Postgame Notes From Ohio State at Minnesota – Ohio State Buckeyes
11/15/2014 12:00:00 AM | Football
Nov. 15, 2014
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#8 Ohio State (9-1, 6-0) 31, at #25 Minnesota (7-3, 4-2) 24
Nov. 15, 2014
Minneapolis, Minn.
TCF Bank Stadium
Attendance: 45,778
Ohio State Postgame Notes
- The win extends Ohio State’s regular season Big Ten-record win streak to 22 games.
- Ohio State has now won 13 consecutive games on the road, the longest active streak in the FBS.
- Ohio State has won 24 of the last 25 games with Minnesota. They lead the all-time series, 43-7.
- Ohio State’s offense racked up 489 total yards, 154 more than Minnesota had allowed per game coming into Saturday (335.3).
- QB J.T. Barrett carried 17 times for 189 yards, a record for an Ohio State QB, breaking Braxton Miller’s record of 186 in 2012 vs. Nebraska.
- Barrett’s 86-yard TD run in the first half was the longest by an Ohio State QB in program history. The previous long was 81 by Braxton Miller in 2011 vs. Indiana. Barrett’s run also was the third-longest overall in program history.
- Barrett’s 57-yard TD pass to Jalin Marshall in the first quarter was a career-long for Marshall and Barrett’s seventh completion of at least 50 yards this season.
- Barrett finished the game 15 of 25 for 200 yards passing and three TDs, his eighth game this season with multiple TD passes.
- Barrett’s 38 TDs responsible for this season are a school record, breaking Braxton Miller’s record of 36 set last season.
- Barrett’s 38 touchdowns responsible for in his first 10 games are the most by an FBS player – who debuted in the last 10 seasons – through their first 10 career games. Source: ESPN Stats & Info
- Barrett has been responsible for at least four touchdowns in six of 10 games this season.
- Barrett has now thrown 29 TDs on the season, one shy of Troy Smith’s record of 30 in 2006.
- Barrett has now thrown 26 TD passes with only four INTs in the last eight games.
- Urban Meyer is now 37-3 in the month of November since the start of the 2003 season.
- The Buckeyes improve to 33-3 (.916) under Meyer and have the second-highest winning percentage among FBS teams since the start of the 2012 season.
- DL Joey Bosa finished with 1.5 sacks and 2.5 TFL. He now has 11.5 sacks on the season, more than any Big Ten player had all of last season.
- CB Doran Grant recorded his third INT of the season and the seventh of his career.
- DB Vonn Bell also picked off a pass, his third of the season and the fourth of his career.
- Ohio State leads the Big Ten with 16 INTs on the season.
- Coach Urban Meyer is now 28-12 in his career against Top 25 teams. He is 7-2 against Top 25 teams at Ohio State.
- The 15-degree temperature at kickoff marked the coldest kickoff on record for an Ohio State game since the 1964 Michigan game (20 degrees). It also was the coldest kickoff in the history of TCF Bank Stadium.
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