Bowling Green State University Athletics
Falcons Fall at Top-Ranked Ohio State, 35-7
October 07, 2006 | Football
Oct. 7, 2006
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University football team fell to the top-ranked team in the country, The Ohio State University, on Saturday afternoon (Oct. 7) at Ohio Stadium. A few notes from the game ...
* The game marked the first time in school history that BGSU has faced the top-ranked team in the country. The Falcons played at #2 Oklahoma in 2004, at #4/5 Ohio State in 2003, at #4 Michigan in 2000 and at #9 OSU in 1997.
* Ohio State now leads the all-time series with the Falcons by a 4-0 count. The Buckeyes posted victories by scores of 17-6 in 1992, 44-13 ain 1997 and 24-17 in 2003, all in Columbus.
* Redshirt freshman RB Chris Bullock made his first career start. Bullock becomes the 18th different Falcon to earn a starting assignment for the first time in 2006.
* Bullock finished with a game-high 72 yards on 21 carries. He now has a total of 285 yards on the ground over the last three games.
* The final statistics were rather balanced, as the Falcons had 339 yards of total offense to the Buckeyes' 387. Ohio State held a narrow advantage in first downs, 18-15, and BGSU had 160 rushing yards to OSU's 139. The Bucks held the ball for 30:33 to BG's 29:27.
* BGSU outscored Ohio State, 7-0, in the third quarter. The Falcons opened the second half with a 15-play, 85-yard drive that took 8:39. The Falcons picked up five first downs on the drive, which culminated with a 12-yard pass from Anthony Turner to Corey Partridge, who made a one-handed grab in the end zone.
* Partridge, who did not have a reception in the first half, had three grabs for 39 yards on the drive. On the play before the TD, he had a diving catch for eight yards on a fourth-and-6 play.
* For Partridge, the TD catch was his first of the season and the second of his career. Turner has thrown for five TDs this fall and seven in his career. Both Partridge and Turner are in their second playing season for the Brown and Orange.
* The 8:39 drive was the Falcons' longest possession of the season.
* Following that touchdown drive, with 6:21 left in the third quarter, the Falcons had outgained the Buckeyes for the game. The 85-yard drive gave BGSU a total of 244 yards on 46 plays to that point, while the Buckeyes had 33 plays for 195 total yards through the game's first 38-plus minutes.
* Turner was 16-of-24 through the air for 179 yards. He had one touchdown and one interception.
* Senior Brad Williams had his third sack of the season and seventh of his career in the second quarter, handing OSU quarterback Troy Smith and the Buckeyes a five-yard loss.
* Senior Devon Parks had his third sack of the season, and the 16th of his career, in the third quarter.
* Dan Macon had 63 yards on three rushes, all coming on BGSU's final drive. That total included a 54-yard run up the middle, the longest of his career. The tote more than doubled Macon's previous long run of 25 yards.
