Ohio State Football Schedule 2021

The Buckeyes were one of the more vocal teams at wanting a 2020 fall football season, with the claim that they were a championship contender, and Ohio State managed to generally live up to the hype. After getting Nebraska as a warmup to start the season and shaking off the rust in the first half, the Buckeyes cruised to a win. The Buckeyes only played five games in the regular season, the closest being a win at Penn State in the team's second game of the season, and the most lopsided being a win against Michigan State in East Lansing. A closer than comfortable win over Northwestern in Indianapolis gave Ohio State its fourth-straight conference title, and fifth in the last seven seasons.

A blowout win over Clemson in the Sugar Bowl College Football Playoff semifinal meant the season would end in dominant form for the Crimson Tide. Alabama waxed Ohio State by a final score of in the national title game. The Ohio State University first fielded a football team in 1890, and the team became a charter member of the Ohio Athletic Conference in 1902 before joining the Big Ten in 1912. The Buckeyes won their first national championship in 1942 under coach Paul Brown, and they've won seven more, most recently in 2014 under Urban Meyer.

Ohio State has won 40 conference titles, including three while with the OAC, as well as eight divisional titles. The Buckeyes have also won eight Rose Bowl games, most recently after the 2018 season against Washington. More recently, the trouble with opening with conference opponents is that, though every game is a must win in today's college football landscape, conference games have even more heightened stakes. Losing a conference game on opening weekend means not controlling your own destiny when it comes to the conference championship.

2) One of the things that has become very obvious over the past few seasons is that you don't have to be a very good college football coach at all to win a lot of games at UCF. George O'Leary focused the machine, and it's done some great things ever since. So what happens when you finally bring in a somewhat competent head coach (STOP LAUGHING!) in Gus Malzahn? He's probably an entirely new man now that he's escaped dealing with Auburn's booster network. Food tastes good for the first time in a decade, he's probably sleeping through the night, and he remembered his wife's name isn't just a bunch of muttering growls.

They've got a ton of players coming back, and Gus smuggled a number of guys from the plains to the shadows of Disney. Even with the attrition at a number of key positions from last year's national championship runner-up squad, the Buckeyes are the most-stacked team talent-wise on the schedule. The game is on the road and is second to last of the season on Nov. 20.

The 2021 college football season got going with a five-game slate for Week 0 last Saturday, and there was another game (UAB-Jacksonville State) on Wednesday night. Thursday night, Week 1 gets rolling in earnest with 16 games on the schedule. Ohio State football took a small step forward in head coach Ryan Day's second season, by defeating Clemson in the Sugar Bowl and getting to the national championship game vs Alabama. The Buckeyes were no match for the Crimson Tide, but Ohio State is close to winning their first national championship since 2014, but they will need to replace some serious star power to reach that goal in 2021. The Ohio State football team will play its second-straight game on the Big Ten Network this weekend and it looks like BTN might be airing one of the best conference games so far in the 2021 season.

Here's a rundown of Thursday night's college football schedule, with game time and where you can find it on television or a streaming channel. Week 1 of the 2021 college football season gets going in earnest Thursday night, and here's a look at the schedule of games. As of September 30, 2021; Rankings from AP PollThe 2021 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represents Ohio State University in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They will be led by third-year head coach Ryan Day, and play their home games at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. It will be the Buckeyes' 132nd season overall and 109th as a member of the Big Ten Conference.

The Big Ten released the full 2021 regular-season football schedule on Friday. Teams will return to a full 12-game regular season which includes three non-conference games for each conference member. Ohio State was supposed to play at Maryland in 2020, but the game was called off due to COVID-19. Ohio State may not dominate the Terrapins to that degree this time around but as long as the team isn't looking too far ahead to the bye week that follows, the Buckeyes should win this one fairly easily.

