Back in Black in The Shoe vs. Nebraska
10/29/2018 12:03:16 PM | Football
Two of the most historically successful programs in college football history tangle on Saturday when the No. 8 Buckeyes welcome Nebraska to Ohio Stadium for a noon kickoff.
The Buckeyes were off last week and enter Saturday’s game with a 7-1 record. Ohio State has been headlined all season by the play of an offense that is second in the country averaging 555 yards per game.
The Buckeyes suffered their first setback of the season in their last outing at Purdue. Ohio State is 5-0 under Urban Meyer following a regular season loss. Only ?ve times in 17 years and 213 games has a Meyer-led team lost consecutive games.
Nebraska at Ohio State Game Information
Ohio State Game Notes | Urban Meyer Weekly Press Conference | Nebraska Game Notes | Big Ten Weekly Release
Broadcast Information
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Quick Hitters
- Ohio State will be wearing black uniforms for the first time since their introduction in a 2015 game vs. Penn State, a 38-10 victory over the Nittany Lions in Ohio Stadium.
- Dwayne Haskins’ 30 TD passes are tied with 2006 Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith for third-most in single season history. Haskins is T1st nationally in TD passes. Haskins is 252 yards shy of moving into third place at Ohio State in single season passing yardage.
- WR K.J. Hill is coming off back to back 100-yard receiving games. The last Ohio State player to accomplish this: Santonio Holmes in 2005 vs. Michigan State and Indiana.
- RB J.K. Dobbins is 56 yard shy of becom-ing the 27th Buckeye to reach 2,000 career rushing yards.
- Meyer’s teams are 48-4 all-time with more than one week to prepare for an opponent. This includes season openers, games after an off week and post-season games. Meyer’s Ohio State teams are 18-2 with more than one week to prepare.
Notes to Know
HASKINS: THREE CONSECUTIVE 400-YARD PASSING GAMES
Haskins continues to put together a season full of ? rsts: two weeks ago at Purdue, he became the ? rst QB in school history to have three straight 400-yard passing outings. In the process, he also set the school record for completions (49), attempts (73) and yards (470). All three of those records had stood for 37 years.
BIG PLAY BUCKEYES
Ohio State ranks No. 3 nationally in scrimmage plays over 10 yards and No. 13 with 25 plays of 30 yards or more. Of the 30 touchdown passes thrown by Haskins, 14 have covered 30 yards or more. 19 of the Buckeyes’ 54 scoring drives (35 percent) have come in six plays or less.
LOOKING TO START ANOTHER STREAK
While the loss two weeks ago to Purdue snapped a 12-game winning streak, it marked the third double-digit streak of its kind since Meyer arrived in 2012. Meyer is also the only coach in major college football to have four diff erent winning streak of at least 20 games. Meyer-led Buckeye teams have recorded 24-game (2012-13) and 23-game (2014-15) runs.
News on Nebraska
SERIES HISTORY
Since Nebraska joined the Big Ten for the 2011 season, the Buckeyes and Cornhuskers have met four times. Ohio State owns wins in three of those contests. Overall, the Buckeyes lead the all-time series 5-1 (Ohio State also won games in 1955 and 1956).
HISTORICAL POWERHOUSES
- Ohio State and Nebraska rank No. 1 and No. 4, respectively, in number of Heisman Trophies won.
- Ohio State and Nebraska are two of the top-five winningest programs in college football history. They’ve combined for 1,800 wins, 13 national titles and 10 Heisman Trophies.
SCOUTING THE HUSKERS
Nebraska comes to Columbus on Saturday on a two-game winning streak, having knocked off Minnesota and Bethune-Cookman in back-to-back weeks. The Cornhuskers are under the direction of ? rst-year head coach Scott Frost, who was Nebraska’s starting QB on the school’s national championship team in 1997. Nebraska has put up over 1,100 yards of off ense in victories the last two weeks over Minnesota and Bethune-Cookman.
