No. 2/2 Ohio State (1-0) 45, Marshall (0-1) 7
Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
September 2, 2010
Attendance: 105, 040
OHIO STATE POSTGAME NOTES
• Ohio State has not lost a home opener in 33 years. The last loss was Sept. 16, 1978 whenNo. 6 Ohio State suffered a 19-0 loss to No. 5 Penn State in Woody Hayes' final season as headcoach.
• Ohio State has an all-time opening day record of 105-12-4. Ohio State is 109-8-4 in homeopeners since the inception of the program in 1890.
• The Buckeyes boast an all-time record of 148-22-5 in September games and a 122-10-4 mark inSeptember home games.
• Head coach Jim Tressel has won 15 consecutive season openers and 19 of his last 21. HisBuckeye teams have outscored opponents 354-116 in 10 openers, an average margin of victory of 23.8points. He is 19-5-1 all-time in season openers and 10-0 at Ohio State.
• Jim Tressel is now 230-78-2 in his 25th season as a head coach and 95-21 in his 10th year atOhio State.
• Under Jim Tressel, the Buckeyes are 26-2 at Ohio Stadium vs. non-conference teams.
• Ohio State is 86-6 when it has allowed fewer than 24 points under Jim Tressel.
• Ohio State is 31-4 in non-conference regular-season games under Jim Tressel.
• Jim Tressel is 16-1 at Ohio State against head coaches in their first season at the opposingschool.
• Jim Tressel became the fourth Ohio State head coach to begin a 10th season at Ohio State,joining John W. Wilce (1913-28), Woody Hayes (1951-78) and John Cooper (1988-2000).
• Ohio State has won 54 consecutive regular-season non-conference games against teams not rankedin the AP Top 25. The last unranked non-conference team to beat Ohio State was Pitt, a 42-17 winneron Sept. 17, 1988.
• Ohio State has won 55 consecutive regular-season non-conference home games against teams notranked in the AP Top 25. The last unranked non-conference team to beat the Buckeyes at Ohio Stadiumwas Florida State, a 34-17, on Oct. 2, 1982.
• Ohio State is 7-3 at home (27-13 away from home) in night games (games starting 5 p.m. orlater local time) since 1959 and 34-16 in night games all-time. Under Jim Tressel, the Buckeyes are16-10 in night games and 3-3 at home in night games.
• Ohio State is 88-16 (.846) since the start of the 2002 season, the fourth-best record amongFBS teams. The only teams with a better record in this span are: Boise State (94-11, .895), USC(91-13, .875) and Texas (90-14, .865).
• Ohio State is 53-5 at Ohio Stadium since the start of the 2002 season.
• Ohio State has had 56 consecutive crowds of more than 100,000 at Ohio Stadium.
SERIES NOTES
• Ohio State has won both meetings with the Thundering Herd. The first meeting was Sept. 11,2004 in Columbus with the Buckeyes prevailing, 24-21, on a last-second field goal.
• Ohio State is 12-1-1 all-time against current members of Conference USA.
OFFENSIVE NOTES
• Running back Brandon Saine recorded his third career 100-yard rushing game with 102 yardsand two touchdowns. It was his second game running for two scores (Iowa Nov. 14, 2009).
• Tight end Jake Stoneburner recorded career highs with three catches for 41 yards. He had twocareer receptions entering the game.
• Junior quarterback Terrelle Pryor is 20-3 as Ohio State's starting quarterback and Ohio Stateis 17-1 in the games in which Pryor has thrown at least one touchdown pass.
• Ohio State is 85-6 in the games in which it has rushed for at least 125 yards since JimTressel became the Buckeyes coach in 2001.
• DeVier Posey has caught at least one pass in 15 consecutive games, trailing Purdue's KeithSmith (24) and Wisconsin's Nick Toon (17) among active players in the Big Ten. Posey caught twotouchdown passes vs. Marshall, tying a career high.
• Ohio State is 25-4 in the games in which Dane Sanzenbacher has recorded at least onecatch.
• The Buckeye offense combined for 529 total yards, the first game with more than 500 yardssince New Mexico State Oct. 31, 2009. It was the first time the team rushed and passed for 200+yards since that game vs. the Aggies, with 280 rushing and 249 passing against Marshall.
DEFENSIVE NOTES
• Senior Brian Rolle recorded his third career interception in the second quarter and ran itback 30 yards for his first career touchdown off an interception.
• Senior Tyler Moeller matched his career high with seven tackles, first set at Illinois Nov.15, 2008.
• Ohio State has held 53 opponents to 21 points or fewer since the start of the 2005 season. TCUis now second among FBS teams in this span with 52 and Virginia Tech is third with 51 entering thisseason. OSU has allowed fewer than 10 points 26 times since the start of 2006.
• Ohio State has allowed 101 touchdowns overall since the start of the 2005 season. That is thefewest by any FBS team in this span. Virginia Tech has allowed the second-fewest with 107.
• Ohio State has surrendered 39 rushing touchdowns since the start of the 2005 season. That isthe fewest among FBS teams in this span. Alabama is second with 41 and Penn State is third with 47in this span.
• Ohio State has surrendered 53 passing touchdowns since the start of the 2005 season. That isthe second-fewest among FBS teams in this span. Only Virginia Tech has surrendered fewer with 48.TCU is third with 54 allowed and Penn State is fourth with 55.
• Ohio State has allowed just seven 100-yard rushers since 2005, the fewest among FBS teams.Boston College and Alabama are second with eight.
• It has been 24 games since the Buckeye defense allowed a 100-yard individual rushingperformance; that was by USC's Joe McKnight, who gained 105 yards on 12 carries in the 2008meeting. That streak is second-longest in the nation, trailing only Alabama (32 games).
• Since the beginning of the 2005 season, the Buckeyes have allowed only seven 100-yard rushersduring a span of 65 games. That mark is the best by an FBS school during that time period.
• The Buckeyes held Marshall to just 44 yards rushing in the game and 199 total yards.
