74
Ohio University is located just 74 miles southeast of Columbus.
38
The Buckeyes have won 38-straight games against teams from the Mid-American Conference. Interestingly, their only loss came in their first-ever game against a school from the MAC — a 12-6 loss to Akron in 1894.
47
Ohio State has won 47-straight games against teams from Ohio. The Buckeyes have played 28 different teams from the Buckeye State in program
history.
53
The Buckeyes have won 53-straight games against Ohio universities. That last loss came in 1921, a 7-6 loss to Oberlin.
48
Ohio State has 48 wins against Ohio schools inside “The Shoe.” Ohio Stadium opened in 1922.
6-0
The Buckeyes are 6-0 all-time against Ohio. It’s been 15 years since the last meeting between the schools, a game won by Ohio State, 43-7 in 2010.
97
After the Buckeyes and Bobcats played in 1902, the two teams didn’t play again for 97 years until 1999.
42/507/2
These are the number of receptions, receiving yards, and touchdowns Ohio State tight end Will Kacmarek had in three seasons at Ohio. So far in 14 games at Ohio State, where he has started twice, Kacmarek has 10 receptions for 141 yards and a touchdown.
That touchdown came last week against Grambling State, when Kacmarek caught a 47-yard pass to open the scoring.
6-foot-5.5, 250
That’s the average height and weight of the Buckeyes tight ends, a position that combined for nine receptions, 107 yards, and two touchdowns against Grambling State.
22-4
That’s Ohio State’s record in night games under Ryan Day, which includes five-straight wins. In program history, Ohio State is 85-30 in night games and 25-5 in Ohio Stadium.
23-1
The Buckeyes are nearly perfect in September in Ryan Day’s first six-plus seasons as their head coach. Their only loss was in 2021 against Oregon.
17
The Buckeyes have just 17 total losses in the College Football Playoff era, the fewest of any program in college football. Their 130 wins are tied for second behind only Alabama since the start of the 2014 season.
81
This is the Buckeyes’ 81st time being ranked in the top 10 going into a game with Ryan Day as their head coach. Saturday’s game will be the 82nd game the Buckeyes will have played since the 2019 season.
The Buckeyes have been ranked outside the top 10 just one time going into a game under Day.
21
In Ohio State’s 70-0 win over Grambling State, 21 true freshmen saw the field.
8
The Buckeyes had eight players with at least one run or catch of over 20 yards.
4
The Buckeyes now have four games with 70-plus points with Ryan Day as their head coach. Prior to the 70-0 victory over Grambling State, Ohio State’s last 70-point outing was a 77-21 win over Toledo in 2022.
Ohio Bobcats
The Bobcats are coming off a historic 2024 season, winning their first MAC championship since 1968, sixth in program history, and finishing with 11 overall wins.
Ohio is in its first full season with Brian Smith as the head coach. He took over for Tim Albin after he left to become the head coach at Charlotte following the Bobcats’ win in the MAC Championship. Smith coached the Bobcats to a win in the Cure Bowl last December, and he has Ohio off to a solid start this season.
In 2025, Ohio lost a close game at Rutgers, 34-31, and defeated West Virginia 17-10 at home.
Notable Ohio Alumni
- Jericka Duncan – CBS Weekend News Anchor
- Steve Newman – Walked around the world from 1983 to 1987
- Loring Miner – Discovered the Spanish flu
- Venkatraman Ramakrishnan – 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and president of the Royal Society
- Thomas Ewing – First graduate of Ohio University, the first Secretary of the Interior, a U.S. senator for Ohio, and Secretary of the Treasury under U.S. President William Henry Harrison
- Peter King – Retired sports writer who was a three-time National Sports Writer of the Year. He wrote for Sports Illustrated for nearly three decades before moving to NBC Sports.
- Allie LaForce – Reporter for TNT Sports who also covers March Madness for Turner and CBS Sports.
