Marshall vs. Ohio State

Marshall and Ohio State have 3 meetings on file, the first in 2004; officially, Ohio State leads 2–⁠0; as played, 3–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Ohio State 3–⁠0, and Ohio State has won the last 3. The NCAA vacated Ohio State’s win (2010); it doesn’t count officially. This page counts every game as it was played.

Official series
Ohio State leads 2–⁠0
Marshall wins on file
0
Ohio State wins on file
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
2004
Longest streak
3 Ohio State
Current streak
3 Ohio State
Last 10 meetings
Ohio State 3–⁠0
Most recent
2024

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
2000s0–⁠1
2010s0–⁠1
2020s0–⁠1
Average margin
25.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Ohio State
3–⁠0 Ohio State’s record at home

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Marshall and Ohio State, 2004 on130015001700190020052010201520202025

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Santonio Holmes Ohio State10 catches, 224 yards, 2 TD2004 Receiving
Quinshon Judkins Ohio State14 carries, 173 yards, 2 TD2024 Rushing

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

Every game

Sep 21, 20243Ohio State 49, Marshall 14at Ohio State
Sep 2, 20102Ohio State 45, Marshall 7vacatedat Ohio State
Sep 11, 20049Ohio State 24, Marshall 21at Ohio State

Every game is listed as played on the field; a win the NCAA later vacated is marked “vacated”; the official series above counts them the NCAA’s way.