The Big Ten – Ohio State Buckeyes
10/11/1998 12:00:00 AM | Football
October 11, 1998
COLUMBUS, Ohio –
The Big Ten
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%^$1998 STANDINGS CONFERENCE GAMES ALL GAMES%^$Wisconsin 3 0 1.000 6 0 1.000%^$Ohio State 2 0 1.000 5 0 1.000%^$Michigan 2 0 1.000 3 2 .600%^$Iowa 2 1 .667 3 3 .500%^$Penn State 1 1 .500 4 1 .800%^$Michigan State 1 1 .500 3 3 .500%^$Purdue 1 1 .500 3 3 .500%^$Illinois 1 2 .333 2 4 .333%^$Minnesota 0 2 .000 3 2 .600%^$Indiana 0 2 .000 2 3 .400%^$Northwestern 0 3 .000 2 4 .333%^$
%^$THIS WEEKEND AROUND THE BIG TEN
%^$Minnesota at Ohio State, 12:10 p.m. EDT; ESPN – This will be the 40th meeting between the two schools. The Buckeyes hold a 33-6 advangage with a 17-2 mark in Columbus. OSU has won 14 consecutive games in the series and 26 of the last 27 contests. Minnesota’s last win was in 1981, a 35-31 triumph in Minneapolis. The Gophers last won in Columbus during the 1949 season, a 27-0 win.
%^$Wisconsin at Illinois, 11:10 a.m. CDT; ESPN2 – Wisconsin won last year’s meeting, 31-7, in Madison. The Badgers are attempting to equal their longest winning streak in series history-three-which occurred from 1899-1906, 1919-21 and, most recently, 1952-54. Illinois leads the all-time series 33-28-7, including a 18-12-1 edge in Champaign.
%^$Iowa at Indiana, 11:10 a.m. CDT/EST; ESPN Plus – Iowa has won the previous three meetings, including the largest victory by either team in series history, 62-0, last season in Iowa City. Iowa holds a 35-22-4 series edge. The Hawkeyes have the upper hand in Bloomington, 16-14-1, coming out on top 31-10 in 1996.
%^$Michigan at Northwestern, 6 p.m. CDT; ESPN – The Wolverines have the series edge (45-13-2 overall and 16-7 at Evanston). With a 23-6 win last season in Ann Arbor, Mich., snapped a two-game losing streak to the Wildcats. In the last meeting at Evanston, Northwestern won 19-13 in 1995.
%^$Purdue at Penn State, 3:30 p.m. EDT; ABC – After a loss and a tie in the first two meetings, the Nittany Lions have won three games in a row vs. the Boilermakers since joining the Big Ten, including a 42-17 in West Lafayette, Ind. Penn State leads 1-0-1 at State College.
%^$OCTOBER 10 RESULTS
%^$Penn State 27, Minnesota 17
%^$Wisconsin 31, Purdue 24
%^$Ohio State 41, Illinois 0
%^$Iowa 26, Northwestern 24
%^$Michigan State 38, Indiana 31
%^$OCTOBER. 3 RESULTS
%^$Michigan State 38, Central Michigan 7 at East Lansing
%^$Purdue 56, Minnesota 21 at West Lafayette
%^$Michigan 12, Iowa 9 at Iowa City
%^$Ohio State 28, Penn State 9 at Columbus
%^$Wisconsin 24, Indiana 20 at Bloomington
%^$Illinois 13, Northwestern 10 at Evanston
%^$SEPTEMBER 26 RESULTS
%^$Iowa 37, Illinois 14 at Champaign
%^$Indiana 48, Cincinnati 14 at Cincinnati
%^$Michigan 29, Michigan State 17 at Ann Arbor
%^$Wisconsin 38, Northwestern 7 at Madison
%^$Notre Dame 31, Purdue 30 at South Bend
%^$THIS WEEK’S PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
%^$Defense – Penn State’s senior LB Brandon Short matched a career best with 10 tackles including a career-best three sacks (-11 yards) in the Nittany Lions’ 27-17 win over Minnesota.
%^$Offense – Michigan State junior QB Bill Burke picked up his second Big Ten weekly honor of the year after completing 24-of-37 passes for a career-high 324 yards in the Spartans’ dramatic 38-31 win over Indiana. He threw two TD passes and he scored on a two-point conversion run to tie the game.
%^$Special Teams – Penn State’s Travis Forney, a junior kicker, booted four field goals to help the Nittany Lions to their win over Minnesota.
%^$NEXT WEEKEND IN THE BIG TEN
%^$Illinois at Purdue
%^$Indiana at Michigan
%^$Wisconsin at Iowa
%^$Michigan State at Minnesota
%^$Ohio State at Northwestern
%^$Big Ten Web site – www.bigten.org
