Ohio State at Minnesota Postgame Notes – Ohio State Buckeyes
10/31/2010 12:00:00 AM | Football
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No. 11 Ohio State (8-1, 4-1 Big Ten) 52, at Minnesota (1-8, 0-5 Big Ten) 10
TCF Bank Stadium – Minneapolis, Minn.
Oct. 30, 2010
Attendance: 48,717
TEAM NOTES
• Ohio State had seven different players record a touchdown in the game.
• Ohio State has won 14 of its last 15 games and 41 of its last 46 Big Ten contests.
• Ohio State has won 20 of its last 22 Big Ten road games.
• Ohio State is 95-17 since the start of the 2002 season, the third-best record among FBS teams.
• Ohio State is 460-191-28 (.698) all-time in Big Ten games since 1913, the best winning percentage among Big Ten schools.
JIM TRESSEL
• Tressel is 102-22 in his 10th year at Ohio State and 237-79-2 overall. He is the second-winningest active FBS coach behind Penn State’s Joe Paterno (399).
• Ohio State is 92-7 under Tressel when it rushes for at least 125 yards.
• Ohio State is 32-10 in the month of October in the Tressel era and 19-3 since the start of the 2006 season.
• Ohio State is 90-6 under Tressel when winning or tied at the half and 95-6 when leading after three quarters.
SERIES NOTES
• Saturday was the 50th meeting between Ohio State and Minnesota. The Buckeyes now lead the series 43-7 and 21-4 in Minneapolis. It was Ohio State’s first trip to TCF Bank Stadium.
• The Buckeyes have won the last eight meetings and 24 of the last 25 overall.
• Terrelle Pryor has a grand total of 787 yards of total offense and nine TDs in three career games against the Gophers. He has thrown for 531 yards and five TDs and rushed for 256 yards and four TDs.
• DeVier Posey has 15 catches for 287 yards and three TDs in three career games against the Gophers.
OFFENSIVE NOTES
• Dan Herron finished with a career-high 114 yards on 17 attempts and a touchdown – all in the first half. It marked the first 100-yard rushing game of Herron’s career. His previous career high was 97 against Iowa last season.
• Dan Herron has now scored at least one touchdown in eight consecutive games.
• Ohio State is 16-3 when Dan Herron scores a rushing TD in his career.
• Terrelle Pryor is now 27-4 as Ohio State’s starting quarterback.
• Terrelle Pryor completed 10 consecutive passes in the game, the third time he has completed 10 or more in a row this season. He had 11 against Indiana and a school-record 16 against Eastern Michigan.
• Terrelle Pryor became the third Buckeye to surpass 7,000 total yards and also passed Bobby Hoying (7,151 yards) for second place on Ohio State’s all-time list. Pryor has 7,275 yards of total offense in his career and now trails Art Schlichter’s Ohio State record of 8,850 yards.
• Terrelle Pryor threw the 49th and 50th TD passes of his career, tying him with Art Schlichter for fourth on Ohio State’s all-time list.
• Terrelle Pryor accounted for three TDs in the game, giving him 69 in his career, which is now second on OSU’s all-time list behind Art Schlichter (85).
• Terrelle Pryor now has 19 games with at least 200-yards of total offense, tying him with Troy Smith for the most all-time.
• Ohio State is 24-1 when Terrelle Pryor throws at least one touchdown pass.
• Ohio State is 15-1 when Terrelle Pryor rushes for at last one touchdown.
• DeVier Posey has now caught at least one pass in 23 consecutive games, the longest active streak in the Big Ten. He finished with six catches for 115 yards and a TD, his third 100-yard receiving game of the season and the fifth of his career.
• Ohio State is 32-5 when Dane Sanzenbacher records at least one catch. He finished with five catches for 67 yards.
• Ohio State is outscoring the opposition 254-76 in the first half this season.
• Ohio State racked up 326 yards of total offense in the opening half, giving the Buckeyes a grand total of 741 yards of offense in its last two first halves of play. They had 415 in the first half against Purdue last Saturday.
DEFENSIVE NOTES
• Chimdi Chekwa recorded his third interception of the season and the sixth of his career in the second quarter. Chekwa also recorded his first career sack and a caused a fumble, which was returned 30 yards for a touchdown by John Simon, the first touchdown of his career. It marked the first fumble return for a touchdown since Jermale Hines in 2008 at Michigan State.
• Ohio State’s Jonathan Newsome blocked a punt for a touchdown in third quarter, which was recovered by Zach Domicone in the end zone. It marked the first blocked punt for a TD since 2008 against Purdue and the first blocked punt overall since the Illinois game in 2008.
• Brian Rolle recorded a career-high 1.5 sacks on the night, one of which he caused a fumble with Dexter Larimore and recovered himself in the third quarter.
• Ohio State has allowed just eight 100-yard rushers since 2005, tied for the fewest among FBS teams with Boston College and Alabama.
• Ohio State has allowed 10 points or fewer five times this season.
• Ohio State has allowed fewer than 21 points 57 times since the start of 2005, the most among FBS teams in that span. Ohio State is 54-3 in those games.
• Ohio State’s 31 points at half were the most Minnesota has allowed in the first half since Illinois scored 34 on November 3, 2007.
SPECIAL TEAMS
• Jordan Hall had a career-long 70-yard punt return in the second quarter. He also finished with 30 yards rushing on seven carries and had two catches for 13 yards.
