Post Game Notes From Ohio State vs. Indiana – Ohio State Buckeyes
9/28/2002 12:00:00 AM | Football
Sept. 28, 2002
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Three Buckeyes made their first career starts. Freshman RobSims started at left tackle. Sophomore Simon Fraser started atright defensive end and senior David Thompson started at defensivetackle. Senior Donnie Nickey rushed for 28 yards on a fake punt inthe first quarter. It was his first career rushing attempt. Juniorreceiver Mike Jenkins has caught a pass in each of the last 17games as a Buckeye. He finished with 7 catches for 93 yards and 2TDs vs. Indiana; Jenkins’ TDs were his first two of the year; henow has 5 career TDs, all receiving. Freshman Maurice Clarettscored his seventh, eighth and ninth career rushing touchdowns inthe first half. His first of the day came with 39 seconds remainingin the first quarter. He rushed for 34 yards and caught a pass foreight yards during the 50-yard, 12-play scoring drive. The secondwas a 1-yard run with 5:42 remaining in the second quarter. Thethird was a 4-yard run with 38 seconds remaining in the half.Clarett has scored two or more TDs in all four games in which hehas played this season. He rushed for 3 TDs vs. Texas Tech, 1rushing and 1 receiving vs. Kent State and 2 rushing vs. WashingtonState. With his 3 TD vs. the Hoosiers, he has a total of 10 on theseason. Clarett’s 10 touchdowns this season is believed to be themost by a freshman since 1944. Chris Carter had 8 in 1980 andRobert Smith had 8 in 1990. Sophomore kicker Mike Nugent remainedperfect on PATs with 6 vs. the Hoosiers. He has now made his last44 in a row. Nugent connected on a career-long 51-yard field goalwith 1:20 remaining in the third quarter. That effort ties thesecond longest field goal made by a Buckeye in Ohio Stadium. He hasnow connected on 10-consecutive field goals, which is tied for thesecond-most consecutive FGs in OSU history. He has madeeight-consecutive FGs in Ohio Stadium, the third longest streak inOSU history. The last Buckeye to connect on a FG of 50-yards ormore was Dan Stultz Oct. 18, 1997 against Indiana in a 31-0 winover the Hoosiers. Stultz’s kick went for 55-yards, an Ohio Stadiumrecord. Redshirt freshman Redgie Arden recorded his first careercatches of his career. He had three catches for 36 yards vs. theHoosiers. Sophomore Chris Gamble scored his first career touchdownon a 43-yard rush on a reverse play with 12:25 remaining in thethird quarter. Sophomore Dustin Fox blocked an Indiana punt with8:43 remaining in the third quarter. It was the second blocked puntfor the Buckeyes this season. Donnie Nickey blocked one vs. KentState earlier this season. Fox’s block set up a 3-yard TD pass fromCraig Krenzel to Michael Jenkins with 6:38 left in the thirdquarter. It was Jenkins’ first scoring catch this season. He laterscored his second TD on a pass from McMullen in the fourth quarter.Junior quarterback Craig Krenzel completed 11 of 16 passes for 152yards. He threw one TD pass to give him a total of 5 for hiscareer. Junior Scott McMullen came off the bench in the second halfand completed all 7 of his passes for 65 yards and connected withMichael Jenkins for a TD in the fourth quarter to give McMullen twothis year and three TD passes for his career. Ohio State’squarterbacks were perfect in the second half passing, connecting onall 11 attempts: Krenzel was 4 for 4 and McMullen 7 for 7 Clarettrushed for 104 yards on 21carries, giving him his third career gamewith over 100-yards rushing; he now has 581 yards on 84 attempts.Clarett has 29 plays that have resulted in first downs, 27 rushingand two receiving; seven plays (six rushing and one receiving) forfirst downs today and a high of nine against Washington State. OhioState is 61-12-5 in the all-time series against Indiana. TheBuckeyes are 40-10-4 in games played in Columbus. Ohio State is32-3 in games played when the Buckeyes are ranked in the AP Top 25.Ohio State has a 10-game winning streak in the all-time series withthe Hoosiers and have gone without a loss in the last 12 meetings.The teams tied 27-all during the 1990 season in Bloomington. OSUhas won six straight against the Hoosiers in Columbus Ohio Statehas been ranked among the Top 10 teams nationally by the AP in itslast four games. The last such streak was during the final threegames of 1998 and the opener of the 1999 season when the No. 9Buckeyes fell to No. 12 Miami Hurricanes in Miami, Fla., in theKickoff Classic in East Rutherford, N.J. The loss ended a streak of19-consecutive games in which Ohio State was ranked in the Top 10.Ohio State is 255-63-9 when ranked in the AP Top 10 and 355-116-14when ranked in the Top 25. The Buckeyes and Hoosiers have openedthe Big Ten season 15 times with the Buckeyes going 13-1-1 in thosecontests. The only Indiana victory was a 7-6 triumph in ColumbusNov. 1, 1913, the first season Ohio State played in the Big TenConference. The two teams tied 7-all Oct. 8, 1932 in Columbus. OhioState has recorded five shutouts vs. the Hoosiers in Big Tenopeners. Ohio State has scored 40 or more points in three gamesthis year, the first time since 1999; OSU scored 40+ points in fourgames in 1998.
The Last Time …
OSU rushed for 200 yards was … 292, vs. Washington State, 9-14-02. Today, the Buckeyes rushed for 244 yards.
OSU passed for 200 yards was … 268, vs. Kent State, 9-7-02. Today, the Buckeyes passed for 217 yards.
A Buckeye had 2 TD receptions was … Darnell Sanders, vs. S. Carolina, 1-1-02. Today, OSU’s Michael Jenkins had 2 TD receptions.
A Buckeye blocked a punt was … Donnie Nickey, vs. Kent State, 9-17-02 Today, OSU’s Dustin Fox blocked a punt.
