THE PERTINENT INFO
When: Saturday, September 28, 2019
Where: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NE
TV: 7:30 // ABC
Announcers: Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Maria Taylor
This will be the eighth time Ohio State and Nebraska (3–1) have faced each other in football and only the third time in Lincoln.
Scott Frost's team trailed Illinois in the second half, but defeated the Illini 42-38 in Champaign. The win was the program's 900th. The Cornhuskers, Michigan, Ohio State, Texas, Alabama and Notre Dame are the only schools with at least 900 victories.
The Cornhuskers' loss was in overtime to Colorado in Week 2.
Below, you will find some interesting facts about the teams, key offensive player stats, coach information, and team stats.
THE LAST TIME...
- Ohio State played Nebraska, The Buckeyes beat the Cornhuskers 36-31 in Columbus.
- The Scarlet and Gray played in Lincoln, the team won 54-14 in Memorial Stadium.
- The Buckeyes played the fifth game of the season on the road was last year. The team defeated Penn State 27-26 in Beaver Stadium.
- Ohio State played on September 28th was 2013. The team defeated No. 23 Wisconsin, 31-24, in Ohio Stadium.
- The Scarlet and Gray lost the fifth game of the season was 2005, Michigan State came to Columbus and won 10-7.
- Ohio State had three quarterbacks throw a touchdown in a game was 1997. Stanley Jackson, Joe Germaine and Mark Garcia threw touchdowns against Northwestern. The Buckeyes won the home game, 49-6.
ON THE HORIZON
- J.K. Dobbins needs 67 rushing yards for 3,000 in his career. He will become the 11th Ohio State player to achieve this milestone.
- Chase Young needs 3 sacks to become the second Buckeye to have back-to-back double digit sack seasons.
- K.J. Hill is 20 yards away from passing Joey Galloway for 10th on Ohio State's career reception yards list.
- Ohio State is looking for its fifth consecutive win over Nebraska.
- K.J. Hill needs 33 catches to break David Boston's program record for career receptions. He had two catches against Miami University last week.
University of Nebraska
GET TO KNOW NEBRASKA
- Nebraska is located in Lincoln, NE.
- The university was established in 1869.
- The Cornhuksers are in their 120th season of playing football.
- The team's nickname was originally Old Gold Knights, followed by Bugeaters. The name Cornhuskers stuck after Nebraska defeated favored Iowa in 1893. The term was used to degrade the Hawkeyes.
- Herbie Husker and Lil' Red are the mascots.
- The Cornhuskers played their first football game in 1890. Nebraska defeated Omaha YMCA 10-0 on Thanksgiving.
- Notable alumni are Warren Buffet (rich dude), Johnny Carson (funny, dead dude), Tommy Lee (Drummer, "talented" dude), Tom Osborne (Nebraska legend), Ndamkuong Suh (NFL), Zac Taylor (Bengals' head coach), Alex Gordon (MLB), Tyronn Lue (NBA player/coach).
TODAY'S TRIVIA QUESTIONS:
- How many times have the Buckeyes lost to Nebraska?
- Can you name the Ohio State defensive players that returned an interception for a touchdown against Nebraska in 2016?
- How many times did Tom Osborne face Ohio State as Nebraska's head coach?
Answers at the bottom of today's article.
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| OFFENSIVE LEADERS | ||||
| JUSTIN FIELDS | 880 YDS // 13 TD // 0 INT | PASSING | ADRIAN MARTINEZ | 1,052 YDS // 7 TD // 2 INT |
| J.K. DOBBINS | 477 YDS // 7.0 YPC // 5 TD | RUSHING | TYRE SHELTON | 268 YDS // 7.7 YPC // 1 TD |
| BINJIMEN VICTOR | 242 YDS // 2 TD | RECEIVING | JD SPIELMAN | 383 YDS // 1 TD |
| DEFENSIVE LEADERS | ||||
| JORDAN FULLER | 19 | TACKLES | MOHAMED BARRY | 33 |
| CHASE YOUNG | 7.0 | SACKS | KAMERON BUTLER | 2.5 |
| DAMON ARNETTE | 1 (TD) | INTERCEPTIONS |
CAM TAYLOR, ERIC LEE JR. |
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| SPECIAL TEAMS | ||||
| DEMARIO McCALL | 10.2 YPR | PUNT RETURNER | JD SPIELMAN | 11.0 |
| DEMARIO McCALL | 21.8 YPR | KICKOFF RETURN | WAN'DALE ROBINSON | 25.7 |
| DRUE CHRISMAN | 45.3 | PUNTING | ISAAC ARMSTRONG | 45.9 |
| 2 | EDGE | 7 | ||
THE COACHES
Ryan Day
- 7–0 (1.00) at Ohio State
- 7–0 (1.00) overall
Day's hometown is Manchester, NH. He attended Manchester High School and attended college at New Hampshire. Day has been in coaching for 18 years and is Ohio State's 25th head coach.
Scott Frost
- 7–9 (.438) at Nebraska (2nd year)
- 26–16 (.619) overall as a college head coach (12th year)
- 4–6 (.400) against B1G opponents
Scott Frost earned eight different coach of the year awards in 2017. He joined Chris Peterson as the only other coach not in a Power Five Conference to win the Paul "Bear" Bryant Award. In the history of college football, only four coaches have ever had a 13–0 record in their first or second season. When UCF went 13–0, Frost joined Walter Camp (1888), Bob Stoops (2000) and Chris Peterson (2006) as the only coaches to do it.
