COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State will be without six Buckeyes as they take on Purdue on Saturday.
See the full unavailable list below:
Questionable
- N/A
Out
- Will Kacmarek
- Zen Michalski
- Jace Middleton
- Calvin Simpson-Hunt
- Caffey, Timothy (season)
- Simmons, Josh (season)
Caffey, a running back for the Buckeyes, is out for the remainder of the season due to a knee injury. Left tackle Simmons was also ruled out for the season with a knee injury.
- Ohio State leads the all-time series with Purdue (41-15-2), including wins in the last two meetings.
- Purdue is the last unranked team to beat Ohio State. The Boilermakers beat the No. 2 Buckeyes 49-20 in 2018.
- Ohio State has won 10 straight home games against Purdue, dating to Purdue’s 31-26 victory in 1988.
- The winning team between Ohio State and Purdue in the last four games has scored at least 40 points, the first time in history of the series for such a streak of points.
- Ohio State has played two top 5 teams on the road (No. 3 Oregon and No. 3 Penn State) in one season for just the third time. The other two times came in 1960 and 1997.
- Jeremiah Smith broke the Ohio State freshman record for most receiving yards in a season. He's also 3 catches shy of breaking the freshman receptions record.
- The streak of consecutive games with a touchdown has ended for Smith at seven. Smith is tied 9th nationally with eight TD receptions.
- TreVeyon Henderson rushed past Carlos Hyde (3,198 yards) and Keither Byars (3,200) last week and into 9th place in Ohio State's career rushing yards list.
- The Buckeyes missed scoring in the red zone in its only opportunity vs. Penn State, derailing a run that had a perfect 27-for-27 start to the season.
- The win at No. 3 Penn State is Ohio State’s first over a Top 5 opponent in a true road game since winning at No. 2 Texas in 2006.
Ohio State schedule for the 2024 season:
- Aug. 31 – Akron (W 52-6)
- Sept. 7 – Western Michigan (W 56-0)
- Sept. 14 – Off
- Sept. 21 – Marshall (W 49-14)
- Sept. 28 – at Michigan State (W 38-7)
- Oct. 5 – Iowa (W 35-7)
- Oct. 12 – at Oregon (L 32-31)
- Oct. 19 – Off
- Oct. 26 – Nebraska (W 21-17)
- Nov. 2 – at Penn State (W 20-13)
- Nov. 9 – Purdue
- Nov. 16 – at Northwestern
- Nov. 23 – Indiana
- Nov. 30 – Michigan (Noon, FOX)