Maryland will be coming off what may prove to be a physical night game at home versus Iowa. At first glance, the 2021 Ohio State football schedule does not appear overly difficult or treacherous. After all, the Buckeyes get some of their toughest opponents at home , and have played well on the road during Ryan Day's first two seasons as head coach.

Big 12 college football predictions, schedule, game previews, lines, and how to watch for Week 5 of the season. Ohio State took an early lead on 71-yard touchdown run by Miyan Williams and a 35-yard field goal. Leading 10–0, Minnesota scored two consecutive touchdowns in the second quarter to take a 14–10 lead at the half. CJ Stroud then hit Garrett Wilson on a 56-yard touchdown pass to give the Buckeyes a 24–21 lead. On the ensuing possession, Haskell Garrett recovered a strip sack and returned the fumble 32 yards for a touchdown and pushing the Buckeye lead to 31–21.

Following a Minnesota field goal, Stroud hit TreVeyon Henderson on a 70-yard pass and run to extend OSU's lead to 14. Minnesota narrowed the lead to seven again with just over five minutes remaining, but Stroud hit Chris Olave for a 61-yard touchdown, Olave's second in the game and Stroud's fourth touchdown pass. Week 2, scheduled for Sept. 11, is jam-packed with marquee contests. Ohio State hosts Oregon in what will be one of the biggest games of the entire college football season. Other marquee non-conference contests that weekend feature Washington at Michigan and Iowa at Iowa State.

Last year, Ohio State finished the season with an overall 7-1 record with their only loss coming in the national championship game against Alabama. TULSA, Okla. — Home games against conference foes Houston, Memphis, Navy, and Temple along with road games at Oklahoma State and Ohio State highlight Tulsa's 2021 football schedule, TU announced Thursday. The Ohio State football team played a relatively easy schedule in 2020. Part of that was due to the fact that they didn't play any non-conference games. This year though, they will be playing those non-conference contests. Columbus, Ohio, is home to one of the most legendary college football programs of all time, whose success is still going strong after 130 years.

The Ohio State Buckeyes play out of Ohio Stadium, which opened in 1922 and currently seats 102,780. They are coached by Ryan Day, who, in his first year leading Ohio State in 2019, oversaw a 13-1 season and a College Football Playoff berth. These two teams were scheduled to face off in Eugene last season but it was a casualty of the conference-only approach to schedules because of the pandemic. So now, the Ducks must come to Columbus but the timing could end up favoring the visitors. Ohio State opens the season against Big Ten foe Minnesota while Oregon hosts Fresno State.

The Ducks definitely need this one more as a win would certainly beef up their College Football Playoff resume, not to mention give the Pac-12 a much-needed boost of confidence. The Buckeyes will be at home and won't have to worry about adjusting to a different time zone, but whoever is at quarterback will have to contend with a stout Oregon defense headlined by standout defensive end Kayvon Thibodeaux. This is one of the games this fall that everyone has circled on their calendar.

Ohio State returns to a normal football schedule starting tonight against Minnesota after the 2020 regular season was limited to just five games due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Zips have played this tune already this season when they went to Auburn and lost. In actuality, they should not even be in this game given they're smaller and not as fast at the Buckeyes across the board. That being said, here's betting that quarterback DJ Irons starts, despite progress made by injured starter Kato Nelson earlier in the week.

Irons is a legitimate dual-threat quarterback who put up 432 yards of offense against Bryant last week. Yes, you have to consider the competition, but he possesses the potential to be pesky against the Buckeyes. The three games between the teams from 2016 through 2018 were settled by a combined five points, and Penn State was threatening in a second-half comeback attempt in 2019 before the Buckeyes left with a win. Mike Yurcich, newly hired as offensive coordinator and a former quarterbacks coach at Ohio State, could have a big hand in getting the program back on track. Tulsa was among the top teams from the Group of Five conferences last season as it snapped a three-year bowl drought and reached the American Conference championship game.

