Postgame Notes From No. 1/1 Ohio State at No. 18/16 Wisconsin – Ohio State Buckeyes
10/17/2010 12:00:00 AM | Football
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No. 1/1 Ohio State (6-1, 2-1 Big Ten) 18, No. 18/16 Wisconsin (6-1, 2-1 Big Ten) 31
Camp Randall Stadium – Madison, Wis.
October 16, 2010
Attendance: 81,194
OHIO STATE POSTGAME NOTES
• The loss snaps Ohio State’s 12-game winning streak, which was the second-longest among FBS schools behind Boise State (19).
• Ohio State is now 61-12-1 all-time as the No. 1 ranked team in the country.
• Ohio State is 93-17 since the start of the 2002 season, the fourth-best record among FBS teams.
• Ohio State has won 39 of its last 44 Big Ten conference games and is 19-2 in its last 21 Big Ten road games.
• Ohio State had won its last eight Big Ten road games against AP Top 25 opponents entering Saturday.
• Jim Tressel is 100-22 in his 10th year at Ohio State.
• Ohio State is 29-9 in Big Ten road games under Jim Tressel.
SERIES NOTES
• Ohio State is 53-18-5 against Wisconsin all-time and 24-11-2 in Madison.
• The loss snapped a three-game winning streak against Wisconsin.
• Ohio State is now 6-2 against Wisconsin as a No. 1 team. Its other loss was in 1942.
OFFENSIVE NOTES
• Terrelle Pryor is now 25-4 as Ohio State’s starting quarterback.
• Dan “Boom” Herron has now scored a TD in six straight games. He finished with 92 yards on 20 attempts and two scores.
• Ohio State is 14-3 when Dan “Boom” Herron scores a rushing touchdown in his career.
• DeVier Posey has caught at least one pass in 21 consecutive games.
• Terrelle Pryor found Reid Fragel for a two-point conversion in the fourth quarter, Ohio State’s first two-point conversion since the Purdue game last year.
• Dane Sanzenbacher finished with 94 yards on six receptions.
DEFENSIVE NOTES
• The 31 points given up by Ohio State were the most since USC scored 35 in the 2008 meeting in Los Angeles.
• It had been 29 games since the Buckeye defense allowed a 100-yard individual rushing performance; that was by USC’s Joe McKnight (105 yards in 2008). That streak was second-longest in the nation.
• Ohio State has still allowed just eight 100-yard rushers since 2005, tied for the fewest among FBS teams with Boston College and Alabama.
• Andrew Sweat recorded his second career interception in the second quarter and his first of the season.
SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES
• Kicker Devin Barclay has now made at least one field goal in eight consecutive games.
