Ohio State had little trouble dispatching UCLA on Saturday night inside Ohio Stadium, downing the Bruins 48-10. Along with their impressive performance, there were a bunch of interesting numbers to come
out of the dominant win by the Buckeyes.
1,000
The 48-10 win over UCLA on Saturday night was the 1,000th in school history for Ohio State. The win total includes the 12 wins during the 2010 season that were vacated due to the “Tatgate” scandal.
The Buckeyes became just the second team in college football to record 1,000 wins in school history. The only other team is Michigan, who now has 1,020 wins after squeaking by Northwestern at Wrigley Field on Saturday afternoon.
Although the Wolverines lead in the wins column, the .740 win percentage by Ohio Stste is the top mark in college football history.
14
Ohio State’s win over UCLA was the 14th straight win for the Buckeyes, the longest active streak in the country. Under Ryan Day, Ohio State has four 10-game winning streaks.
If the Buckeyes are able to beat Rutgers and Michigan, it will equal Day’s longest winning streak. Spanning the 2018 and 2019 seasons, Ohio State won 16 straight games.
9
Aside from the 14-7 win in the season opener against Texas, the Buckeyes have left no doubt in games. Saturday night’s 38-point win marked the ninth straight victory for Ohio State by at least 18 points.
The Buckeyes have been on cruise control this year, not trailing in the second half in any game this season.
15
Lorenzo Styles Jr.’s 100-yard kickoff return was Ohio State’s first kickoff return since Jordan Hall housed one back in 2010. Along with breaking the 15-year drought, Styles also recorded the first 100-yard kickoff return for the Buckeyes since Ted Ginn Jr. went 100 yards in 2005 against Minnesota.
43:16
The Ohio State defense had another dominant performance on Saturday night. The Silver Bullets were able to flummox UCLA backup quarterback Luke Duncan. The Bruins weren’t able to reach Ohio State territory until there was 1:14 in the third quarter when Rico Flores Jr. caught a 51-yard pass.
UCLA would go on to score on the drive for their only touchdown of the game.
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After starting quarterback Nico Iamaleava was ruled out late Friday night due to a concussion, UCLA’s Luke Duncan had a first start he’d like to forget. Going up against the top defense in the country, Duncan was only able to engineer two first downs for the Bruins in the first half.
UCLA was only able to accumulate 50 yards of offense in the first half, heading into halftime trailing 27-0. For the game, the Bruins finished with 222 yards, marking the ninth straight opponent who has failed to reach 300 yards of offense against the Buckeye defense.
222
Speaking of the number 222, Ohio State gashed the UCLA defense for 222 rushing yards on Saturday. The total was their third-highest of the season, and the first against a Power 4 conference opponent. The only other two games where they rushed for more came against Grambling State and Ohio.
Bo Jackson and Isaiah West each set career highs with their rushing efforts. Jackson finished with 115 yards, while West had 61 yards rushing. James Peoples was the third Buckeye to rush for at least 40 yards in the game, notching 42 yards on the ground.
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Along with their gaudy rushing output, the running backs were also the primary source of points against the Bruins. James Peoples led the way with two touchdowns, finding the end zone for the first time this season on a run that included a highlight-reel leap.
Bo Jackson opened up the scoring on a 1-yard plunge, and West’s touchdown in the third quarter extended the lead to 34-0.
184
With the running game clicking on all cylinders, Julian Sayin didn’t have to do much. The Heisman Trophy candidate was without Carnell Tate for the second straight game, while Jeremiah Smith exited the game early as a precaution after he was questionable heading into the matchup with an injury.
With his top two receivers missing, Sayin saw his streak of three straight 300-yard passing games snapped.
21
By building such a huge lead, the defense was able to get a lot of players on the field. 21 Buckeyes recorded at least one tackle, with 17 players finishing with at least one solo tackle.
The leading stopper for Ohio State was Sonny Styles, who had seven tackles against the Bruins. Styles now has 58 tackles on the season, tying Arvell Reese for the team lead. Reese had three tackles in the game, and now has just four stops in the last two games after he recorded 12 tackles against Penn State.
