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Stats pack: Buckeyes, Nittany Lions
The following info is brought to you courtesy of Rusty Miller, an outstanding writer for the Associated Press. Rusty’s based in Columbus and will be covering Saturday night’s Ohio State-Penn State tussle.
This was at the end of his daily Buckeye Periscope column, that runs daily in the DDN.
STATS PACK: Numbers you can’t do without:
Penn State has produced 51 plays that went at least 20 yards this season.
Ohio State is a 2-point underdog at home. Last time the Buckeyes weren’t favored at Ohio Stadium was the 2004 Michigan game. A 4-point underdog, the Buckeyes won 37-21.
Rain is forecast earlier in the day on Saturday in Columbus, with a possibility of light showers during the game.
Each starting QB has thrown only two interceptions so far this season.
Penn State is No. 3 in graduation success rates among AP Top 25 teams; Ohio State is not in the top 16.
Much is made of the Nittany Lions’ high-scoring offense, but the defense is in the top 10 in the nation in pass efficiency, total defense and scoring defense.
Ohio State’s director of football operations Bob Tucker, who is retiring after the season, was a grad assistant with the Penn State football team in 1965 and ‘66 (Joe Paterno’s first as head coach) and got his master’s degree there in ‘67.
Penn State’s Kevin Kelly last week became the leading kick scorer in Big Ten history with 376 points.
The Nittany Lions will not have a walkthrough at Ohio Stadium.
Ohio State is 6-1 in home night games, but lost the last one (Texas, 2005).
The Buckeyes are 10-5 against Penn State since the Nittany Lions joined the Big Ten in 1993, 7-0 at home.
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