Ohio State's Cotton Bowl Victory Moved the Buckeyes to 6-0 All Time in the Lone Star State

By 11W Staff on December 30, 2017 at 10:00 am
Dec 29, 2017; Arlington, TX, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer holds the championship trophy after the 2017 Cotton Bowl against the Southern California Trojans at AT&T Stadium. Ohio State defeated USC 24-7. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
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Ohio State has never lost a game inside the state of Texas.

Following the Buckeyes' sluggish 24-7 suffocation of the USC Trojans in last night's Cotton Bowl, the program is a perfect 6-0 in the Lone Star State all-time.

It's not a big number, however it is notable as four of those six wins came against teams ranked in the top ten.

UNDEFEATED INSIDE THE LONE STAR STATE
SITE YEAR OPPONENT SCORE
OWNBY STADIUM 1978 SOUTHERN METHODIST W 35-7
COTTON BOWL 1987 TEXAS A&M (8) W 28-12
ALAMO BOWL 2004 OKLAHOMA STATE (22) W 33-7
TEXAS MEMORIAL STADIUM 2006 TEXAS (2) W 24-7
AT&T STADIUM 2015 OREGON (2) W 42-20
AT&T STADIUM 2017 SOUTHERN CAL (8) W 24-7

Against Texas schools overall, the Buckeyes are 22-4-2 against Baylor, Rice, SMU, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and TCU. Ohio State plays the Horned Frogs this September in AT&T Stadium. TCU lost the Big XII title game to Oklahoma 41-17 on that field earlier this month.

The two teams last met in 1969 and 1973, which unfortunately for TCU were two of the strongest Buckeye teams of the 20th century. Ohio State won those meetings by a combined score of 99-3.

Ohio State meets TCU on Sept 15 in what could very well be another clash of top 10 teams. The Buckeyes visit the Texas Longhorns in 2022 in the first meeting of a home-and-home series that concludes the following season.

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