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Ohio State On This Date: November 17th

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by Matt Gutridge
11/17/18 at 12:39a in the OSU Football Forum
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The Game 2007
Beanie Wells had a career-high 39 attempts and rushed for 222 yards in Ohio State's 14-3 victory in the 2007 version of The Game. rushed for a career-high. Wells' 39 rushes are the most for any Buckeye in a game against Michigan. The Buckeyes' defense held the Wolverines' offense to 91 total yards. The last time that happened was 1962.

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 November 17th.

FIVE THINGS 11/17
  1. This is the 18th time (13–4–1) Ohio State has played on November 17th.
  2. The first game played on 11/17 was in 1894. The Buckeyes beat Cincinnati, 6-4, in the Queen City.  
  3. Ohio State's largest margin of victory on November 17th was a 55-13 icing of Iowa at Ohio Stadium in the ninth game of the 1973 season.
  4. The Buckeyes have won two straight games played on November 17th and seven of the last eight.
  5. Ohio State has won four straight games as the road team on this date.
GAMES PLAYED ON NOV. 17th
YEAR OHIO STATE'S RANK OPPONENT LOCATION SCORE B1G FINISH
2012 No. 6 WISCONSIN A 21–14 1st
2007 No. 7 No. 23 MICHIGAN A 14–3 1st
2001   No. 12 ILLINOIS H 22–34 3rd
1990 No. 21 WISCONSIN A 35–10 5th
1984 No. 11 MICHIGAN H 21–6 1st
1979 No. 2 No. 13 MICHIGAN A 18–15 1st
1973 No. 1 IOWA H 55–13 1st
1962   OREGON H 26–7 3rd
1956 No. 6 No. 7 IOWA A 0–7 4th
1951   No. 3 ILLINOIS H 0–0 5th
1945 No. 9 ILLINOIS H 27–2 3rd
1934   MICHIGAN H 34–0 2nd
1928   MUSKINGUM H 39–0 4th
1923   CHICAGO A 3–17 8th
1917   ILLINOIS H 13–0 1st
1906   CASE A 9–0  
1900   OHIO MEDICAL H 6–11  
1894   CINCINNATI A 6–4  

 

OHIO STATE'S RECORD AGAINST OPPONENTS ON NOV. 17th
  RECORD WIN & POINTS AVG. SCORE
OVERALL 13–4–1 .750 349–142 19–8
HOME 7–2–1 .750 243–73 24–7
AWAY 6–2 .750 106–69 13–9

 

RECORD AGAINST UNRANKED OPPONENTS ON NOV. 17th 
  RECORD WIN & POINTS AVG. SCORE
OVERALL 11–2 .846 295–84 23–6
HOME 7–1 .875 221–39 28–5
AWAY 4–1 .800 74–45 15–9

ICYMI
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