Note: Thanks to all of the loyal readers of this little labor of love called The Rundown. Have a happy and safe New Year's. Hopeful Ohio State sends Urban Meyer off with a proper Rose Bowl victory.
THE PERTINENT INFO
When: Tuesday, January 1, 2019
Where: Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena, CA
TV: 5:00 /// ESPN
Announcers: Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Maria Taylor and Tom Rinaldi
This will be the 50th* time Ohio State has played in a bowl game and the program's 15th appearance in the Rose Bowl. The Buckeyes are 24–25* in bowl games and 7–7 in the Rose Bowl. Ohio State is 8–3 all-time against Washington, and 4–2 when the game is not played in Columbus.
In The Pac-12 Championship Game, Chris Peterson's Huskies defeated Utah, 10-3, and currently has a four-game winning streak.
*NCAA sanctions be damned. Ohio State played in the 2011 Sugar Bowl and defeated Arkansas. How do we know? We watched it.
THE LAST TIME...
- Ohio State played Washington was 2007, the Buckeyes beat the Huskies 33-14 in Seattle.
- The Buckeyes played in the Rose Bowl was January 1, 2010. Ohio State defeated Oregon, 26-17.
- These schools faced each other at a neutral location was never.
- Ohio State was ranked in the Top 10 and faced a ranked Washington team was 2003. The No. 2 Buckeyes defeated the 17th ranked Huskies 28-9 in Ohio Stadium.
- The Buckeyes lost against Washington was 1994. The 25th ranked Huskies beat No. 18 Ohio State 25-16 in Husky Stadium.
ON THE HORIZON
- Urban Meyer enters his last game as Ohio State's head coach with his first Rose Bowl appearance. He looks to improve upon his 82-9 record with the Buckeyes.
- Ohio State is 16–0 when either J.K. Dobbins or Mike Weber rush for 100 yards or more in a game.
- Ohio State has a three-game winning streak against Washington.
- The Buckeyes are a victory away from their eighth Rose Bowl title.
- The 47 points against BYU in the Holiday Bowl is the most Ohio State has ever scored in a bowl game.
- The Buckeyes' record for passing yards in a game is the 342 amassed against Notre Dame in the 2006 Fiesta Bowl.
University of Washington
GET TO KNOW WASHINGTON
- The campus is located in Seattle, WA.
- The university was established in 1861.
- The team is playing its 129th season of football.
- The school's first mascot was a 3-foot-tall gold-painted statuette called Sunny Boy. The mascot was used for three years starting in 1921. Today, the school's mascots are Harry the Husky and a live dog named Dubs.
- Washington's first football game was in 1889.
TODAY'S TRIVIA QUESTIONS:
- Urban Meyer has had more than one week to prepare for an opponent 21 times as Ohio State's head coach. How many wins does he have those games?
- How many times did Dwayne Haskins throw for 400 or more yards this season?
- This season, Dwayne Haskins set the Big Ten record for most offensive player of the week awards. How many times did he win this honor?
Answers at the bottom of today's article.
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| OFFENSIVE LEADERS | ||||
| DWAYNE HASKINS | 4,580 YDS // 47 TD // 8 INT | PASSING | JAKE BROWNING | 2,879 YDS // 16 TD // 10 INT |
| J.K. DOBBINS | 1,029 YDS // 4.6 YPC // 9 TD | RUSHING | MYLES GASKIN | 1,147 YDS // 4.9 YPC // 10 TD |
| PARRIS CAMBPELL | 992 YDS // 11 TD | RECEIVING | AARON FULLER | 794 YDS // 4 TD |
| DEFENSIVE LEADERS | ||||
| MALIK HARRISON | 74 | TACKLES | BEN BURR-KIRVEN | 165 |
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DRE'MONT JONES CHASE YOUNG |
8.5 | SACKS | GREG GAINES | 4.5 |
| SHAUN WADE | 3 | INTERCEPTIONS | BYRON MURPHY | 4 |
| SPECIAL TEAMS | ||||
| K.J. HILL | 5.4 YPR | PUNT RETURNER | AARON FULLER | 6.0 |
| JOHNNIE DIXON | 18.5 YPR | KICKOFF RETURN | SEAN McGREW | 18.3 |
| DRUE CHRISMAN | 43.3 | PUNTING | JOEL WHITFORD | 41.6 |
| 5 | EDGE | 4 | ||
THE COACHES
Urban Meyer
- 82–9 (.901) at Ohio State
- 186–32 (.853) 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.
Urban Meyer is the only Ohio State coach to start his career 7–0 in The Game.
Chris Petersen
- 47–20 (.701) at Washington (5th year)
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139–32 (.813) overall as a college coach (13th year)
Petersen was born in Yuba City, California. He played high school football for the Yuba City Honkers. After he graduated in 1983, Petersen attended Sacramento City College where he played quarterback for two seasons. He transferred to UC Davis where he earned a degree in psychology and education.
