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ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Fawcett Center, 6th Floor | 2400 Olentangy River Rd. | Columbus, Ohio 43210 No. 4 OHIO STATE (2-0, 1-0) vs. No. 15 TCU (2-0, 0-0) 2018 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 2-0, 1-0 BIG TEN CONFERENCE Sept. 15, 2018 • 8 p.m. • Arlington, Texas • AT&T Stadium (80,000) • TV: ABC OHIO STATE BUCKEYES TCU HORNED FROGS DATE RANK OPPONENT TIME TV Acting Head Coach: Ryan Day Head Coach: Gary Patterson Sept. 1 5/- Oregon State W, 77-31 ABC Record at Ohio State: 2-0 Record at TCU: 162-57 (18th) Sept. 8 4/- Rutgers* W, 52-3 BTN Overall: 2-0 Overall: 162-57 Sept. 15 4/15 vs. TCU^ 8 p.m. ABC Sept. 22 Tulane TBA TBA OHIO STATE HEADS TO ARLINGTON FOR Sept. 29 at Penn State* TBA TBA BATTLE WITH TCU Oct. 6 Indiana* 3:30/4 TBA • A pair of top-25 teams meet Saturday night Oct. 13 Minnesota* TBA TBA in primetime, as No. 4 (Associated Press) Oct. 20 at Purdue* TBA TBA Ohio State hits the road for the fi rst time this Nov. 3 Nebraska* TBA TBA season to take on No. 15 TCU at 8 p.m. inside Nov. 10 at Michigan State* TBA TBA AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Nov. 17 at Maryland* TBA TBA • The Buckeyes improved to 2-0 on the year Nov. 24 Michigan* Noon FOX last Saturday with a conference-opening 52-3 Dec. 1 B1G Championship 8 p.m. FOX win over Rutgers. Ohio State was strong on ^AT&T Stadium; Arlington, Texas both sides of the ball, totaling 579 yards of *Big Ten Conference game total off ense while giving up just 134. • QB Dwayne Haskins has been impressive TV: ABC through his fi rst two career starts, going 42 of Play-by-Play .................................... Chris Fowler 53 for 546 yards and nine touchdowns. Last Analyst ...........................................Kirk Herbstreit week, he completed 20 of 23 passes for 233 yards and four touchdowns in just Sideline Reporter ............................Maria Taylor over two quarters of action against Rutgers. His four touchdown passes went to four diff erent receivers. RADIO: Ohio State IMG Sports Network • The Haskins-guided Buckeyes’ off ense ranks second nationally with 650.0 Stations .................64 across the state of Ohio yards per game and No. 2 in scoring off ense, averaging 64.5 points/game. Flagship..... 97.1 FM The Fan, Columbus, Ohio • Defensively, Nick Bosa leads the team with nine tackles and fi ve tackles- Play-by-Play ........................................ Paul Keels for-loss through the fi rst two weeks. He’s recorded at least one sack in fi ve Analyst .................................................Jim Lachey consecutive games. Sideline Reporter .........................Matt Andrews • Other Buckeyes with multiple sacks thus far are DT Dre’Mont Jones (two for minus 16 yards) and DE Chase Young (two for minus 18 yards). NATIONAL RADIO: ESPN Radio RANKINGS & STATISTICS Play-by-Play ......................................Bill Rosinski OHIO STATE TCU Analyst .............................................. David Norrie No. 4/No. 4 ...........Associated Press Top 25/Amway Coaches Poll ..No. 15/No. 14 Sideline Reporter .....................Ian Fitzsimmons 300.0 (12th) ...................... Rush Yards/Game (National Rank) .................237.0 (36th) 350.0 (16th)....................................... Pass Yards/Game ................................209.0 (86th) SOCIAL MEDIA: #GoBucks 650.0 (2nd) .....................................Total Off ense/Game ............................. 446.0 (56th) Twitter ......... @OhioStateFB, @BuckeyeNotes, 263.0 (17th) .................................... Total Defense/Game .................................213.5 (6th) ................................................... @OhioStAthletics 64.5 (2nd) ..............................................Points/Game ........................................48.5 (14th) Instragram ....................................@OhioStateFB 17.0 (39th) .................................... Opponent Points/Game ................................ 9.5 (13th) Facebook ...............................OhioStateFootball FOR STARTERS 2 33 41 • Ohio State ranks fi rst in the Big Ten with 15 With last Saturday’s Since the start of Saturday will be plays from scrimmage of 20 yards or more. win over Rutgers, the 2012 season, Ohio State’s record • The Buckeyes have converted 21 of 29 Ohio State became Ohio State owns 41st game at a Col- third down attempts through two games one of just two FBS 33 wins in road or lege GameDay site. for a nation-leading 72.1 conversion per- programs to reach neutral site games. The Buckeyes have centage. 900 all-time wins. Its .868 winning a 26-14 “GameDay” • Dwayne Haskins’ nine TD passes in the The Buckeyes are percentage in those record, with the fi rst two regular season games is the most 900-324-53 in their games is the best most recent win last in program history. 