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No. 2 Ohio State (8-1) at Northwestern (4-5)

Stats:	Overall \| Conference \| Home/Away \| Last 3 \| Grass/Turf \| Last 3 Home/Away
Records:	ATS \| Over/Under
Teams:	Ohio State Buckeyes \| Northwestern Wildcats

Summary

12:00 PM ET	W‑L	ATS	H	A	AF	AA	O/U
Ohio State	8-1	5-4-0	6-0	2-1	38.6	10.7	4-5-0
Northwestern	4-5	3-6-0	2-3	2-2	19.2	21.9	5-4-0

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Recent Trends

Ohio State:	OSU are 41-19 ATS in their last 60 games on grass.
Northwestern:	NW are 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games overall. Under is 64-29-1 in NW last 94 home games.
Head to Head:	OSU are 7-3 ATS in their last 10 meetings. Favorite is 7-3 ATS in their last 10 meetings.

Quickchart Matchup

Ohio State Off vs Northwestern Def
455 yards 349.1 yards 5.3 yards/rush 3.4 yards/rush 9.3 yards/attempt 6.9 yards/attempt

Northwestern Off vs Ohio State Def
288.3 yards 251.3 yards 3.7 yards/rush 3 yards/rush 5.9 yards/attempt 6.1 yards/attempt

Quarterbacks

Ohio State	Yds	Comp %	Y/A	TD/Int
Will Howard	2237	74.03	9.7	22/5
Devin Brown	108	52.63	5.7	1/0
Julian Sayin	84	45.45	7.6	1/0

Northwestern	Yds	Comp %	Y/A	TD/Int
Jack Lausch	1120	53.65	5.8	5/4
Mike Wright	356	58.21	5.3	0/1
Ryan Hilinski	110	58.33	9.2	0/1

Overall Stats | In Depth

Off	Avg	Yards	Pass	Rush	Y/R	Y/A
OSU NW	38.6 19.2	455.0 288.3	269.9 176.2	185.1 112.1	5.3 3.7	9.3 5.9
Def	Avg	Yards	Pass	Rush	Y/R	Y/A
OSU NW	10.7 21.9	251.3 349.1	155.6 240.9	95.8 108.2	3.0 3.4	6.1 6.9

ATS Records | In Depth

	W‑L	ATS	H	A	Grass	Turf
OSU NW	8‑1 4‑5	5‑4‑0 3‑6‑0	3‑3‑0 1‑4‑0	2‑1‑0 2‑2‑0	2‑0‑0 1‑0‑0	3‑4‑0 2‑6‑0

Home/Away Stats | In Depth | Last 3 H/A

Off	Avg	Yards	Pass	Rush	Y/R	Y/A
OSU NW	29.7 18.2	436.0 322.6	268.7 181.6	167.3 141.0	4.6 4.5	8.1 5.7
Def	Avg	Yards	Pass	Rush	Y/R	Y/A
OSU NW	17.3 20.6	337.3 340.8	230.0 236.6	107.3 104.2	3.7 3.4	8.6 7.2

Last 3 Stats | In Depth

Off	Avg	Yards	Pass	Rush	Y/R	Y/A
OSU NW	28.7 14.3	358.7 265.3	221.0 168.0	137.7 97.3	3.9 3.4	9.3 5.6
Def	Avg	Yards	Pass	Rush	Y/R	Y/A
OSU NW	10.0 27.7	249.7 350.3	136.7 200.7	113.0 149.7	3.3 4.3	5.5 6.5

Injuries

Ohio State

Player		Status/Updated	Notes
Jace Middleton	TE	Questionable - Undisclosed - 11/9/24	Middleton is dealing with an undisclosed injury, and it is unknown if he will play against Northwestern on Saturday, November 16th.
Zen Michalski	OL	Questionable - Lower Body - 11/9/24	Michalski missed the previous game with a lower-body injury, and it is unclear if he will suit up against Northwestern Wildcats on Saturday, November 16th.
Rashid SeSay	RB	Questionable - Undisclosed - 11/9/24	SeSay is nursing an undisclosed injury, and it has yet to be established if he will play against Northwestern Wildcats on Saturday, November 16th.
Reis Stocksdale	WR	Questionable - Undisclosed - 11/9/24	Stocksdale is bothered by an undisclosed injury, and it is uncertain if he will play against Northwestern Wildcats on Saturday, November 16th.
Will Kacmarek	TE	Out - Undisclosed - 11/15/24	Kacmarek is dealing with an undisclosed injury, and he is unlikely to suit up against Northwestern on Saturday, November 16th.
Josh Simmons	OL	out of season - Knee - 10/22/24	Simmons suffered a knee injury, and will miss the remainder of the 2024-25 season.

