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Ohio State On This Date: October 6th

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by Matt Gutridge
10/6/18 at 12:00a in the OSU Football Forum
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2012 was the last time Ohio State played on October 6th. The Buckeyes played hosted Nebraska and came out on top of a high-scoring affair. Above, Braxton Miller takes to the air to score six of Ohio State's 63 points.

Ohio State On This Date is a weekly look at Ohio State's record on the date of each game day. Today, we delve into the Buckeyes' performance on October 6th.

FIVE THINGS 10/6
  1. This is the 20th time (15–4) Ohio State has played on October 6th.
  2. The first game played on 10/6 was in 1894. The Buckeyes beat Antioch, 32-0 at Recreation Park.  
  3. Ohio State's largest margin of victory on October 6th was a 53-point bashing of Charles McCoy's Ohio Wesleyan team on Ohio Field back in 1917.
  4. The Buckeyes are 12–0 when playing unranked opponents in Columbus on October 6th.
  5. The last time Ohio State played at home against an unranked opponent on this date was 1979. Earle Bruce's 8th ranked Buckeyes defeated Northwestern 16-7.
GAMES PLAYED ON OCT. 6th
YEAR OHIO STATE'S RANK OPPONENT LOCATION SCORE B1G FINISH
2012 No. 12 No. 21 NEBRASKA H 63–38 1st
2007 No. 4 No. 23 PURDUE A 23–7 1st
2001   No. 14 NORTHWESTERN H 38–20 3rd
1990 No. 20 No. 13 ILLINOIS H 20–31 5th
1984 No. 2 PURDUE A 23–28 1st
1979 No. 8 NORTHWESTERN H 16–7 1st
1973 No. 1 WASHINGTON STATE H 27–3 1st
1962 No. 1 UCLA A 7–9 3rd
1956 No. 4 STANFORD H 32–20 4th
1951 No. 7 No. 1 MICHIGAN STATE H 20–24 5th
1945   IOWA H 42–0 3rd
1934   INDIANA H 33–0 2nd
1928   WITTENBERG H 41–0 4th
1923   OHIO WESLEYAN H 24–7 8th
1917   OHIO WESLEYAN H 53–0 1st
1906   WITTENBERG H 52–0  
1900   OHIO H 20–0  
1897   OHIO MEDICAL H 6–0  
1894   ANTIOCH H 32–0  

 

OHIO STATE'S RECORD AGAINST OPPONENTS ON OCT. 6th
  RECORD WIN & POINTS AVG. SCORE
OVERALL 15–4 .789 572–194 30–10
HOME 14–2 .875 519–150 32–9
AWAY 1–2 .333 53–44 18–15

 

RECORD AGAINST UNRANKED OPPONENTS ON OCT. 6th 
  RECORD WIN & POINTS AVG. SCORE
OVERALL 12–2 .857 408–74 29–5
HOME 12–0 1.000 378–37 32–3
AWAY 0–2 0.000 30–37 15–19


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