Ohio State Football Postgame Notes – Ohio State Buckeyes
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Sept. 26, 2015
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No. 1 Ohio State 38, Western Michigan 12
Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015
Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
Attendance: 106,123
? The win extends Ohio State’s win streak to 17 games, the longest active streak in the nation.
? Ohio State is 70-12-1 all-time as the No. 1-ranked team and 53-4 as a No. 1 team vs. unranked opponents.
? Ohio State has at least one rushing touchdown in 43 of 45 games coached by Urban Meyer.
? Urban Meyer improves to 146-26 in his career and maintains the highest winning percentage (.848) among active coaches.
? Meyer is 54-5 in his career in games played in August and September.
? Cardale Jones set a career high with 288 passing yards and 19 completions, topping the 257 yards he had vs. Wisconsin
Dec. 6, 2014 in the Big Ten Championship game and the 18 completions he had vs. Alabama Jan. 1 in the Sugar Bowl CFP
semifi nal.
? The 124 yards by Ezekiel Elliott represent the ninth-consecutive game and his 14th overall with at least 100 yards.
? Michael Thomas’ 38-yard touchdown reception in the fi rst quarter marked his fi fth reception of 20-or-more yards this season.
The touchdown catch was Thomas’ third of the year and 12th of his career. With 80 yards receiving in the game, Thomas
reached the 1,000 yard mark for his career and now has 1,059 as a Buckeye.
? Thomas has caught at least one pass in 20-consecutive games.
? Jalin Marshall’s 37-yard touchdown reception from Jones marked his fi rst touchdown grab of the season after catching six a
year ago.
? Tyvis Powell’s blocked fi eld goal in the fi rst quarter was the fi rst blocked fi eld goal by the Buckeyes since Johnathan Hankins
blocked one against Purdue in 2012.
? The Ohio State defense has not allowed a run of 20 or more yards through the fi rst four games of the season.
? Curtis Samuel’s 40-yard reception in the second quarter was a career long. He also recorded a career-long 40-yard touchdown
run in the fourth quarter for his fi rst score on the ground this season.
? Adolphus Washington’s second-quarter interception was the fi rst of his career to go along with his fi rst career touchdown
after the 20-yard return. It was the third defensive touchdown of the season for the Buckeyes.
? Raekwon McMillan tallied a career-high 16 tackles vs. the Broncos. His pervious best was nine vs. Northern Illinois last
week. Eight of the tackles were solo, also a career high.
? Joshua Perry had 13 tackles against the Broncos, his fi fth career game with at least 10 tackles and second in a row.
? Cameron Johnston’s 67-yard punt in the second quarter marked his longest of the season.
? Johnston had three punts downed inside the 20 (on the 1, 8 and 13) and and now has 64 in his career, a mark that is second
in Ohio State history to A.J. Trapasso who had 78 from 2005-08.
