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Ohio State On This Date: Ohio State Shocks No. 1 Iowa, Upsets No. 6 Northwestern and Has an Epic Collapse Against Notre Dame
Before each game of the 2024 season, we look back at the Buckeyes’ history of playing on that date.
Trivia Time
What was the name of the conference when Ohio State and Northwestern played in 1946?
Scroll down to item #1 in Five Fun Facts for the answer.
Ohio State’s first game on Nov. 2 was an 8-8 tie at home against Ohio Wesleyan in 1895. The last time the Buckeyes played on this date they destroyed Purdue, 56-0, in West Lafayette. That was the game Ezekiel Elliott blew up Purdue’s kickoff returner and impressed their cheerleader in 2013.
Overall, Ohio State has a 12-3-1 record on Nov. 2, including wins in 10 of its last 11 games on this date.
Hayden Fry and his No. 1-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes visited Columbus on this date 39 years ago. With Big Ten title implications hanging in the balance, the eighth-ranked Buckeyes put their nation’s best home winning streak of 19 games on the line without Keith Byars (injured right foot) in front of a national television audience.
Two years prior, Iowa snapped its 16-game losing streak against Ohio State, and on this day, the Hawkeyes took aim at ending its 11-game losing streak in Ohio Stadium. At that point in time, the last time the Buckeyes had lost to Iowa in the Shoe was 1961.
On Ohio State’s first possession, Jim Karsatos directed the offense inside Iowa’s red zone and Rich Spangler was true on a 28-yard field goal for a 3-0 lead. This marked the first time in the 1985 season that a team scored on the Hawkeyes in the first quarter. The last play of the opening quarter resulted in Sonny Gordon blocking Gary Kostrubala’s punt through the back of the end zone, giving the Buckeyes a 5-0 lead after 15 minutes of play.
Due to Byars’ injury and John Wooldridge nursing sore ribs, Earle Bruce turned to George Cooper and freshman Vince Workman to carry the load in the backfield. Wooldridge entered the game in the second quarter and made his presence known immediately. He took his first carry of the game 57 yards for a touchdown to put Ohio State up 12-0. Spangler added a field goal to make it a 15-0 game.
| YEAR | MATCHUP | LOCATION | SCORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | #4 Ohio State at #3 Penn State | State College, Pennsylvania | TBD |
| 2013 | #4 Ohio State at Purdue | West Lafayette, Indiana | W, 56–0 |
| 2002 | #6 Ohio State vs. #18 Minnesota | Columbus, Ohio | W, 34–3 |
| 1996 | #2 Ohio State vs. Minnesota | Columbus, Ohio | W, 45–0 |
| 1991 | #13 Ohio State vs. #11 Iowa | Columbus, Ohio | L, 9–16 |
| 1985 | #8 Ohio State vs. #1 Iowa | Columbus, Ohio | W, 22–13 |
| 1974 | #1 Ohio State vs. Illinois | Columbus, Ohio | W, 49–7 |
| 1968 | #2 Ohio State vs. #16 Michigan State | Columbus, Ohio | W, 25–20 |
| 1963 | #9 Ohio State vs. Iowa | Columbus, Ohio | W, 7–3 |
| 1957 | #8 Ohio State vs. Northwestern | Columbus, Ohio | W, 47–6 |
| 1946 | Ohio State at #6 Northwestern | Evanston, Illinois | W, 39–27 |
| 1940 | Ohio State vs. Indiana | Columbus, Ohio | W, 21–6 |
| 1935 | Ohio State vs. Notre Dame | Columbus, Ohio | L, 13–18 |
| 1929 | Ohio State at Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | L, 2–18 |
| 1912 | Ohio State at Case | Cleveland, Ohio | W, 31–6 |
| 1907 | Ohio State vs. Kenyon | Columbus, Ohio | W, 12–0 |
| 1895 | Ohio State vs. Ohio Wesleyan | Columbus, Ohio | T, 8–8 |
| Overall Record on Nov. 2: 12-3-1 | |||
Chuck Long and Iowa didn’t back down and scored a touchdown late in the second quarter to head into the locker room down 15-7 at the half. Neither team scored in the third quarter, but Workman hit paydirt from four yards out early in the fourth to extend the lead to 22-7. Iowa scored again, but Ohio State’s defense held strong and limited Long to 169 yards passing and came down with four critical interceptions.
Chris Spielman had an outstanding game on national television. The Massillon native finished with 19 tackles, two interceptions and broke up a pass and made a key stop on 4th-and-1 in the third quarter to ensure the 22-13 victory. Pepper Johnson also had a magnificent performance with 19 tackles and a tackle for loss.
“Their two linebackers were awesome, Chris Spielman and that guy, Pepper (Johnson). It seemed like they had a crystal ball and knew where Chuck was going to pass.”– Mike Haight, Iowa right tackle
Cooper finished the day with 104 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries, and Workman had 31 yards and a touchdown.
Games to Remember
1946: Ohio State upsets No. 6 Northwestern
Northwestern head coach Pappy Waldorf was in his final season with the Wildcats and his sixth-ranked team was bent on sending him off with one final victory over the Buckeyes.
The game was played in front of 47,000 fans in Evanston, and the two teams matched each other score-for-score as the first half ended with the scoreboard knotted at 13 apiece.
Throughout the first half, Ohio State fans were perplexed as to why their hard-running fullback Joe Whisler was not playing. At the start of the second half, Whisler was spotted wearing civilian clothes on the sidelines. Not known to the fans in the stands, Ohio State’s star back was knocked out during a play within the first five minutes of the game and was ruled out.
During the fourth quarter, Whisler disappeared from the sidelines and headed to the Buckeyes’ locker room. He emerged from the stadium tower wearing his jersey and rounded the cinder track toward Ohio State’s bench to the surprise and applause of the team’s faithful fans. The powerful back gave the Buckeyes’ offense a boost and scored the game-clinching touchdown in the 39-27 victory.
Paul Bixler, in his first year as Ohio State’s head coach, said this about Whisler’s situation: “Joe was knocked out cold in the first five minutes, and he lay on a blanket in front of the bench all first half. At halftime he was still ‘out,’ so we had him take his shower and dress in street clothes. But in the third quarter he came to me raising cain about being out of uniform and demanding to get back in there.”
“I didn’t know what happened,” Whisler explained, “but when I finally realized, I got mad and tried to get Doc Foley to let me get back in uniform. Finally, I went to Bix and started arguing with him and he got an OK from Foley and I ran for the dressing room. I still can’t see why they made me get out of uniform.”
1935: Buckeyes fumble game away vs. Notre Dame
Ohio State and Notre Dame faced off for the first time on the gridiron on this date in 1935. The Buckeyes took an early two-score lead following a Frank Antenucci interception on which he lateraled to Frank Boucher who raced 70 yards for the game’s first touchdown. Ohio State intercepted another William Shakespeare pass and “Jumping Joe” Williams capped off a 50-yard drive with a 4-yard touchdown run to give the home team a 13-0 lead.
The Irish passing game came alive in the fourth quarter and set up two touchdowns. However, the point-after tries were both missed, and it appeared Ohio State was going to escape with a 13-12 victory after Charles Gales secured the ball on Notre Dame’s attempt to recover a short kickoff. A fumble by the Buckeyes, however, gave the Fighting Irish the break they needed to steal a win.
From the Nov. 2, 1935 edition of the Columbus Dispatch:
Ohio Fumble Fatal
With about a minute to play, the fatal break came which gave Notre Dame their opportunity. (Dick) Beltz sliced off tackle but fumbled as he was hit and the ball rolled out of bounds. Headlineman Ernie Vick ruled that Pojman had last touched the ball in the field of play before it went across the sidelines and gave the ball to the Irish on their own 48. Pilney then faded back for a pass, but decided to run with the ball, zigzagging his way for 33 yards to Ohio’s 19-yard line.Beltz then intercepted Layden’s pass but could not hang onto the ball and it was called incomplete. With 30 seconds to play, Layden ran back 20 yards and threw the pigskin into the end zone where Millner took it on the dead run for the winning score.
Following the game, Francis Schmidt told reporters, “I’d like to play that game over. I don’t know how to account for it. Don’t blame any of the boys, they did the best they could. It was just one of those things. You can’t explain it.”
Stat Superlatives
| Stat | Number | Game |
|---|---|---|
| Points Scored | 56 | Purdue, 2013 |
| Passing Yards | 295 | Purdue, 2013 |
| Completions | 28 | Purdue, 2013 |
| Rushing Yards | 517 | Illinois, 1974 |
| Total Yards | 644 | Illinois, 1974 |
| Fewest Yards Allowed | 104 | Minnesota, 1996 |
| Fewest Points Allowed | 0 |
Purdue, 2013 Minnesota, 1996 Kenyon, 1907 |
| Stat | Player | Number | Game |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passing Yards | Braxton Miller | 233 | Purdue, 2013 |
| Passing Touchdowns | Braxton Miller | 4 | Purdue, 2013 |
| Rushing Yards | Archie Griffin | 144 | Illinois, 1974 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | Don Clark | 3 | Northwestern, 1957 |
| Receptions | Bruce Jankowski | 8 | Michigan State, 1968 |
| Receiving Yards | Jeff Heuerman | 116 | Purdue, 2013 |
| Receiving Touchdowns |
Jeff Heuerman 12 others |
1 | Purdue, 2013 |
| Total Touchdowns |
Braxton Miller Don Clark |
4 |
Purdue, 2013 Northwestern, 1957 |
| Touchdowns Scored | Don Clark | 4 | Northwestern, 1957 |
| Yards from Scrimmage | Archie Griffin | 171 | Illinois, 1974 |
Five Fun Facts
- When Ohio State played No. 6 Northwestern in 1946, the two schools competed in the Big 9 conference, not the Big Ten.