129th season. mark nationally. year vs. Penn State. OhioStateBuckeyes.com | #GoBucks OHIO STATE VS. TCU 2018 Ohio State Buckeyes No. Name Pos. No. Name Pos. Ht. Wg. Cl/Elg ........................... Hometown/High School or J.C. 1 Johnnie Dixon III WR 58 Joshua Alabi* OL 6-5 305 Sr./Jr. .............................................Detroit, Mich. / Cass Tech 1 Jeff rey Okudah CB 3 Damon Arnette Jr.** CB 6-0 195 Sr./Jr.. ............Fort Lauderdale, Fla. / St. Thomas Aquinas 2 J.K. Dobbins RB 17 Kamryn Babb WR 6-1 189 Fr./Fr. ..............St. Louis, Mo. / Christian Brothers College 2 Chase Young DE 28 Alex Badine CB 5-11 185 Jr./Jr.......................Brooklyn, N.Y. / Monroe (NYC) College 3 Damon Arnette Jr. CB 12 Matthew Baldwin QB 6-3 200 Fr./Fr. ...........................................Austin, Texas / Lake Travis 4 Jordan Fuller SAF 12 Sevyn Banks CB 6-1 190 Fr./Fr. ......................................................Orlando, Fla. / Jones 4 Chris Chugunov QB 55 Malik Barrow DT 6-2 280 Jr./So. ....................Tampa, Fla. / Catholic & IMG Academy 5 Baron Browning LB 43 Ryan Batsch SAF 6-3 205 Fr./Fr. ...........................................Loveland, Ohio / Loveland 6 Taron Vincent DT 13 Rashod Berry** TE 6-4 255 Sr./Jr. .......................................................Lorain, Ohio / Lorain 6 Brian Snead RB 52 Dante Booker*** LB 6-3 240 Gr./Sr. .............................Akron, Ohio / St. Vincent-St. Mary 7 Teradja Mitchell LB 32 Tuf Borland*C LB 6-1 230 Jr./So. ....................................Bolingbrook, Ill. / Bolingbrook 7 Dwayne Haskins Jr. QB 97 Nick Bosa**C DE 6-4 263 Jr./Jr...............Fort Lauderdale, Fla. / St. Thomas Aquinas 8 Kendall Sheffi eld CB 76 Branden Bowen** OL 6-7 312 Sr./Jr. .....................................Draper, Utah / Corner Canyon 9 Jashon Cornell DE 50 Nathan Brock OL 6-4 288 Jr./Jr..................................Powell, Ohio / Olentangy Liberty 26 Cameron Brown CB 6-1 175 Fr./Fr. ..............St. Louis, Mo. / Christian Brothers College 9 Binjimen Victor WR 5 Baron Browning* LB 6-4 238 So./So. .................................Fort Worth, Texas / Kennedale 10 Amir Riep SAF 98 Jerron Cage DT 6-3 295 So./Fr. .........................................Cincinnati / Winton Woods 10 Daniel Vanatsky QB 21 Parris Campbell Jr.***C WR 6-1 208 5th/Sr. ............................Akron, Ohio / St. Vincent-St. Mary 11 Austin Mack WR 57 Jack Cappabianca LB 6-2 225 Fr./Fr. .....................Berlin Center, Ohio / Western Reserve 11 Tyreke Smith DE 91 Drue Chrisman* P 6-3 215 Jr./So. ......................................Lawrenceburg, Ind. / LaSalle 12 Matthew Baldwin QB 4 Chris Chugunov QB 6-1 203 Gr./Jr.........................................Skillman, N.J. / Montgomery 12 Sevyn Banks CB 18 Jonathon Cooper** DE 6-4 257 Jr./Jr................................................ Gahanna, Ohio / Lincoln 12 Isaiah Pryor SAF 43 Robert Cope RB 5-11 195 Fr./Fr. ...................................................Dublin, Ohio / Jerome 13 Rashod Berry** TE 9 Jashon Cornell* DE 6-3 274 Gr./Jr............................St. Paul, Minn. / Cretin-Derham Hall 13 Tyreke Johnson CB 56 Aaron Cox DL 6-3 255 So./So. ........................................Mantua, Ohio / Crestwood 14 K.J. Hill Jr. WR 61 Gavin Cupp OL 6-4 308 Jr./So. ....................................................Leipsic, Ohio /Leipsic 15 Jaylen Harris WR 16 Kory Curtis QB 6-3 230 So./So. .................................Cape Coral, Fla. / Island Coast 15 Josh Proctor SAF 84 Brock Davin TE 6-3 235 Jr./Jr........................................... Cincinnati, Ohio / St. Xavier 16 Keandre Jones LB 52 Wyatt Davis OL 6-4 315 So./Fr. ............................. Bellfl ower, Calif. / St. John Bosco 16 Kory Curtis QB 28 Dominic DiMaccio K 5-8 180 Fr./Fr. ...........................................Columbus, Ohio / DeSales 17 Kamryn Babb WR 30 Kevin Dever SAF 6-0 190 So./So. ............................................Cleveland / St. Edward’s 17 Alex Williams ATH 1 Johnnie Dixon III**C WR 5-11 198 5th/Sr. .................................West Palm Beach, Fla. / Dwyer 18 Jonathon Cooper DE 2 J.K. Dobbins* RB 5-10 212 So./So. ..................................La Grange, Texas / La Grange 18 Tate Martell QB 70 Noah Donald DL 6-1 275 Jr./Jr....................................Uniontown, Ohio / Walsh Jesuit 19 Dallas Gant LB 35 Luke Donovan SAF 5-11 190 Fr./Fr. ...........................Scottsdale, Ariz. / Desert Mountain 19 Chris Olave WR 48 Tate Duarte TE 6-5 245 Sr./Sr. ....................................................Poland, Ohio / Poland 20 Darryl Sinclair WR 34 Owen Fankhauser SAF 5-11 193 Jr./Jr....................................Stow, Ohio / Stow-Munroe Falls 20 Pete Werner LB 89 Luke Farrell* TE 6-6 250 Jr./So. .........................................................Perry,