2002 Statistics

(14-0, 8-0/1st-tie, National Champions) Captains: Michael Doss, Donnie Nickey Rank OS/OP W/L OS-OP Attendance 13/- Aug. 24 W Texas Tech@ 45-21 100,037 8/- Sept. 7 W Kent State 51-17 98,689 6/10 14 W Washington State 26- 7 104,553 6/- 21 W vs. Cincinnati# 23-19 66,319 6/- 28 W Indiana 45-17 104,194 5/- Oct. 5 W at Northwestern 27-16 43,489 5/- 12 W San Jose State 50- 7 104,892 4/- 19 W at Wisconsin 19-14 79,729 4/18 26 W Penn State 13- 7 105,103 6/23 Nov. 2 W Minnesota 34- 3 104,897 3/- 9 W at Purdue 10- 6 65,250 2/- 16 W at Illinois 23-16 OT 58,810 2/12 23 W Michigan 14- 9 105,539 2/1 Jan. 3 W vs. Miami (Fla.)* 31-24 2OT 77,502 Points - OSU 410, OPP 183 @Pigskin Classic #Played at Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, OH *Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Championship Game, Tempe, Ariz.

Team Statistics OPP OSU First Downs 243 245 Rushing 72 133 Passing 155 106 Penalty 16 6 Penalites-Yards 66-561 76-571 Fumbles-Lost 20-12 17-10 3rd Down Efficiency 78/219 64/179 3rd Down % .356 .358 4th Down Efficiency 11/27 12/18 4th Down % .407 .667 Time of Possession Average Per game 28:17 31:43

Score By Quarters 1 2 3 4 OT Total Avg Ohio State 75 112 120 82 21 410 29.3 Opponents 59 53 31 33 7 183 13.1

Attendance Games Total Average Home 8 827,904 103,488 Away 5 313,597 62,719 Neutral 1 77,502 77,502 Season 14 1,219,003 87,072

PASSING ATT COMP INT YDS PCT. TD LG EFF Craig Krenzel 249 148 7 2110 .594 12 57 140.90 Scott McMullen 31 25 0 315 .806 2 28 187.29 Ohio State 380 173 7 2425 .618 14 57 146.04 Opponents 546 315 18 3404 .577 14 58 111.93

PUNTING NO YDS AVG. TB I20 BLK LG Andy Groom 60 2697 45.0 11 15 1 74 -team- 1 0 .0 0 0 0 0 Ohio State 61 2697 45.0 11 15 1 74 Opponents 76 2821 37.1 6 16 4 57 2002 STATISTICS CONTINUED

RUSHING ATT GAIN LOSS YDS AVG. TD LG Maurice Clarett 222 1266 29 1237 5.6 16 59 Lydell Ross 166 648 29 619 3.7 6 36 Maurice Hall 78 396 26 370 4.7 4 28 Craig Krenzel 125 548 180 368 2.9 3 29 Chris Gamble 3 49 0 49 16.3 1 43 JaJa Riley 12 47 3 44 3.7 0 10 Donnie Nickey 1 28 0 28 28.0 0 28 Roshawn Parker 1 6 0 6 6.0 0 6 Jim Otis 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 Scott McMullen 4 8 7 1 .2 1 7 Brandon Joe 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 Brandon Schnittker 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 Andy Groom 2 0 16 -16 - 0 - -team- 12 0 32 -32 - 0 - Ohio State 629 3000 322 2678 4.3 31 59 Opponents 418 1481 393 1088 2.6 5 46

SCORING TD EXP-K EXP-R EXP-P FG-AT PTS Mike Nugent 0 45-46 - - 25-28 120 Maurice Clarett 18 - - - - 108 Michael Jenkins 6 - - - - 36 Lydell Ross 6 - - - - 36 Maurice Hall 4 - - - - 24 Chris Vance 3 - - - - 18 Craig Krenzel 3 - 0-1 0-1 - 18 Chris Gamble 2 - - - - 12 Ben Hartsock 2 - - - - 12 A.J. Hawk 1 - - - - 6 Mike Doss 1 - - - - 6 Scott McMullen 1 - - - - 6 Ryan Hamby 1 - - - - 6 -team safety- 0 - - - - 2 Ohio State 48 45-46 0-1 0-1 25-28 410 Opponents 19 16-17 0-0 1-2 17-25 183

Mike FIELD GOALS Nugent TEXAS TECH 1- 1 45+ KENT STATE 3- 3 40+, 33+, 45+ WASHINGTON STATE 3- 3 43+, 43+, 45+ Cincinnati 1- 1 24+ INDIANA 1- 1 51+ Northwestern 2- 2 41+, 30+ SAN JOSE STATE 3- 3 36+, 29+, 28+ Wisconsin 2- 2 27+, 25+ PENN STATE 2- 2 37+, 37+ MINNESOTA 2- 2 37+, 33+ Purdue 1- 1 22+ Illinois 3- 5 33+, 47+, 37-, 37+, 41- MICHIGAN V Miami 1- 2 44+, 42-

25-28 (.893)

Field Goals 0-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total Mike Nugent 6-6 9-10 9-11 1-1 25-28 Ohio State 6-6 9-10 9-11 1-1 25-28 Opponents 5-7 5-8 7-8 0-2 17-25 2002 STATISTICS CONTINUED

