THE PERTINENT INFO
When: Saturday, November 24, 2018
Where: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
TV: Noon // FOX
Announcers: Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt and Jenny Taft
This will be the 115th time Ohio State and Michigan have faced each other in football. The Buckeyes are 50–58–6 all-time against their rival, and are 27–27–2 when the game is played in Columbus.
However, the overall series numbers are a little skewed to the early results. A Michigan fan would need a birth date of 1907 in order to have a winning record against the Buckeyes. That fan would be 111 years old.
Last week, Jim Harbaugh's team defeated Indiana (31-20) and currently has a 10-game winning streak. There is a possibility that the team will be without its most recognizable defensive player, Chase Winovich.
THE LAST TIME...
- Ohio State played Michigan, the Buckeyes beat the Wolverines 31-20 in Ann Arbor last year.
- The Buckeyes defeated a Michigan team that was ranked higher than OSU was 2004.
- These schools faced each other on November 24 was 2012. The Buckeyes won 26-21 in Columbus.
- Ohio State was ranked No. 10 and faced the Wolverines was 2008. The Buckeyes won 42-7 in Ohio Stadium.
- The Buckeyes lost against Michigan on 11/24 was 1990. No. 19 Ohio State lost to the 15th ranked Wolverines 16-13.
ON THE HORIZON
- Ohio State has a six-game winning streak against Michigan.
- J.K. Dobbins is 85 rushing yards away from his second straight 1,000 yard season.
- Johnnie Dixon is 41 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 Michigan it will be the seventh straight in the series. That will tie the program's longest winning streak in the rivalry.
University of That Team
GET TO KNOW THAT TEAM
- The campus is located in Ann Arbor.
- The university was founded in 1817.
- The Wolverines are in their 139th season of playing football.
- The school's first unofficial masot was a stuffed wolverine named Biff. The stuffed mascot was replaced by two living wolverines (Biff and Bennnie), but the two animals became too unpredictable (mean) have at games.
- Michigan football's first game was in 1879.
TODAY'S TRIVIA QUESTIONS:
- Including Saturday's game, how many times have Ohio State and Michigan played when both teams are ranked in the Top 10?
- When was the last time Michigan defeated Ohio State in Columbus?
- How many Ohio State coaches have defeated Michigan at least seven times?
Answers at the bottom of today's article.
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| OFFENSIVE LEADERS | ||||
| DWAYNE HASKINS | 3,685 YDS // 36 TD // 7 INT | PASSING | SHEA PATTERSON | 2,177 YDS // 18 TD // 4 INT |
| J.K. DOBBINS | 915 YDS // 4.7 YPC // 8 TD | RUSHING | KARAN HIGDON | 1,106 YDS // 5.3 YPC // 10 TD |
| K.J. HILL | 772 YDS // 5 TD | RECEIVING | DONOVAN PEOPLES-JONES | 477 YDS // 7 TD |
| DEFENSIVE LEADERS | ||||
| MALIK HARRISON | 57 | TACKLES |
DEVON BUSH TYREE KINNEL |
60 |
| DRE'MONT JONES | 7.5 | SACKS | JOSH UCHE | 7.0 |
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KENDALL SHEFFIELD SHAUN WADE |
2 | INTERCEPTIONS |
JOSH METELLUS BRANDON WATSON |
3 |
| SPECIAL TEAMS | ||||
| DEMARIO McCALL | 10.7 YPR | PUNT RETURNER | DONOVAN PEOPLES-JONES | 10.1 |
| DEMARIO McCALL | 21.7 YPR | KICKOFF RETURN | AMBRY THOMAS | 23.2 |
| DRUE CHRISMAN | 42.5 | PUNTING | WILL HART | 47.9 |
| 4 | EDGE | 5 | ||
THE COACHES
Urban Meyer
- 80–9 (.899) at Ohio State
- 184–32 (.852) 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.
Jim Harbaugh
- 38–12 (.760) at Michigan (4th year)
- 96–39 (.711) overall as a college coach (11th year)
Harbaugh was born in Toledo, but spent most of his childhood bouncing from city to city as his father was an assistant coach for various college teams. He graduated from Palo Alto High School in California.
