Postgame Notes (Ohio State vs. USC) – Ohio State Buckeyes
9/13/2009 12:00:00 AM | Football
No. 8/7 Ohio State (1-1) 15, No. 3/3 USC (2-0) 18
Ohio Stadium
Columbus, Ohio
September 12, 2009
Attendance: 106, 033 – Ohio Stadium record
OHIO STATE POSTGAME NOTES
• Ohio State is 6-3 at home (26-13 away from home) in night games (games starting 5 p.m. or later local time) since 1959 and 32-16 in night games all-time. Under Coach Jim Tressel the Buckeyes are 14-10 in night games and 2-3 at home in night games.
• Ohio State is 127-104-12 all-time when facing a ranked opponent. Under Coach Jim Tressel, the Buckeyes are 33-13 vs. ranked foes.
• Under Jim Tressel the Buckeyes are 24-2 at Ohio Stadium vs. non-conference teams, with the only other loss coming 25-22 to No. 2 Texas in 2005. The Buckeyes are 28-4 overall in regular season non-conference games since 2001.
• Ohio State is 809-308-53 in its 120th season of play. The win total ranks fifth all-time among FBS schools. The only other schools to have 800 or more wins are Michigan (873), Texas (833), Notre Dame (832), Nebraska (818), Penn State (801) and Alabama (800). Oklahoma is the next closest with 791.
• Jim Tressel’s record with the Buckeyes is 84-20 (.808) and his career record is 219-77-2 (.738). Tressel’s 219 victories rank fourth among active FBS coaches, just behind Virginia Tech’s Frank Beamer, as well as Penn State’s Joe Paterno and Florida State’s Bobby Bowden.
• The Buckeyes are 423-130-14 all-time as a Top 25 team.
• Ohio State’s all-time record at Ohio Stadium is 386-107-20. The 386 wins are the fourth-most among all FBS stadiums, trailing Georgia Tech’s Bobby Dodd Stadium (429), Tennessee’s Neyland Stadium (422) and USC’s L.A. Coliseum (403).
• The Buckeyes boast an all-time record of 147-23-5 in September games and a record of 121-11-4 in September home games.
• Ohio State is 39-5 (.886) at home since the start of the 2003 season, which ranks fourth among FBS schools.
• Crowds of more than 100,000 have seen the last 50 games at Ohio Stadium.
SERIES NOTES
• USC leads the all-time series, 13-9-1 and has won the last seven. Ohio State’s last win in the series was in the Rose Bowl following the 1973 season.
• Seven games in the all-time series have been decided by a touchdown or less.
• The home team has won 9 of 16 regular-season matchups.
• Ohio State is 44-18-2 against the Pac-10 Conference.
• Ohio State and USC played in front of 106,000-plus for the third time in the series history – the other two were Jan. 1, 1972 and Jan. 1, 1974, both in the Rose Bowl. It is the seventh time they have played in front of 100,000-plus.
OFFENSIVE NOTES
• Quarterback Terrelle Pryor is 9-2 as Ohio State’s starting quarterback. Pryor passed for 177 yards and rushed for 36 yards against the Trojans.
• Terrelle Pryor has accounted for 20 of Ohio State’s 36 offensive touchdowns (55.5 percent) since becoming the starter in the fourth game of the 2008 season (13 passing, 6 rushing, 1 receiving).
• With 177 passing yards, Terrelle Pryor went over 1,500 yards for his career. He has 1,662 yards passing, 697 yards rushing and 5 yards receiving – a total of 2,364 yards.
• Wide receiver Dane Sanzenbacher caught a career-long 56-yard pass from Pryor in the first quarter, setting up Ohio State’s first touchdown.
• Ohio State had four plays for more than 20 yards, all passing plays by Terrelle Pryor, after just one against Navy last week.
• Wide receiver DeVier Posey had career highs with 81 receiving yards on six catches. He had a career-long 34-yard reception in the first half.
• Running back Dan “Boom” Herron has rushed for at least one touchdown in six-consecutive games. He finished the game with 44 yards on 18 carries and one touchdown.
DEFENSIVE NOTES
• Ohio State has held opponents to fewer than 21 points 40 times since 2006, the best among FBS teams. Ohio State is 38-3 in those games.
• Ohio State’s defense did not allow a first down until the 13:15 mark of the second quarter. USC had only 5 yards of total offense on its first three possessions.
• Linebacker Ross Homan intercepted his second career pass and his first since the 2006 season.
• Devon Torrence had a personal-high eight tackles in the game, including a sack.
SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES
• Senior kicker Aaron Pettrey connected on 2-of-2 field goal attempts, hitting shots of 18 and 22 yards in the second and third quarters, respectively.
• Punter Jon Thoma had six punts for 232 yards, including four inside the 20.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
• The attendance was 106,033 – an Ohio Stadium record. The previous record was 105,711 set last season against Penn State.
• Former Buckeye Jack Tatum, a two-time All-American defensive back from 1968-70, was tonight’s honorary captain for the Buckeyes.
USC POSTGAME NOTES
• USC improves to 13-9-1 against Ohio State and has won seven in a row in the series (and is now 4-4 in Columbus) …Carroll improves to 90-15 (85.7%) in eight-plus years as head coach and remains the NCAA’s winningest active coach … USC has now won 12 games in row as well as 10 non-conference road games and 15 non-conference games … Troy has won 70 of its past 76 games and 81 of its past 88.
• Sr. TB Stafon Johnson’s two TD runs were his 17th and 18th career rushing TDs.
• USC’s first two scoring drives today were its sixth and seventh that took less than three minutes or less this season
• Sr. PK Jordan Congdon made his first field goal as a Trojan on the first half’s final play. He made a combined 24 in two years as Nebraska’s placekicker in 2005 and 2006.
• Sophomore LB Chris Galippo’s first-quarter interception is the second of his career and he returned it a career-long 51 yards. He returned his first interception in 2008 vs. Washington for 50 yards.
• Ohio State’s 56-yard first-quarter pass was the longest pass allowed by USC since the 2008 Rose Bowl against Illinois (which was also 56 yards).
• USC allowed its first safety since the 2006 season.
• Today’s crowd is the largest USC has played in front of since the 1990 Rose Bowl (103,450) after the 1989 season.
• The last time USC trailed entering the fourth quarter and went on to win was 2007, a 20-13 win over Arizona. USC trailed 13-10 entering the final quarter.
