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Ohio State On This Date: October 13th

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by Matt Gutridge
10/13/18 at 1:04a in the OSU Football Forum
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2012 was the last time Ohio State played on October 13th. The Buckeyes played hung on to defeat Indiana 52-49 in Bloomington. 

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 13th.

FIVE THINGS 10/13
  1. This is the 17th time (10–3–3) Ohio State has played on October 13th.
  2. The first game played on 10/13 was in 1894. The Buckeyes lost to Wittenberg, 18-6 in Springfield, Ohio.  
  3. Ohio State's largest margin of victory on October 13th was a 40-0 blanking of Fred Murphy's Northwestern team for the Big Ten opener on Ohio Field back in 1917.
  4. Fifteen of the Buckeyes' sixteen opponents on October 13th have been unranked. The Scarlet and Gray are 10–3–2 against those unranked opponents.
  5. The last time Ohio State played at home against an unranked opponent on this date was 2001. Jim Tressel's 21st ranked Buckeyes lost to Wisconsin 20-17
GAMES PLAYED ON OCT. 13th
YEAR OHIO STATE'S RANK OPPONENT LOCATION SCORE B1G FINISH
2012 No. 8 INDIANA A 52–49 1st
2001 No. 21 WISCONSIN H 17–20 3rd
1990 No. 22 INDIANA A 27–27 5th
1984 No. 8 ILLINOIS H 45–38 1st
1979 No. 8 INDIANA H 47–6 1st
1973 No. 1 WISCONSIN A 24–0 1st
1962 No. 10 ILLINOIS A 51–15 3rd
1956 No. 5 ILLINOIS A 26–6 4th
1951 No. 9 WISCONSIN A 6–6 5th
1945 No. 4 WISCONSIN H 12–0 3rd
1934   ILLINOIS A 13–14 2nd
1928   NORTHWESTERN A 10–0 4th
1923   COLGATE H 23–23 8th
1917   NORTHWESTERN H 40–0 1st
1900   CINCINNATI A 29–0  
1894   WITTENBERG A 6–18  

 

OHIO STATE'S RECORD AGAINST OPPONENTS ON OCT. 13th
  RECORD WIN & POINTS AVG. SCORE
OVERALL 10–3–3 .719 428–222 27–14
HOME 4–1–1 .750 184–87 31–15
AWAY 6–2–2 .700 244–135 24–14

 

RECORD AGAINST UNRANKED OPPONENTS ON OCT. 13th 
  RECORD WIN & POINTS AVG. SCORE
OVERALL 10–3–2 .733 401–195 27–13
HOME 4–1–1 .750 184–87 31–15
AWAY 6–2–1 .722 217–108 24–12

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