A Numerical View Of The 2009 Ohio State Buckeyes

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A look at the 2009 Ohio State football team, by the numbers:

39,574,083-Total attendance at Ohio State's 511 games at Ohio Stadium since it opened in 1922, an average of 77,444.

3,605,000-Jim Tressel's estimated salary, in dollars, for 2009 (not counting benefits, bonuses and a $40,000 contribution to his retirement plan).

3,000,000-Cost, in dollars, of new ribbon boards along each side of the balcony and the new scoreboard at the closed end of Ohio Stadium (sports marketing giant IMG picked up the tab).

1,300,000-Original construction cost, in dollars, of Ohio Stadium in 1922.

95,722-Record attendance at a spring football scrimmage (at $5 per ticket), set by the Buckeyes on April 25.

808-Ohio State's alltime win total, out of 1,167 games, in 119 years of intercollegiate football.

486-Number of victories by college head coaches named Tressel: 218 by Jim at Youngstown State and Ohio State; 124 by Jim's brother Dick, Ohio State assistant and former head coach at Hamline; and 155 by the late Lee, father of Jim and Dick, while at Baldwin-Wallace.

300-In dollars, lowest price available on eBay for a $63 face-value ticket for the Southern California-Ohio State game on Sept. 12.

322-Weight in pounds of heaviest Buckeye, OL Mike Adams.

175-Weight in pounds of skinniest Buckeye, WR Dane Sanzenbacher.

47.0-Average in yards per punt, NCAA freshman record by Tom Tupa of Ohio State, 1984.

33-Ohio State's Big Ten titles (17 outright, 16 shared), second only to Michigan's 42 (16 and 26).

31-NCAA record for consecutive games with 100 yards rushing, set by Ohio State's Archie Griffin, 1973-75; also second-largest deficit overcome (tied) in a game between Football Bowl Subdivision teams, Ohio State 41, Minnesota 37, (Buckeyes trailed 31-0 with 4:29 left in the second quarter).

26-Age in years of oldest Buckeye, K Devin Barclay, born April 9, 1983.

18-Ohio State's victories in bowl games, out of 40.

16-Seconds remaining in Fiesta Bowl when Quan Cosby took a pass over the middle from Colt McCoy, split the secondary and scored the go-ahead touchdown in Texas' 24-21 win over Ohio State on Jan. 5.

14-Most victories in a season by a Football Bowl Subdivision team in the modern era, Ohio State in 2002 and BYU in 1996.

9-Years Tressel has been Ohio State's head football coach, tied for the school's fourth longest tenure (Woody Hayes 28, John Cooper 13, Earle Bruce 9); also, final Associated Press ranking for Buckeyes in 2008.

7-Former Buckeyes in Pro Football Hall of Fame (coaches Paul Brown and Sid Gillman, players Lou Groza, Dante Lavelli, Jim Parker, Paul Warfield and Bill Willis); also, number of national championships Ohio State claims, including 1970 when the Buckeyes were voted No. 1 by the National Football Foundation - before losing 27-17 to Stanford in the Rose bowl.

6-Preseason ranking for the Buckeyes in the AP Top 25 poll.

4-Consecutive Bowl Championship Series game appearances (1-3); also, wins over No. 1-ranked teams, in 13 games.

5-Consecutive Ohio State wins over Michigan, the school's longest streak ever.

"I've been here for one of them," UM coach Rich Rodriguez said after last year's 42-7 rout. "That's the only one I can really comment on. They have one in a row on us from what I see."

4-Consecutive Big Ten titles shared or won outright by the Buckeyes, heading into the 2009 season (school record is six from 1972-77); also, teams who have won more games alltime than the Buckeyes (Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas, Nebraska).

3-Games the Buckeyes will play before they attend their first class of the fall semester on Sept. 23; also, Ohio State's ranking in home attendance in the nation in 2008, behind only Michigan and Penn State; also, losing streak in games televised by Fox Sports (national title games in 2007 and 2008, Fiesta Bowl in 2009).

2-Big Ten teams Buckeyes do not play this fall (Michigan State, Northwestern).

1-Preseason prediction of where Ohio State will finish in the Big Ten in 2009; also, first- or second-team All-Big Ten players from last season who are returning to Ohio State (S Kurt Coleman, second team).

0-Number of times a college football game has been televised in 3-D before the Sept. 12 USC-Ohio State game.