Record: 7-5, .583 W-L% (40th of 117)
Conference: Big Ten
(Schedule and Results)
Coach: Jim Tressel (7-5)
PS/G: 26.0 (62nd of 117) ▪ PA/G: 20.3 (24th of 117)
SRS: 8.56 (28th of 117) ▪ SOS: 3.73 (33rd of 117)
Bowl Game: Lost Outback Bowl 31-28 versus South Carolina
| Passing | Rushing | Total Offense | First Downs | Penalties | Turnovers | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Split | G | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | Pass | Rush | Pen | Tot | No. | Yds | Fum | Int | Tot |
| Offense | 11 | 11.5 | 22.6 | 50.6 | 178.7 | 0.9 | 46.6 | 190.3 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 69.3 | 369.0 | 5.3 | 8.2 | 9.7 | 0.6 | 18.5 | 5.6 | 46.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.6 |
| Defense | 11 | 15.4 | 29.5 | 52.0 | 194.3 | 1.0 | 38.9 | 140.5 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 68.5 | 334.8 | 4.9 | 9.2 | 6.9 | 1.5 | 17.5 | 4.8 | 35.8 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 2.6 |
| Difference | -3.9 | -6.9 | -1.4 | -15.6 | -0.1 | +7.7 | +49.8 | +0.5 | +1.0 | +0.8 | +34.2 | +0.4 | -1.0 | +2.8 | -0.9 | +1.0 | +0.8 | +10.7 | -0.2 | -0.8 | -1.0 | |
| Passing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate |
| 1 | Steve Bellisari | 98 | 185 | 53.0 | 1599 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 8 | 6 | 133.4 |
| 2 | Craig Krenzel | 22 | 41 | 53.7 | 282 | 6.9 | 4.1 | 1 | 3 | 104.8 |
| 3 | Scott McMullen | 6 | 21 | 28.6 | 85 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 1 | 1 | 68.8 |
| 4 | Chris Vance | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Jonathan Wells | 232 | 1257 | 5.4 | 15 | 11 | 117 | 10.6 | 0 | 243 | 1374 | 5.7 | 15 |
| 2 | Lydell Ross | 119 | 406 | 3.4 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 121 | 414 | 3.4 | 6 |
| 3 | Steve Bellisari | 72 | 97 | 1.3 | 2 | 72 | 97 | 1.3 | 2 | ||||
| 4 | Sam Maldonado | 39 | 168 | 4.3 | 0 | 39 | 168 | 4.3 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | Jamar Martin | 22 | 86 | 3.9 | 0 | 12 | 101 | 8.4 | 1 | 34 | 187 | 5.5 | 1 |
| 6 | Maurice Hall | 9 | 72 | 8.0 | 0 | 9 | 72 | 8.0 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | Craig Krenzel | 8 | -12 | -1.5 | 0 | 8 | -12 | -1.5 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | Scott McMullen | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 0 | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | Andy Groom | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | Michael Jenkins | 41 | 836 | 20.4 | 3 | 41 | 836 | 20.4 | 3 | ||||
| 11 | Chris Vance | 29 | 544 | 18.8 | 4 | 29 | 544 | 18.8 | 4 | ||||
| 12 | Darnell Sanders | 13 | 141 | 10.8 | 1 | 13 | 141 | 10.8 | 1 | ||||
| 13 | Ben Hartsock | 6 | 77 | 12.8 | 1 | 6 | 77 | 12.8 | 1 | ||||
| 14 | Ricky Bryant | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 0 | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | Chris Gamble | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | Angelo Chattams | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | Brandom Childress | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | ||||
| Tackles | Def Int | Fumbles | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Solo | Ast | Tot | Loss | Sk | Int | Yds | Avg | TD | PD | FR | Yds | TD | FF |
| 1 | Derek Ross | 7 | 194 | 27.7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 0 | |||||||
| 2 | Mike Doss | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 1 | |||||||
| 3 | Cie Grant | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 0 | |||||||
| 4 | Donnie Nickey | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Will Allen | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Tim Anderson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Joe Cooper | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Dustin Fox | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Robert Reynolds | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Kick Ret | Punt Ret | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Maurice Hall | 22 | 474 | 21.5 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | Brandom Childress | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | Jonathan Wells | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | ||||
| 4 | Jamal Muhammad | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | Chris Gamble | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 5 | 82 | 16.4 | 0 |
| 6 | Sam Maldonado | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | Chris Vance | 19 | 139 | 7.3 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | Mike Doss | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | Punting | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | XPM | XPA | XP% | FGM | FGA | FG% | Pts | Punts | Yds | Avg |
| 1 | Mike Nugent | 23 | 25 | 92.0 | 7 | 14 | 50.0 | 44 | |||
| 2 | Josh Huston | 9 | 9 | 100.0 | 3 | 10 | 30.0 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Andy Groom | 44 | 1981 | 45.0 | |||||||
| 4 | B.J. Sander | 4 | 119 | 29.8 | |||||||
| Touchdowns | Kicking | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Rush | Rec | Int | FR | PR | KR | Oth | Tot | XPM | FGM | 2PM | Sfty | Pts |
| 1 | Jonathan Wells | 15 | 15 | 90 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Mike Nugent | 23 | 7 | 44 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Lydell Ross | 6 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Chris Vance | 4 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Josh Huston | 9 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Michael Jenkins | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Steve Bellisari | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Jamar Martin | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Derek Ross | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Mike Doss | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Darnell Sanders | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Ricky Bryant | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Ben Hartsock | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||