THE PERTINENT INFO
When: Saturday, October 6, 2018
Where: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
TV: 4:00 // FOX
Announcers: Aaron Goldsmith, Brady Quinn and Bruce Feldman
This will be the 92nd time Ohio State and Indiana have faced each other in football. If the teams shared home field advantage evenly, this would be the 47th time for the Buckeyes to host. However, things aren't even and this will be the 62nd game of this series played in Ohio Stadium.
The Bucks hold a 74–12–5* advantage in the all-time series and are 47–10–4* in the 'Shoe. To put that in perspective, Penn State has played Ohio State 34 times and owns two more victories over the Scarlet and Gray than what Indiana has.
Tom Allen's team defeated Rutgers (24-17) last week and enters this contest with a 4–1 record.
Below, you will find some interesting facts about the teams, key offensive player stats, coach information, and team stats.
THE LAST TIME...
- Ohio State played Indiana, the Buckeyes won a 49-21 in the 2017 season opener in Bloomington.
- The Buckeyes played the Hoosiers in Columbus, Ohio State won 38-17.
- Ohio State was ranked No. 3 against Indiana was 2013, the good guys won 42-14 in Columbus.
- These schools faced each other in the sixth game of the season was 2010. Jim Tressel's team defeated Bill Lynch's squad 38-10 in Ohio Stadium.
- The Buckeyes played against Indiana on the sixth of October was 1934. Under the direction of Francis Schmidt, Ohio State defeated the Hoosiers 33-0 in the season opener.
- Ohio State was ranked in the top 5 on October 6th was 2007, the fourth ranked Bucks defeated No. 23 Purdue (23-7) in Ross-Ade Stadium.
- The Buckeyes lost on 10/6 was 1990. John Mackovic and No. 13 Illinois came to Ohio Stadium and beat No. 20 Ohio State 31-20.
- Indiana defeated Ohio State was October 8, 1988. That is a 30 year span without a win. Note, the Hoosiers did tie the Buckeyes in 1990.
ON THE HORIZON
- Ohio State has defeated Indiana 22 straight times (23 if you count 2010). The Buckeyes' longest winning streak in this series is 23 (1960-1986).
- This is Ohio State's 97th homecoming game. The Buckeyes are 72–19–5* when crowning a queen and king at halftime.
- J.K. Dobbins is 217 yards away from 2,000 career rushing yards.
- Ohio State has the nation's second-longest winning streak (10 games) in the FBS. When/if UCF loses, the Buckeyes will take over the top spot.
- The Buckeyes have an all-time winning percentage of .725 and are .04 percentage points from taking the all-time lead.
- The RPAC will be the site for BTN Tailgate. The show will air between 10 a.m. and noon.
Indiana University
GET TO KNOW INDIANA
- Indiana University is located in Bloomington, IN.
- The university was established in 1820.
- Indiana is in its 134th season of playing football.
- A bulldog named Ox was mascot of the football team between 1959 and 1965.
- The Hoosiers started playing football in 1887, but didn't get their first win until 1891.
- Indiana is 37–46 (.446) since 2012.
TODAY'S TRIVIA QUESTIONS:
- Heading into this weekend, Urban Meyer has 49 Big Ten wins. Can you name the current coach in the Big Ten that also has 49 wins?
- How many Big Ten Player of the Week awards has Dwayne Haskins won this year?
- The Buckeyes' longest winning streak in this series 23 games, what is Indiana's longest winning streak against Ohio State?
Answers at the bottom of today's article.
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| OFFENSIVE LEADERS | ||||
| DWAYNE HASKINS | 1,464 YDS // 19 TD // 2 INT | PASSING | PEYTON RAMSEY | 1,039 YDS // 8 TD // 5 INT |
| J.K. DOBBINS | 380 YDS // 5.2 YPC // 3 TD | RUSHING | STEVIE SCOTT | 464 YDS // 4.7 YPC // 4 TD |
| PARRIS CAMPBELL | 359 YDS // 5 TD | RECEIVING | WHOP PHILYOR | 194 YDS // 1 TD |
| DEFENSIVE LEADERS | ||||
| JORDAN FULLER | 22 | TACKLES | JONATHAN CRAWFORD | 27 |
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CHASE YOUNG NICK BOSA |
4.0 | SACKS | MARCELINO BALL | 2.0 |
| DRE'MONT JONES AND 3 OTHERS | 1 | INTERCEPTIONS | KHALIL BRYANT AND 4 OTHERS | 1 |
| SPECIAL TEAMS | ||||
| DEMARIO McCALL | 10.7 YPR | PUNT RETURNER | J-SHUN HARRIS II | 14.4 |
| DEMARIO McCALL | 26.0 YPR | KICKOFF RETURN | REESE TAYLOR | 22.0 |
| DRUE CHRISMAN | 44.6 | PUNTING | HAYDON WHITEHEAD | 40.1 |
| 6 | EDGE | 4 | ||
THE COACHES
Urban Meyer
- 75–8 (.904) at Ohio State
- 178–31 (.852) overall
Meyer was born in Toledo and grew up in Ashtabula. He attended Cincinnati where he played football. He started his coaching career as a defensive backs coach at St. Xavier in 1985. Meyer then took a GA position with Ohio State between 1986 and 1987. His next stops were Illinois State (1988-89), Colorado State (1990-95) and Notre Dame (1996-2000).
