Penn State and Ohio State resume their rivalry on Saturday (7:30 p.m. ET, ABC). Their series isn’t the most historic in the Big Ten, but in the last few years, it’s trended toward being the best on the field — both because of what’s happened in these games and what hasn’t in others. In 2018, both enter in the AP top nine, adding to the case for this as one of football’s best on-field rivalries at the moment.
A look back through college football history at the greatest rivalry games between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Penn State Nittany Lions. They renew their classic rivalry on Saturday September 29th.
(0:05) PSU beats OSU in 1980 Fiesta Bowl, led by Curt Warner(0:22) OSU wins 1st Big Ten matchup in 1993(0:43) Eddie George's clutch TD keys OSU win in 1995(0:52) Nittany Lions upset No. 6 Buckeyes in 2005(1:04) PSU wins a top-10 matchup in Columbus in 2008(1:14) OSU takes a 2-OT thriller in 2014(2:17) Penn State rides 17-point comeback in 4th quarter to upset No. 2 Ohio State, 24-21(3:34) 6 Ohio State beats 2 Penn State in an epic game at the Horseshoe#NCAAfootball#SaquonBarkley#OhioState#PennState
The all-time records for the division’s biggest rivalry games, entering 2018:
- Ohio State is 31-15 (.674 winning percentage) vs. Michigan State
- Michigan is 69-36-5 (.650) vs. Michigan State
- Michigan is 13-8 (.619) vs. Penn State
- Ohio State is 18-14 (.563) vs. Penn State
- Michigan is 58-49-6 (.535) vs. Ohio State
- Michigan State is 16-15-1 (.516) vs. Penn State
Reasonable people can disagree about what constitutes a RIVALRY GAME, but these meetings all have big hype and stakes every year now.