--- title: Ohio State Marching Band Sci Fi Tribute: Video description: They Came from Outer Space during the Illinois Buckeyes game canonical: https://time.com/3554493/ohio-state-marching-band-sci-fi-they-came-from-outer-space/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-03T18:07:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:14:17.582Z og:title: The Ohio State Marching Band's Tribute to Sci-Fi Is Out of This World og:description: They Came from Outer Space during the Illinois Buckeyes game og:url: https://time.com/3554493/ohio-state-marching-band-sci-fi-they-came-from-outer-space/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Ohio State Marching Band's Tribute to Sci-Fi Is Out of This World twitter:description: They Came from Outer Space during the Illinois Buckeyes game twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The Ohio State Marching Band's Tribute to Sci-Fi Is Out of This World  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Nov 3, 2014 6:07 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Nov 3, 2014 6:07 PM UTC The Ohio State University Marching band performed a lively tribute to the sci-fi universe called “They Came from Outer Space” during the halftime show at the Nov. 1 game against Illinois. The routine featured [references](https://twitter.com/11W/status/528893556833148928) to _Star Trek, Apollo 13,_ and _Armageddon._ The Buckeyes ended up defeating the Fighting Illinois 55-14. **MORE:** [Ohio State’s Marching Band Performs an Amazing Classic Rock Tribute](http://time.com/3524578/ohio-state-university-marching-band-classic-rock-halftime-show/) [Ohio State Marching Band Pays Tribute to _The Simpsons_ and _Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/3303783/ohio-state-marching-band-tv-show-tribute/) [Ohio State Marching Band Forms Flying Harry Potter in Awesome Tribute to Hollywood](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/10/28/ohio-state-marching-band-forms-flying-harry-potter-in-awesome-tribute-to-hollywood/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3554493/ohio-state-marching-band-sci-fi-they-came-from-outer-space/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3554493/ohio-state-marching-band-sci-fi-they-came-from-outer-space/"},"headline":"The Ohio State Marching Band's Tribute to Sci-Fi Is Out of This World","datePublished":"2014-11-03T18:07:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:17.582Z","description":"The group is back with another spectacular show","url":"https://time.com/3554493/ohio-state-marching-band-sci-fi-they-came-from-outer-space/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3554493/ohio-state-marching-band-sci-fi-they-came-from-outer-space/","name":"The Ohio State Marching Band's Tribute to Sci-Fi Is Out of This World"}}]}] ```