Eddie George's record day (36 carries, 314 yards, 3 TDs) - Illinois 1995

[@Celluloidwatcher]

What a performance by Eddie George against the Illini in '95. I remember watching that game on TV and was greatly impressed. Thanks for sharing the clip.

[@79SteelyMatt]

Nicky Sualua(#37) was a stud he was 5'11 258 lbs and was one of the reasons EG dominated- a very underrated player for the Buckeyes

[@tjh2105]

A record that stood for 25 years! What a day today for Trey Sermon!

[@mmmmcolbert8787]

BOOMER SOONER

[@anthonyblum2839]

That D had Simeon Rice and Kevin Hardy on it----two of the top three picks in the 1996 draft.

[@nospam3327]

Simeon Rice terrorized us in previous games

[@TheZekeZeke1]

This game is AMAZING!! The SHOE back them w/ the temp lights left all those dark spots, Eddie going nuts, Pace destroying ppl, the "EDDIE" chant!!! WoW . OSU is special now but back then this just felt like Ohio State/BigTen football

[@buckeyefan20012001]

Eddie will always be my favorite Buckeye...he was such an amazing back.

[@edvenuto9614]

Ohio State many backs

[@100chuckjones]

I remember this game, I also remember watching in amazement over the fact that only 1 rush I believe was over 30 yards, all the rest of them were hard earned bull rushes for 3 yards.. 5 yards...10 yards. he was such a work horse.

[@fredleeland2464]

I wondered why he wasn't drafted earlier, but it makes sense when he had games like this where it was oline dependent

[@KH-jx1lo]

@@fredleeland2464 eh, ray lewis said it himself, Eddie George was one of the best running backs he’s ever faced. That makes him of the greatest of all time in my book.

[@fredleeland2464]

@@KH-jx1lo i can respect ray for that, especially when he actually played him But as a RB in the 90s and early 00s, the objective of many of them was to wear down the defense so he probably was the best at that from a power running perspective

[@KH-jx1lo]

@@fredleeland2464 put him out there in today’s game, it still translates. 6’3/6’4 of muscle and speed going straight downhill will be more of an unstoppable object to an “immovable” defensive player, if you get me - physics will still translate. Great debate topic

[@fredleeland2464]

@@KH-jx1lo it would work for a team thst wants to wear down the defense So like the Raiders, Cowboys, Vikings, Browns or Ravens would benefit from him But I doubt he would get a bunch of carries in today's NFL just cuz no one does anymore and that's what made him him 30 carries a game ain't it anymore except for D Henry

[@NEONOIRERA]

I miss this era of college fb

[@buckeyevinnie8456]

Great era brother i agree!!! Checkout my youtube channel BUCKEYE VINNIE, please watch my videos and sub to my channel thanks.

[@jimsimpson3334]

DO I’m with you.

[@edvenuto9614]

Ohio State big time huge program

[@TheZekeZeke1]

A lot of this has to do with Orlando Pace just destroying their D Line.

[@califinn]

I was thinking the same thing. Might as well have given Pace the Heisman.

[@ButterbeanThe]

44 years old and already in the pro football hall of fame. Was a big reason why the Rams were so prolific in the early 2000's. Great player.

[@00trevanti]

Idk. All I saw was him running people over and making people miss 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@faceones]

@@califinn I think he was in running one year not sure

[@JDAbelRN]

Love some Eddie George, classy man, phenomenal player...

[@buckeyevinnie8456]

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[@edvenuto9614]

Big strong fast

[@perrygibson8419]

A great running back is a strong running back. Most underrated football performance ever. This man among boys only got stronger as the game went on.

[@BigHeadTony]

I was at this game. My first ever Live football experience outside of little league. The atmosphere. I knew I was a Buckeye this day! But Eddie George was a man playing amongst children out there. I’ll never forget it.

[@michaelmgtow7402]

I was at this game. Jumping up and down with excitement in end-zone seats! It was something special to be a part of. This game solidified his Heisman.

