COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Since the 1890s, Ohio State has played games with no matchups more frequent than those against other teams in the Buckeye State. Saturday will be the 255th time OSU has played against an in-state opponent when the third-ranked Buckeyes (2-0) faced Toledo at 7 p.m. at Ohio Stadium. In the last 50 years, Ohio State has played the usual Ohio college teams you’d think of: Dayton, Cincinnati, Ohio, etc. Ryan Day previews Ohio State’s game against Toledo But well before the days of television and the Big Ten, regular opponents would include Otterbein, Denison, and Ohio Wesleyan. OSU has even played games against the Dayton YMCA and the Columbus Barracks, a military installment. Of these 254 games, the Buckeyes have won 189, and they have not lost to an in-state team in more than a century. Here’s a look at that last loss and some other…
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