Frost started his career as a quarterback for Stanford in 1993 and 1994. He transferred to Nebraska in 1995 and led the Cornhuskers to a record of 24–2 during his time as the starting quarterback. During his senior year, Frost became the 10th player in college football history to run and pass for over 1,000 yards in the same season. Nebraska earned a share of the national title that season.
After a short stint with Nebraska, Frost was a graduate assistant at Kasnas State in 2006. He moved on to Northern Iowa as a linebacker coach in 2007. After two seasons with the Panthers, he took a job with Oregon in 2009. He was with the Ducks as their offensive coordinator when Ohio State defeated them in the CFP National Championship game.
In December of 2015, Frost was named the head coach of Central Florida. The Knights won six games in 2016 and went undefeated last year. In December of 2017, Frost was named as Nebraska's head coach.
CLIFF CLAVEN'S LITTLE KNOWN FACTS CORNER
- 0......number of consecutive PATs made by Ohio State.
- 1......The Buckeyes' rank in offensive first downs.
- 2......Times teams with 900 program wins have played each other. The first was last year when the Buckeyes beat That Team.
- 4......Of Ohio State's 25 head coaches, only four have started their career 7–0. Day is one of them.
- 7......Chase Young's sacks after four games.
- 9......Consecutive road night games for Ohio State.
- 10.....Heisman Trophies combined between the Buckeyes (7) and Nebraska (3).
- 11.....Of Chris Olave's 13 catches have resulted in a first down or a touchdown.
- 12.....K.J. Hills rank for career receiving yards (1,875).
- 13.....True freshman have played this year, four of them scored last week.
- 19.....Career sacks for The Predator.
- 24.....Consecutive wins is the program record set by Urban Meyer in 2012-13.
- 30.....Straight games the Scarlet and Gray has scored at least 20 points.
- 31.....Wins for the Buckeyes when Game Day is on site, the most of any school.
- 35.....Night games for Ohio State since 2012, 25 were road games (20–5).
- 45.....Times the team has been on Game Day, Alabama leads with 46.
- 61.....Victories for the Buckeyes in night games (61–27).
- 60.....Number of yards Ohio State's defense is allowing per game, 7th in the nation.
- 62.....Punts Drue Chrisman has downed inside the 20 during his OSU career.
- 96.....Number of wins Ohio State has had this decade.
- 106...Touchdown passes thrown by Ohio State quarterbacks since 2017.
- 135...Points scored by OSU in the first half this season, opposing teams have 18.
- 202...straight PATs had been converted by the Buckeyes until last week. The streak began on 10/22/2016.
- 300...Ohio State's defense has held the first four opponents to under 300 yards of total offense for the first time since 1996.
- 453...wins OSU has had in Ohio Stadium.
- 586...Buckeye football games played in Ohio Stadium.
- .900..Ohio State's winning percentage in conference road games since 2012 (27–3).
- 906...Times Ohio State has been ranked in the AP poll.
- 915...Number of official wins for the program (we know it's actually 927).
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| OFFENSE | ||||
| 53.5 | 3rd | POINTS FOR | 38.0 | 29th |
| 262.0 | 13th | RUSHING OFFENSE | 219.5 | 34th |
| 264.5 | 49th | PASSING OFFENSE | 270.5 | 43rd |
| 526.5 | 14th | TOTAL OFFENSE | 490.0 | 25th |
| .500 | 18th | 3rd DOWNS | .452 | 34th |
| .850 | 62nd | RED ZONE | .684 | 118th |
| DEFENSE | ||||
| 9.0 | 3rd | POINTS ALLOWED | 25.3 | 62nd |
| 60.3 | 7th | RUSH DEFENSE | 116.8 | 41st |
| 161.8 | 19th | PASS DEFENSE | 240.0 | 81st |
| 100.8 | 12th | PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE | 114.3 | 32nd |
| 222.0 | 2nd | TOTAL DEFENSE | 356.8 | 56th |
| .231 | 5th | 3rd DOWNS | .292 | 21st |
| .545 | 3rd | RED ZONE | .833 | 68th |
| SPECIAL TEAMS | ||||
| 12.6 | 34th | PUNT RETURN | 9.6 | 47th |
| 20.7 | 68th | KICKOFF RETURN | 22.6 | 45th |
| 41.6 | 28th | NET PUNTING | 44.0 | 13th |
| MISCELLANEOUS | ||||
| +0.8 | 24th | TURNOVER MARGIN | -0.3 | 82nd |
| 5.0 | 21st | PENALTIES | 6.8 | 80th |
| 15 | EDGE | 3 | ||
TODAY'S TRIVIA ANSWERS
How many times have the Buckeyes lost to Nebraska?
Answer: Once. On October 8, 2011, the Cornhuskers rallied to defeat Ohio State 34-27 in Lincoln.
Can you name the Ohio State defensive players that returned an interception for a touchdown against Nebraska in 2016?
Answer: Damon Webb and Malik Hooker had pick-sixes in that home game two years ago.
How many times did Tom Osborne face Ohio State as Nebraska's head coach?
Answer: Zero. He was head coach for Nebraska between 1973 and 1997. Osborne was an assistant between 1964 and 1972.
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