COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Buckeyes are back home as Ohio State welcomes the Purdue Boilermakers to the Shoe on Saturday.
Ohio State is coming off a hard-fought win against Penn State in what was the Buckeyes' second top 5 matchup of the year.
Here's this week's 10 Things To Know.
- Ohio State leads the all-time series with Purdue (41-15-2), including wins in the last two meetings.
- Purdue is the last unranked team to beat Ohio State. The Boilermakers beat the No. 2 Buckeyes 49-20 in 2018.
- Ohio State has won 10 straight home games against Purdue, dating to Purdue’s 31-26 victory in 1988.
- The winning team between Ohio State and Purdue in the last four games has scored at least 40 points, the first time in history of the series for such a streak of points.
- Ohio State has played two top 5 teams on the road (No. 3 Oregon and No. 3 Penn State) in one season for just the third time. The other two times came in 1960 and 1997.
- Jeremiah Smith broke the Ohio State freshman record for most receiving yards in a season. He's also 3 catches shy of breaking the freshman receptions record.
- The streak of consecutive games with a touchdown has ended for Smith at seven. Smith is tied 9th nationally with eight TD receptions.
- TreVeyon Henderson rushed past Carlos Hyde (3,198 yards) and Keither Byars (3,200) last week and into 9th place in Ohio State's career rushing yards list.
- The Buckeyes missed scoring in the red zone in its only opportunity vs. Penn State, derailing a run that had a perfect 27-for-27 start to the season.
- The win at No. 3 Penn State is Ohio State’s first over a Top 5 opponent in a true road game since winning at No. 2 Texas in 2006.