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

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		1978 Season Stats
		Series History

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Southern Methodist	13	8	0	14	35
Ohio State	7	7	21	0	35

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER
	TD	Art Schlichter 23 yard run (Vlade Janakievski kick)	7	0
	TD	Derrek Shelton 1 yard run (Eddie Garcia kick)	7	7
	TD	Elton Garrett 11 yard pass from Mike Ford (kick failed)	7	13
SECOND QUARTER
	TD	Paul Campbell 1 yard run (Vlade Janakievski kick)	14	13
	TD	Mike Ford 1 yard run (Derrek Shelton pass from Mike Ford)	14	21
THIRD QUARTER
	TD	Alvin Washington blocked kick (kick failed)	20	21
	TD	Ricky Johnson 11 yard run (Douglas Donley pass from Art Schlichter)	28	21
	TD	Art Schlichter 5 yard run (Vlade Janakievski kick)	35	21
FOURTH QUARTER
	TD	Mike Ford 1 yard run (kick failed)	35	27
	TD	Mike Ford 1 yard run (Mike Ford run)	35	35

Team Stats
	OSU	SMU
1st Downs	16	31
Rushing 1st Downs	14	13
Passing 1st Downs	2	16
Penalty	0	2
Rushing	279	160
Rushing Attempts	53	50
Yards Gained Rushing	303	182
Yards Lost Rushing	24	22
TDs Rushing	4	4
Passing	50	341
Passes Attempted	16	57
Passes Completed	3	36
Intercepted	4	2
TDs Passing	0	1
Pass Efficiency	-5.00	112.18
Total Offensive Plays	69	107
Total Net Yards	329	501
Average Gain Per Play	4.77	4.68
Fumbles - Lost	3 - 2	2 - 1
Penalties - Yards	4 - 29	7 - 61
Interceptions - Yards	2 - 14	4 - 37
Punts - Yards	6 - 262	7 - 215
Average Per Punt	43.67	30.71
Punt Returns - Yards	7 - 60	6 - 45
Kickoff Returns - Yards	6 - 127	4 - 107
Third Down Conversions	3 of 16	11 of 28
Third Down Percent	18.75%	39.29%

Game Info
Stadium	Ohio Stadium
Location	Columbus, Ohio
Date	Oct 7, 1978
Time	1:32 pm
Attendance	87,721
Temperature	53°F
Weather	Partly Cloudy
Conference	OSU: Big Ten SMU: Southwest
Head Coach	OSU: Woody Hayes SMU: Ron Meyer
AP Rank	OSU: 14 SMU: NR
Season Record	OSU: 7-4-1 SMU: 4-6-1

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Ohio State Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Art Schlichter	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Alvin Washington	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Paul Campbell	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Ricky Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Vlade Janakievski	0	0	3	0	0	0	3
Douglas Donley	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
TOTALS	5	0	3	1	0	0	35

Southern Methodist Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Mike Ford	3	0	0	1	0	0	20
Derrek Shelton	1	0	0	1	0	0	8
Elton Garrett	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Eddie Garcia	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
TOTALS	5	0	1	2	0	0	35

Ohio State Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Art Schlichter	3-16-4	50	3.1	29	0	-5.00
TOTALS	3-16-4	50	3.1	29	0	-5.00

Ohio State Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Calvin Murray	14	106	1	105	7.5	20	0
Art Schlichter	19	100	23	77	4.1	28	2
Ricky Johnson	9	44	0	44	4.9	11	1
Paul Campbell	10	29	0	29	2.9	6	1
Ricardo Volley	1	24	0	24	24.0	22	0
TOTALS	53	303	24	279	5.3	28	4

Ohio State Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Douglas Donley	2	21	10.5	13	0
Calvin Murray	1	29	29.0	29	0
TOTALS	3	50	16.7	29	0

Ohio State Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Vince Skillings	1	14	0
Ray Ellis	1	0	0
TOTALS	2	14	0

Ohio State Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	TFL/Y	FR	PBU
Tom Cousineau	28	16	12
Kelton Dansler	18	8	10
Alvin Washington	16	9	7
Ray Ellis	14	8	6			4
Todd Bell	13	7	6
Vince Skillings	11	7	4
Paul Ross	8	5	3	2/13
Gary Dulin	7	4	3	1/1
Michael Guess	7	2	5			2
Mark Sullivan	5	1	4
Joe Hornik	4	1	3
James Laughlin	3	1	2
John Epitropoulos	2	2	0
Luther Henson	2	1	1	1/8
John Hutchings	1	1	0
James Savoca	1	1	0
Thomas Orosz	1	1	0
Norman Burrows	1	1	0
Paul Campbell	1	1	0
Douglas Donley	1	1	0
Ricardo Volley	1	1	0		1
Byron Cato	1	0	1
TOTALS	146	79	67	4/22	1	6

Ohio State Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Calvin Murray	2	57	28.5	38	0
Tyrone Hicks	2	35	17.5	25	0
Michael Guess	1	19	19.0	19	0
Rod Gerald	1	16	16.0	16	0
TOTALS	6	127	21.2	38	0

Ohio State Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Michael Guess	5	46	9.2	15	0
John Epitropoulos	1	14	14.0	14	0
Alvin Washington	0	0		0	1
TOTALS	6	60	10.0	15	1

Ohio State Kicking
	FG	XP	Pts
Vlade Janakievski	0-0	3-4	3
TOTALS	0-0	3-4	3

Ohio State Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Thomas Orosz	6	262	43.7	53
TOTALS	6	262	43.7	53

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