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Ohio State 22, North Carolina State 14
The USA Today
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Compared to the kick he made last week, these field goals were easy for Mike
Nugent. He certainly made them appear that way. Nugent tied a school record with five field goals and No. 7 Ohio State made
up for a shoddy day offensively by forcing five turnovers in a 22-14 victory over North Carolina State on Saturday.
A week after Nugent booted a 55-yarder on the final play to beat Marshall, Ohio State (3-0) needed more
good fortune to get by the Wolfpack (1-1) for the second straight season.
"I think that was probably the toughest situation a kicker can face," Nugent said of his kick last week.
"It does kind of raise your confidence. If the snap is good and the hold is good, I feel I should do my job and kick it through."
The Buckeyes managed only 137 yards of offense — 35 coming on their first drive — and converted
only two of their 16 chances on third down. Lydell Ross carried 25 times for 51 yards and Justin Zwick finished 10-of-21 for
another 73.
Four scoring drives covered 10 yards or less.
"To come down here with a young team like we have versus a veteran team like what N.C. State has, I'm
just so proud of our guys," Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said. "They fought like crazy, caused turnovers, didn't commit turnovers.
They just did a great job."
It was barely enough, thanks to a bevy of mistakes by N.C. State and the strong leg of Nugent, who tied
Bob Atha's five field goals in 1981 against Indiana.
Jay Davis threw three interceptions before being benched for a series. One of his pickoffs came in the
final two minutes of the first half and led to Ohio State's only touchdown. Tramain Hall muffed a punt and T.A. McLendon fumbled
on the second play of the third quarter to give the Buckeyes another scoring chance.
The Wolfpack were called twice for pass interference and had another penalty for running into Ohio State
punter Kyle Turano. It added up to their third straight loss to a ranked opponent, a streak that includes a heartbreaking
44-38 defeat in triple overtime to Ohio State in 2003.
"Any time a quarterback turns over the ball that many times, it's easy to lose the game," Davis said.
"I will learn from my mistakes and get better."
Davis returned from the sideline and threw an 26-yard touchdown pass to Brian Clark with 1:28 left, but
the Buckeyes recovered the onside kick and ran out the clock.
The biggest miscues for the Wolfpack were sandwiched around halftime. After Nugent's 30-yard field goal
made it 6-0 with 2:33 left in the second quarter, N.C. State appeared content to run out the clock. But Davis dropped back
on third-and-10 and underthrew Richard Washington near the sideline, with Donte Whitner there for the interception.
He ran it back 24 yards to the Wolfpack's 3, and Ross powered in on the first play for a 13-point lead.
"If we don't score a touchdown there, that's probably a moral victory for them," Tressel said. "That
was a big play."
On the opening possession of the second half, McLendon bobbled a pitch and Marcus Green recovered for
Ohio State at the 16. Three plays netted a single yard, and Nugent kicked his third field goal for a 16-0 lead.
N.C. State then finally got on the board when McLendon capping the 80-yard drive by scampering into the
end zone from the 11. He missed the opener against Division I-AA Richmond with a strained hamstring, and returned in this
one to run for 94 yards.
"I felt revived," McLendon said. "I am blessed to be back. It was great to be on the field again."
But another penalty, this one a 15-yarder for excessive celebration after McLendon's TD, gave the Buckeyes
great field position. They only needed to move 28 yards in seven plays to set up a 46-yard field goal by Nugent, and he added
a 47-yarder early in the fourth quarter.
"I'd rather kick extra points all day," Nugent said. "The defense just gave us great field position.
I just want the coaches and the other guys to have enough confidence in me to know that it's three points when I go out there."
That final kick came after Davis' third interception, and Ohio State lost 1 yard in three plays before
the kick. Davis was 12-for-24 for only 99 yards in his second game as the replacement for Philip Rivers.
"They had a great defense. Our quarterback was scratching his helmet," N.C. State coach Chuck Amato said.
"Jay will learn just as many valuable lessons today as he did when we won."
Ohio Stadium
North Carolina State Box Score
Score by Quarters 1
2 3 4 Score
----------------- -- -- -- -- -----
Ohio State..........
