FIVE THINGS 10-17
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This is the 18th time (11-6) Ohio State has played on 10-17.
- Ohio State is 8-2 at home on this date.
- The Buckeyes are 4-0 when ranked and playing at home.
- The Buckeyes have won three out of the last four games played on 10-17.
- This is the first time for Ohio State to play Penn State on this date.
This is the 31st meeting between Ohio State and Penn State in football.
The last time the Buckeyes played at home on October 17th was 1998. No. 1 Ohio State defeated Minnesota 45-15. The Buckeyes went on to win the Big Ten and defeated No. 8 Texas A&M 24-14 in the 1999 Sugar Bowl.
Ohio State's largest margin of victory on October 17th was a 59-0 drubbing of Kenyon in 1903. The Buckeyes went 8-3 in 1903.
YEAR | OHIO STATE'S RANK | OPPONENT | LOCATION | SCORE | B1G FINISH |
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2009 | No. 7 | Purdue | A | 18-26 | 1st |
1998 | No. 1 | Minnesota | H | 45-15 | 1st |
1992 | Northwestern | H | 31-7 | 2nd | |
1987 | No. 17 | Purdue | A | 20-17 | 5th |
1981 | Illinois | H | 24-27 | T 1st | |
1970 | No. 1 | Minnesota | H | 28-8 | 1st / NC |
1964 | No. 2 | USC | H | 17-0 | 2nd |
1959 | No. 6 Purdue | H | 15-0 | T 8th | |
1953 | No. 17 | Penn | H | 26-0 | 1st |
1942 | No. 1 | Purdue | H | 26-0 | 1st / NC |
1936 | Northwestern | A | 13-14 | T 2nd | |
1931 | That Team | A | 0-13 | 4th | |
1925 | Columbia | H | 9-0 | 8th | |
1914 | Illinois | A | 0-37 | T 4th | |
1908 | Western Reserve | H | 0-18 | Not In B1G | |
1903 | Kenyon | H | 59-0 | Not In B1G | |
1896 | Otterbein | A | 12-0 | Not In B1G |
RECORD | WIN & | POINTS | AVG. SCORE | |
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OVERALL | 11-6 | .647 | 329-188 | 19-11 |
HOME | 8-2 | .800 | 254-75 | 25-8 |
AWAY | 3-4 | .429 | 75-113 | 11-16 |
RECORD | WIN & | POINTS | AVG. SCORE | |
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OVERALL | 6-1 | .857 | 166-72 | 24-10 |
HOME | 4-0 | 1.00 | 116-23 | 29-6 |
AWAY | 2-1 | .667 | 50-49 | 17-16 |
RECORD | WIN & | POINTS | AVG. SCORE | |
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OVERALL | 6-1 | .857 | 166-72 | 24-10 |
HOME | 4-0 | 1.00 | 116-23 | 29-6 |
AWAY | 2-1 | .667 | 50-49 | 17-16 |