Bowling Green (2001-02) was his first stop as a head coach. He then had stints in Utah (2003-04) and Florida (2005-10) before coming back to the great state of Ohio.
Tom Allen
- 9–9 (.500) at Indiana (2nd year)
- 9–9 (.500) overall as a college coach (2nd year)
Tom Allen was born in New Castle, IN and attended college at Maranatha Baptist University and Indiana.
Allen started his coaching career at Temple Heights High School (FL) in 1992. He bounced around several high schools until he landed at Indianapolis' Ben Davis HS. Allen started as a defensive coordinator in 1998 until taking over the head job in 2004.
In 2007, Allen made the leap to coaching at the collegiate level. Wabash hired him as a defensive backs and special teams coach. Following stops at five different schools, Allen eventually landed at Indiana as its defensive coordinator in January of 2016. After Kevin Wilson resigned on December 1, 2016, Allen was named Indiana's head coach.
CLIFF CLAVEN'S LITTLE KNOWN FACTS CORNER
- 56-0. The 1957 score is Ohio State's largest margin of victory over Indiana .
- Dwayne Haskins leads the Big Ten in total offense per game (300.0), passing yards (292.8) and points responsible for (24.0).
- The Buckeyes have won 10 straight games.
- Through five games, 10 different Ohio State players have a receiving touchdown.
- Ohio State has three players from Indiana on its roster: Austin Mack, Terry McLaurin and Pete Werner.
- The Buckeyes' defense is recording 8.8 tackles for loss per game.
- Since 2007, Ohio State has defeated 14 ranked teams on the road. Seven of those teams were ranked in the top 15.
- Haskins leads the Big Ten in passing yards (1,194), passing touchdowns (16), completion percentage (.757), points responsible for per game (25.5) and total offense (305.5).
- The Buckeyes' starting linebackers had zero tackles against Tulane, the starting unit ended the game against the Nittany Lions with 21 tackles.
- Since 1952, Ohio State is 53–2–2 against Indiana.
- Penn State was the first opponent to score against the Buckeyes in the fourth quarter this season.
- Drue Chrisman set personal records as he punted nine times for 431 yards and averaged 47.9 yards per punt against Penn State.
- The Buckeyes are ranked second nationally in number of 1,000-yard rushers (69).
- 17 true freshman have played for Ohio State this season.
- Sean Nuernberger has made 209 consecutive extra points. He has never missed as a Buckeye.
- 2013 was the last time an Ohio State TE had over 100 yards receiving. Jeff Heuerman had 116 receiving yards in the 56-0 rout of Purdue.
- Urban Meyer is 41–3 in Ohio Stadium.
- The Buckeyes are 12–5 against Top 10 teams with Urban Meyer as head coach.
- Haskins leads the Big Ten and is second in the nation with 19 passing touchdowns.
- Ohio State leads the Big Ten in total offense, passing offense, passing efficiency and punting average.
- Since 2012, the Buckeyes are 24–2 in the month of September.
- Ohio State has scored 436 touchdowns since 2012, that is the most in the Big Ten during that time frame.
- Mike Weber's 24 points scored against Oregon State is the most by a B1G player, in a single game, this season.
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| OFFENSE | ||||
| 49.0 | 6th | POINTS FOR | 28.2 | 80th |
| 210.4 | 33rd | RUSHING OFFENSE | 179.4 | 63rd |
| 346.6 | 8th | PASSING OFFENSE | 232.8 | 67th |
| 557.0 | 4th | TOTAL OFFENSE | 412.2 | 65th |
| .500 | 13th | 3rd DOWNS | .468 | 24th |
| .833 | 69th | RED ZONE | .773 | 107th |
| DEFENSE | ||||
| 18.8 | 27th | POINTS ALLOWED | 21.2 | 41st |
| 154.8 | 63rd | RUSH DEFENSE | 158.2 | 67th |
| 202.2 | 47th | PASS DEFENSE | 163.6 | 14th |
| 118.6 | 37th | PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE | 108.8 | 28th |
| 357.0 | 52nd | TOTAL DEFENSE | 321.8 | 25th |
| .320 | 31st | 3rd DOWNS | .328 | 36th |
| .889 | 93rd | RED ZONE | .923 | 107th |
| SPECIAL TEAMS | ||||
| 7.1 | 86th | PUNT RETURN | 14.4 | 30th |
| 21.3 | 61st | KICKOFF RETURN | 18.2 | 99th |
| 44.3 | 4th | NET PUNTING | 36.2 | 86th |
| MISCELLANEOUS | ||||
| +1.0 | 15th | TURNOVER MARGIN | +0.6 | 32nd |
| 8.4 | 112th | PENALTIES | 6.0 | 51st |
| 13 | EDGE | 5 | ||
TODAY'S TRIVIA ANSWERS
Heading into this weekend, Urban Meyer has 49 Big Ten wins. Can you name the current coach in the Big Ten that also has 49 wins?
Answer: Pat Fitzgerald. Northwestern is 49–51 in the 13 seasons that Fitzgerald has been coach.
How many Big Ten Player of the Week awards has Dwayne Haskins won this year?
Answer: Haskins has won the award in consecutive weeks and three times in five games.
The Buckeyes' longest winning streak in this series 23 games, what is Indiana's longest winning streak against Ohio State?
Answer: Four. The Hoosier won those games between 1903 and 1913.
*Includes Ohio State's victory in 2010, NCAA sanctions be damned.