In 1994, Harbaugh was hired as an unpaid assistant coach by his dad at Western Kentucky. He left WKU to be an assistant for the Oakland Raiders in 2002. Following a brief stay in the NFL, Harbaugh returned to the college ranks to take the head job at San Diego. Stanford hired him in 2007. He remained with the Cardinal through the 2010 season before bolting for the 49ers.
Harbaugh left the NFL and was introduced as Michigan's head coach on December 30, 2014. Under his watch, the Wolverines have zero Big Ten titles and zero wins against Ohio State.
CLIFF CLAVEN'S LITTLE KNOWN FACTS CORNER
- 0. Rich Rodriguez and Harbaugh are the only Michigan coaches to start 0–3 against the Buckeyes.
- 3. The number of Michigan coaches to lose four straight games to Ohio State. Harbaugh will become the fourth if his team loses on Saturday and will join Lloyd Carr, Bump Elliott and Harry Kipke on the this list.
- 4. The Buckeyes have four players from Michigan: Joshua Alibi, Michael Jordan, Bradley Robinson and Mike Weber.
- 6. Ohio State will play six noon games this season. The most since 2014.
- 30. The Buckeyes has won 29 consecutive noon games.
- The team is now 16–0 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 27–1 at home against Big Ten opponents (Michigan State 2015).
- Ohio State has scored 470 touchdowns since 2012, that is the most in the Big Ten during that time frame.
- Michigan's last Big Ten title was in 2004.
- The Wolverine's lead the nation in passing and total defense.
- Michigan has 12 players from the great state of Ohio on its roster. The starters are Tyree Kinnel, Camaron Cheeseman and Will Hart.
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| OFFENSE | ||||
| 41.6 | 8th | POINTS FOR | 36.6 | 24th |
| 182.4 | 54th | RUSHING OFFENSE | 219.2 | 23rd |
| 359.5 | 4th | PASSING OFFENSE | 210.5 | 86th |
| 541.8 | 2nd | TOTAL OFFENSE | 429.6 | 47th |
| .475 | 15th | 3rd DOWNS | .500 | 9th |
| .759 | 119th | RED ZONE | .860 | 52nd |
| DEFENSE | ||||
| 24.6 | 52nd | POINTS ALLOWED | 13.5 | 4th |
| 161.3 | 63rd | RUSH DEFENSE | 111.6 | 14th |
| 237.4 | 77th | PASS DEFENSE | 123.2 | 1st |
| 123.4 | 46th | PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE | 88.7 | 1st |
| 398.6 | 69th | TOTAL DEFENSE | 234.8 | 1st |
| .301 | 9th | 3rd DOWNS | .311 | 11th |
| .871 | 95th | RED ZONE | .947 | 127th |
| SPECIAL TEAMS | ||||
| 6.5 | 92nd | PUNT RETURN | 10.4 | 51st |
| 18.1 | 109th | KICKOFF RETURN | 20.7 | 57th |
| 41.7 | 7th | NET PUNTING | 40.0 | 23rd |
| MISCELLANEOUS | ||||
| +0.4 | 37th | TURNOVER MARGIN | +0.7 | 14th |
| 7.8 | 112th | PENALTIES | 7.0 | 94th |
| 6 | EDGE | 12 | ||
TODAY'S TRIVIA ANSWERS
Including Saturday's game, how many times have Ohio State and Michigan played when both teams are ranked in the Top 10?
Answer: 22. The Buckeyes hold a slight 10–9–2 advantage and have won two consecutive games under this scenario.
When was the last time Michigan defeated Ohio State in Columbus?
Answer: 2000, Ohio State has a program best eight-game home winning streak against the Wolverines.
How many Ohio State coaches have defeated Michigan at least seven times?
Answer: Two. Woody Hayes (16) and Jim Tressel (9). Urban Meyer has won six straight and is looking for his seventh win on Saturday. Meyer is the only Ohio State coach to start 6–0 against the Wolverines.
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