COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio State Buckeyes are on the road this Saturday -- this time again to Indiana. They'll travel to West Lafayette to play the 2-4 Purdue Boilermakers, who have given the Buckeyes some problems in the last several years.
Here's this week's 10 Things To Know:
1.) Ohio State holds a 40-15-2 edge in the all-time series vs. Purdue. Trips to West Lafayette have been anything but easy in the Buckeyes’ recent history.
2.) The Buckeyes are 1-3 in their last four visits to Ross-Ade Stadium with losses in 2018, 2011 and 2009. The 49-20 upset in 2018 was the only blemish on a 13-1 season that included a Big Ten championship game win over Northwestern and a Rose Bowl win over Washington.
3.) The two teams did not play last season; in their last meeting two seasons ago, Ohio State jumped out to a 45-17 halftime lead and won 59-31 at Ohio Stadium.
4. ) Brent Musburger’s memorable “Holy Buckeye” call occurred Nov. 9, 2002, at Ross-Ade Stadium after Craig Krenzel and Michael Jenkins saved the championship season with a 37-yard TD hookup with 1:36 left to play.
5.) Purdue comes into Saturday’s game with a 2-4 record and 1-2 mark in Big Ten play following a 20-14 setback last Saturday at Iowa.
6.) Ryan Day teams are 33-0 vs. unranked opponents with his program’s six losses to teams ranked Nos. 3, 1, 12, 5, 3 and 1, respectively.
7.) Saturday's game will be Ohio State’s first exclusively “streamed” broadcast and the first not to be televised live via a traditional network in 315 games, or since the 1996 tape-delayed (CBS) game at Minnesota.
8.) Ohio State is eighth nationally in total defense allowing 264.8 yards per game. The Buckeyes are allowing just 158.4 passing yards per game (6th nationally) and just 10.2 points (3rd).
9.) Purdue’s offense is directed by quarterback Hudson Card, who spent three seasons at Texas before transferring to Purdue this offseason. His 1,491 passing yards through six games ranks second in the Big Ten behind only Taulia Tagovailoa of Maryland.
10.) Buckeyes QB Kyle McCord is second in the Big Ten in passing yards per game with 275. He’s coming off a career-high 320-yard game vs. Maryland.