3 10 6 3 - 22 Record: (3-0)
NC State............ 0 0
7 7 - 14 Record: (1-1)
Scoring Summary:
1st
05:42 OSU - Nugent, M. 50 yd field goal, 8-10 2:30, OSU 3 - NCS 0
2nd 02:33 OSU - Nugent, M. 30 yd field goal, 6-34 3:23,
OSU 6 - NCS 0
01:32 OSU - Ross, L. 3 yd run (Nugent, M. kick), 1-3 0:05, OSU 13 - NCS 0
3rd 12:50
OSU - Nugent, M. 33 yd field goal, 4-1 1:27, OSU 16 - NCS 0
09:10 NCS - McLendon, T.A. 11 yd run (Deraney,
J. kick), 8-80 3:40, OSU 16 - NCS 7
01:39 OSU - Nugent, M. 46 yd field goal, 7-28 4:06, OSU 19 - NCS
7
4th 14:07 OSU - Nugent, M. 47 yd field goal, 4--1 1:05, OSU 22 - NCS 7
01:28 NCS - Clark, B. 26
yd pass from Davis, J. (Deraney, J. kick), 11-79 1:40, OSU 22 - NCS 14
OSU NCS
FIRST DOWNS................... 11
15
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 40-64 35-157
PASSING YDS (NET).............
73 99
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 21-10-0 24-12-3
TOTAL OFFENSE
PLAYS-YARDS..... 61-137 59-256
Fumble Returns-Yards..........
0-0 1-11
Punt Returns-Yards............ 4-30 1--3
Kickoff
Returns-Yards......... 2-49 1-21
Interception Returns-Yards....
3-26 0-0
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 6-37.0 6-42.2
Fumbles-Lost..................
1-1 3-2
Penalties-Yards............... 5-45 14-121
Possession
Time............... 34:34 25:26
Third-Down Conversions........ 2 of 16
2 of 13
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 0 of 0 1 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......
3-4 2-2
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 3-17
2-14
RUSHING: Ohio State-Ross, L. 25-51; Pittman, A. 2-9; Zwick, J. 9-2; Hall, M. 4-2. NC
State-McLendon,
T.A. 15-94; Washington, B. 5-25; Hall, T. 3-23; Blackman, D. 6-15; Stone, M. 2-13;
Davis, J. 4-minus 13.
PASSING:
Ohio State-Zwick, J. 10-21-0-73. NC State-Davis, J. 12-24-3-99.
RECEIVING: Ohio State-Childress, B. 5-38;
Holmes, S. 2-16; Hamby, R. 1-11; Hall, R. 1-11;
Hall, M. 1-minus 3. NC State-Hall, T. 4-15; Washington, R. 3-27; Clark,
B. 2-32; Hicks, S. 2-12;
Williams, T.J. 1-13.
INTERCEPTIONS: Ohio State-Youboty, A. 1-2; Whitner, D. 1-24;
Hawk, AJ 1-0. NC State-None.
FUMBLES: Ohio State-Ross, L. 1-1. NC State-Hall, T. 1-1; Aughtry-Lindsay 1-0; McLendon,
T.A.
1-1.
Stadium: CarterFinley Stadium Attendance: 56800
Kickoff time: 3:30
End of Game: 06:50 Total elapsed time: 3:20
Officials: Referee: Dick Honig; Umpire: Jim Krogstad;
Linesman: Rick Kruger;
Line judge: Paul Engleberts; Back judge: Scott Buchanan;
Field judge: Norm Nelson; Side judge:
Joe Duncan; Scorer: Roger Warren;
Temperature: 64 Wind: W 6 mph Weather:
Cloudy, cool
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N.C.)
SACKS (UA-A): Ohio State-Pitcock, Q. 1-0; Green, M. 1-0; Schlegel, A. 1-0. NC State-Lawson,
M. 1-0;
Hoyte, O. 1-0.
