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With Ohio State’s weird, wild, and wacky 52-51 overtime victory over Maryland on Saturday afternoon, the calendar has officially flipped to the most important seven days of every Buckeye’s year, “Beat M*ch*g*n Week.”
Now, the No. 10 Buckeyes (10-1, 7-1) put their entire focus on their rivals from that state up north for a noon ET contest on Saturday, Nov. 24. The winner of the 2018 edition of The Game will represent the Big Ten East in the B1G Championship Game against No. 22 Northwestern on Dec. 1.
While you are likely still recovering from the bonkers Maryland win, get your Rivalry Week started by going inside the OSU and TTUN numbers. We’ll go further in depth with the stats — both advanced and traditional — throughout the week, but this should get you started.
Series Statistics
Series Statistics | Records |
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Series Statistics | Records |
Total meetings | 114 |
All-Time series | TTUN 58, OSU 49, Ties 6 |
All-Time B1G series | OSU 50, TTUN 46, Ties 4 |
Series since 1950 | OSU 38, TTUN 28, Ties 2 |
Series Since 2000 | OSU 15, TTUN 2 |
Largest victory | TTUN 86, OSU 0 (1902) |
Longest winning streak | TTUN 9 (1901-1909) |
Current winning streak | OSU 6 (2012-present) |
Days since last TTUN win* | 2,555 |
* = as of game day, 11/24/2018 |
Despite Ohio State’s recent dominance in the rivalry, the teams are remarkably close historically.
All-Time Program History
Program History | M*ch*g*n | Ohio State |
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Program History | M*ch*g*n | Ohio State |
National titles | 11 | 8 |
Bowl appearances | 46 | 48 |
CFP appearances | 0 | 2 |
Bowl record | 21-25 | 23-25 |
Rose Bowl appearances | 20 | 14 |
Rose Bowl wins | 8 | 7 |
B1G Division titles | 0 | 6 |
B1G titles | 42 | 36 |
Consensus All-Americans | 82 | 85 |
Heisman Trophies | 3 | 7 |
You knew it just by watching the two teams play this season, but each has a definite side of the ball that they thrive on.
2018 Season Stats
2018 Stats | M*ch*g*n | Ohio State |
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2018 Stats | M*ch*g*n | Ohio State |
Overall record | 10-1 | 10-1 |
B1G record | 8-0 | 7-1 |
CFP Ranking | No. 4 | No. 10 |
National Offense Ranking | 47th (429.6) | 2nd (541.8) |
National Defense Ranking | 1st (234.8) | 70th (398.6) |
B1G Offense Ranking | 5th | 1st |
B1G Defense Ranking | 1st | 9th |
Following a game against the Terrapins in which the Ohio State defense allowed 535 yards, the OSU defenders will be in for quite the challenge with Shea Patterson and Jim Harbaugh’s offense, even if that unit doesn’t compare to their stellar defense.
2018 Offensive Stats
2018 Offensive Stats | M*ch*g*n | Ohio State |
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2018 Offensive Stats | M*ch*g*n | Ohio State |
Points per game | 36.6 | 41.6 |
Yards per game | 429.6 | 541.8 |
Rushing ypg | 219.19 | 182.36 |
Passing ypg | 210.5 | 359.5 |
Offensive TDs | 44 | 57 |
Rushing TDs | 24 | 20 |
Passing TDs | 20 | 37 |
INTs thrown | 4 | 7 |
Fumbles lost | 3 | 7 |
Conversely, TTUN’s defensive coordinator Don Brown has put together one of the most impressive units in all of college football. Dwayne Haskins and the Buckeye offense will need to have their best game of the season to win the Big Ten East.
2018 Defensive Stats
2018 Defensive Stats | M*ch*g*n | Ohio State |
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2018 Defensive Stats | M*ch*g*n | Ohio State |
Points allowed pg | 13.5 | 24.6 |
Yards allowed pg | 234.8 | 398.6 |
Rushing yards allowed pg | 111.64 | 161.27 |
Passing yards allowed pg | 123.2 | 237.4 |
TDs allowed | 18 | 33 |
Rushing TDs allowed | 11 | 20 |
Passing TDs allowed | 7 | 13 |
INTs | 11 | 7 |
Fumbles recovered | 5 | 11 |