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OHIO STATE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Fawcett Center, 6th Floor | 2400 Olentangy River Rd. | Columbus, Ohio 43210 Ohio State Football Release No. 3/4 Ohio State Travels to No. 15/16 Northwestern Sept. 30, 2013 Game to be televised in primetime on ABC at 7/8 p.m. ET; teams meeting for first time since 2008 #3/4 Ohio State (5-0, 1-0) FIRST AND 10 A GLANCE AT THE BUCKEYES at • Ohio State enters the game with the nation’s Ohio State is 5-0 and 1-0 in the Big Ten for the #15/16 Northwestern (4-0, 0-0) longest winning streak at 17 games. second consecutive season and is ranked third in Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013 - 7/8 p.m. ET • Ohio State has won the last four meetings with this week’s USA Today/Coaches Top 25 poll and Ryan Field (47,130) Northwestern and 28 of the last 29 overall. fourth in the Associated Press poll for the fourth Evanston, Ill. • Ohio State ranks first in the Big Ten and fifth in the straight week. NCAA in first downs with 127. The Buckeye offense, averaging a Big Ten-best THE BROADCASTS • Ohio State leads the Big Ten and ranks sixth in the 48.2 points per game, leads the Big Ten and is 17th Television: ABC will televise the game NCAA in scoring with 48.2 ppg. nationally with 501.2 yards per game. Their rushing with Brent Musburger and former Buckeye Kirk Herbstreit in the booth • Ohio State is outscoring teams 216-21 in the first attack is one of the best in the nation, ranking and Heather Cox on the sidelines. quarter this season. second in the Big Ten and 12th in the NCAA with • Ohio State is averaging 501.2 yards of total of- 287.2 yards per game on the ground. They rank first Radio: WBNS (FM 97.1 The Fan) is the flagship station for fense per game while giving up only 304.0. in the Big Ten and fifth in the NCAA in first downs the 64-station Ohio State Radio Network. The Urban Meyer • Ohio State’s defense ranks eighth nationally in with 127. pregame show airs 30 minutes rushing defense (84.6 ypg). The unit has not al- Seniors Jordan Hall (427 yards, 8 TDs) and Carlos prior to kickoff. Paul Keels will lowed a run of 20 or more yards this season. Hyde (126 yards in 2 games) are Ohio State’s most call the play-by-play with former • Junior Braxton Miller passed Cornelius Greene experienced rushers. Junior QB Braxton Miller Buckeye Jim Lachey in the booth and Marty Bannister on the sidelines. The game also can to become Ohio State’s all-time leading rusher -- Ohio State’s all-time leading rusher among be heard nationally on Sports USA Radio with Adam Amin, among QBs with 83 yards rushing vs. Wisconsin. QBs (2,151 yards) -- has rushed for 165 yards in a Gary Barnett and Troy West and Sirius-XM channels 91. • Miller is tied for first with Joe Germaine with little more than eight quarters of play this season. six career games of at least 300 yards of total He returned from a knee injury last Saturday vs. HEAD COACH URBAN MEYER offense. Wisconsin, completing 17 of 25 passes for 198 yards Alma Mater ................................................Cincinnati, ’86 • Junior LB Ryan Shazier leads the B1G with 7.0 TFL. and a career-high tying four TDs. He also rushed for Career Record............................. 121-23 (.840), 12th year • Urban Meyer last faced Northwestern in 2001 in 83 yards on 22 carries. Ohio State Record ......................................17-0, 2nd year his first season at Bowling Green, a 43-42 win for The Silver Bullet defense is led by All-Big Ten Big Ten Record .............................................9-0, 2nd year the Falcons in Evanston. junior linebacker Ryan Shazier, who leads the Big Ohio State Home Record................................12-0 (1.000) Ten with 7.0 TFL to go along with 37.0 total tackles. Career Home Record ........................................69-7 (.907) Ohio State Road Record ...................................5-0 (1.000) This young group is becoming one of the best in Career Road Record .......................................38-13 (.745) the Big Ten and the nation, allowing just 84.5 yards Career Neutral Record .....................................14-3 (.823) per game on the ground. Last Saturday Ohio State’s Career Against Top 25 ....................................25-10 (.714) defense held Wisconsin to 104 yards rushing, Career Against Top 10 ......................................11-4 (.733) nearly 250 yards below its season average, while Career in Overtime ...........................................5-0 (1.000) the Buckeye secondary, led by junior All-American Career in Bowl Games .......................................7-1 (.875) Bradley Roby (2 INTs), ranks 23rd in the NCAA with Career in BCS Games ......................................4-0 (1.000) six interceptions this season. 