1995: Ohio State v. Illinois (Drive-Thru)

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Illinois enters a world of pain in the 1995 matchup between the Fighting Illini and Ohio State. While the story line entering the game was Terry Glenn's injury, Illinois' top 10 defense, and John Cooper's 1-6 record against Illinois, the story line after the game was Eddie George's record setting day. In this game, he surpassed Keith Byars' game record rushing total in 1984 (coincidentally also against Illinois) and became the first (and so far only) Buckeye tailback to surpass 300yds rushing in a single game.

In this compilation of the game's highlights, I draw most attention to the offense (and specifically: Eddie George) since Illinois' offense was rather crappy. That's not to diminish the efforts of the defensive line (Vrabel, Finkes in particular) in dominating Illinois, just that, for brevity's sake, I needed to dedicate most time to the offense as it was the story of the day

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[StFidjnr]

this game won Eddie the Heisman trophy.

[ohiostatesnumba1fan]

God Eddie is a beast

[stevieballs22]

Wish my fantasy backs could give me a game or 2 like this.

[stevieballs22]

This video should be re-named the Orlando Pace pancake party. One of College football's greatest O-lines right there.



[osukdawg76]

@KareemAbduljaCobb - We shit the bed against Michigan. That's why.

[KareemAbduljaCobb]

how did we not win the national championship w/ this team? They had the best WR Glenn, RB George , TE Dudley , LT Pace at their positions in the country as well as QB Hoying who wasn't too bad (3rd rounder) throw mr verstile, and only catch TD's LB Mike Vrabel, and lock down CB's in Pro Bowlers \Shawn Springs and Antoine Winfield

[Aronz1000]

needs to be a two-parter!

[Packman1294]

Not only did Eddie George go absolutely crazy running in this one, but it got the Illinois monkey off Coop's back. He had lost 6 of his first 7 against the Illini coming in (they had also won their last four trips into the 'shoe) and ended up winning 5 of his last 6.

[turfdude]

I was at the game. I was in the front row of C deck. This was the single greatest football game I have ever seen. We had basically no passing game that night with Terry being out and facing one of the best defenses in the country. What a show it was. I will always remember the "Eddie" chant over and over. And damn it was cold but so worth it.

[jimmyb8]

I almost forgot there was a time that Ohio State did not run a spread offense. Eddie George was the complete stud.

[BostonBuckeye13]

Way to state the obvious!

[nodiggity330]

CLASSIC Ohio State football. I can't remember how many starting players went on to pla in the nfl... What a team....Go Bucks