After a stint as the freshman head coach and receivers coach for the varsity team at UC Davis, Petersen was hired as the quarterbacks coach at Pittsburgh in 1992. After one season, he headed back west and became the quarterbacks coach at Portland State. He spent two seasons with the Vikings before joining Mike Bellotti's Oregon staff as the receivers coach in 1995.
In 2001, Petersen left Oregon to become the offensive coordinator position with Boise State. He was promoted to head coach of the Broncos in 2005 after Dan Hawkins left of Colorado. Petersen accumulated a record of 92–12 with Boise State including the 2007 Fiesta Bowl victory in which the Broncos used a hook-and-lateral and Statue of Liberty to defeat Oklahoma. When he left Boise State, Petersen won five conference titles in eight seasons.
Washington hired Petersen in 2014. After a slow start, he has guided the Huskies to three consecutive Pac-12 North Titles. He has guided Washington bowl games in all five of his seasons as head coach, but only has one victory (2015 Heart of Dallas).
Petersen has won the Paul "Bear Bryant Award (2006, 2009), WAC Coach of the Year (2008) and Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award (2010).
CLIFF CLAVEN'S LITTLE KNOWN FACTS CORNER
- 0. Number of Rose Bowl victories for Meyer.
- 1. Meyer is first among all current FBS coaches with a .853 winning percentage.
- 2. Only two coaches in the history of college football have a better winning percentage than Urban Meyer, Knute Rockne (.881) and Frank Leahy (.864).
- 3. Dwayne Haskins leads the nation in three categories: TD passes (47), passing yards (4,580) and points responsible for (306).
- 4. Meyer is ranked fourth at Ohio State with 83 all-time victories.
- 5. The number of teams the CFP Committee thinks are better than the Buckeyes.
- 6. Haskins earned six Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week awards this season, breaking Troy Smith's record of five.
- 7. Ohio State has won at least 10 games in a program record seven consecutive seasons.
- 22. The number of conference and school records Haskins set this season.
- Ohio State is 8–0 when scoring first this season.
- The most points scored by the Buckeyes in the Rose Bowl is the 42 they dropped on USC in 1974 Rose Bowl.
- Mike Nugent's 55-yard field goal against Marshall in 2004 was the last time Ohio State won on the last offensive play of a game.
- Ohio State has scored 482 touchdowns since 2012, that is the most in the Big Ten during that time frame.
- For the first time in program history, the team has two running backs with 2,000 career rushing yards on the same team.
- Washington is playing in the program's 15th Rose Bowl.
- The Huskies are 7–6–1 in the Rose Bowl and their last victory was in 2001.
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| OFFENSE | ||||
| 43.5 | 8th | POINTS FOR | 26.6 | 82nd |
| 175.8 | 57th | RUSHING OFFENSE | 179.9 | 55th |
| 373.0 | 2nd | PASSING OFFENSE | 232.5 | 63rd |
| 548.8 | 2nd | TOTAL OFFENSE | 412.4 | 59th |
| .482 | 11th | 3rd DOWNS | .454 | 21st |
| .758 | 119th | RED ZONE | .780 | 111th |
| DEFENSE | ||||
| 25.7 | 55th | POINTS ALLOWED | 26.6 | 82nd |
| 160.5 | 61st | RUSH DEFENSE | 116.4 | 16th |
| 239.8 | 83rd | PASS DEFENSE | 185.4 | 21st |
| 122.6 | 44th | PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE | 114.3 | 20th |
| 400.3 | 67th | TOTAL DEFENSE | 301.8 | 12th |
| .314 | 11th | 3rd DOWNS | .388 | 65th |
| .897 | 109th | RED ZONE | .800 | 35th |
| SPECIAL TEAMS | ||||
| 8.0 | 75th | PUNT RETURN | 5.7 | 105th |
| 17.8 | 113th | KICKOFF RETURN | 18.9 | 93rd |
| 42.3 | 41th | NET PUNTING | 33.9 | 120th |
| MISCELLANEOUS | ||||
| +0.5 | 34th | TURNOVER MARGIN | +0.2 | 51st |
| 8.2 | 124th | PENALTIES | 4.9 | 24th |
| 9 | EDGE | 9 | ||
TODAY'S TRIVIA ANSWERS
Urban Meyer has had more than one week to prepare for an opponent 21 times as Ohio State's head coach. How many wins does he have those games?
Answer: The Buckeyes are 19–2 with Urban Meyer as head coach with more than one week to prepare.
How many times did Dwayne Haskins throw for 400 or more yards this season?
Answer: Four, (499, 470, 455 and 412).
IThis season, Dwayne Haskins set the Big Ten record for most offensive player of the week awards. How many times did he win this honor?
Answer: Six. He broke Troy Smith's record of five in a season.
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