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2008 Ohio State Buckeyes Stats

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Record: 10-3, .769 W-L% (14th of 120) ▪ Rank: 9th in Final AP Poll
Conference: Big Ten (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Jim Tressel (10-3)

PS/G: 27.6 (46th of 120) ▪ PA/G: 13.9 (6th of 120)
SRS: 13.94 (8th of 120) ▪ SOS: 3.87 (17th of 120)

Bowl Game: Lost Fiesta Bowl 24-21 versus Texas

Big Ten Co-Champs

Team Stats

Most values are per game averages
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 12.3 20.5 59.9 150.2 1.3 41.5 192.5 4.6 1.6 62.1 342.7 5.5 6.3 10.2 1.2 17.7 5.2 43.6 0.5 0.5 1.0
Defense 13 19.5 33.8 57.5 183.5 0.9 31.2 110.2 3.5 0.5 65.1 293.8 4.5 9.0 7.4 1.5 17.8 4.6 39.0 1.1 1.2 2.2
Difference -7.2 -13.3 +2.4 -33.3 +0.4 +10.3 +82.3 +1.1 +1.1 -3.0 +48.9 +1.0 -2.7 +2.8 -0.3 -0.1 +0.6 +4.6 -0.6 -0.7 -1.2

Passing

Stats include bowl game
Passing
Rk Player Cmp Att Pct Yds Y/A AY/A TD Int Rate
1 Terrelle Pryor 100 165 60.6 1311 7.9 8.3 12 4 146.5
2 Todd Boeckman 57 93 61.3 620 6.7 6.8 5 2 130.7
3 Joe Bauserman 3 6 50.0 22 3.7 3.7 0 0 80.8

Rushing & Receiving

Stats include bowl game
Rushing Receiving Scrimmage
Rk Player Att Yds Avg TD Rec Yds Avg TD Plays Yds Avg TD
1 Chris Wells 207 1197 5.8 8 8 47 5.9 0 215 1244 5.8 8
2 Terrelle Pryor 139 631 4.5 6 1 5 5.0 1 140 636 4.5 7
3 Dan Herron 89 439 4.9 6 6 29 4.8 0 95 468 4.9 6
4 Maurice Wells 39 129 3.3 0 6 42 7.0 0 45 171 3.8 0
5 Brandon Saine 26 65 2.5 1 3 37 12.3 0 29 102 3.5 1
6 Todd Boeckman 23 8 0.3 0 23 8 0.3 0
7 Brian Hartline 3 17 5.7 0 21 479 22.8 4 24 496 20.7 4
8 Joe Bauserman 3 16 5.3 0 3 16 5.3 0
9 Marcus Williams 2 11 5.5 0 2 11 5.5 0
10 A.J. Trapasso 1 9 9.0 0 1 9 9.0 0
11 Joe Gantz 1 3 3.0 0 1 3 3.0 0
12 Ray Small 1 -1 -1.0 0 18 149 8.3 0 19 148 7.8 0
13 Brian Robiskie 42 535 12.7 8 42 535 12.7 8
14 Dane Sanzenbacher 21 272 13.0 1 21 272 13.0 1
15 Devier Posey 11 117 10.6 1 11 117 10.6 1
16 Brandon Smith 8 79 9.9 0 8 79 9.9 0
17 Rory Nicol 6 60 10.0 2 6 60 10.0 2
18 Jake Ballard 5 73 14.6 0 5 73 14.6 0
19 Lamaar Thomas 4 29 7.3 0 4 29 7.3 0

