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! colspan="2" style="text-align: center; background-color: {{{Color|LightSteelBlue}}};" | Ohio State Buckeyes–Penn State Nittany Lions
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| colspan="2" style="text-align: center" |[[Image:Penn State Nittany Lions.svg|100px]]&nbsp;[[Image:Ohio State Buckeyes logo.svg|100px]]
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! style="background: #E0E7EF;" colspan="2" | History
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| '''First Meeting''' || Penn State, 37-0 (1912)
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| style="vertical-align: top;" | '''Last Meeting''' || Penn State, 13-6 (2008)
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| style="vertical-align: top;" | '''Next Meeting''' || November 7, 2009
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| style="vertical-align: top;" | '''Number of Meetings''' || 24
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| style="vertical-align: top;" | '''All-Time Series''' || Series tied, 12-12
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| style="vertical-align: top;" | '''Largest victory''' || Penn State, 63-14 (1994)
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| style="vertical-align: top;" | '''Longest PSU Win Streak''' || 4 (1912, 1956, 1963-1964)
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| style="vertical-align: top;" | '''Longest OSU Win Streak''' || 3 (2002-2004)
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| style="vertical-align: top;" | '''Current Streak''' || Penn State, 1
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The '''Ohio State- Penn State Rivalry''' is a relitivaly new [[sports rivalry|rivalry]] in the [[Big Ten]] and college football between [[Penn State Nittany Lions football|Pennsylvania State University]] and [[Ohio State Buckeyes football|The Ohio State University]]. Before Penn State joined the Big Ten in [[1993]] Ohio State and Penn State only played eight times, the last was in the [[Fiesta Bowl|1980 Fiesta Bowl]]. After Penn State became the last team to join the Big Ten, the rivalry continued as an annual event. The 2008 game ultimatly decided the 2008 Big Ten champion.

==History==
===1912-1980===
The first ever matchup was held in [[Columbus, Ohio]] in [[November]] of [[1912]]. Penn State had just come off a 8-0-1 season in [[1911]]. All of the experts had picked Ohio State to win this game in a blowout. However, Penn State battled and won the first ever meeting of the two 37-0.

It would not be until [[1956]] when Penn State ever returned to Columbus, however when they did they continued their dominance winning 7-6. Penn State would win two more games at [[Ohio Stadium]] before Ohio State finnaly one a game in [[1975]]. The first every matchup of the two held in [[State College, PA]] was in [[1976]] where Ohio State beat Penn State 12-7. Penn State won in 1978 back in Columbus.

In [[1980]], Ohio State and Penn State play in their first and only postseason bowl, the [[Fiesta Bowl|1980 Fiesta Bowl]]. The Ohio State Buckeyes were 9-3, while the Penn State Nittany Lions were 10-2. The Penn State Nittany Lions won at [[Sun Devil Stadium]] in [[Tempe, AZ]] 31-19.


===1981-present===
Penn State and Ohio State never met again after the 1980 Fiesta Bowl until Penn State joined the Big Ten in 1993. This offically started the rivalry between these two teams. From 1993 to the present, the Buckeyes and Nittany Lions have played annually. Ohio State has won 10 of the matchups while Penn State has won 6. The largest margin of victory for ether teams came in 1994 when Penn State beat Ohio State in front of a packed [[Beaver Stadium]]. The last meeting between the two teams was on [[October 25]], [[2008]] where the 3rd ranked Penn State Nittany Lions won aginst the 10th ranked Ohio State Buckeyes at Ohio Stadium. This game turned out to be the deciding factor in crowning Penn State as the 2008 Big Ten champions.

==Penn State - Ohio State Rivalry Results==
''Penn State victories are shaded in blue. Ohio State victories are shaded in red.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Winning Team In Bold
! Year !! Penn State !! Score !! Ohio State !! Score !! Location
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|-style="background: #ccddff;"
| 1912 || '''Penn State''' || '''37''' || Ohio State || 0 || Columbus, OH
|-
|-style="background: #ccddff;"
| 1956 || '''Penn State''' || '''7''' || Ohio State || 6 || Columbus, OH
|-
|-style="background: #ccddff;"
| 1963 || '''Penn State''' || '''10''' || Ohio State || 7 || Columbus, OH
|-
|-style="background: #ccddff;"
| 1964 || '''Penn State''' || '''27''' || Ohio State || 0 || Columbus, OH
|-
|-style="background: #ff2400;"
| 1975 || Penn State || 9 || '''Ohio State''' || '''17''' || Columbus, OH
|-
|-style="background: #ff2400;"
| 1976 || Penn State || 7 || '''Ohio State''' || '''12''' || State College, PA
|-
|-style="background: #ccddff;"
| 1978 || '''Penn State''' || '''19''' || Ohio State || 0 || Columbus, OH
|-
|-style="background: #ccddff;"
| 1980 || '''Penn State''' || '''31''' || Ohio State || 19 || Tempe, AZ (1980 Fiesta Bowl)
|-
|-style="background: #ff2400;"
| 1993 || Penn State || 6 || '''Ohio State''' || '''24''' || Columbus, OH
|-
|-style="background: #ccddff;"
| 1994 || '''Penn State''' || '''63''' || Ohio State || 14 || State College, PA
|-
|-style="background: #ff2400;"
| 1995 || Penn State || 25 || '''Ohio State''' || '''28''' || State College, PA
|-
|-style="background: #ff2400;"
| 1996 || Penn State || 7 || '''Ohio State''' || '''38''' || Columbus, OH
|-
|-style="background: #ccddff;"
| 1997 || '''Penn State''' || '''31''' || Ohio State || 27 || State College, PA
|-
|-style="background: #ff2400;"
| 1998 || Penn State || 9 || '''Ohio State''' || '''28''' || Columbus, OH
|-
|-style="background: #ccddff;"
| 1999 || '''Penn State''' || '''23''' || Ohio State || 10 || State College, PA
|-
|-style="background: #ff2400;"
| 2000 || Penn State || 6 || '''Ohio State''' || '''45''' || Columbus, OH
|-
|-style="background: #ccddff;"
| 2001 || '''Penn State''' || '''29''' || Ohio State || 27 || State College, PA
|-
|-style="background: #ff2400;"
| 2002 || Penn State || 7 || '''Ohio State''' || '''13''' || Columbus, OH
|-
|-style="background: #ff2400;"
| 2003 || Penn State || 20 || '''Ohio State''' || '''21''' || State College, PA
|-
|-style="background: #ff2400;"
| 2004 || Penn State || 10 || '''Ohio State''' || '''21''' || Columbus, OH
|-
|-style="background: #ccddff;"
| 2005 || '''Penn State''' || '''17''' || Ohio State || 10 || State College, PA
|-
|-style="background: #ff2400;"
| 2006 || Penn State || 6 || '''Ohio State''' || '''28''' || Columbus, OH
|-
|-style="background: #ff2400;"
| 2007 || Penn State || 17 || '''Ohio State''' || '''37''' || State College, PA
|-
|-style="background: #ccddff;"
| 2008 || '''Penn State''' || '''13''' || Ohio State || 6 || Columbus, OH
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==See also==
*[[Penn State Nittany Lions football]]
*[[Ohio State Buckeyes football]]
*[[Coaches' Poll]]
*[[AP Poll]]

==External links==
*[http://http://www.blackshoediaries.com/2008/10/22/637430/a-lesson-in-penn-state-ohi]
**[http://http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/conference?confId=7]
**[http://http://pennstate.scout.com/]
*[http://http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/]

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