THE PERTINENT INFO
When: Saturday, November 17, 2018
Where: Maryland Stadium, College Park, MD
TV: Noon // ABC
Announcers: Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy and Tom Luginbill
This will be the 5th time Ohio State and Maryland have faced each other in football. The Buckeyes hold a 4–0 advantage in the all-time series and are 2–0 when playing the Terrapins in East College Park.
Matt Canada's team lost to Indiana (34-32) last week. Maryland is on a two-game losing streak and have lost three of the last four games. The team will be without its best quarterback, Kasim Hill, after he injured his knee in last week's game against the Hoosiers.
THE LAST TIME...
- Ohio State played Maryland, the Buckeyes beat the Terrapins 62-14 in Columbus last year.
- Maryland defeated a ranked team was against Texas (34-29) in Week 1 this year.
- These schools faced each other on the second Saturday of November was 2016. The Buckeyes won 62-3 in College Park.
- Ohio State was ranked in the top 10 and played a game on November 10th was 2012. The sixth ranked Bucks beat Wisconsin in OT (21-14) at Camp Randall.
- Ohio State scored on its first offensive play was against Penn State on October 27, 2000. Michael Jenkins caught a 66-yard touchdown pass from Steve Bellisari.
- The Buckeyes lost an away game on 11/17 was 1956. No. 6 Ohio State lost to No. 7 Iowa 6-0.
ON THE HORIZON
- Ohio State has a four-game winning streak against Maryland.
- Dwayne Haskins is 51 yards from passing Joe Germaine (3,330) for the single-season yardage record.
- Johnnie Dixon is 143 yards away from 1,000 career receiving yards. Ohio State has a chance to have four 1,000 yard career receivers on the team.
- If the Buckeyes defeat Maryland it will be the program's 14th 10-win season since 2000. The most among any Power 5 program during the time span.
University of Maryland
GET TO KNOW MARYLAND
- Maryland is located in College Park, MD.
- The university was established in 1856.
- The Terrapins are in their 119th season of playing football.
- The school's nickname was originally Old Liners, but was switched to Terrapins in 1932 by the football coach, Harry "Curley" Byrd.
- Maryland football started playing against high school teams in 1890 and 1891. The team was officially established in 1892.
TODAY'S TRIVIA QUESTIONS:
- When was the last time Ohio State lost a game that started at noon?
- Since 1968, can you name the only Buckeye defensive lineman to score two touchdowns in a single season?
- Who holds the single season Ohio State record for touchdown passes?
Answers at the bottom of today's article.
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| OFFENSIVE LEADERS | ||||
| DWAYNE HASKINS | 3,280 YDS // 32 TD // 6 INT | PASSING | KASIM HILL | 1,083 YDS // 9 TD // 4 INT |
| J.K. DOBBINS | 712 YDS // 4.5 YPC // 7 TD | RUSHING | ANTHONY McFARLAND | 724 YDS // 7.0 YPC // 2 TD |
| K.J. HILL | 733 YDS // 4 TD | RECEIVING | TAIVON JACOBS | 253 YDS // 2 TD |
| DEFENSIVE LEADERS | ||||
| MALIK HARRISON | 52 | TACKLES | TRE WATSON | 59 |
| DRE'MONT JONES | 6.5 | SACKS | BYRON COWART | 3.0 |
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KENDALL SHEFFIELD SHAUN WADE |
2 | INTERCEPTIONS | TRE WATSON | 5 |
| SPECIAL TEAMS | ||||
| C.J. SAUNDERS | 6.3 YPR | PUNT RETURNER | TAIVON JACOBS | 2.3 |
| JOHNNIE DIXON | 20.0 YPR | KICKOFF RETURN | JAVON LEAKE | 30.1 |
| DRUE CHRISMAN | 42.8 | PUNTING | WADE LEES | 41.2 |
| 5 | EDGE | 4 | ||
THE COACHES
Urban Meyer
- 79–9 (.898) at Ohio State
- 183–32 (.851) overall
Meyer was born in Toledo and grew up in Ashtabula. He attended the University of Cincinnati where he played football. He started his coaching career as a defensive backs coach at St. Xavier in 1985. Meyer then took a GA position with Ohio State between 1986 and 1987. His next stops were Illinois State (1988-89), Colorado State (1990-95) and Notre Dame (1996-2000).