Defense & Fumbles

Stats include bowl game
Tackles Def Int Fumbles
Rk Player Solo Ast Tot Loss Sk Int Yds Avg TD PD FR Yds TD FF
1 James Laurinaitis 52 78 130 7.0 4.0 2 0 0.0 0 6 1
2 Marcus Freeman 39 45 84 9.5 3.5 4
3 Kurt Coleman 43 35 78 4.0 1.0 4 18 4.5 0 9 1
4 Anderson Russell 38 29 67 0.0 0.0 2 15 7.5 0 5 3
5 Ross Homan 35 32 67 6.0 1.0 1
6 Malcolm Jenkins 34 23 57 4.0 1.0 3 7 2.3 0 12 3
7 Cameron Heyward 13 23 36 4.5 3.0 1 1
8 Doug Worthington 11 23 34 5.0 1.5
9 Nader Abdallah 12 21 33 6.0 1.0 4
10 Jermale Hines 23 8 31 2.0 0.0 3 1 48 1 0
11 Chimdi Chekwa 28 2 30 0.0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 5
12 Shaun Lane 19 8 27 0.0 0.0 1 2
13 Thaddeus Gibson 14 12 26 9.0 5.0 1 1 69 1 2
14 Donald Washington 18 4 22 0.0 0.0 1 34 34.0 0 1 1 44 0 0
15 Brian Rolle 8 13 21 0.0 0.0 1 7 7.0 0 1
16 Lawrence Wilson 8 10 18 2.5 1.0 1 24 24.0 0 3
17 Tyler Moeller 8 10 18 3.0 0.0 1
18 Nathan Williams 9 9 18 4.0 2.0
19 Dexter Larimore 3 12 15 3.5 2.0
20 Austin Spitler 5 6 11 0.5 0.0
21 Devon Torrence 7 3 10 0.0 0.0 1
22 Rob Rose 4 6 10 3.0 1.0 2
23 Nate Oliver 3 5 8 0.0 0.0
24 Todd Denlinger 2 5 7 0.5 0.0
25 Aaron Gant 1 6 7 0.0 0.0
26 Etienne Sabino 4 2 6 0.0 0.0
27 Curtis Terry 4 2 6 2.0 0.0
28 Andrew Sweat 2 3 5 0.0 0.0
29 Ryan Lukens 2 1 3 0.0 0.0
30 Jamario O'Neal 2 1 3 0.0 0.0 1
31 Solomon Thomas 2 1 3 0.0 0.0
32 Marcus Williams 3 0 3 0.0 0.0
33 Mark Johnson 0 2 2 0.0 0.0
34 Brian Hartline 0 1 1 0.0 0.0
35 Nick Patterson 0 1 1 0.0 0.0
36 Terrelle Pryor 1 0 1 0.0 0.0
37 Brandon Saine 1 0 1 0.0 0.0
38 Taurian Washington 1 0 1 0.0 0.0

Kick & Punt Returns

Stats include bowl game
Kick Ret Punt Ret
Rk Player Ret Yds Avg TD Ret Yds Avg TD
1 Lamaar Thomas 16 345 21.6 0
2 Brandon Saine 8 141 17.6 0
3 Dan Herron 4 73 18.3 0
4 Maurice Wells 3 53 17.7 0
5 Brian Robiskie 1 11 11.0 0 4 17 4.3 0
6 Rory Nicol 1 10 10.0 0
7 Ray Small 24 364 15.2 1
8 Brian Hartline 4 22 5.5 0
9 Malcolm Jenkins 2 28 14.0 0
10 Devier Posey 1 4 4.0 0

Kicking & Punting

Stats include bowl game
Kicking Punting
Rk Player XPM XPA XP% FGM FGA FG% Pts Punts Yds Avg
1 Ryan Pretorius 38 39 97.4 15 19 78.9 83
2 Aaron Pettrey 1 1 100.0 7 8 87.5 22
3 A.J. Trapasso 58 2390 41.2
4 Jon Thoma 2 55 27.5

Scoring

Stats include bowl game
Touchdowns Kicking
Rk Player Rush Rec Int FR PR KR Oth Tot XPM FGM 2PM Sfty Pts
1 Ryan Pretorius 38 15 83
2 Brian Robiskie 8 8 48
3 Chris Wells 8 8 48
4 Terrelle Pryor 6 1 7 42
5 Dan Herron 6 6 36
6 Brian Hartline 4 4 24
7 Aaron Pettrey 1 7 22
8 Rory Nicol 2 2 12
9 Ray Small 1 1 6
10 Jermale Hines 1 1 6
11 Etienne Sabino 1 1 6
12 Devier Posey 1 1 6
13 Dane Sanzenbacher 1 1 6
14 Brandon Saine 1 1 6
15 Thaddeus Gibson 1 1 6
16 Malcolm Jenkins 1 2