No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 21 Missouri – Ohio State Buckeyes
9/13/1998 12:00:00 AM | Football
September 13, 1998
COLUMBUS, Ohio – No. 1 Ohio State 2-0, 0-0 vs. No. 21 Missouri 2-0, 0-0
Game Facts Saturday, Sept. 19, 1998, 3:30 p.m. EDT
Ohio Stadium (89,841; PAT), Columbus, Ohio
The Broadcast
TV – ABC Regional (WSYX Ch. 6 locally). Keith Jackson, play-by-play; Bob Greise, color analyst and Lynn Swan, sideline reporter.
Radio – Sports Radio 1460 (AM) The Fan and Oldies B97 (97.1 FM). Paul Keels, play-by-play; Jim Lachey, color analyst and Jim Karsatos, sideline reporter.
KICKOFF…ABC STYLE
The Ohio State Buckeyes, the nation’s consensus No. 1-ranked college football team, hosts the nationally-ranked and dangerous Missouri Tigers in a 3:30 p.m. game Saturday at Ohio Stadium. Both teams are unbeaten at 2-0 with four blowout wins between them. Ohio State has defeated No. 11 West Virginia on the road, 34-17, and Toledo at home, 49-0. Missouri has blasted both Bowling Green (37-0) and arch-rival Kansas (41-23) in Columbia, Mo. The game will be televised by ABC to a regional audience that will cover the majority of the Midwest. Keith Jackson, Bob Griese and Lynn Swann will describe the action.
RANKINGS
The Buckeyes picked up 18 additional writers first-place votes and 14 additional coaches’ first-place votes this week and are ranked a decisive No. 1 in both the Associated Press Top 25 and the ESPN/USA Today Top 25 coaches polls. The Buckeyes received 57 first-place votes and totaled 1,733 points in the AP poll to out-distance No. 2 Florida by 108 points. Ohio State received 52 of 62 first-place votes by the coaches to easily outdistance No. 2 Florida, 1,537 points to 1,432 points for the top spot in the ESPN/USA Today Top 25 poll.
RADIO COVERAGE
The game will be broadcast around the state on the 73-station Ohio State Buckeyes Radio Sports Network with Sports Radio 1460 (AM) The Fan the flagship station. Calling the action is first-year play-by-play announcer is Paul Keels. He is assisted in the broadcast booth by second-year analyst Jim Lachey. Jim Karsatos will provide sideline commentary.
HALL OF FAME GAME
An 18-member Ohio State University Sports Hall of Fame class will be honored at halftime of the game. Basketball forwards Jim Jackson, who led the Buckeyes to two-consecutive Big Ten titles in 1991 and 1992 and Tracey Hall Yarbrough, two-time Big Ten Player of the Year (1986 and 1987), headline the Class of 1998. Football player and coach Gene Fekete (1942) and football standouts Tim Fox (1972-75), Dr. John Frank (1980-83) and Cornelius Green (1972-75) also will be inducted. Members of the class also include volleyball player Karen Alsbrooks (1976-79), swimmer, coach and administrator Dr. Bob Bartels, wrestler George Bollas, synchronized swimmer Tara Cameron Opp (1979-81), diver Fletcher Gilders (1954-56), swimmer Susan Gottlieb (1988-91), team physician Dr. Bob Murphy (1952-93), wrestler Dave Reinbolt (1965-67), fencer Coreen Richter Sheardown (1981-84), gymnast Tracy Rinker Sumpter and track athlete John Schmidt (1942-45). Longtime OSU sports information director and broadcaster Marv Homan will be presented with the Loyalty Award.
IN OHIO STADIUM
Ohio State is playing its 77th season in storied Ohio Stadium and it boasts an all-time Stadium record of 322-95-30. The Buckeyes have won eight consecutive games in Ohio Stadium and 22 of its last 23 dating back to the 1994 season. Ohio State is 8-1-1 all-time vs. Missouri in Ohio Stadium.
