2003 Ohio State Buckeyes Football Schedule, Results, Stats, Final Polls

Date	Opponent	Result	Record
August 30	Washington	W 28-9	1-0 (0-0 Big Ten)
September 6	San Diego State	W 16-13	2-0 (0-0 Big Ten)
September 13	North Carolina State	W 44-38 3OT	3-0 (0-0 Big Ten)
September 20	Bowling Green	W 24-17	4-0 (0-0 Big Ten)
September 27	Northwestern	W 20-0	5-0 (1-0 Big Ten)
October 11	at Wisconsin	L 17-10	6-1 (1-1 Big Ten)
October 18	Iowa	W 19-10	6-1 (2-1 Big Ten)
October 25	at Indiana	W 35-6	7-1 (3-1 Big Ten)
November 1	at Penn State	W 21-20	8-1 (4-1 Big Ten)
November 8	Michigan State	W 33-23	9-1 (4-1 Big Ten)
November 15	Purdue	W 16-13 OT	10-1 (6-1 Big Ten)
November 22	at Michigan	L 35-21	10-2 (6-2 Big Ten)
January 2	Kansas State	W 35-28	11-2 (6-1 Big Ten)

Statistical Game-By-Game Log
				Total			Rushing	Passing	TO		Penalties
Date	Opponent	W/L	Score	FD	Ply	Yds	Att-Yds	Co-Att-Yds	I-F	TOP	No	Yds
Aug 30	Washington	W	28-9	21	74	345	43 - 142	15-28-203	0-2	31:58	4	40
Sep 6	San Diego St.	W	16-13	10	60	196	37 - 120	5-20-76	1-1	28:48	12	124
Sep 13	North Carolina St.	W	44-38	15	70	317	32 - 44	26-36-273	3-2	30:30	14	129
Sep 20	Bowling Green	W	24-17	17	67	323	48 - 205	10-16-118	1-2	32:03	3	15
Sep 27	Northwestern	W	20-0	16	67	311	35 - 125	19-32-186	1-0	31:16	8	55
Oct 11	Wisconsin	L	10-17	12	55	271	26 - 69	14-26-202	1-1	25:48	7	51
Oct 18	Iowa	W	19-10	11	68	185	42 - 56	11-22-129	0-1	30:07	7	64
Oct 25	Indiana	W	35-6	26	73	603	39 - 216	25-33-387	1-2	31:49	9	80
Nov 1	Penn St.	W	21-20	17	70	301	39 - 153	17-29-148	1-0	30:48	4	31
Nov 8	Michigan St.	W	33-23	23	76	395	49 - 182	12-24-213	1-0	33:55	2	14
Nov 15	Purdue	W	16-13	15	74	351	39 - 125	15-30-226	0-0	30:58	9	68
Nov 22	Michigan	L	21-35	22	75	383	25 - 54	28-46-329	1-0	27:39	5	65
Jan 2	Kansas St.	W	35-28	15	64	337	40 - 148	11-24-189	2-0	31:27	9	63
AVERAGE PER GAME			24-17	16	68	332	38 - 126	16-28-206	1-0	30:33	7	61

Avg Yds/Play: 4.9, Avg Yds/Rush: 3.3, Avg Yds/Pass: 7.4




TEAM STATISTICS                         OSU          OPP
--------------------------------------------------------
SCORING.......................          322          229
  Points Per Game.............         24.8         17.6
FIRST DOWNS...................          220          247
  Rushing.....................           93           71
  Passing.....................          118          147
  Penalty.....................            9           29
RUSHING YARDAGE...............         1639          810
  Yards gained rushing........         1914         1326
  Yards lost rushing..........          275          516
  Rushing Attempts............          494          415
  Average Per Rush............          3.3          2.0
  Average Per Game............        126.1         62.3
  TDs Rushing.................           14           12
PASSING YARDAGE...............         2679         3049
  Att-Comp-Int................   366-208-13   515-298-15
  Average Per Pass............          7.3          5.9
  Average Per Catch...........         12.9         10.2
  Average Per Game............        206.1        234.5
  TDs Passing.................           20           14
TOTAL OFFENSE.................         4318         3859
  Total Plays.................          860          930
  Average Per Play............          5.0          4.1
  Average Per Game............        332.2        296.8
KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS.........       29-510       40-819
PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS.........       49-330       31-191
INT RETURNS: #-YARDS..........       15-265       13-172
KICK RETURN AVERAGE...........         17.6         20.5
PUNT RETURN AVERAGE...........          6.7          6.2
INT RETURN AVERAGE............         17.7         13.2
FUMBLES-LOST..................        19-11        31-10
PENALTIES-YARDS...............       93-799       82-565
  Average Per Game............         61.5         43.5
PUNTS-YARDS...................      82-3553      90-3670
  Average Per Punt............         43.3         40.8
  Net punt average............         41.0         37.1
TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME.......        30:33        29:27
3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS..........       62/184       73/208
  3rd-Down Pct................          34%          35%
4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS..........         8/11         6/15
  4th-Down Pct................          73%          40%
SACKS BY-YARDS................       37-266       33-159
MISC YARDS....................            4            9
TOUCHDOWNS SCORED.............           39           28
FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS..........        16-19        12-19
PAT-ATTEMPTS..................        38-38        25-26
ATTENDANCE....................       838963       351427
  Games/Avg Per Game..........     8/104870      4/87857

