Sunday Lookahead: Ohio State vs. Tulane
9/16/2018 4:22:42 PM | Football
THE BASICS
Tulane vs. No. 4 Ohio State • Sat., Sept. 22 • When: 3:30 p.m. • Where: Ohio Stadium • TV: BTN • Play by play: Kevin Kugler • Analyst: Matt Millen • Sideline: Rick Pizzo
BACK AT THE ‘SHOE
• The 2018 season marks the 97th season of Ohio State home games in Ohio Stadium. Ohio State has a .785 winning percentage in Ohio Stadium with a record of 438-112-20 and 570 games played. No school with at least 500 games played in its home facility has a better winning percentage at home than Ohio State does at Ohio Stadium.
KNOW THY OPPONENT
• Tulane is considered the top university and the most selective institution of higher education in the state of Louisiana with an acceptance rate of 17 percent.
• Tulane was founded as a public medical college in 1834, and became a comprehensive university in 1847. The institution was made private under the endowments of Paul Tulane and Josephine Louise Newcomb in 1884. Tulane is the 9th oldest private university in the Association of American Universities, which consists of major research universities in the United States and Canada.
• As a result of Hurricane Katrina, most of the university was closed in the fall of 2005. The School of Medicine relocated to Houston, Texas for a year. Aside from student athletes attending college classes together on the same campuses, most undergraduate and graduate students dispersed to campuses throughout the U.S. The storm inflicted more than $650 million in damages to the university, with some of the greatest losses impacting the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library and its collections.
FIVE NOTES TO KNOW
• Ohio State has not yet surrendered a point in the fourth quarter this season.
• Saturday will be the first-ever meeting between the Buckeyes and Green Wave.
• QB Dwayne Haskins leads the Big Ten is passing yards, passing TDs and completion percentage.
• Fifteen different plays have scored touchdowns through the first three games. Last year, 16 different players scored TDs during the entire season.
• Ohio State’s neutral field win over No. 15 TCU Saturday gave the Buckeyes a 3-0 record this season with all three victories coming against Power 5 schools. Ohio State is the only school in the country with three Power 5 wins to date.
