Illinois vs. Ohio State Football Game, 1978 Season, College Football Stats, BYUStats

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		1978 Season Stats
		Series History

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Illinois	0	7	0	0	7
Ohio State	7	7	10	21	45

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER
	TD	Art Schlichter 7 yard run (Vlade Janakievski kick)	0	7
SECOND QUARTER
	TD	Larry Powell 2 yard run (Dave Finzer kick)	7	7
	TD	Art Schlichter 7 yard run (Vlade Janakievski kick)	7	14
THIRD QUARTER
	FG	Robert Atha 31 yard field goal	7	17
	TD	Paul Campbell 1 yard run (Vlade Janakievski kick)	7	24
FOURTH QUARTER
	TD	Art Schlichter 5 yard run (Vlade Janakievski kick)	7	31
	TD	Rod Gerald 7 yard run (Vlade Janakievski kick)	7	38
	TD	Ricky Johnson 8 yard run (Vlade Janakievski kick)	7	45

Team Stats
	Ill	OSU
1st Downs	14	26
Rushing 1st Downs	9	18
Passing 1st Downs	4	7
Penalty	1	1
Rushing	130	293
Rushing Attempts	59	65
Yards Gained Rushing	197	301
Yards Lost Rushing	67	8
TDs Rushing	1	7
Passing	61	136
Passes Attempted	9	17
Passes Completed	5	11
Intercepted	2	2
TDs Passing	0	0
Pass Efficiency	68.04	108.38
Total Offensive Plays	68	82
Total Net Yards	191	429
Average Gain Per Play	2.81	5.23
Fumbles - Lost	4 - 3	2 - 1
Penalties - Yards	7 - 40	3 - 35
Interceptions - Yards	2 - 23	2 - 3
Punts - Yards	7 - 244	3 - 153
Average Per Punt	34.86	51.00
Punt Returns - Yards	1 - 14	4 - 77
Kickoff Returns - Yards	3 - 59	2 - 49
Third Down Conversions	5 of 17	8 of 18
Third Down Percent	29.41%	44.44%

Game Info
Stadium	Ohio Stadium
Location	Columbus, Ohio
Date	Nov 11, 1978
Time	1:33 pm
Attendance	87,719
Temperature	65°F
Weather	Sunny
Conference	Ill: Big Ten OSU: Big Ten
Head Coach	Ill: Gary Moeller OSU: Woody Hayes
Season Record	Ill: 1-8-2 OSU: 7-4-1

Illinois Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Larry Powell	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Dave Finzer	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
TOTALS	1	0	1	0	0	0	7

Ohio State Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Art Schlichter	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Paul Campbell	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Rod Gerald	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Ricky Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Vlade Janakievski	0	0	6	0	0	0	6
Robert Atha	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
TOTALS	6	1	6	0	0	0	45

Ohio State Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Art Schlichter	10-16-2	129	8.1	23	0	105.23
Rod Gerald	1-1-0	7	7.0	7	0	158.80
TOTALS	11-17-2	136	8.0	23	0	108.38

Ohio State Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Paul Campbell	14	70	0	70	5.0	13	1
Art Schlichter	10	39	2	37	3.7	7	3
Tyrone Hicks	5	35	0	35	7.0	14	0
Ricardo Volley	8	34	0	34	4.2	11	0
Ron Springs	6	31	0	31	5.2	10	0
Calvin Murray	7	30	0	30	4.3	9	0
Ricky Johnson	5	26	0	26	5.2	8	1
Joel Payton	4	13	0	13	3.2	8	0
Gregory Castignola	1	8	0	8	8.0	8	0
Cliff Belmer	2	6	0	6	3.0	3	0
Rod Gerald	3	9	6	3	1.0	7	1
TOTALS	65	301	8	293	4.5	14	6

Ohio State Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Ron Springs	3	32	10.7	15	0
Rod Gerald	2	35	17.5	20	0
Calvin Murray	2	24	12.0	20	0
Jimmy Moore	2	15	7.5	9	0
Douglas Donley	1	23	23.0	23	0
Ricky Johnson	1	7	7.0	7	0
TOTALS	11	136	12.4	23	0

Ohio State Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Robert Murphy	1	3	0
Leon Ellison	1	0	0
TOTALS	2	3	0

Ohio State Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	TFL/Y	FF	FR
Tom Cousineau	15	6	9	1/4		1
Alvin Washington	12	2	10
Mark Sullivan	11	3	8	1/1
Luther Henson	8	2	6	2/16	1
Joe Hornik	7	5	2	2/15
Byron Cato	7	2	5	1/4		1
Anthony Megaro	7	1	6
Kelton Dansler	6	5	1	2/15		1
Todd Bell	6	4	2	1/9
John Epitropoulos	4	2	2
Michael Guess	4	0	4
Tim Sawicki	3	2	1
Nick Miller	3	0	3
Otha Watson	3	0	3
James Laughlin	2	2	0	1/2
Vince Skillings	2	0	2
Norman Burrows	2	0	2
Paul Ross	1	1	0
Michael D'Andrea	1	1	0
Robert Atha	1	1	0
Ricardo Volley	1	1	0
Ben Lee	1	0	1
Thomas Orosz	1	0	1
TOTALS	108	40	68	11/66	1	3

Ohio State Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Tyrone Hicks	1	28	28.0	28	0
Calvin Murray	1	21	21.0	21	0
TOTALS	2	49	24.5	28	0

Ohio State Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Michael Guess	4	77	19.2	62	0
TOTALS	4	77	19.2	62	0

Ohio State Kicking
	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Vlade Janakievski	0-0			6-6	6
Robert Atha	1-1	100.0%	31	0-0	3
TOTALS	1-1	100.0%	31	6-6	9

Ohio State Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Thomas Orosz	3	153	51.0	67
TOTALS	3	153	51.0	67

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