SCORE BY QUARTERS     1st  2nd  3rd  4th  OT     Total
--------------------  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---      ---
Ohio State..........   99   68   69   63   23  -   322
Opponents...........   41   51   30   93   14  -   229

Overall Individual Statistics

2003 USAToday/ESPN
& Associated Press Top 25 Polls

2003 ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll
RANK	TEAM (1st Place Votes)	RECORD	PTS	PVS
1.	LSU (60)	13-1	1,572	2
2.	USC (3)	12-1	1,514	1
3.	Oklahoma	12-2	1,429	3
4.	Ohio State	11-2	1,370	6
5.	Miami	11-2	1,306	9
6.	Georgia	11-3	1,183	11
7.	Michigan	10-3	1,140	4
8.	Iowa	10-3	1,119	12
9.	Washington St.	10-3	983	14
10.	Florida State	10-3	929	8
11.	Texas	10-3	894	5
12.	Miami (OHIO)	13-1	800	15
13.	Kansas State	11-4	746	10
14.	Mississippi	10-3	730	18
15.	Boise State	13-1	704	16
16.	Tennessee	10-3	684	7
17.	Minnesota	10-3	553	20
18.	Nebraska	10-3	532	21
19.	Purdue	9-4	510	13
20.	Maryland	10-3	462	24
21.	Utah	10-2	327	25
22.	Clemson	9-4	219	NR
23.	Bowling Green	11-3	170	NR
24.	TCU	11-2	145	19
25.	Florida	8-5	124	17
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Northern Illinois 80, Arkansas 74, Oklahoma State 63, Auburn 20, N.C. State 17, Oregon State 15, West Virginia 14, Southern Miss 12, Fresno State 6, Hawaii 6, Pittsburgh 5, Texas Tech 4, Virginia 3, Marshall 3, Boston College 2, California 1, Connecticut 1, Memphis 1, Michigan State 1, Missouri 1, North Texas 1.

2003 AP Top 25
RANK	TEAM (1st Place Votes)	RECORD	PTS	PVS
1.	USC (48)	12-1	1,608	1
2.	LSU (17)	13-1	1,576	2
3.	Oklahoma	12-2	1,476	3
4.	Ohio State	11-2	1,411	7
5.	Miami	11-2	1,329	10
6.	Michigan	10-3	1,281	4
7.	Georgia	11-3	1,255	11
8.	Iowa	10-3	1,107	13
9.	Washington St.	10-3	1,060	15
10.	Miami (OHIO)	13-1	932	14
11.	Florida State	10-3	905	9
12.	Texas	10-3	887	5
13.	Mississippi	10-3	845	16
14.	Kansas State	11-4	833	8
15.	Tennessee	10-3	695	6
16.	Boise State	13-1	645	18
17.	Maryland	10-3	564	23
18.	Purdue	9-4	526	12
19.	Nebraska	10-3	520	22
20.	Minnesota	10-3	368	24
21.	Utah	10-2	308	25
22.	Clemson	9-4	230	NR
23.	Bowling Green	11-3	189	NR
24.	Florida	8-5	165	17
25.	TCU	11-2	126	19
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Oklahoma State 109, Arkansas 73, Virginia 36, Northern Illinois 30, Auburn 8, Oregon State 8, Pittsburgh 7, N.C. State 7, West Virginia 4, Connecticut 2.

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