RUSHING STATS NO. 1
Missouri is the nation’s top rushing team with an average of 370.5 yards per game. OSU is 12th at 251.5 ypg. OSU is 18th nationally in passing at 279.0 ypg while Missouri is 91st with 134.5 ypg. OSU is 8th in total offense with 530.5 ypg and Missouri is 12th at 505.0 ypg. Defensively, Missouri is sixth in total defense, allowing just 188.5 ypg and Ohio State is 19th at 252.0 ypg. The Buckeyes are 13th in pass efficiency defense (81.5 pts.) and 28th in rushing defense (92.0), while Missouri is 15th in pass efficiency (82.2 pts.) and 25th against the run (86.0).
BUCKEYES vs. TIGERS
Ohio State and Missouri have met 11 times previously with Ohio state holding a 9-1-1 advantage in wins. The two teams played nine times at Ohio Stadium between 1939-1949 with OSU winning eight and the two playing to a 13-all tie in 1946. The rivalry was picked up again in 1976 and Missouri defeated the Buckeyes, 22-21, in Ohio Stadium. Last year, Ohio State won in Columbia, 31-10.
LAST YEAR
Joe Germaine came off the bench to throw two touchdown passes to David Boston, sparking a struggling offensive attack and helping No. 7 Ohio State to a 31-10 win. Germaine and Boston hooked up on scoring passes covering five and 28 yards in the second and third quarters, respectively, rallying OSU from a 10-7 deficit into a 21-10 lead. Michael Wiley had a one-yard touchdown run to close out the scoring. The game’s momentum shifted from Missouri’s side to Ohio State’s side when Andy Katzenmoyer leveled Corby Jones on a third-and-10 rush with Missouri leading 10-7.
BIG PLAY RECEIVERS
In addition to his two touchdown grabs, David Boston also had receptions covering 45 and 28 yards. Dee Miller hauled in 43- and 31-yard grabs. Ken Yon Rambo had a 42-yard kickoff return. And Reggie Germany, from Hazlewood, Mo., caught his first collegiate pass, a 17-yarder.
H.S. REUNIONS
The game will be a high school reunion game of sorts. OSU’s Brent Bartholomew and MU’s Marquis Gibson were teammates at Apopka (Fla.) High. Jimmy Redmond and MU’s Eddie Brooks were receivers together at Blue Springs South in Lee’s Summit, Mo. Sophomore Reggie Germany played high school football at Hazlewood East with no less than four current Missouri Tigers.
COACHES’ CORNER
John Cooper and Larry Smith, who is from Van Wert, Ohio, have coached against each other five times. Cooper’s Buckeyes defeated the Tigers last year, but prior to that Smith coached Arizona to two wins over Cooper’s Arizona State Wildcats and he coached USC to two wins over Cooper’s Buckeyes (in 1989 and 1990).
COOPER “QUOTES”
“Larry Smith has a fine football team. A veteran team that played in a bowl game last year. Corby Jones will unquestionably be the finest option quarterback we’ll face all season and they have the leading rusher in the country right now in Devin West.”
LAST WEEK
Ohio State won its 20th-consecutive home opener with a 49-0 win over Toledo in front of the 23rd-largest crowd in Ohio Stadium history, 93,149. Ohio State used 71 players and the first offensive and defensive units didn’t play a complete half as the Buckeyes overpowered their in-state rival. Michael Wiley rushed for 151 yards on just 14 carries and scored on a 76-yard run, and Joe Germaine passed for 150 yards and three scores. Reggie Germany caught two touchdown passes, the first of his career. The defense, meanwhile, gave up just 194 yards all afternoon. Missouri defeated Big 12 rival Kansas, 41-23, as Devin West ran for a Missouri-record 319 yards and Corby Jones accounted for four touchdowns (two rushing and two passing).
BARTHOLOMEW EARNS BIG TEN HONORS
For the second week in a row an Ohio State Buckeye has been chosen Big Ten Player of the Week. This week, punter Brent Bartholomew gets the nod for his terrific afternoon against Toledo that included a 51.6-yard average off seven punts. The average was the second-best single game effort in Ohio State history (min. 5 punts), trailing only Tom Skladany’s 52.3-yard average in 1976 vs. Michigan. Bartholomew dropped two punts inside the 20 and he had four punts of over 50 yards (56, 55, 55, 54). Last week, CB Antoine Winfield was the Big Ten’s defensive Player of the Week for his eight solo tackle effort vs. West Virginia.
OSU’S PLAYERS OF THE GAME
The Ohio State coaching staff has chosen the entire unit as defensive Players of the Game and the starting 11 offensive players and Kevin Houser as the offensive Player of the Game for the Toledo game. Punter Brent Bartholomew was chosen as special teams Player of the Game. The Buckeyes rumbled for 512 yards of offense (255 rushing; 257 passing) and the defense allowed just 194 total yards.
WILEY EXPLODES AGAIN
One week after gaining a career-high 140 yards in his starting debut, Michael Wiley rushed for another career-high of 151 yards on 13 carries vs. Toledo. Included was a career-best 76-yard touchdown run on the Buckeyes’ first possession. Wiley is currently 11th nationally in rushing with an average of 145.5 yards per game. He is averaging 9.7 yards per rush and he has scored three touchdowns.
TIM SPENCER ON WILEY
“Michael is a young man who has been waiting to explode. The first couple of years he had guys in front of him. But now, Michael has come into his own. He is an exciting player.explosive, quick and decisive. He makes decisions – and usually the right decisions – and he sticks with them.”
FIFTH SHUTOUT
The Buckeyes have now shut out five teams in Fred Pagac’s 27-game tenure as Ohio State’s defensive coordinator. One must research back to the 1973, 1974 and 1975 Buckeye teams, under the direction of defensive coordinator George Hill, to find five OSU shutouts in fewer games. Hill’s units, between the fourth game of 1973 and the first of 1975, shut out five opponents in a 21-game stretch.
THE SECOND LINE OF DEFENSE
Leading 21-0 at the end of the first quarter and 42-0 at halftime allowed John Cooper and his staff to use plenty of young players in the Toledo game. In all, 71 players saw action against the Rockets and it was three second-team defensive performers who led the way in tackles. Sophomore linebacker Joe Cooper recorded 10 tackles and he was followed by red-shirt freshman linebacker Tim Cheatwood with six (and an interception) and sophomore cornerback David Mitchell with five.
JOE’S CLIMBING TD CHARTS
Calm, cool and collected quarterback Joe Germaine completed 13-of-21 passes for 150 yards and three touchdowns in just about one-half’s action vs. Toledo. It was Germaine’s sixth three-touchdown game of his career. The effort has elevated Germaine into fourth place all-time at Ohio State with 35 touchdown passes. He needs only three more to pass quarterback-turned-broadcasters Jim Karsatos (36 between 1983-86) and Greg Frey (37 between 1987-90).
OSU GOOD STUFF
The Buckeyes will have their only “off” week of the season following the Missouri game. The team will resume competition with an Oct. 3 game at Ohio Stadium against Penn State..The Buckeye defense has recorded 15 tackles-for-loss so far this season and 14 different players have recorded one. The leader: junior tackle Randy Homa has two for a negative three yards..Speaking of defensive share time, the Buckeyes’ six interceptions have been secured by six different players.. Michael Wiley is averaging 10.2 yards per play this season. He has a team-best 347 all-purpose yards (173.5 ypg) and 34 “touches”..David Boston is also averaging over 100 all-purpose yards per game (130.5). Boston needs just four more receptions to pass John Frank and move into third place on OSU’s all-time charts..Safety-turned-linebacker (this fall) Joe Cooper and reserve defensive back Central McClellion are tied for the team tackling lead with 12 apiece..Nice to see Joe Montgomery in the end zone again. His 11-yard TD run in the second quarter vs. Toledo was his first touchdown since the 1996 season, vs. Iowa..The Buckeyes have started the same 11 on defense and 10 of the same 11 on offense the first two games..John Cooper is 28-4 in September games..Ohio State is 23-4 the last three years, 34-6 the last four years, 43-10 the last five years and 53-11-1 the last six years.
THREE THORPE AWARD MENTIONS
The initial list of 44 prospects for the 1998 Jim Thorpe Award as the nation’s best defensive back in college football includes three Ohio State Buckeyes. All-American Antoine Winfield and Damon Moore are listed as leading candidates and Gary Berry is one of the additional prospects. The Thorpe Award winner will be announced Dec. 10 from Disney World in Orlando, Fla.
NO SURPRISE FOR BEST LB
1997 Butkus Award winner Andy Katzenmoyer heads a list of 68 of the nation’s linebackers on the preliminary list for the Butkus Award, presented to the nation’s best linebacker. The list will be trimmed to 10 semifinalists Oct. 15. The final three will be announced Nov. 12 with the winner, chosen by 27 national media members, to be announced Dec. 11 at Universal Studios Florida. Last year Katzenmoyer, from Westerville, Ohio, became the first Buckeye to win the award.
COOP’S AMONG BIG TEN’S BEST
The Big Ten Conference released its winningest Big Ten football coaches (conference games only) with a 10-year minimum coaching stint and John Cooper is ranked fifth on the list. Cooper’s .725 Big Ten winning percentage (56-20-4 thru 10 years) trails only Bo Shembechler (.850; 143-24-3 in 21 years at Michigan), Fielding Yost (.796; 42-10-2 in 25 years at Michigan), Woody Hayes (.785; 152-39-7 in 28 years at Ohio State) and Fritz Crisler (.777; 42-11-3 in 10 years at Michigan).
SENIOR SUCCESS
The senior class this year has a chance to become the third-consecutive senior class to break or tie a four-year Ohio State record for wins. This year’s class enters 1998 with a record of 32-6 with sights set on breaking the 1996 seniors’ mark of 41 wins. The 32-6 mark also represents the fifth-best record in Division IA football over the last three years, trailing only Nebraska (36-2), Florida (34-4), Florida State (32-4) and Tennessee (32-5).
700 WINS
Ohio State became the seventh major college team to win 700 football games with its 41-6 win over Illinois Nov. 15, 1997. The Buckeyes enter the Missouri game with an all-time record of 702-275-52.
IN THE RED ZONE
Ohio State scored points on nine of 11 trips inside the opponent’s red zone vs. West Virginia and Toledo. Opponents are perfect in two attempts. The Buckeyes had three touchdowns and two field goals vs. West Virginia. OSU scored four TDs vs. Toledo but turned the ball over on downs and missed a FG on two other attempts. The Mountaineers converted touchdowns on both of its trips inside the red zone. Toledo did not make it inside the OSU 20 last week.
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THE SCOOP ON COOP
Twelve Buckeyes have been first round NFL draft picks under John Cooper.
THE COACH
John Cooper, now in his 11th season as head coach of the Ohio State University Buckeyes and in his 22nd season overall, is building as fine a collegiate coaching resume as any active coach in the business. Period. And the resume is getting better every year. Cooper, the second-winningest coach in OSU history – behind Woody Hayes’ 205 victories – and with the third-longest coaching tenure behind Hayes (28 seasons) and John W. Wilce (16), has guided four- consecutive Ohio State teams into New Year’s Day bowl games and each of his last three Ohio State teams to at least 10 victories. The former is part of nine-consecutive bowl appearances for the Buckeyes under Cooper. The latter is an accomplishment only three other current head coaches can match (Bobby Bowden at Florida State, Steve Spurrier at Florida and Phillip Fulmer at Tennessee).
THE 1990’s
Cooper’s Buckeyes have won 53 games since 1993 and in the decade of the 1990s, Ohio State has amassed a 76-22-3 record, the ninth-best record in the decade among all Division IA schools. These streaks of successes has positioned Cooper with an Ohio State record of 88-32-4 and an all-time mark of 170-72-6.
THE AWARDS
Regarding student-athletes, the honors, awards and accomplishments Ohio State student-athletes have garnered under Cooper is matched by no other active coach. Consider, under John Cooper 15 Buckeyes have won first-team All-America honors, 12 have been first-round NFL draft picks, six have won National Football Foundation Scholarships, five have been named first-team Academic All-Americans and eight have won major athletic and academic awards in the last three years alone.
THE MAN
Away from football, Cooper likes any outdoor activities such as golf, fishing and lawn work and hates being confined to a desk and being in the office. As for dining, he says he has never had a bad meal and still loves an old fashioned home-cooked meal of beans, potatoes and cornbread. He enjoys oldies and country music and truly enjoys relaxing with his family.Twelve Buckeyes have been first round NFL draft picks under John Cooper.
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THE DEE AND DAVID SHOW
In limited action Saturday against Toledo Dee Miller and David Boston, the nation’s best pair of receivers, combined for nine receptions for 99 yards and two touchdowns. They combined for 13 receptions for 239 yards and two touchdowns in the season opener vs. West Virginia. In two years as the starting wideouts (15 games), the duo has combined for 157 receptions, 2,299 receiving yards and 23 touchdowns. Their per-game combined stats: 10.5 receptions, 153.2 yards, 1.5 TDs.
*****
PLAYMAKERS
Two games into the season and Ohio State has 12 passing or running plays of 20 yards or more. David Boston led the way against West Virginia with four of those long gains. Michael Wiley has the longest play from scrimmage this season with a 76-yard TD run in the win over Toledo.
+20-Yard Receptions 5 David Boston 39, 29, 27, 23, 21 2 Dee Miller 42, 37 1 Germany 47 1 John Lumpkin 28
+20-Yard Rushes 2 Michael Wiley 76, 37 1 Joe Montgomery 20
*****
MISSOURI
Convincing wins over Bowling Green and arch rival Kansas have vaulted the Tigers into the top 25
ON THE WAY UP
After posting its first winning season since 1983 last year, No. 20 Missouri visits Ohio Stadium with a perfect 2-0 mark on the line. Missouri is ranked 21st this week by the Associated Press and 19th by ESPN/USA Today. The Tigers entered this season with 15 returning starters from last year’s 7-5 Holiday Bowl squad.
LAST WEEKEND
Tailback Devin West rushed for a school record 319 yards as Missouri dismantled Kansas, 41-23, in Columbia last weekend. West’s gutty performance in 94-degree heat was the third highest rushing game in Big 12 history and smashed the former Missouri record of 240 yards. Corby Jones, Missouri’s all-Big 12 quarterback, threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more.
NATION’S NO. 1 RUSHING TEAM
Missouri will undoubtedly be able to put points on the board this season. The Tigers come to Columbus averaging 505 yards and 39 points per game. West, a spot starter prior to this season, has 444 rushing yards through two games and leads nation in rushing. Known as one of the Big 12’s more physical tailbacks, West beefed up to 222 pounds over the summer. Jones may be one of the more mobile quarterbacks in the country, and ranks second on the team with 145 rushing yards. He is the school’s all-time touchdown leader with 51 – 31 rushing and 20 through the air. Jones and West have combined for all eight of Missouri’s rushing scores this season and are the main reason Missouri ranks No. 1 nationally in rushing.
Jones struggled throwing the ball against Kansas, completing just five of 12 passes for 65 yards. He also fumbled twice and was intercepted once. “Corby maybe wasn’t on top of his game, but he made plays and he made them when it counted,” said Tiger coach Larry Smith. For the season, Jones has completed 14 of 27 passes for 252 yards and three scores. Kent Layman, an honorable mention all-Big 12 pick last year, has been Jones’s favorite target through the first two games, catching five passes for 139 yards.
THE DEFENSE
Missouri surrendered 30 points per game last season, including 31 to the Buckeyes. Six starters return from that squad, including second team all-Big 12 selections Harold Piersey (free safety) and Marquis Gibson (defensive end). The unit held Bowling Green to a lowly 56 total yards, but gave up 321 to Kansas last weekend. Strong safety Caldrinoff Easter led Missouri with nine tackles versus Kansas. Linebacker Al Sterling may be UM’s biggest past rushing threat. The 5-11, 246 pound senior netted two sacks against the Jayhawks.
1998 STATISTICAL LEADERS
RUSHING Att. Yards Avg. TD Devin West 49 444 9.1 4 Corby Jones 25 145 5.3 4
PASSING Att. Co. Yds. TD Int. Corby Jones 27 14 252 3 1
RECEIVING No. Yards Avg. TD Kent Layman 5 139 27.8 2 Eric Spencer 2 35 17.5 0 Rob West 2 27 13.5 0
TACKLES Solo Asst. Tot. Sacks Caldrinoff Easter 8 2 10 0 Jamonte Robinson 6 4 10 2 Justin Smith 8 1 9 1
TIGER NOTES
Larry Smith, a native of the Van Wert, Ohio and former high school football coach in Lima, Ohio, was named the Big 12 Coach of the Year last season…Smith is 2-1 overall against Ohio State, but has never beaten the Buckeyes at Missouri….Corby Jones has pooch punted seven times in his career, and five of those have been downed inside the opponents 10-yard line…Tiger freshman QB Neal Colzie is the son of former OSU All-American defensive back Neal Colzie.
Facts & Figures Location Columbia, Mo. Enrollment 22,500 Chancellor Dr. Richard Wallace Athletic Director Michael Alden Nickname Tigers Colors Old Gold and Black 1998 Record 2-0, 1-0 Head Coach Larry Smith Alma Mater Bowling Green, ’62 UM Record 20-27-1 (four years) Career Record 130-107-7 (21 years) Record vs. Ohio State 2-1 Offensive Coordinator Jerry Berndt Defensive Coordinator Moe Ankney Letterman Returning/Lost 41/21 Offensive Starters Returning 8 Defensive Starters Returning 6 Specialists Returning 1 Offensive Formation Multiple Defensive Formation Attack 4-3
1998 Schedule/Results
Sept. 5, BOWLING GREEN, W 37-0 Sept. 12, KANSAS, W 41-23 Sept. 19, at Ohio State Oct. 3, NORTHWESTERN STATE Oct. 10, at Iowa State Oct. 17, OKLAHOMA Oct. 24, at Nebraska Oct. 31, at Texas Tech Nov. 7, COLORADO Nov. 14, at Texas A&M Nov. 21, KANSAS STATE
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OHIO STATE LAST WEEK
Stingy Defense Plays Brilliantly as the Buckeyes Cruise to a 49-0 victory Over Toledo.
COLUMBUS – The No.1-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes pulled away from the Toledo Rockets in the first eight minutes and never looked back with a convincing 49-0 win. On offense, junior tailback Michael Wiley rushed for a career high 151-yards and senior quarterback Joe Germaine passed for three touchdowns and 150 yards to spark the 49 point day. On defense, Toledo was only able to generate 194-yards of total offense (compared to OSU’s 512 yards).
The defense made the opening statement of the game by holding the Toledo offense to the minimum three plays and zero yards.
Just five plays after the punt, Wiley exploded for a 76-yard score, the longest touchdown run of his career, to put the Buckeyes up 7-0.
After another Toledo three-and-out offensive series, the Buckeyes hit another long home run when Germaine hit Dee Miller streaking across the sideline for a 68-yard score.
Toledo would get the ball back for only two plays, thanks to safety Damon Moore’s first interception of the season. His theft put the Buckeyes on the Toledo 18-yard line. Four plays later, Germaine found David Boston in the corner of the endzone for a 5-yard touchdown reception to give OSU a 21-0 lead.
The Buckeyes kept the momentum going in the second quarter. Just under two minutes into the quarter, Joe Montgomery found the endzone with an 11-yard scamper to stretch the OSU lead, 28-0.
Later in the quarter, sophomore linebacker Na’il Diggs recorded his first career interception to put the ball at the Toledo 5-yard line. Just one play later, Germaine tossed a 5-yard score to Reggie Germany to increase the OSU lead, 35-0.