TACKLES (UA-A): Ohio State-Hawk, AJ 8-1; Youboty, A. 5-0; Schlegel, A. 4-1; Pitcock, Q. 3-1;
Fraser,
S. 1-3; D'Andrea, M. 3-0; Carpenter, B. 3-0; Whitner, D. 3-0; Salley, N. 2-0; Everett, T.
1-1; Underwood, EJ 1-1; Richardson,
J. 1-0; White, S. 1-0; Green, M. 1-0; Welch, S. 1-0; Patterson,
D. 1-0; Penton, J. 1-0. NC State-Hoyte, O. 4-10; Tulloch,
S. 6-6; Thomas, P. 2-4; Hudson, M. 3-2;
Lawson, M. 2-3; Reid, L. 3-1; Maddox, A. 2-2; McCargo, J. 1-3; Aughtry-Lindsay
1-2; Williams, M.
1-2; Lowery, P. 0-3; Graham, T. 2-0; Gibson, A. 1-1; Edwards, D. 1-1; Herndon, D. 0-2; Charles, M.
0-2;
Barrett, L. 1-0; Dunlap, J. 1-0; TEAM 1-0; Washington, R. 1-0; Tyler, D. 0-1; Brooks, R. 0-1.
Player participation:
Ohio State: 1B-Lyons, D., 1D-Underwood, B., 1A-Freeman, M., 1-Matthews, T., 2-Underwood, EJ, 3A-Welch, S., 3-Childress,
B.,
4-Holmes, S., 5B-Datish, D., 5-D'Andrea, M., 6-Everett, T., 7-Ginn,T., 8B-Nicol, R., 8-Hall, R., 9-Whitner, D., 12-Zwick,
J.,
21-Salley, N., 25-Pittman, A., 26-Youboty, A., 28-Hall, M., 30-Ross, L., 32-Mitchell, B., 34-Harley, R., 36-Lukens,
C.,
38-Joe, B., 42-Carpenter, B., 43-Schnittker, B., 47-Hawk, AJ, 51-Schlegel, A., 52-Kne, M., 55-Mangold, N., 60-Andrews,
K.,
68-Schafer, T., 72-Downing, TJ, 74-Barton, K., 75-Fraser, S., 77-Sims, R., 80-Hamby, R., 84-Hollins, J., 85-Nugent,
M.,
86-Turano, K., 87-Caldwell, J., 89-White, S., 90-Pitcock, Q., 94-Green, M., 97-Patterson, D., 98-Penton, J., 99-Richardson,
J..
NC State: 1-Hudson, M., 2-Blackman, D., 3-Davis, A.J., 4-Jones, J.J., 5-Hicks, S., 6-Washington, R., 8-Sutton,
J.,
9-Williams, M., 9A-Stone, M., 10-Davis, J., 12-Deraney, J., 13-Barrett, L., 14-Edwards, D., 15-Ritcher, J., 17-Young,
C.,
19-Heath, G., 20-Davis, R., 21-Hall, T., 22-Hoyte, O., 24-Holloman, P., 25-Scott, M., 26-Washington, B., 27-Graham,
T.,
28-Reid, L., 29-Rumph, L., 31-Aughtry-Lindsay, 32-Hawkins, C., 33-Brooks, R., 34-Morgan, D., 36-Maddox, A., 37-Gibson,
A.,
41-Brown, M., 44-McLendon, T.A., 49-Moyer, C., 50-Tulloch, S., 52-Thomas, P., 53-Paulsen, J., 56-Lowery, P., 62-Herndon,
D.,
64-Harris, L., 70-Colmer, C., 71-Morris, D., 72-Tyler, D., 75-McKeon, J., 78-Newby, J., 80-Williams, T.J., 82-Dunlap,
J.,
85-Lee, W., 87-Clark, B., 90-McCargo, J., 91-Lawson, M., 92-Pressley, D., 96-Moses, R., 98-Charles, M..