Bowling Green (2001-02) was his first stop as a head coach. He then had stints in Utah (2003-04) and Florida (2005-10) before coming back to the great state of Ohio.
Matt Canada
- 5–5 (.500) at Michigan State (1st year)
- 5–5 (.500) overall as a college coach (1st year)
Canada was supposed to be the team's offensive coordinator and quarterback coach. However, due to D.J. Durkin's suspension and eventual firing, Canada has filled in as the interim coach.
LSU, Pitt, NC State, Wisconsin, Northern Illinois and Indiana are previous schools in which Canada served as an offensive coordinator. He was a finalist for the Broyles Award in 2016.
CLIFF CLAVEN'S LITTLE KNOWN FACTS CORNER
- 124-17. Ohio State's margin of victory over Maryland in the last two games.
- 5. The Buckeyes have five players from Maryland: Dwayne Haskins, Keandre Jones, Isaiah Prince Taron Vincent and Chase Young.
- 6. Ohio State will play six noon games this season. The most since 2014.
- 9. The team has nine pick sixes since 2016. That ranks second in the nation.
- 29. The Buckeyes has won 29 consecutive noon games.
- The team is now 15–0 when J.K. Dobbins or Mike Weber rushes for 100 yards.
- For the first time in program history, the team has two running backs with 2,000 career rushing yards on the same team.
- The Buckeyes are ranked second nationally in number of 1,000-yard rushers (69).
- Since 2012, Ohio State is 25–3 in Big Ten Road games (Penn State, Iowa and Purdue).
- The Buckeyes are 7–0 on the road against ranked Big Ten teams since 2012.
- Ohio State has scored 463 touchdowns since 2012, that is the most in the Big Ten during that time frame.
- Sean Nuernberger has made 216 consecutive extra points. He has never missed as a Buckeye.
- Maryland freshman kicker Joseph Petrino is the only kicker in America who is perfect on field goal attempts. He is 10 for 10 on the season and made four against Indiana.
- The Terp's offense is averaging just under 235 rushing yards per game.
- Maryland has one player from the great state of Ohio on its roster, freshman longsnapper James Rosenberry of Olentangy Liberty.
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| OFFENSE | ||||
| 40.3 | 11th | POINTS FOR | 28.8 | 69th |
| 172.3 | 61st | RUSHING OFFENSE | 234.9 | 18th |
| 354.9 | 3rd | PASSING OFFENSE | 131.4 | 124th |
| 527.2 | 8th | TOTAL OFFENSE | 366.3 | 99th |
| .463 | 18th | 3rd DOWNS | .417 | 44th |
| .739 | 122nd | RED ZONE | 1.000 | 1st |
| DEFENSE | ||||
| 22.0 | 32nd | POINTS ALLOWED | 25.4 | 55th |
| 143.5 | 44th | RUSH DEFENSE | 161.4 | 64th |
| 241.5 | 81st | PASS DEFENSE | 181.8 | 18th |
| 120.6 | 40th | PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE | 112.0 | 20th |
| 385.0 | 56th | TOTAL DEFENSE | 343.2 | 30th |
| .301 | 12th | 3rd DOWNS | .367 | 44th |
| .885 | 104th | RED ZONE | .897 | 110th |
| SPECIAL TEAMS | ||||
| 6.5 | 96th | PUNT RETURN | 5.0 | 115th |
| 18.8 | 91st | KICKOFF RETURN | 26.4 | 8th |
| 42.0 | 8th | NET PUNTING | 38.6 | 44th |
| MISCELLANEOUS | ||||
| +0.6 | 19th | TURNOVER MARGIN | +0.6 | 19th |
| 7.6 | 107th | PENALTIES | 8.4 | 123rd |
| 12 | EDGE | 7 | ||
TODAY'S TRIVIA ANSWERS
Since 1968, can you name the only Buckeye defensive lineman to score two touchdowns in a single season?
Answer: Dre'Mont Jones. The defensive lineman scored against TCU and Michigan State.
When was the last time Ohio State lost a game that started at noon?
Answer: 2011, the Buckeyes lost the last game of the regular season in a place just north of Columbus.
Who holds the single season Ohio State record for touchdown passes?
Answer: J.T. Barrett threw 35 TD passes last season. Haskins currently has 33 TD passes.
When was the last time Ohio State lost a game that started at noon?
Answer: 2011, the Buckeyes lost the last game of the regular season in a place just north of Columbus.
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