[@abdulsmith9434]

Eddie G put in that WORK 💪🏾!!!!!!!

[@jb1329]

Love watching this!! Vermeil and Musburger are phenomenal!! Hearing the. Get so excited and animated over run blocking is amazing

[@eggy68]

Froze my ass off in the "temporary" end zone stands, cheering for Eddie until the end. I don't think I warmed up until Sunday afternoon - but it was worth it!

[@juliusanderson4528]

Those metal standards in the South end zone would just rock and sway when that crowd got going. Kinda miss those.

[@nickolas233]

Awesome. thanks for all the great archives ourhonordefend, giving me great memories on a day when i'm stuck in the house.

[@brianlowe935]

Eddie George was one of the all time greats in Buckeyes history Go Buckeyes Nation O-H

[@Laser110]

Great Game, I was there. I also own the Illinois banner that flew over Ohio Stadium that day.

[@agonzalez8924]

I've heard stories of pitchers back in the day throwing 200-300 pitch complete games, this was before my time, but when i hear stories like that and i see modern day pitchers not go more than 80-100 a game it blows my mind.... i do however remember the days when ball carriers would get 30-40 handoffs a game. It was smash mouth football all the way, and a guy who could carry that workload was valuable. I wonder if a youngster who watches this, and sees 36 carries?!, thinks the same thing since rbs dont usually get more than 15-20 touches per game now. These are the kind of feats that make Eddie George a legend now

[@JackycClark]

Trey Sermon I think had 39 carries to break the record . 25 yrs is a helluva run for a team in the top 10 every single season . We win the Natty January ?? 2022 . 2022

[@maineiacacres]

WHAT MEMORIES!! I was in the South Stands for this one. My wife bought my plane tix (from Maine) and Dad the Game Tix for my birthday.

[@buckeyevinnie8456]

Great memories for me too!!! Checkout my youtube channel BUCKEYE VINNIE, please sub to my channel thanks.

[@2259r3z]

I miss those uniforms and natural turf. Dirty uniforms and grass stains are part of the game. This was when football was still football.

[@joegooslin9719]

Artificial is cheaper upkeep. Though I do prefer natural grass myself

[@gsentinel4821]

I concur.

[@scottv9667]

Joe Gooslin yea they don’t make much money on ticket sales, merch, food and not paying the athletes. Gotta cut corners where you can

[@Frizz4real]

This was my very first game in the horseshoe I was 11... this game made me a Buckeye for life!

[@awwgez]

I actually ran into Eddie George while he was filming something. I was star struck and he looked busy but I was just happy to have that moment. He's a very big guy! Hahaha Eddie is one of my favorite Titans.

[@MrRyan-wu4jx]

Orlando Pace is number 75 on the left side of the O-Line. George was big strong and durable but this is really Pace’s highlight reel.

[@JackycClark]

Dudley & the fullback played big roles also .

[@pauliep3838]

What kills me is if Cooper had a clue as to how to beat that Team up North, like Tressel did, OSU plays for the national title in the polls four times instead of ZERO. Freakin Cooper.

[@daffyduck612]

Worst coach in OSU history.

[@beatrenegades]

I think Cooper teams had better "individual" talent, he just couldn't beat Michigan

[@viktorwarhola1525]

pauliep3838 you forgot to mention the “glfalling asleep performances “ in bowl games. Damn that 1995 citrus bowl vs Alabama. The 1996 citrus bowl vs Tennessee.... the 1997 rose bowl saved his job

[@viktorwarhola1525]

pauliep3838 you forgot to mention the “falling asleep performances in bowl games” 1995 citrus vs Alabama oh my gosh wherein freakin Williams on swing passes. 1996 Tennessee...the damn 1997 rose bowl saved his job

[@GoBuckeyes554]

he was an Urban Meyer level recruiter but a butch jones level coach in big games

[@BIGBUCK20]

Thanks for posting!! This is another team that should have won an NC!

