Michigan 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
Michigan	7	0	7	0	14
Ohio State	3	0	0	0	3

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER
	FG	Robert Atha 29 yard field goal	0	3
	TD	Rodney Feaster 30 yard pass from Rick Leach (Greg Willner kick)	7	3
THIRD QUARTER
	TD	Roosevelt Smith 11 yard pass from Rick Leach (Greg Willner kick)	14	3

Team Stats
	UM	OSU
1st Downs	21	11
Rushing 1st Downs	12	10
Passing 1st Downs	8	1
Penalty	1	0
Rushing	198	168
Rushing Attempts	58	51
Yards Gained Rushing	217	201
Yards Lost Rushing	19	33
TDs Rushing	0	0
Passing	166	48
Passes Attempted	22	10
Passes Completed	11	5
Intercepted	0	1
TDs Passing	2	0
Pass Efficiency	143.38	70.32
Total Offensive Plays	80	61
Total Net Yards	364	216
Average Gain Per Play	4.55	3.54
Fumbles - Lost	1 - 1	1 - 1
Penalties - Yards	3 - 16	5 - 35
Interceptions - Yards	1 - 7	0 - 0
Punts - Yards	7 - 247	6 - 257
Average Per Punt	35.29	42.83
Punt Returns - Yards	4 - 5	4 - 29
Kickoff Returns - Yards	2 - 47	3 - 62
Third Down Conversions	9 of 20	4 of 16
Third Down Percent	45.00%	25.00%

Game Info
Stadium	Ohio Stadium
Location	Columbus, Ohio
Date	Nov 25, 1978
Time	12:56 pm
Attendance	88,358
Temperature	40°F
Weather	Overcast
Conference	UM: Big Ten OSU: Big Ten
Head Coach	UM: Bo Schembechler OSU: Woody Hayes
AP Rank	UM: 6 OSU: 16
Final AP Rank	UM: 5 OSU: NR
Season Record	UM: 10-2 OSU: 7-4-1

Michigan Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Roosevelt Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Rodney Feaster	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Greg Willner	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
TOTALS	2	0	2	0	0	0	14

Ohio State Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Robert Atha	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
TOTALS	0	1	0	0	0	0	3

Ohio State Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Art Schlichter	4-9-1	43	4.8	25	0	62.36
Rod Gerald	1-1-0	5	5.0	5	0	142.00
TOTALS	5-10-1	48	4.8	25	0	70.32

Ohio State Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Ron Springs	12	67	4	63	5.2	12	0
Ricardo Volley	12	60	0	60	5.0	21	0
Art Schlichter	21	61	29	32	1.5	12	0
Rod Gerald	3	7	0	7	2.3	5	0
Paul Campbell	1	3	0	3	3.0	3	0
Ricky Johnson	1	3	0	3	3.0	3	0
Joel Payton	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
TOTALS	51	201	33	168	3.3	21	0

Ohio State Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Ron Springs	2	10	5.0	5	0
Rod Gerald	1	25	25.0	25	0
Jimmy Moore	1	8	8.0	8	0
Charles Hunter	1	5	5.0	5	0
TOTALS	5	48	9.6	25	0

Ohio State Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	TFL/Y	FR	PBU
Tom Cousineau	21	9	12	1/11
Alvin Washington	14	6	8
Mark Sullivan	11	6	5
Luther Henson	10	4	6	1/1
Paul Ross	9	5	4
Gary Dulin	9	5	4	1/1
Byron Cato	9	4	5	1/2
Kelton Dansler	8	3	5	1/1
Joe Hornik	5	4	1
James Laughlin	4	4	0
Michael Guess	4	3	1			1
Todd Bell	4	2	2			1
Robert Murphy	4	0	4
Vince Skillings	4	0	4		1	1
Leonard Mills	3	2	1	1/1
Ricky Johnson	2	1	1
Ricardo Volley	1	1	0
Cliff Belmer	1	1	0
TEAM	0	0	0	1/2
TOTALS	123	60	63	7/19	1	3

Ohio State Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Calvin Murray	2	32	16.0	19	0
Tyrone Hicks	1	30	30.0	30	0
TOTALS	3	62	20.7	30	0

Ohio State Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Michael Guess	4	29	7.2	11	0
TOTALS	4	29	7.2	11	0

Ohio State Kicking
	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Robert Atha	1-2	50.0%	29	0-0	3
TOTALS	1-2	50.0%	29	0-0	3

Ohio State Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Thomas Orosz	6	257	42.8	51
TOTALS	6	257	42.8	51

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