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The 2004 Football Season
| Day |
Date |
Opponent |
Location |
TV/Record |
Outcome/Time |
| Sat |
09/04/2004 |
Cincinnati (1) |
Columbus, OH |
1-0, 0-0 |
W 27-6 |
| Sat |
09/11/2004 |
Marshall |
Columbus, OH |
2-0, 0-0 |
W 24-21 |
| Sat |
09/18/2004 |
North Carolina State |
Raleigh, NC |
3-0, 0-0 |
W 22-14 |
| Sat |
10/02/2004 |
Northwestern |
Evanston, IL |
ESPN/ESPN2 |
7:45/9:00 PM |
| Sat |
10/09/2004 |
Wisconsin |
Columbus, OH |
|
TBA |
| Sat |
10/16/2004 |
Iowa |
Iowa City, IA |
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TBA |
| Sat |
10/23/2004 |
Indiana (3) |
Columbus, OH |
|
TBA |
| Sat |
10/30/2004 |
Penn St |
Columbus, OH |
|
TBA |
| Sat |
11/06/2004 |
Michigan St |
East Lansing, MI |
|
TBA |
| Sat |
11/13/2004 |
Purdue |
West Lafayette, IN |
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TBA |
| Sat |
11/20/2004 |
Michigan |
Columbus, OH |
ABC |
1:00 PM |
The Buckeyes are winning by an average score of 24.3-13.7
The Buckeyes were:
at this time in 2003: 3-0
at this time in 2002 4-0
at this time in 2001 1-1
at this time in 2000 2-0
at this time in 1999 2-1
at this time in 1968 0-0
The Buckeyes
OFFENSE (5 starters returning) and 2004 stats
SE 8 Roy Hall
84 John Hollins
OL 77 Rob Simms
OL 50 Doug Datish
69 Andree Tyree
OL 55 Nick Mangold
OL 52 Mike Kne !
OL 72 TJ Downing
68 Tim Schafer
TE 80 Ryan Hamby
FL 4 Santonio Holmes - had 200+ yards receiving in week 2
3 Bam Childress
7 Ted Ginn
QB 12 Justin Zwick
10 Troy Smith
17 Todd Boeckman
TB 30 Lydell Ross ! (captain)
25 Tony Pittman
28 Maurice Hall
20 Roshawn Parker !
(Eric Haw is redshirting)
FB 38 Brandon Joe ! (injured)
43 Brandon Schnittker
SPECIAL TEAMS (2 starters returning)
K 85 Mike Nugent ! (captain) kicked game winning 55 yard field goal in week 2
23 Josh Houston
P 86 Kyle Turano !
23 Josh Houston !
15 AJ Trepasso
LS 60 Kyle Andrews !
DEFENSE (6 starters returning)
DE 75 Simon Fraser ! (captain)
99 Jay Richardson
LT 94 Marcus Green
97 David Patterson
RT 90 Quinn Pitcock
98 Joel Penton
DE 57 Mike Kudla (INJURED)
84 Marcel Frost
LB 42 Bobby Carpenter
LB 51 Anthony Schlegel
5 Mike D'Andrea
33 John Kerr (suspended)
LB 47 AJ Hawk
1 Thomas Matthews !
CB 37 Dustin Fox ! (captain) (INJURED)
13 Harlem Jacobs !
FS 21 Nate Salley
32 Brandon Mitchell
SS 6 Tyler Everett
9 Donte Whitner
CB 2 EJ Underwood
7 Ted Ginn
26 Ashton Youboty
!- senior
Future Schedules
2005
9/3 Miami (Ohio)
9/10 Texas
9/17 San Diego St.
9/24 Iowa
10/1 BYE
10/8 @ Penn St.
10/15 Michigan St.
10/22 @ Indiana
10/29 @ Minnesota
11/5 Illinois
11/12 Northwestern
11/19 @ Michigan
2006
9/2 Northern Illinois
9/9 @ Texas
9/16 Cincinnati
9/23 Penn State
9/30 @ Iowa
10/14 @ Michigan St.