Northwestern

Player		Status/Updated	Notes
Xander Mueller	LB	Questionable - Undisclosed - 11/2/24	Mueller is hobbled by an undisclosed injury, and it is unclear if he will suit up against Ohio State on Saturday, November 16th.
Jack Olsen	K	Questionable - Lower Body - 11/2/24	Olsen is dealing with a lower body injury, and it is unknown if he play against Ohio State on Saturday, November 16th.
Brendan Flakes	DL	Questionable - Undisclosed - 11/2/24	Flakes is dealing with an undisclosed injury, and it is unknown if he play against Ohio State on Saturday, November 16th.
Reggie Fleurima	WR	Questionable - Undisclosed - 11/2/24	Fleurima is managing an undisclosed injury, and it remains to be seen if he will take the field against Ohio State on Saturday, November 16th.
Nick Herzog	OL	Questionable - Undisclosed - 11/2/24	Herzog missed his last two games due to an undisclosed injury, and it is unknown if he will take the field against Ohio State on Saturday, November 16th.
Jacob Tabibian	K	Questionable - Undisclosed - 11/2/24	Tabibian missed his last two games due to an undisclosed injury, and it remains to be seen if he will take the field against Ohio State on Saturday, November 16th.
Tate Crane	WR	Questionable - Undisclosed - 11/2/24	Crane missed his last two games due to an undisclosed injury, and it is uncertain if he will face Ohio State on Saturday, November 16th.
Carson Grove	WR	Questionable - Undisclosed - 11/2/24	Grove missed his last three games due to an undisclosed injury, and it is unclear if he will suit up against Ohio State on Saturday, November 16th.
Bryce Kirtz	WR	Out indefinitely - Undisclosed - 11/12/24	Kirtz has been out of the lineup with an undisclosed injury, and the severity of the injury is unclear.
Ricky Ahumaraeze	WR	out for season - Undisclosed - 9/14/24	Ahumaraeze is laid up with an undisclosed injury, and he will be out for the season.

Recent Meetings

					Yard Margins
Date	Away	Home	H Line	ATS	Tot	Rus	Pas
11/5/22	OSU 21	NW 7	37.5/55	W/U	2	-1	3
12/19/20	NW 10	OSU 22	-16.5/57	L/U	-182	-292	110
10/18/19	OSU 52	NW 3	26.5/49	L/O	-281	-122	-159
12/1/18	NW 24	OSU 45	-16.5/62.5	W/O	-189	43	-232
10/29/16	NW 20	OSU 24	-25.5/53.5	L/U	-25	-60	35
10/5/13	OSU 40	NW 30	6.5/61	L/O	-14	-154	140
11/8/08	OSU 45	NW 10	12.5/38.5	L/O	-147	-127	-20
9/22/07	NW 7	OSU 58	-23.5/49	W/O	-276	-191	-85
11/11/06	OSU 54	NW 10	22.5/41.5	L/O	-128	-163	35
11/12/05	NW 7	OSU 48	-19/58	W/U	-171	-219	48

Ohio State Last 10

					Yard Margins
Date	vs	Score	Line	ATS	Tot	Rus	Pas
11/9/24	PUR	W 45-0	-37/56	W/U	227	75	152
11/2/24	@ PSU	W 20-13	-3/47	W/U	88	56	32
10/26/24	NEB	W 21-17	-25/49	L/U	12	-57	69
10/12/24	@ ORE	L 31-32	-3.5/54.5	L/O	-29	-14	-15
10/5/24	IOWA	W 35-7	-17/45.5	W/U	186	87	99
9/28/24	@ MSU	W 38-7	-23.5/48.5	W/U	237	138	99
9/21/24	MRSH	W 49-14	-40/57	L/O	301	151	150
9/7/24	WMU	W 56-0	-37/54.5	W/O	584	245	339
8/31/24	AKR	W 52-6	-48.5/57	L/O	227	123	104
12/29/23	MIZZ	L 3-14	-4/50.5	L/U	-128	-106	-22

Northwestern Last 10

					Yard Margins
Date	vs	Score	Line	ATS	Tot	Rus	Pas
11/2/24	@ PUR	W 26-20	2.5/43.5	W/O	87	75	12
10/26/24	@ IOWA	L 14-40	16.5/37.5	L/O	-192	-160	-32
10/19/24	WIS	L 3-23	9.5/42	L/U	-150	-72	-78
10/11/24	@ MD	W 37-10	10.5/45	W/O	-72	21	-93
10/5/24	IU	L 24-41	13/40.5	L/O	-193	-56	-137
9/21/24	@ WASH	L 5-24	12/43	L/U	-279	-85	-194
9/14/24	EIU	W 31-7	-26/38.5	L/U	243	163	80
9/6/24	DUKE	L 20-26	-2/37.5	L/O	-52	39	-91
8/31/24	M-OH	W 13-6	-3/40.5	W/U	61	110	-49
12/23/23	UTAH	W 14-7	7/44.5	W/U	79	-73	152

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