2013 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time/Result TV 8/31 Buffalo W, 40-20 ESPN2 9/7 San Diego State W, 42-7 ABC ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS STAFF 9/14 at California W, 52-34 FOX Associate Director, FB SID .............................. Jerry Emig 9/21 Florida A&M W, 76-0 BTN [email protected]; 614-688-0343 (o); 614-203-276 (c) 9/28 #23 Wisconsin W, 31-24 ABC Associate Director, Secondary FB SID ... Adam Widman 10/5 at #15 Northwestern 8 p.m. ABC [email protected]; 614-247-0011 (o); 614-572-6903 (c) Associate AD for Communications .......Dan Wallenberg 10/12 Open Director............................................................ Leann Parker 10/19 Iowa 3:30 p.m. ABC, ESPN/2 Assistant Directors.................Kendra Willard, Brett Rybak 10/26 Penn State 8 p.m. ABC, ESPN/2 .............................................. Alex Morando, Danielle Warner 11/2 at Purdue TBA TBA Interns ............................................Julie Brown, Ben Vondal 11/9 Open Office Associate...................................... Jennifer Kirchner 11/16 at Illinois TBA TBA Office Phone/Fax...................614-292-6861/614-292-8547 11/23 Indiana TBA TBA Web site ........................................OhioStateBuckeyes.com 11/30 at #17 Michigan TBA TBA Facebook .......................................Facebook.com/Buckeyes 12/7 B1G Championship1 8 p.m. FOX Senior RB Carlos Hyde ran 17 times for 85 yards in the win Twitter ...................... @OhioStAthletics; @Brutus_Buckeye 1 Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Ind.; times are Eastern vs. Wisconsin Saturday at Ohio Stadium. OhioStateBuckeyes.com 2013 OHIO STATE FOOTBALL • AT NORTHWESTERN GAME NOTES OHIO STATE MEDIA AVAILABILITY 30 MON 1 TUE 2 WED 3 THUR 4 FRI 5 SAT 6 SUN 11 a.m. ET 1:40 p.m. ET 6:15 p.m. ET Noon ET No media availability OSU at Northwestern No media availability Weekly release posted at Coach Meyer on Big Ten Coach Meyer post- Coach Urban Meyer 8 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN OhioStateBuckeyes.com teleconference practice update; Call-In Show Email Jerry Emig selected players available (97.1 FM The Fan in Postgame Interviews 11:45 a.m. ET ([email protected]) or (WHAC Indoor Field) Columbus, or Ohio State locker room Coach Meyer press Adam Widman www.971thefan.com) is closed. Coach Meyer conference ([email protected]) for 6:30-7:30 p.m. ET and selected assistant (WHAC Team Room) call-in number Return out-of-town calls coaches and players 12:15 a.m. ET for requested players will be brought to the Asst. Coaches available interview area following a (WHAC Team Room) cooling-off period. 12:30 a.m. ET The Woody Hayes Athletic Complex (WHAC) is located at 535 Irving Schottenstein Drive, Columbus, OH Player interviews 43210. Coach Meyer’s Monday press confereces are held in the WHAC Team Room. Parking is available (WHAC Indoor Field) on the north and west sides of the building. Please enter through the Biggs Atrium on the north side. A complete transcript of Coach Meyer will be available online at www.OhioStateBuckeyes.com after each Monday press conference and after home games. A STRETCH OF PRIME TIME GAMES Ohio State Winning Streaks (buster) THE COACHES Ohio State is playing a prime time game for the 22 – 1967-69 (at Michigan, 24-12) second consecutive week after topping No. 23 19 – 2005-06 (vs. Florida, 41-14) Wisconsin, 31-23, last week in an 8 p.m. kickoff 19 – 2002-03 (at Wisconsin, 17-10) that was aired by ABC. An off week follows the 17 – 1915-17 (tied Auburn, 0-0) Northwestern game and then the Buckeyes return 17 – 2012 (current) to action with a 3:30 p.m. tilt against Iowa at Ohio 14 – 1899-00 (Ohio Medical, 11-6) Stadium. The prime timers will return after that, 13 – 1957-58 (tied at Wisconsin, 7-7) though, with Ohio State hosting Penn State in an 8 12 – 1944-45 (Purdue, 35-13) Urban Meyer .................Coach ...............Pat Fitzgerald p.m. kickoff Oct. 26. This is the first time Ohio State 11 – 1995 (at Michigan, 31-23) Cincinnati, 1986 .......Alma Mater ..Northwestern,1996 will play two night games in one season at Ohio 11 – 1979 (vs. USC, 17-16) 17-0 (2nd) ............Record at School ......... 54-39 (8th) Stadium. 11 – 1975 (vs. UCLA, 23-10) 121-23 (12th) ......... Career Record ........... 54-39 (8th) 1-0 ....................Record vs. Opponent ...................0-3 11 – 1954-55 (at Stanford, 6-0) FIRST OF FOUR VS. RESTED TEAMS 10 – 2010 (Illinois, 28-21) Game By Game Stats GameGame By Game By Game Stats StatsGame By Game Stats Northwestern was off last week. The Wildcats 10 – 1996 (Michigan, 13-9) defeated Maine, 35-21, on Sept. 21 to improve to 10 – 1934-35 (Notre Dame, 18-13) 4-0 on the season. NU is the first of four Big Ten 2013-14 Football Contact Us ContactContact Us Us Contact Us 2013-14 Football 2013-14 Football2013-14 FootballTALE OF THE TAPE teams that will have the week off before playing FIVE 10-PLUS WIN STREAKS FOR MEYER NCAA Rankings Ohio State.