Record: 11-2, .846 W-L% (6th of 117) ▪ Rank: 4th in Final AP Poll
Conference: Big Ten
(Schedule and Results)
Coach: Jim Tressel (11-2)
PS/G: 24.8 (74th of 117) ▪ PA/G: 17.6 (16th of 117)
SRS: 14.00 (12th of 117) ▪ SOS: 6.07 (9th of 117)
Bowl Game: Won Fiesta Bowl 35-28 versus Kansas State
| 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 | 13 | 16.0 | 28.2 | 56.8 | 206.1 | 1.5 | 38.0 | 126.1 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 66.2 | 332.2 | 5.0 | 9.1 | 7.2 | 0.7 | 16.9 | 7.2 | 61.5 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.8 |
| Defense | 13 | 22.9 | 39.6 | 57.9 | 234.5 | 1.1 | 31.9 | 62.3 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 71.5 | 296.8 | 4.1 | 11.3 | 5.5 | 2.2 | 19.0 | 6.3 | 43.5 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.9 |
| Difference | -6.9 | -11.4 | -1.1 | -28.4 | +0.4 | +6.1 | +63.8 | +1.3 | +0.2 | -5.3 | +35.4 | +0.9 | -2.2 | +1.7 | -1.5 | -2.1 | +0.9 | +18.0 | 0.0 | -0.2 | -0.1 | |
| Passing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate |
| 1 | Craig Krenzel | 153 | 278 | 55.0 | 2040 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 15 | 10 | 127.3 |
| 2 | Scott McMullen | 51 | 78 | 65.4 | 615 | 7.9 | 7.4 | 5 | 3 | 145.1 |
| 3 | Justin Zwick | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 24 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 75.2 |
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Lydell Ross | 193 | 826 | 4.3 | 10 | 13 | 98 | 7.5 | 0 | 206 | 924 | 4.5 | 10 |
| 2 | Craig Krenzel | 109 | 255 | 2.3 | 3 | 109 | 255 | 2.3 | 3 | ||||
| 3 | Maurice Hall | 97 | 316 | 3.3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | 101 | 328 | 3.2 | 1 |
| 4 | Ira Guilford | 28 | 64 | 2.3 | 0 | 28 | 64 | 2.3 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | Brandon Joe | 27 | 99 | 3.7 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 30 | 129 | 4.3 | 0 |
| 6 | Scott McMullen | 17 | 37 | 2.2 | 0 | 17 | 37 | 2.2 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | Brandon Schnittker | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 0 | 8 | 38 | 4.8 | 0 |
| 8 | Chris Gamble | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 | 7 | 57 | 8.1 | 0 |
| 9 | Troy Smith | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | Drew Carter | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 25 | 410 | 16.4 | 1 | 27 | 423 | 15.7 | 1 |
| 11 | Justin Zwick | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | Bam Childress | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 11 | 133 | 12.1 | 0 | 12 | 139 | 11.6 | 0 |
| 13 | Santonio Holmes | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 32 | 549 | 17.2 | 7 | 33 | 548 | 16.6 | 7 |
| 14 | Roshawn Parker | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | B.J. Sander | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | 0 | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | Michael Jenkins | 55 | 834 | 15.2 | 7 | 55 | 834 | 15.2 | 7 | ||||
| 17 | Ben Hartsock | 33 | 290 | 8.8 | 2 | 33 | 290 | 8.8 | 2 | ||||
| 18 | Ryan Hamby | 18 | 190 | 10.6 | 3 | 18 | 190 | 10.6 | 3 | ||||
| 19 | Roy Hall | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 0 | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 0 | ||||
| Tackles | Def Int | Fumbles | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Solo | Ast | Tot | Loss | Sk | Int | Yds | Avg | TD | PD | FR | Yds | TD | FF |
| 1 | Dustin Fox | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Chris Gamble | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Will Allen | 2 | 107 | 53.5 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 4 | A.J. Hawk | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Donte Whitner | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Robert Reynolds | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
| 7 | Tyler Everett | 1 | 66 | 66.0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Brandon Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Kick Ret | Punt Ret | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Maurice Hall | 10 | 198 | 19.8 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | Chris Gamble | 6 | 115 | 19.2 | 0 | 20 | 92 | 4.6 | 0 |
| 3 | Troy Smith | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 0 | ||||
| 4 | Roy Hall | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 |
| 5 | Bam Childress | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | ||||
| 6 | Michael Jenkins | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 20 | 178 | 8.9 | 1 |
| 7 | Santonio Holmes | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | Harlen Jacobs | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | Punting | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | XPM | XPA | XP% | FGM | FGA | FG% | Pts | Punts | Yds | Avg |
| 1 | Mike Nugent | 38 | 38 | 100.0 | 16 | 19 | 84.2 | 86 | |||
| 2 | B.J. Sander | 82 | 3553 | 43.3 | |||||||
| Touchdowns | Kicking | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Rush | Rec | Int | FR | PR | KR | Oth | Tot | XPM | FGM | 2PM | Sfty | Pts |
| 1 | Mike Nugent | 38 | 16 | 86 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Lydell Ross | 10 | 10 | 60 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Michael Jenkins | 7 | 1 | 8 | 48 | |||||||||
| 4 | Santonio Holmes | 7 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Craig Krenzel | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Ryan Hamby | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Ben Hartsock | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Mike Kudla | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Maurice Hall | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 10 | John Hollins | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Drew Carter | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Donte Whitner | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Will Allen | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||