Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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7 Years until Notre Dame and Ohio State are slated to meet again, unless they are matched up in another postseason contest. The two will play Sept. 3, 2022, at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, and Sept. 23, 2023, at Notre Dame Stadium. They will be the first regular-season meetings between the two since a two-game series in 1995-96. 10 Rushing touchdowns by sophomore quarter- back DeShone Kizer after a one-yard sweep for a score with 29 seconds left in the first half. That total eclipsed the Notre Dame single-season record of nine by a quarterback shared by Tony Rice (1988) and Rick Mirer (1991). 10-2 Record for Ohio State head coach URBAN MEYER in bowl/College Football Playoff games. That .833 winning percent- age is the best in college football history by any coach who has played in a minimum of 10 bowls. 44 Points scored by Ohio State, the most ever against Notre Dame in the 35 bowl games it has played. The previous mark was Alabama's 42-14 victory in the 2013 BCS National Champion- ship Game. 81 Yards on junior wide receiver Will Fuller's fourth-quarter touchdown catch that cut the Notre Dame deficit to 38-28. It was the second lon- gest scoring pass in Fiesta Bowl history, behind only Santonio Holmes' 85-yard catch in Ohio State's 34-20 win over the Irish in 2006. Fuller's score also was the seventh time Notre Dame scored on offense from at least 70 yards, the most in the nation this year. 835 Rushing yards by Notre Dame freshman running back Josh Adams after amassing 78 on 14 carries against Ohio State. That is the most ever by a Fighting Irish freshman back in one season, eclipsing the 786 garnered by Darius Walker in 2004 during a 12-game season. Jerome Heavens had 756 in an 11-game campaign in 1975. 1936 The last year Notre Dame defeated Ohio State in their six all-time meet- ings, with four straight losses since 1995. The drought against Ohio State is the longest versus teams that have played at least 50 years and are among the top 10 in all-time winning percentage in college football. Nebraska is the next closest, with the last Irish victory against the Cornhuskers com- ing in 1948. Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer continued his mastery in the bowl season, improving his postseason record to 10-2. PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA