They are playing Florida Atlantic for the first time.
Ohio St leads the series with Cincinnati 14-2. They got six games in from 1893-1900. OSU won the first game in Columbus, and then went 3-2 @Cincinnati. OSU won in 1894, 1995 and 1900. UC won in 1896 and 1897. Later they were both in the OAC simultaneously from 1910-1912 and played in Columbus all three years. The Buckeyes won all three, and won an OAC Title in 1912 before joining the Big Ten the following year. Soon after Chic Harley guided the Buckeyes to a 46-0 home win in 1919, and OSU beat them badly in Columbus again in 1931. In the modern era they have played five times, four times in Columbus and once in the Bengals' stadium. The Bearcats put a scare in the Buckeyes in 99, and nearly knocked off the 02 NC Buckeyes in Cincinnati. The first of many miraculous wins for the Buckeyes that season. Ohio State coach Fred Ryder collected the first win against the Bearcats in 1893, and went onto be a sports writer in Cincinnati where he went by Jack Ryder, who is credited with naming UC's football team "The Bearcats." This is a sneaky dangerous game of course with the whole Luke Fickel thing going on down there.
Ohio State is 5-0 against Miami. In 1904 the Buckeyes edged the Redskins 80-0 to get things going. Their next game was the lone Conference game between the two OAC teams in 1911. It was the closest at 3-0. They didn't play again until the year 2000 when the Redhawks put a scare into John Cooper's final team, but ultimately lost by 11. In 2005 Jim Tressel's boys beat 'em by 20. Then in 2012 Urban put a 56-10 beat down on 'em in his first game at the helm. Day will be the fourth consecutive Buckeye coach to square off against Miami. So far all of the games have been in Columbus.