- Prior to the win over Iowa in 1985, the last time Ohio State played the No. 1-ranked team in Ohio Stadium was when the Buckeyes defeated Purdue on Oct. 12, 1968.
- Kenny Guiton ran for a career-high 98 yards and two touchdowns off the bench in Ohio State’s 2013 win over Purdue.
- The game against Notre Dame in 1935 was the first time the programs played each other in football.
- Notre Dame fans removed the goalpost from the north end zone of Ohio Stadium and carried it toward downtown following Notre Dame’s victory in 1935.
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Eminent domain, property taxes and DOGE cuts are all on the table for legislators this session.
Repeat offenders convicted of multiple serious crimes would receive a mandatory 20-year prison sentence under a bill passed by House lawmakers.
House lawmakers debated for more than an hour about high costs, lack of prison space and the bill’s impact on Black Iowans before voting 68-23 to pass House File 2542, sending it to the Iowa Senate.
Seven Democrats, including Minority Leader Brian Meyer, D-Des Moines, joined Republicans in voting in favor of the bill.
“It will put public safety first,” said the bill’s floor manager, Rep. Steven Holt, R-Denison. “It will ensure that the debt to victims and society is paid. It will prioritize victims and public safety over criminals. It will establish real and effective deterrence that is nonexistent in our current system. It will reduce chaos and violence in our society.”
Here’s what to know about the bill.
What would the House Republican three strikes bill do?
Iowans who accumulate three strikes would face a mandatory 20-year prison sentence, with no parole, under the bill.
That would replace Iowa’s current law that says habitual offenders must serve a minimum three-year prison sentence before they are eligible for parole.
All felonies, as well as aggravated misdemeanors involving sexual abuse, domestic abuse, assault and organized retail theft would be considered level-one offenses that are worth one full strike.
Other aggravated misdemeanors, as well as serious misdemeanors involving assault, domestic abuse and criminal mischief would be considered level-two offenses worth half a strike each.
Lawmakers amended the bill to remove theft, harassment and possession of a controlled substance from the crimes that would count toward a person’s strikes.
And the amendment specifies that the bill would only apply to convictions that occur beginning July 1, 2026.
If someone is arrested and convicted of multiple offenses, only the most serious charge would count towards the defendant’s strikes.
Convictions would not count toward someone’s total if more than 20 years passes between a prior conviction and their current conviction.
Rep. Ross Wilburn, D-Ames, tried unsuccessfully to amend the bill to say that only a violent crime would qualify as someone’s third strike, but Republicans rejected the amendment.
“The bill still scores murder, felony embezzlement and felony theft the same, even though they are very different crimes,” Wilburn said. “One point is one point and three gets you 20 years with no ability for parole or judicial discretion.”
Holt said the legislation leaves room for judicial and prosecutorial discretion.
“There are deferred sentences, there are plea bargains,” he said. “There is plenty of opportunity for grace and judicial discretion in the legislation that we are proposing.”
Bill could cost millions, require Iowa to build a new prison, agency says
A fiscal analysis of the bill by the nonpartisan Legislative Services Agency said it could cost Iowa nearly $165 million more per year by 2031 based on the cost of housing inmates for longer prison stays.
- FY 2027: $33 million
- FY 2028: $66 million
- FY 2029: $99 million
- FY 2030: $132 million
- FY 2031: $164.9 million
The agency said if the bill had been in effect between fiscal year 2020 and fiscal year 2025, there would have been 5,373 people who qualified for the 20-year mandatory minimum sentence.
“An increase in the prison population due to increased (length of stay) will require the DOC to build additional prison(s),” the agency states. “The size, security and other features that a future prison may require cannot be determined, but costs would be significant.”
The analysis noted that South Dakota appropriated $650 million last fall to build a 1,500-bed prison.
As of March 1, the Iowa Department of Corrections’ website describes the state’s prison system as being overcrowded by 25%, with 8,705 inmates compared to a capacity of 6,990.
The Office of the State Public Defender could see a projected cost increase of $1.6 million due to an increased number of trials resulting from the legislation.
But the agency’s estimates come with a caveat — the Department of Corrections did not respond to its requests for data.