TOTAL OFFENSE RUSH YARDS PASS YARDS ATT YARDS AVG. TD Maurice Clarett 222 1237 - - 222 1237 5.6 16 Lydell Ross 166 619 - - 166 619 3.7 6 Maurice Hall 78 370 - - 78 370 4.7 4 Craig Krenzel 125 368 249 2110 374 2478 2.9 15 Chris Gamble 3 49 - - 3 49 16.3 1 JaJa Riley 12 44 - - 12 44 3.7 0 Donnie Nickey 1 28 - - 1 28 28.0 0 Roshawn Parker 1 6 - - 1 6 6.0 0 Jim Otis 1 2 - - 1 2 2.0 0 Scott McMullen 4 1 31 315 35 316 9.0 3 Brandon Joe 1 1 - - 1 1 1.0 0 Brandon Schnittker 1 1 - - 1 1 1.0 0 Andy Groom 2 -16 - - 2 -16 - 0 -team- 12 -32 - - 12 -32 - 0 Ohio State 629 2678 280 2678 909 5103 5.6 45 Opponents 418 1088 546 3404 964 4492 4.7 19

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG. TD LG KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG. TD LG Michael Jenkins 61 1076 17.6 6 50 Maurice Hall 19 434 22.8 0 45 Chris Gamble 31 499 16.1 0 57 Chris Gamble 11 253 23.0 0 56 Ben Hartsock 17 137 8.1 2 20 Mike Doss 2 37 18.5 0 24 Chris Vance 13 178 13.7 3 37 Brandon Joe 2 10 4.0 0 10 Maurice Clarett 12 104 8.7 2 26 Jack Tucker 1 0 0.0 0 0 Drew Carter 10 147 10.7 0 28 Chris Vance 1 2 2.0 0 2 Lydell Ross 10 75 7.5 0 28 Brandon Schnittker 1 11 11.0 0 11 Maurice Hall 5 43 8.6 0 16 Ohio State 37 747 20.2 0 56 Redgie Arden 4 50 12.5 0 19 Opponents 33 711 21.5 0 67 Bam Childress 4 47 11.8 0 17 Ryan Hamby 2 29 14.5 1 18 INTERCEPTION RETURNS NO YDS AVG. TD LG Brandon Schnittker 2 27 13.5 0 15 Chris Gamble 4 40 10.0 1 40 John Hollins 1 14 14.0 0 14 Dustin Fox 3 12 4.0 0 12 Scott McMullen 1 -1 - 0 - Mike Doss 2 80 40.0 1 45 Ohio State 173 2425 14.0 14 57 Matt Wilhelm 2 0 0.0 0 0 Opponents 315 3404 10.8 14 58 Will Allen 2 0 0.0 0 0 A.J. Hawk 2 44 22.0 1 34 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG. TD LG Cie Grant 1 23 23.0 0 23 Chris Gamble 35 293 8.4 0 27 Tyler Everett 1 0 0.0 0 0 Mike Doss 4 25 6.2 0 14 Will Smith 1 0 0.0 0 0 Donnie Nickey 1 14 14.0 0 - Ohio State 18 199 11.1 3 45 Dustin Fox 1 10 10.0 0 - Opponents 7 87 12.4 0 28 Chris Vance 1 5 5.0 0 5 Michael Jenkins 1 11 11.0 0 - Ohio State 43 358 8.3 0 27 Opponents 33 423 12.8 0 52

2002 STATISTICS CONTINUED

TACKLES DEFENSE TACKLES FOR LOSS SACKS PLAYER SOLO ASSISTS TOTAL NO. YDS NO. YDS PBU FC BK Matt Wilhelm 79 42 121 19.5 49 3 15 3 2 - Mike Doss 65 42 107 5 7 - - 8 - - Dustin Fox 67 17 84 2.5 4 - - 14 3 1 Cie Grant 50 21 71 10 47 4 36 2 1 - Donnie Nickey 44 23 67 1 2 - - 2 - 2 Robert Reynolds 39 23 62 3.5 16 1 4 - 1 - Will Smith 41 18 59 12.5 42 5.5 31 4 1 - Kenny Peterson 26 17 43 9.5 40 6 31 6 2 - Darrion Scott 22 21 43 9.5 44 8.5 42 4 3 - David Thompson 23 19 42 7.5 28 4.5 24 2 - - Tim Anderson 16 20 36 2.5 10 2.5 9 3 - - Will Allen 22 10 32 2.5 25 1 11 2 - - A. J. Hawk 13 13 26 3.5 16 .5 5 - - - Chris Gamble 21 3 24 1 2 - - 6 - - E.J. Underwood 17 4 21 - - - - 3 - - Simon Fraser 13 7 20 7 32 5 19 5 2 - Richard McNutt 10 6 16 ------Tyler Everett 8 4 12 ------Mike Kudla 5 7 12 1 2 - - - - - Bobby Carpenter 8 4 12 ------Fred Pagac, Jr. 8 3 11 2 2 - - - - - Chris Conwell 7 1 8 ------Mike D’Andrea 4 3 7 - - - - - 1 - Bobby Britton 3 4 7 - - - - 2 - - Harlen Jacobs 6 0 6 - - - - 1 - - Nate Salley 3 3 6 ------Jason Bond 2 2 4 ------Bam Childress 2 1 3 ------Steven Moore 3 0 3 - - - - 1 - - Jack Tucker 1 1 2 ------Marcus Green 1 1 2 ------Pat O’Neill 2 0 2 ------Andy Groom 1 1 2 ------Kyle Andrews 1 0 1 ------Brandon Schnittker 1 0 1 ------Redgie Arden 0 1 1 ------David Andrews 1 0 1 ------Craig Krenzel 1 0 1 ------Mike Nugent 1 0 1 ------Maurice Clarett 1 0 1 - - - - - 1 - Michael Jenkins 0 0 0 ------1 Ohio State 100 368 40 227 Opponents 85 285 32 167