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Ohio State on This Date: October 22nd

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October 22, 2016 at 8:40am
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Ohio State On This Date is a weekly in-depth look at Ohio State's record on the date of each game day. Today we delve into the Buckeyes' performance on October 22nd.

FIVE THINGS 10/22
  1. This is the 18th time (13–2–2) Ohio State has played on October 22nd.
  2. Ohio State is 6–1–1 as the away team on this date.
  3. The Buckeyes are 2–0 when ranked in the Top 10 on October 22nd.
  4. This is the first time Ohio State and Penn State have played on the twenty-second of October.
  5. The Buckeyes have won 10 straight games on this date.
2005 Ohio State TeamThe 2005 Ohio State team (above) is the last Buckeye squad to win on this date.

Ohio State's largest margin of victory on October 22nd was a 62-0 victory over Akron at Buchtel Field in the second game of the 1892 season.

The is the second time the Buckeyes have played on the road as a Top 10 team on this date.

GAMES PLAYED ON OCT. 22
YEAR OHIO STATE'S RANK OPPONENT LOCATION SCORE B1G Finish
2005 No. 13 INDIANA A 41–10 1st
1994 No. 24 PURDUE H 48–14 2nd
1988   MINNESOTA A 13–6 7th
1983 No. 17 MICHIGAN STATE H 21–11 4th
1977 No. 4 NORTHWESTERN A 35–15 1st
1966   WISCONSIN H 24–13 6th
1960 No. 9 NO. 11 WISCONSIN H 34–7 3rd
1955   NO. 15 WISCONSIN A 26–16 1st
1949   WISCONSIN A 21–0 1st
1938   CHICAGO H 42–7 6th
1932   PITTSBURGH A 0–0 4th
1927   MICHIGAN A 0–21 3rd
1921   MICHIGAN A 14–0 2nd
1910   MICHIGAN H 3–3 NOT IN B1G
1904   CASE H 16–6 NOT IN B1G
1898   MARIETTA H 0–10 NOT IN B1G
1892   AKRON A 62–0 NOT IN B1G

 

OHIO STATE'S RECORD AGAINST OPPONENTS ON OCT. 22
  RECORD WIN & POINTS AVG. SCORE
OVERALL 13–2–2 .824 400–139 24–8
HOME 7–1–1 .833 223–86 25–10
AWAY 6–1–1 .813 177–53 22-7

 

RECORD AGAINST OPPONENTS ON OCT. 22 WHEN OHIO STATE IS RANKED 
  RECORD WIN & POINTS AVG. SCORE
OVERALL 5–0 1.000 179–57 36-11
HOME 4–0 1.000 138–47 35–12
AWAY 1–0 1.000 41–10 41-10

The last time the Buckeyes played on October 22nd was 2005. Ohio State defeated Indiana 41-10 in Bloomington. The Buckeyes went on to win the Big Ten and defeated to No. 5 Notre Dame 34-20 in the Fiesta Bowl.


URBAN MEYER ERA
Urban MeyerOhio State has never played on this date with Urban Meyer as head coach.

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