“The LSA has not received a response to multiple requests for information from the DOC,” the note states. “Without additional information, the LSA cannot estimate the total fiscal impact of the bill.”
Holt called the fiscal note “an embarrassment to the Department of Corrections” and “an agenda masquerading as math.”
“It is clear, in my judgment, that because they did not like the legislation they went all out and extreme to create a fiscal note that cannot be taken seriously in its assumptions,” he said. “It assumes that nothing will change, that there will be no deterrent factor and that the numbers will continue as usual.”
Black Iowans would be disproportionately impacted by the law
The Legislative Services Agency analysis says the bill “may disproportionately impact Black individuals if trends remain constant.”
Of the 29,438 people convicted in fiscal year 2025 of felonies and aggravated misdemeanors that constitute a level one offense under the bill, the agency said about 70% were White, 22% were Black and 9% were other races.
Iowa’s overall population is 83% White, 4% Black and 13% other races, the agency said.
It’s not clear how the bill’s impact would change to account for the House amendment removing some crimes from counting towards the three strikes.
“Expanding three-strike laws will intensify disparities — and that’s what this statement shows — by mandating longer sentences, limiting judicial discretion,” Wilburn said. “We already have a habitual offender statute. We already have one in place. We have a 10-year low in recidivism in our correctional system.”
Rep. Angel Ramirez, D-Cedar Rapids, said California’s three strikes law, passed in the 1990s, worsened racial disparities, and “Iowa is about to repeat the same mistake.”
“I urge every member here, do not pass legislation that our own minority impact statement tells us will deepen inequality in our state,” Ramirez said.
Holt said minority communities in Iowa are impacted by crime and that the legislation “will make citizens of all colors safer.”
And he said the minority impact statement “tells only one side of the story, doesn’t it? It tells the criminal’s story. What about the victim’s story?”
“What about the mother who will continue to tuck her kids in at night and read them Bible stories because she never became the next victim of a violent career criminal?” he said. “Where is that data point in the minority impact statement?”
House lawmakers also approved separate legislation that would increase Iowa’s statewide bond schedule, Senate File 2399.
That bill passed on a vote of 74-19.
Iowans could see more information on judges’ rulings
Iowans would have access to more information about judges’ rulings ahead of the state’s judicial retention elections under a separate measure, House File 2719, which passed on a 73-19 vote.
The Iowa secretary of state’s office would be required to publish information including:
- The percentage of cases in which the judge set a bond amount lower than the state’s bond schedule
- The frequency that the judge releases someone on their own recognizance for a violent offense compared to a nonviolent offense
- The frequency that the judge’s final sentence is lower than statutory recommendations or a prosecutor’s recommendations
- The number of times the judge issues a deferred judgement, deferred sentence or suspended sentence
- The number of times the judge’s rulings are reversed on appeal due to abuse of discretion or error of law
- The average time it takes the judge to rule on a motion or case
- The number of cases the judge has resolved compared to the number of cases on the judge’s docket
The data would have to be displayed with a five-year trend line beginning five years after the bill takes effect.
The Secretary of State’s Office would also be required to maintain a searchable database of all judicial opinions and orders for the judge’s current term and the preceding six years. The decisions would be redacted when appropriate.
And judges would have the opportunity to write a 2,000-word personal statement on their judicial philosophy or data trends present in their rulings.
Stephen Gruber-Miller covers the Iowa Statehouse and politics for the Register. He can be reached by email at sgrubermil@registermedia.com or by phone at 515-284-8169. Follow him on X at @sgrubermiller.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – Luke Truesdell’s attorney has filed as of Sunday to appeal his sentence to the Iowa Supreme Court.
Truesdell was sentenced last week to three consecutive life sentences plus 50 years for the deaths of four people killed in rural Linn County.
A jury convicted Luke Truesdell, 36, in November on the first-degree murder of Brent Brown, 34; his girlfriend, Keonna Ryan, 26, of Cedar Rapids; and Amanda Parker, 33, of Vinton. They also found him guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Romondus Cooper, 44, of Cedar Rapids.
His attorneys previously argued multiple reasons for a retrial that could potentially be brought up again.
They said that one juror was overheard talking about news on the case.
They also said the prosecutors inflamed the jury, rather than focusing on the facts.
His lawyers said there is no direct evidence that Truesdell committed the murders.
Truesdell’s defense also pointed to Truesdell’s father, Larry Tuesdell, who was found covered in blood at the scene but never fully investigated. Authorities have not been able to locate Larry.
The state disagreed, citing overwhelming evidence including DNA on the murder weapon, eyewitness testimony and video of Truesdell entering the garage where the four people were found dead.
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