Passing: 14-of-21 for 174 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT Greg Bartram-USA TODAY Sports Stats in opener vs. * Terrelle Pryor took over as the starter in Game 4ĪpColumbus, Ohio Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback Terrelle Pryor (right) listens to head coach Jim Tressel during the spring game at Ohio Stadium. Rushing: 23 rushes for 8 yards (0.3 avg.) Rushing: 4 rush for 10 yards Season Stats | 8 games (OSU finished the season 10-3) Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports Stats in opener vs. 6, 2008 Columbus, Ohio Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback Todd Boeckman (17) throws against the Ohio Bobcats at Ohio Stadium. Rushing: 56 rushes for 63 yards (1.1 avg.) Rushing: 4 rush for minus-13 yards Season Stats | 13 games (OSU finished 11-2) SColumbus, Ohio Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback Todd Boeckman (17) with head coach Jim Tressel during a timeout against the Ohio Bobcats at Ohio Stadium. Rushing: 72 rushes for 204 yards (2.8 avg.), 1 TD Rushing: 1 rush for minus-1 yards Season Stats | 13 games (OSU finished 12-1) Passing: 18-of-25 for 297 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports © copyright Matthew Emmons Stats in opener vs. 2, 2006 Columbus, Ohio Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Jim Tressel talks to quarterback (10) Troy Smith against Northern Illinois Huskies at Ohio Stadium. Rushing: 12 rushes for 25 yards (2.1 avg.) Rushing: 5 rushes for 25 yards Season Stats | 7 games (OSU finished 10-2) Passing: 17-of-23 for 155 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Copyright © 2007 Mark J. Glendale, Arizona Ohio State quarterback (12) Justin Zwick against the Florida Gators during the BCS national championship game at the University of Phoenix Stadium. *Troy Smith took over as starter in Game 7 Rushing: 39 rushes for 32 yards (0.8 avg.) Rushing: 4 rushes for minus-8 yards, 2 TDs Season Stats | 7 games (OSU finished 8-4) Passing: 14-of-26 for 213 yards, 1 TD, 2 INTs Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports (©) Copyright 2004 by Matthew Emmons Stats in opener vs. The Buckeyes won 24-21 on a 55-yard game-winning field goal. Columbus, Ohio Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback Justin Zwick (12) gets a pass off against the Marshall Thundering Herd at Ohio Stadium. Rushing: 109 rushes for 255 yards (2.3 avg.), 3 TDs Rushing: 8 rushes for 39 yards, 2 TDs Season Stats | 11 games (OSU finished 11-2) Tom Hauck/Getty Images Stats in opener vs. Rushing: 125 rushes for 368 yards (2.9 avg.), 3 TDsĬraig Krenzel of the Ohio State Buckeyes looks for a receiver during a game against Wisconsin Badgers at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin.
Rushing: 4 rushes for 39 yards Season Stats | 14 games (OSU finished 14-0, BCS national championship) Rushing: 72 rushes for 97 yards (1.3 avg.), 2 TDsĬraig Krenzel of the Ohio State Buckeyes throws the ball in the rain during a game against Wisconsin Badgers at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin. Rushing: 9 rushes for 23 yards Season Stats | 9 games (OSU finished 7-5) The Ohio State Buckeyes beat the Minnesota Gophers, 31-28. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Steve Bellisari of Ohio State runs with the ball against Minnesota during the game at Hubert H. Here’s we go, including stats for the game and each quarterback’s season. Hopefully, it’ll jog your memory on all of the playmakers and surprises at quarterback on the banks of the Olentangy when the seals were broken on each season. We’re going on a journey of taking a look back at the opening-day starting quarterback for Ohio State over the last 20 years. The quarterback competition at OSU is always hot when a new signal-caller takes over, and it was no different this season. There was an arms race of sorts among Stroud, Jack Miller and Kyle McCord, but Justin Fields’ backup from last season was given the keys to the kingdom because he checked all the boxes Day and staff were had. Stroud was named the starting quarterback for Ohio State and its opening game against Minnesota on Sept.
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