Ohio State On This Date: November 24th

The day that Ohio State's fortunes turned in The Game. Jim Tressel's unranked squad pulled off the upset against No. 11 Michigan and won 26–20 in Ann Arbor. Since that impressive win, the Buckeyes are 15–2 against their rival.

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 24th.

FIVE THINGS 11/24

This is the 20th time (9–7–3) Ohio State has played on November 24th.
The first game played on 11/24 was in 1892. The Buckeyes beat Kenyon, 26-10, at Columbus' Recreation Park in the last game of the season. Jack Ryder was Ohio State's coach, Kenyon did not have a coach.
Ohio State's largest margin of victory on November 24th was a 53-0 killing of Kenyon at Ohio Field in the tenth and final game of the 1910 season.
The Buckeyes have won two straight games played on November 24th.
This will be the ninth straight time Ohio State has faced Michigan on this date.

GAMES PLAYED ON NOV. 24th
YEAR	OHIO STATE'S RANK	OPPONENT	LOCATION	SCORE	B1G FINISH
2012	No. 4	No. 20 MICHIGAN	H	26–21	1st
2001		No. 11 MICHIGAN	A	26–20	3rd
1990	No. 19	No. 15 MICHIGAN	H	13–16	5th
1973	No. 1	No. 4 MICHIGAN	A	10–10	1st
1962		MICHIGAN	H	28–0	3rd
1956	No. 12	MICHIGAN	H	0–19	4th
1951		MICHIGAN	A	0–7	5th
1945	No. 7	No. 8 MICHIGAN	A	3–7	3rd
1934		IOWA	H	40–7	2nd
1928		ILLINOIS	A	0–8	4th
1923		ILLINOIS	H	0–9	8th
1917		AUBURN	N	0–0	1st
1910		KENYON	H	53–0
1906		WOOSTER	H	12–0
1904		CARLISLE INDIANS	H	0–23
1900		MICHIGAN	A	0–0
1898		OHIO WESLEYAN	H	24–0
1894		17th REGIMENT	H	46–4
1892		KENYON	H	26–10

OHIO STATE'S RECORD AGAINST OPPONENTS ON NOV. 24th
	RECORD	WIN &	POINTS	AVG. SCORE
OVERALL	9–7–3	.553	307–161	16–8
HOME	8–4	.667	268–109	22–9
AWAY	1–3–2	.333	106–69	7–9
NEUTRAL	0–0–1	.500	0–0	0–0

RECORD AGAINST RANKED OPPONENTS ON NOV. 24th
	RECORD	WIN &	POINTS	AVG. SCORE
OVERALL	2–2–1	.500	78–74	16–15
HOME	1–1	.500	39–37	20–19
AWAY	1–1–1	.500	39–37	13–12