10/21 Indiana
10/28 Minnesota
11/4 @ Illinois
11/11 @ Northwestern
11/18 Michigan
History
National Champions: 1942, 1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1970, 2002
Heisman Winners: Les Horvath, Vic Janowicz, Howard Cassady, Archie
Griffin (2), Eddie George
Buckeye Greats
Running Backs:
Vic Janowicz, Howard Cassady, Archie Griffin, Eddie George, Bob Ferguson, Jim Otis, John Brockington, Keith
Byars
Receivers:
Cris Carter, Terry Glenn, David Boston, John Frank, Joey GAlloway, Michael Jenkins
Linemen:
Bill Willis, Jim Parker, Jim Stillwagon, John Hicks, Chris Ward, Jim LAchey, Dan Wilkinson, Korey Stringer,
Orlando Pace, Mike Vrabel, LeCharles Bentley, Will Smith
Linebackers:
Ike Kelley, Randy Gradishar, Tom Cousineau, Pepper Johnson, Chris Speilman, Steve Tovar, Andy Katzenmoyer,
Na'il Diggs, Matt Wilhelm
Quarterbacks:
Les Horvath, Tex Kern, Cornelius Greene, Kirk Herbstreit, Bobby Hoying, Joe Germaine, Craig Krenzel
Defensive Backs:
Jack Tatum, Tim Fox, Ray Griffin, Shawn Springs, Damon Morre, Antoine Winfield, Ahmed Plummer, Mike Doss
Kickers:
Tim Skadany, Tom Tupa, Andy Groom, Mike Nugent, BJ Sander
Season Recaps
2003: 11-2, 6-2 Big Ten finish: 2nd National Finish: 4th points for/against: 322-229. Tostitos Fiesta
Bowl Champions, stars: Senior quarterback Craig Krenzel, Senior receiver Michael Jenkins, Senior Defensive End Will Smith,
Senior Defensive tackle Darion Scott, Senior Defensive tackle Tim Anderson, Senior cornerback Chris Gamble, Senior safety
Will Allen, Senior punter BJ Sander, biggest win: 35-9 at Indiana, most important regular season win: 19-10 over no. 9 Iowa,
worst loss: 35-21 at Michigan, bowl: 35-28 win over #8 Kansas St. in Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, record vs. ranked opponents: 6-2,
preseason rank: 2, rushing leader: Lydell Ross, 826 yards, passing leader: Craig Krenzel, tackles leader: AJ Hawk
2002: 14-0, 8-0 big ten finish: 1st (tie) national finish: 1st, points for/against: 410-183, Pigskin Classic,
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, and National Champions, stars: junior quarterback Craig Krenzel, freshman running back Maurice Clarett,
junior wide receiver Michael Jenkins, junior defensive end Darion Scott, senior linebacker Matt Wilhelm, sophomore corner
Chris Gamble, senior safeties Mike Doss and Donnie Nickey, senior punter Andy Groom, sophomore kicker Mike Nugent, biggest
win: 50-7 vs. San Jose St., most important regular season win: 14-9 vs. #12 Michigan, and 25-7 over #10 Washington St., worst
loss: none, bowl: 31-24 (2ot) win over #1 Miami in Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Championship, record vs. ranked opponents:
5-0, preseason rank: 13 and 12, rushing leader: Maurice Clarett, 1237 yards, passing leader: Craig Krenzel, tackles leader:
Matt Wilhelm
2001: 7-5, 5-3 big ten finish: 3rd, national finish: unranked, points for/against: 312-244, Outback Bowl
representative, stars: senior quarterback Steve Bellesari, senior running back Jonathan Wells, sophomore wide receiver Michael
Jenkins, senior wide receiver Chris Vance, offensive tackle Tyson Walter, center LeCharles Bentley, sophomore defensive end
Will Smith, junior cornerback Derek Ross, senior linebacker Joe Cooper, junior safeties Mike Doss and Donnie Nickey, biggest
win: 35-9 vs. #24 Purdue, most important regular season win: 26-20 vs. #11 Michigan, worst loss: 34-22 to # 12 Illinois, bowl:
31-28 loss to South Carolina in Outback Bowl, record vs. ranked opponents: 3-2, preseason rank: 22, rushing leader: Jonathan
Wells, 1294 yards, passing leader: Steve Bellesari, 1919 yards, tackles leader: Mike Doss, 87 tackles
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