Pregame: #16 Illinois vs Ohio State

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#16 Illinois Fighting Illini (6-0, 2-0) vs Ohio State Buckeyes (3-3, 0-2)

Date: Saturday, October 15th, 2011

Time: 2:30pm CT

TV: ABC or ESPN

"Stripe the Stadium" & FanCam for the Ohio State game:


The Last Time:
Illinois started 6-0: 1951
Illinois started 7-0: 1951
Illinois started 2-0 in B1G play: 2007
Illinois started 3-0 in B1G play: 2007
A ranked Illinois team faced an unranked Ohio State team: 1989 (#18 @Illinois 34, Ohio State 14)
Illinois (-2.5) was favored over Ohio State: 2001 (Illinois 34, @Ohio State 22)
Illinois (-3.5) was favored over Ohio State at Memorial Stadium: 1991 (Illinois 10, Ohio State 7)
Ohio State entered the Illinois game at or below .500: 1986 (2-2)
Ohio State lost 2-straight and 3-straight games in the same season: 2004
Illinois beat Ohio State at Memorial Stadium: Oct 12, 1991 (Illinois 10, Ohio State 7)
- Since Then: 8-straight Buckeye wins at Memorial Stadium

Series: Ohio State leads 63-30-4

Last 10 meetings: Ohio State leads 7-3
1999: Illinois 46, Ohio State 20 (Columbus)
2000: Ohio State 24, Illinois 21 (Champaign)
2001: Illinois 34, Ohio State 22 (Columbus)
2002: Ohio State 23, Illinois 16 (Champaign)
2005: Ohio State 40, Illinois 2 (Columbus)
2006: Ohio State 17, Illinois 10 (Champaign)
2007: Illinois 28, Ohio State 21 (Columbus)
2008: Ohio State 30, Illinois 20 (Champaign)
2009: Ohio State 30, Illinois 0 (Columbus)
2010: Ohio State 24, Illinois 13 (Champaign)

Last 10 meetings at Memorial Stadium: Ohio State leads 8-2

Illinois (6-0, 2-0) 2011 Results
# 09/03: Illinois 33, Arkansas State 15 (Champaign)
# 09/10: Illinois 56, South Dakota State 3 (Champaign)
# 09/17: Illinois 17, #22 Arizona State 14 (Champaign)
# 09/24: Illinois 23, Western Michigan 20 (Champaign)
# 10/01: Illinois 38, Northwestern 35 (Champaign)
# 10/08: Illinois 41, Indiana 20 (Bloomington)

Ohio State (3-3, 0-2) 2011 Results
# 09/03: Ohio State 42, Arkron 0 (Columbus)
# 09/10: Ohio State 27, Toledo 22 (Columbus)
# 09/17: Miami FL 24, Ohio State 6 (Miami)
# 09/24: Ohio State 37, Colorado 17 (Columbus)
# 10/01: Michigan State 10, Ohio State 7 (Columbus)
# 10/08: Nebraska 34, Ohio State 27 (Lincoln)

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