A majority of starters from a stingy defense have returned, though sack leader and unanimous All-American linebacker Zaven Collins is not among them after he became a first-round NFL draft pick in April. The Ohio State football team doesn't have a terribly hard schedule in 2021, but it's harder than the one the played in 2020. While the team was second stingiest in the league for rushing, giving up just 97.6 yards per game, a shaky secondary left Ohio State dead last in the Big Ten, giving up 304 yards per game on average . Despite giving up a lot of yards in the air, the Buckeyes held opponents to just 25.8 points per game, fifth best in the conference.

The secondary needs to step up for this unit to improve over last season's performance. Sevyn Banks was exposed a lot against Alabama in the title game, but was still ninth on the team in total tackles and led the team in passes defended . Banks added 38 yards on a fumble recovery for a touchdown to go with 19 solo tackles, four assisted, and 0.5 for loss. Josh Proctor also looks to have a good season at the strong safety spot after totaling 20 tackles last season, along with one interception, one pass defended, and a fumble recovery. Morgan will have to break in some new weapons — potentially including Springfield High School grad Michael Brown-Stephens — and the Golden Gophers defense is a question mark after struggling last season.

The four-time reigning Big Ten champs will open conference play in Week One at Minnesota on a Thursday night, Sept. 2, before playing three nonconference games. While Ohio State has long-running rivalries against Illinois and Penn State, their rivalry against Michigan is one of the most heated feuds in all of sports, dating back to 1897. COLUMBUS, Ohio — When glancing at the 2021 Ohio State football schedule ahead of the season, a couple of games would have stood out. Ohio State's 2021 slate includes three non-conference football games, a Thursday night matchup tonight and a Week 1 Big Ten road game. It's always a bit unusual when a college football game is not played on a Saturday, but that's the case with Ohio State vs. Minnesota as the Buckeyes and Golden Gophers will face one another on Thursday.

As lifeless as Ohio State looked in Saturday's win over Tulsa, allowing the Golden Hurricane to hang around in what became just a one-score game in the fourth quarter, don't expect a similar situation this week. Akron is among the worst teams in the FBS and has been noncompetitive in recent games against Power Five Conference teams, most recently losing to Auburn in this season's opener. The No.10 Ohio State football team (2-1)recovered from its loss to Oregon by winning against Tulsa last week, but the final score doesn't quite tell the story. Ohio State defeated the Minnesota Golden Gophers in Week 1 of the college football season. The Big Ten Championship Game is already set for noon on December 4, 2021, and if the Buckeyes reach the College Football Playoff, they will return to a familiar stadium. The semifinals will be held in the Cotton Bowl and Orange Bowl, and the national championship game will be held in Indianapolis.

The five games Maryland played in 2020 were the fewest by a Big Ten team, adding some difficulty to the assessment of the program's trajectory under Mike Locksley, who enters his third season at the helm. We pick against the spread and straight-up for all the Big Ten and six other college football games of Week 4. Never miss a game this season with our College Wire downloadable 2021 Ohio State Buckeyes football schedule. Use as wallpaper for your locked screen on your smartphone and let everyone know how to plan life events like weddings and births around the Scarlet and Gray calendar.

The Buckeyes finished the 2020 season 7–1 overall, and 5–0 in Big Ten play to win the East division. They defeated Northwestern in the Big Ten Championship Game by the score of 22–10. Ohio State has a non-conference game with Oregon in week two and then faces Penn State, Indiana and Michigan in Big Ten play. Tulsa will then play back-to-back road games against FBS powerhouses Oklahoma State and Ohio State. The Bank of Oklahoma Turnpike Classic features Tulsa and OSU on Sept. 11, as the Hurricane travels to Stillwater for the second consecutive season. The 11th-ranked Cowboys pulled out a 16-7 win a year ago and ended the season with an overall 8-3 record, a third-place finish in the Big 12 Conference, and a win over Miami (Fla.) in the Cheez-It Bowl.

