No. 10/10 Ohio State (3-0, 0-0 Big Ten) 33, Washington (2-1, 0-0 Pac 10) 14
Husky Stadium, Seattle, Wash.
Sept. 15, 2007
Attendance: 74,927
OHIO STATE POSTGAME NOTES
Jim Tressel’s record with the Buckeyes now is 65-14 and his career record is 200-71-2.
Ohio State has won 21-consecutive regular-season games. The Buckeyes last lost a regular-season contest at Penn State, 17-10, Oct. 8, 2005. Overall, the Buckeyes have won 22 of their last 23 games.
Overall, the Buckeyes are 405-124-14 as a Top 25 team.
Under Tressel, the Buckeyes now are 52-3 (20-7 Saturday) when ahead after three quarters.
Ohio State now is 790-301-53 in its 118th season of play.
The Buckeyes have scored at least one touchdown in 129-consecutive games.
Ohio State is 140-21-5 all-time in September, including a 24-11-1 ledger in road games in the month.
SERIES NOTES
Ohio State holds an 8-3 lead over Washington in the all-time series, including wins in the last three meetings and in four of the last five.
Jim Heacock, Ohio State co-defensive coordinator, was an assistant coach on the Washington staff from 1983-87. The Huskies defeated Ohio State 40-7 in 1986.
OFFENSIVE NOTES
The Buckeyes put together a balanced offensive attack against the Huskies rushing for 263 (46 carries) yards and passing for 218 for a total of 481 yards in the victory.
The last time Ohio State rushed and passed for more than 200 yards in each category was against Minnesota Oct. 28, 2006. The Buckeyes rushed for 266 yards and passed for 218 in the victory over the Gophers.
Ohio State scored 14 third-quarter points on a pair of drives that took a combined four plays. The four plays went for a combined 96 yards. A total of 88 seconds was used to give the Buckeyes the lead for good (17-7) in the 27-7 victory.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER NOTES
Todd Boeckman’s 68-yard touchdown pass to Brian Robiskie with 9:36 to play in the third quarter put the Buckeyes up 10-7. The toss was a career long for Boeckman and was Robiskie career-long reception. Boeckman has seven career TD passes, six this season. Robiskie has seven career catches for touchdowns.
Boeckman ended the game completing 14-of-25 passes for 218 yards and a pair of TDs and no interceptions.
Robiskie has caught a pass in 15-consecutive regular-season games. He finished the game with four catches for 107 yards.
Freshman Brandon Saine rushed for a career-long 37-yard TD run as time expired to give the Buckeyes a 33-14 victory. He also had a gain of 28 yards in the second quarter for a nine-carry, 83-yard afternoon. Saine has three TDs on the season.
Sophomore Chris Wells ended the game with 135 yards on 24 rushes marking his second-consecutive and second-career 100-yard rushing game. Antonio Pittman is the last to record 100-yard rushing games in back-to-back contests against Indiana (16 carries/105 yds.) and Minnesota (21/116) a season ago.
The last time the Buckeyes had a 100-yard rusher and 100-yard receiver was against Michigan Nov. 18, 2006. Antonio Pittman gained 139 yards on 18 carries while Ted Ginn Jr. caught eight passes for 104 yards.
Brian Hartline, sophomore wide receiver, tied his career-best with six receptions Saturday, totaling 88 yards. Hartline’s previous high was set with six catches vs. Akron last week.
DEFENSIVE NOTES
James Laurinaitis intercepted a third-quarter Jake Locker pass to stop the driving Huskies. Laurinaitis intercepted Locker with 1:07 to play in the second quarter as well. It was the first career game for the junior linebacker with multiple picks. He has seven for his career.
Ohio State allowed a touchdown for the first time this season with three seconds to play in the first half on a 23-yard pass play from Locker to Anthony Russo. Washington’s second score came with 58 seconds to play in the game.
Laurinaitis, Malcolm Jenkins and Anderson Russell each led the Buckeyes with eight tackles in the win. Jenkins picked off one of three passes intercepted by the Buckeyes in the win.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Ryan Pretorius was credited with a tackle on the second half kickoff, his first career stop.
Kurt Coleman’s block of a Washington field goal attempt with 10:25 to play in the third quarter was his first career blocked kick. Ross Homan was the last Buckeye to block a field goal. He did so against Bowling Green Oct. 7, 2006.
James Scott recovered a third quarter fumble, his first career recovery, when the Buckeyes kicked off after scoring on Robiskie’s 63-yard grab. The Huskies fumbled Pretorius’ kickoff and two plays later the Buckeyes scored on a 14-yard Beanie Wells run.
A.J. Trapasso’s 63-yard third quarter punt was a season long. His career best is a 76-yard boot vs. Michigan State as a freshman in 2005.
MISCELLANEOUS
Andy Geiger, who retired from the director of athletics position at Ohio State in 2005, was the honorary captain Saturday for the Buckeyes' game at the University of Washington. Geiger now lives in the state of Washington.
