Ohio State vs. Purdue Football Game, 1978 Season, College Football Stats, UtahStats

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		1978 Season Stats
		Series History

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Ohio State	0	7	3	6	16
Purdue	3	0	14	10	27

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER
	FG	Scott Sovereen 28 yard field goal	0	3
SECOND QUARTER
	TD	Ricardo Volley 49 yard run (Vlade Janakievski kick)	7	3
THIRD QUARTER
	TD	John Macon 1 yard run (Scott Sovereen kick)	7	10
	FG	Robert Atha 42 yard field goal	10	10
	TD	Russell Pope 11 yard run (Scott Sovereen kick)	10	17
FOURTH QUARTER
	FG	Scott Sovereen 41 yard field goal	10	20
	TD	Rod Gerald 60 yard pass from Art Schlichter (conversion failed)	16	20
	TD	Mike Harris 19 yard pass from Mark Herrmann (Scott Sovereen kick)	16	27

Team Stats
	OSU	PU
1st Downs	27	20
Rushing 1st Downs	10	5
Passing 1st Downs	13	12
Penalty	4	3
Rushing	218	118
Rushing Attempts	52	43
Yards Gained Rushing	259	150
Yards Lost Rushing	41	32
TDs Rushing	2	1
Passing	289	210
Passes Attempted	34	34
Passes Completed	20	22
Intercepted	1	1
TDs Passing	1	1
Pass Efficiency	134.05	120.41
Total Offensive Plays	86	77
Total Net Yards	507	328
Average Gain Per Play	5.90	4.26
Fumbles - Lost	6 - 4	0 - 0
Penalties - Yards	9 - 116	7 - 85
Interceptions - Yards	1 - 0	1 - 0
Punts - Yards	2 - 80	6 - 218
Average Per Punt	40.00	36.33
Punt Returns - Yards	4 - 4	1 - 23
Kickoff Returns - Yards	4 - 64	5 - 100

Game Info
Stadium	Ross-Ade Stadium
Location	West Lafayette, Indiana
Date	Oct 14, 1978
Time	1:30 pm
Attendance	69,465
Temperature	54°F
Weather	Partly Cloudy
Conference	OSU: Big Ten PU: Big Ten
Head Coach	OSU: Woody Hayes PU: Jim Young
AP Rank	OSU: 16 PU: NR
Final AP Rank	OSU: NR PU: 13
Season Record	OSU: 7-4-1 PU: 9-2-1

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Ohio State Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Rod Gerald	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Ricardo Volley	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Robert Atha	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
Vlade Janakievski	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
TOTALS	2	1	1	0	0	0	16

Purdue Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Scott Sovereen	0	2	3	0	0	0	9
John Macon	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Russell Pope	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Mike Harris	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
TOTALS	3	2	3	0	0	0	27

Ohio State Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Art Schlichter	20-34-1	289	8.5	60	1	134.05
TOTALS	20-34-1	289	8.5	60	1	134.05

Ohio State Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Ricardo Volley	11	87	6	81	7.4	49	1
Art Schlichter	16	95	31	64	4.0	39	0
Tyrone Hicks	13	38	2	36	2.8	12	0
Ricky Johnson	10	29	2	27	2.7	9	0
Paul Campbell	2	10	0	10	5.0	8	0
TOTALS	52	259	41	218	4.2	49	1

Ohio State Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Douglas Donley	6	86	14.3	24	0
Rod Gerald	3	72	24.0	60	1
Ricky Johnson	3	27	9.0	14	0
Ricardo Volley	3	20	6.7	11	0
Ronald Barwig	2	42	21.0	29	0
Tyrone Hicks	2	23	11.5	15	0
Jimmy Moore	1	19	19.0	19	0
TOTALS	20	289	14.4	60	1

Ohio State Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Robert Murphy	1	0	0
TOTALS	1	0	0

Ohio State Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	TFL/Y
Tom Cousineau	16	6	10	1/2
Alvin Washington	13	9	4
Kelton Dansler	12	6	6
Mark Sullivan	11	5	6
Ray Ellis	7	5	2
Paul Ross	7	4	3	1/2
Byron Cato	7	4	3	1/14
Leonard Mills	5	5	0
James Laughlin	5	3	2
Luther Henson	4	2	2
Michael Guess	4	2	2
Vince Skillings	3	2	1
Todd Bell	1	1	0	1/11
Thomas Orosz	1	0	1
Gary Dulin	1	0	1
Thomas Blinco	1	0	1
TOTALS	98	54	44	4/29

Ohio State Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Tyrone Hicks	3	42	14.0	0
Calvin Murray	1	22	22.0	0
TOTALS	4	64	16.0	0

Ohio State Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Michael Guess	4	4	1.0	0
TOTALS	4	4	1.0	0

Ohio State Kicking
	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Robert Atha	1-2	50.0%	42	0-0	3
Vlade Janakievski	0-0			1-1	1
TOTALS	1-2	50.0%	42	1-1	4

Ohio State Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Thomas Orosz	2	80	40.0	41
TOTALS	2	80	40.0	41

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