Tulsa opens the 2021 season with a Thursday night game (Sept. 2) against UC Davis. The Aggies did not play during the fall, but plays a 6-game FCS spring schedule in the Big Sky Conference beginning Feb. 27. Ohio State will need to come ready to play against the Ducks no matter where the game is played. It will be early in the season too, so whoever the new quarterback will be won't have had a lot of experience before this big showdown. If that happens, this definitely becomes the toughest game Ohio State will have to play.

They won't have their home fans to help them win, assuming that fans are allowed in for games of course. It's unclear where the game would be played in relation to Columbus. The teams played at Ohio Stadium on Sept. 24, 1988, a Ohio State victory in the last Ohio Stadium game featuring an SEC school. Fans interested in attending the Ohio State game can do so by using The Daily Hoosier's Stub Hub affiliate links on the IU football schedule page. Using these links supports our free site while the customer incurs no additional fees. At the receiver position, the new quarterback has no lack of talent to throw to.

Returning to Columbus is unanimous All-Big Ten first-team coaches' selection Chris Olave, who led the Buckeyes last season in yards , receptions , and touchdown catches . Also back is Garrett Wilson, who earned unanimous All-Big Ten first-team honors from the coaches as well. Wilson was second on the team in yards , second in receptions , and second in touchdowns . As what likely comes as no surprise to readers of this column, today's edition marks the final opponent ranking in Michigan State's fall schedule, and the Ohio State Buckeyes get the nod. The game is scheduled for the second to last week of the regular season in Columbus on Nov. 20.

Coach James Franklin has a veteran quarterback in Sean Clifford, and the Nittany Lions always have good skill players on offense. Fortified with multiple transfers, the Penn State defense is projected No. 7 in the country by SP+, making it by far the best stop unit Ohio State and Stroud will have seen to that point in the season. An Oct. 9 visit from Maryland might bear some watching for Ohio State fans. It comes before an off week (could the Buckeyes be caught looking ahead to a break?) and includes an offense with a chance to be dangerous thanks to quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa and star receiver Rakim Jarrett. Ohio State football coach Ryan Day said early in the preseason he was not sure yet what to expect from a team that needed to replace five starters on offense and six on defense. Ohio State will have a week off after taking on Maryland to prepare for a tough road trip to Indiana, which nearly upset Ohio State last season in Columbus.

Following a loss to Oregon last week, there are concerns with this Ohio State team, once again expected to win the conference and earn a spot in the College Football Playoffs. Penn State's football schedule is getting a slight make-over for the 2021 season. The era of playing a set of mediocre out-of-conference opponents are gone. But what's particularly interesting about the 2014 season is that, that year, the Buckeyes had to open the season against a triple-option team in Navy, which is almost assuredly the bane of every defensive coordinator's existence.

It means essentially a completely altered week of practice to prepare for an offense that simply can't be defended with the usual schema. Over the last few seasons, the games between these two teams have usually come down to the wire, with the Buckeyes eking out one-point victories in both 2017 and '18. Ohio State gets this one after what should be a challenging road contest with Indiana while Penn State will have just played Illinois at home.

The winner of this game should be in the driver's seat in the Big Ten East heading into November. Another possible surprise in the rankings, but again it's somewhat due to timing. Opening the season on the road is tough enough , but Ohio State will be doing this with an experienced quarterback. Fleck to pull out all the stops defensively on this one and don't be surprised if the Buckeyes have a four-quarter battle with the Golden Gophers. Indiana head coach Tom Allen has built the Hoosiers into a very competitive team as evidenced by the scare they gave Ohio State last season.

Indiana went toe-to-toe with the Buckeyes in the Horseshoe with the home team holding for a hard-fought, victory that essentially secured the Big Ten East title. Timing could be critical here as Ohio State will come to Bloomington off of its bye week while Indiana will have just hosted Michigan State. Minnesota returns quarterback Tanner Morgan, who has gone 18-8 as a starter.