned out to be the second-to-last play against Ohio State on Saturday, a move that burned critical seconds and still left the Buckeyes well out of field-goal range.

Oregon beat Ohio State 32-31.

Advertisement Lanning was asked Monday about the play and while he didnt directly confirm that it was planned, he certainly made it sound that way with a little bit of a smirk.

We spend an inordinate amount of time on situations, Lanning told reporters.

There are some situations that dont show up very often in college football, but this is one that obviously was something we had worked on.

So, you can see the result.

Dan Lanning confirms the 12 men penalty was intentional: pic.twitter.com/VPpi8eMAWj Tsunami (@Tsunami_TS) October 15, 2024 Ohio State had a third-and-25 from the Oregon 43 with 10 seconds left in the fourth quarter and the Ducks leading by one point.

Oregon called a timeout but seemed to have difficulty getting its defensive personnel back on the field.

The play went off with the Ducks having 12 players on the field and resulted in an incomplete pass by Will Howard to a well-covered receiver.

Four seconds came off the clock and Oregon was flagged for illegal substitution.

The 5-yard penalty gave Ohio State the ball at the 38 with 6 seconds left, and still in need of more yardage to have a realistic chance of making a field goal.

Buckeyes kicker Jayden Fielding has a career long of 47 yards.

The Buckeyes ran one more play, but Howards 12-yard scramble burned the remaining time off the clock.

Social media sleuths circulated video of the play late Saturday night and theorized that the Ducks intentionally took the penalty.

Not until Monday had Lanning been directly asked about it.

Required reading (Photo: Ben Lonergan / The Register-Guard / USA Today via Imagn Images).

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