Northwestern vs. Ohio State Football Game, 1977 Season, College Football Stats, BYUStats

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		1977 Season Stats
		Series History

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Ohio State	14	7	7	7	35
Northwestern	3	6	0	6	15

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER
	FG	Sam Poulos 44 yard field goal	3	0
	TD	Joel Payton 4 yard run (Vlade Janakievski kick)	3	7
	TD	Jeff Logan 5 yard run (Vlade Janakievski kick)	3	14
SECOND QUARTER
	TD	Mike Taylor 33 yard pass from Dana Hemphill (pass failed)	9	14
	TD	Joel Payton 1 yard run (Vlade Janakievski kick)	9	21
THIRD QUARTER
	TD	Rod Gerald 24 yard run (Vlade Janakievski kick)	9	28
FOURTH QUARTER
	TD	Paul Campbell 1 yard run (Vlade Janakievski kick)	9	35
	TD	Harold Gilmore 14 yard run (run failed)	15	35

Team Stats
	NW	OSU
1st Downs	18	18
Rushing 1st Downs	13	10
Passing 1st Downs	4	7
Penalty	1	1
Rushing	252	300
Rushing Attempts	57	51
Yards Gained Rushing	297	313
Yards Lost Rushing	45	13
TDs Rushing	1	5
Passing	69	148
Passes Attempted	17	14
Passes Completed	7	9
Intercepted	1	2
TDs Passing	1	0
Pass Efficiency	82.92	124.51
Total Offensive Plays	74	65
Total Net Yards	321	448
Average Gain Per Play	4.34	6.89
Fumbles - Lost	5 - 3	8 - 4
Penalties - Yards	2 - 11	3 - 25
Interceptions - Yards	2 - 23	1 - 29
Punts - Yards	4 - 145	3 - 104
Average Per Punt	36.25	34.67
Punt Returns - Yards	2 - 52	0 - 0
Kickoff Returns - Yards	3 - 41	4 - 74

Game Info
Stadium	Dyche Stadium
Location	Evanston, Illinois
Date	Oct 22, 1977
Time	1:30 pm
Attendance	29,563
Temperature	53°F
Weather	Cloudy
Conference	NW: Big Ten OSU: Big Ten
Head Coach	NW: John Pont OSU: Woody Hayes
AP Rank	NW: NR OSU: 4
Final AP Rank	NW: NR OSU: 11
Season Record	NW: 1-10 OSU: 9-3

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Northwestern Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Mike Taylor	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Harold Gilmore	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Sam Poulos	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
TOTALS	2	1	0	0	0	0	15

Ohio State Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Joel Payton	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Jeff Logan	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Paul Campbell	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Rod Gerald	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Vlade Janakievski	0	0	5	0	0	0	5
TOTALS	5	0	5	0	0	0	35

Ohio State Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Rod Gerald	9-14-2	148	10.6	37	0	124.51
TOTALS	9-14-2	148	10.6	37	0	124.51

Ohio State Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Ron Springs	14	132	2	130	9.3	72	0
Jeff Logan	10	92	4	88	8.8	63	1
Rod Gerald	2	36	7	29	14.5	24	1
Paul Campbell	7	26	0	26	3.7	13	1
Joel Payton	10	23	0	23	2.3	5	2
Ricky Johnson	2	4	0	4	2.0	3	0
TOTALS	45	313	13	300	6.7	72	5

Ohio State Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Paul Campbell	3	37	12.3	19	0
William Jaco	3	35	11.7	13	0
James Harrell	2	62	31.0	37	0
Greg Storer	1	14	14.0	14	0
TOTALS	9	148	16.4	37	0

Ohio State Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Alvin Washington	1	29	0
TOTALS	1	29	0

Ohio State Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	TFL/Y	FR	PBU
Byron Cato	12	11	1	3/12
Tom Cousineau	8	5	3		2
Aaron Brown	7	6	1	3/17
David Adkins	6	6	0
Joe Allegro	5	5	0	1/6
Kelton Dansler	5	4	1	1/10	1	1
Michael Guess	3	3	0
Paul Ross	3	3	0
Alvin Washington	2	2	0
Ray Griffin	2	2	0
Leonard Mills	2	2	0
Mark Sullivan	2	2	0
Gary Dulin	2	2	0
David McKee	1	1	0
Anthony Megaro	1	1	0
Ron Springs	1	1	0
Thomas Blinco	1	1	0
TOTALS	63	57	6	8/45	3	1

Ohio State Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Douglas Donley	2	34	17.0	25	0
Ray Griffin	1	33	33.0	33	0
Paul Campbell	1	7	7.0	7	0
TOTALS	4	74	18.5	33	0

Ohio State Kicking
	FG	XP	Pts
Vlade Janakievski	0-0	5-5	5
TOTALS	0-0	5-5	5

Ohio State Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
David McKee	3	104	34.7	41
TOTALS	3	104	34.7	41

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