The Buckeyes would tack on one more score before the half off a 47-yard bomb from senior quarterback Mark Garcia to Germany. OSU would go into halftime with a 42-0 lead.
In the second half, OSU would score one more time off a 12 play, 80 yard drive which resulted into a 4-yard Wiley touchdown run.
Ohio Stadium Openers
Ohio State has now won 20-consecutive Ohio Stadium opening games and it has an all-time home opener record of 96-9-4 (.906) through 109 years. A sellout crowd of 93,149 witnessed the opener this year.
Toledo Ties
Offensive coordinator Mike Jacobs was an assistant coach at Toledo in 1979. Ends coach Shawn Simms was running backs coach at Toledo for four years, between 1991-94. Chuck Stobart was Toledo’s head coach between 1977-81.
Ohio State vs. Toledo; MAC
The game marked the first-ever meeting between Ohio Sate and Toledo on the gridiron. The Buckeyes are now 13-1 against current members of the Mid American Conference, including a 44-13 victory over Bowling Green last year. The only loss was to Akron in 1894, 12-6.
OSU vs. In-State Schools
The game marked only the third meeting between Ohio State and another in-state institution since the 1934 season. Games against Bowling Green in 1992 and last year were the last two. The Toledo game is the second in a current six-year run of games between the Buckeyes and in-state schools. In the next four seasons the Buckeyes also will meet Ohio University and Cincinnati (1999), Miami (2000), Akron (2001) and Kent State and Cincinnati again (2002). The Buckeyes also will play Cincinnati in 2004 and 2006. All the games will be at Ohio Stadium with the exception of the 2002 Cincinnati game. Ohio State is now 154-39-13 against in-state opponents.
Toledo 0, No. 1 Ohio State 49
Sept. 12, Ohio Stadium; ESPN Regional
Scoring
1 2 3 4 Final Toledo 0 0 0 0 0 Ohio State 21 21 7 0 49
First Quarter OSU – Wiley 76 run (Stultz kick),11:55 OSU – Miller 37 pass from Germaine (Stultz kick), 9:39 OSU – Boston 5 pass from Germaine (Stultz kick), 7:06
Second Quarter OSU – Montgomery 11 run (Stultz kick), 13:37 OSU – Germany 5 pass from Germaine (Stultz kick), 8:43 OSU – Germany 47 pass from Garcia (Stultz kick), 3:00
Third Quarter OSU – Wiley 4 run (Stultz kick), 11:09 Attendance – 93,149
Team Statistics UT OSU First downs 14 25 Rushes-yards 35-106 43-255 Passing yards 88 257 Return yards 101 66 Comp.-Att.-Int. 18-32-0 23-37-1 Sacked-yards lost 1-9 1-1 Punts 9-42.8 7-51.6 Fumbles-lost 1-0 3-0 Penalties-yards 1-9 11-90 Time of possession 31:32 28:28
Individual Statistics
Rushing – Toledo, Tait 14-59, Taylor 8-36, Green 2-11, Harris 7-0, Wallace 4-0. Ohio State, Wiley 13-151, Wells 10-48, Montgomery 5-27, Combs 7-21, Keller 2-14, Miller 1-4, Westbrooks 1-3, Martin 1-0, Germaine 1-0, Bartholomew 1-(-4), Garcia 1-(-9).
Passing – Toledo, Wallace 13-34-5 73, Cole 2-2-0 15. Ohio State, Germaine 13-21-0 150, Garcia 5-11-0 83, Bellisari 3-5-0 24, Wells 0-1-0 0, Moherman 0-1-0 0.
Receiving – Toledo, Kreitzbug 4-34, Bilik 3-32, Long 3-12, Curry 2-13, Harris 2-(-4), Tati 1-1. Ohio State, Boston 5-55, Miller 4-54, Germany 3-63, Lumpkin 2-32, Warnke 2-21, Redmond 1-15, Westbrooks 1-7, Martin 1-6, Wisniewski 1-3, Combs 1-1.
Missed Field Goals – Toledo, France 33. Ohio State, Stultz 40, 44
