Friday Night Trivia: Test Your Knowledge on Michigan State and Ohio State's History Against the Spartans

By Matt Gutridge on November 10, 2023 at 6:15 pm
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Put on your thinking caps and grab your favorite drink, it's time for Friday Night Trivia.

We put together a 10-question quiz each week to test your knowledge of Ohio State football and its upcoming opponent. This week, we see how much you know about Michigan State and its history against the Buckeyes.

There are two simple rules: Please use your brain (not a search engine) and only play once.

Note: After you answer all of the questions, you must click on "Finish Quiz" to see your results.

 

Rutgers Report Card

The correct answers from last week’s quiz and the percentage of participants who got each question correct can be found in the table below.

Rutgers Trivia Answers
No. QUESTION CORRECT ANSWER % CORRECT
1 Who is Rutgers head football coach? Greg Schiano 99%
2 Which Ohio State player scored five touchdowns in last year's 49-10 victory? Miyan Williams 54%
3 Can you identify the All-American defensive back who is a native of Piscataway, NJ? Malcolm Jenkins 53%
4 Rutgers has never defeated Ohio State. Another Big Ten team is also winless against the Buckeyes, which team is it? Maryland 96%
5 An Ohio State quarterback set a school record against Rutgers by completing 10 passes in a game without an incompletion, who was it? Tathan Martell 63%
6 Which actor and cast member of The Sopranos graduated from Rutgers in 1983 and moonlighted as a bouncer? James Gandolfini 73%
7 Which Ohio State cornerback went to school in New Jersey? Davison Igbinosun 79%
8 Rutgers became the second team to start 0–9 against Ohio State when it lost to the Buckeyes last year. Which team became the first when it lost to Ohio State during the 2014 season? Oregon 21%
9 Against which team did Rutgers play the first college football game in 1869? Princeton 57%
10 Which Buckeye quarterback accounted for five touchdowns in back-to-back games against Rutgers? J.T. Barrett 30%

Overall, the correct answer was the most selected answer by the Eleven Warriors community on 8 out of 10 questions. On two questions, one incorrect answer received more votes than the correct answer.

  • 39% of contestants thought Cincinnati was the first team to start 0–9 against the Buckeyes.
  • 34% went with C.J. Stroud as the Ohio State quarterback who accounted for five touchdowns in back-to-back games against Rutgers.
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