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Ohio State On This Date: October 26th

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by Matt Gutridge
10/26/19 at 5:55a in the OSU Football Forum
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Braxton Miller 2013
2013 was the last time Ohio State played on October 26th. Braxton Miller scored on this 39-yard run and accumulated 320 yards of offense. The Buckeyes pummeled Penn State 63-14.

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 October 26th.

FIVE THINGS 10/26
  1. This is the 19th time (13–3–2) Ohio State has played on October 26th.
  2. The first game played on 10/26 was in 1895. The Buckeyes tied Denison 4-4 in Granville. 
  3. Ohio State's largest margin of victory on this date was the 49 point ass beating of Penn State six years ago. 
  4. The Buckeyes have a 10-game winning streak on October 26th and are 8–0 when ranked on this date. The last time OSU was not ranked when playing on this date was 1963.
  5. This is only the sixth time Ohio State has faced a ranked opponent on the 26th of October. The team is 4–1 in this scenario, the loss was to No. 1 Cornell (21-7) at Ithaca in 1940. The Buckeyes were not ranked in the game against the Big Red.
GAMES PLAYED ON OCT. 26th
YEAR OHIO STATE'S RANK OPPONENT LOCATION SCORE B1G FINISH
2013 No. 3 PENN STATE H 63–14 1st Big Ten Leaders
2002 No. 4 No. 18 PENN STATE H 13–7 1st
1996 No. 2 No. 20 IOWA A 38–26 1st
1991 No. 14 MICHIGAN STATE H 27–17 3rd
1985 No. 9 No. 20 MINNESOTA A 23–19 4th
1974 No. 1 NORTHWESTERN A 55–7 1st
1968 No. 2 ILLINOIS A 31–24 1st
1963   No. 2 WISCONSIN A 13–10 2nd
1957 No. 12 WISCONSIN A 16–13 1st
1946   MINNESOTA H 39–9 6th
1940   No. 1 CORNELL A 7–21 4th
1935   INDIANA A 28–6 1st
1929   INDIANA H 0–0 5th
1912   CINCINNATI H 47–7  
1907   MICHIGAN A 0–22  
1901   WESTERN RESERVE H 6–5  
1897   COLUMBUS BARRACKS H 0–6  
1895   DENISON A 4–4  

 

OHIO STATE'S RECORD AGAINST OPPONENTS ON OCT. 26th
  RECORD WIN & POINTS AVG. SCORE
OVERALL 13–3–2 .778 410–217 23–12
HOME 6–1–1 .813 195–65 24–8
AWAY 7–2–1 .750 215–152 22–15

 

RECORD AGAINST OPPONENTS ON OCT. 26th WHEN OHIO STATE IS RANKED 
  RECORD WIN & POINTS AVG. SCORE
OVERALL 8–0 1.000 266–127 33–16
HOME 3–0 1.000 103–38 34–13
AWAY 5–0 1.000 163–89 33–18

Want to watch a recap of Ohio State's 49-point pummeling of Penn State? Here it is: 

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