[@jasonjones8235]

How great to see that big of a star who is so humble.

[@joshholzinger13]

Who’s here after Trey Sermon’s game yesterday?

[@MkShantrul]

Living in Georgia I miss these cold gloomy Ohio days in the fall watching my Buckeyes I miss Ohio so bad.

[@MkShantrul]

@Andy Gygi I really would love too mu wife and kids would never go for it they want to go to Florida to live as it is they would never go for moving north.

[@cvillebuck]

I remember that game. Great upload.

[@sassyjillybean]

Great video. Thank you for sharing!

[@allprosports3285]

Who’s here after sermon broke the record?

[@shamaranderson6088]

eddie george was a beast

[@edvenuto9614]

Eddie is on another level that day I lived in Ohio most of my life. Ohio State big time program. Woody hays won 5 championships. I like the uniforms scarlet and grey. There so many players that played for then. Ohio football big.

[@aydenwestfall88]

Who's here after Trey Surmon just beat Eddie's record?

[@jmacc1014]

Trey Sermon is nowhere In Eddie class

[@Brandon-mu8qe]

Eddie is God to him. He'll Eddie gave nfl tge biz. Average 4.6 a yard and so on. Players know don't stand achance to many rules more games and tissue to cry on

[@jbthajugganaut2003]

Nobody cares about that one game wonder. Trey who????

[@erikpuka2627]

Eddie is one of the most underrated NFL players ever.This dude was nasty

[@jdarby0788]

I feel so bad for whoever lined up opposite Orlando Pace lol O-H!

[@Mike-sp7zv]

I-O!

[@tomvecchione3475]

And George went out of the game with 12 minutes plus still remaining!! They were up big and didn’t want to take chance in him getting hurt, but he could have come close to 400 yards with that much time left. Incredible!!!

[@nohyphenamerican8959]

Over 12:00 left when he came out! LG & FB set this record. How many yards before first contact? Not a big Ohio State fan, but this was beautiful smash mouth football.

[@hazelwood55]

Orlando Pace, Korey Stringer and Sualua blocking for Eddie George. UNSTOPPABLE.

[@Laser110]

I just realized watching this, I also own Juan Porter's Home jersey from that season. Some good shots of Juan helping Eddie out.

[@jimlahey9317]

I miss college ball in the 90s !

[@quintonworden6318]

Man some of those 90s buckeye teams were loaded. If Coop had just been able to beat that team up north like Tress or Urban he would have been a legend.

[@andrewwesterhold7354]

He was a man amongst boys that day.

[@92and00]

Great post OHD! Was at that game. Funny thing is Eddie broke the record. The buckeyes lost yardage on next play. He then gained it back breaking his own record. My friend and I cracked up!!! Awesome game. Went to every home game that year. Best season ever!! Eddie George, Bobby Hoying, Terry Glenn, Orlando Pace (who about high-fived my arm off at the end of the game), Rickey Dudley. Many great Buckeye memories. Thanks guys!!!

[@juliannepatel5002]

one of the best titans ever

[@BillyGeorgeBlessedByDaBest]

Anyone else here because Trey Sermon broke Eddie's school record for most yards in a single game?

[@momusu17]

I love the current Buckeyes with the spread, but I do miss the old I formation downhill running game.

[@zacharyhewlett4648]

I do too. However, the offensive line hasn't been good.

[@buckeyewill2166]

momusu17 ....Old School Buckeye Football

[@buckeyevinnie8456]

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[@765lbsquat]

Watch the tape. Orlando pace is pancaking a dude on almost every play. Unbelievable!

[@lafonze8824]

I miss my Saturdays as a youth. I was playing PopWarner football at this time 12yrs old and these games used to get me siked for my games on Sundays

[@jakereid4950]

Who’s watching this after todays game

[@brianallison1913]

I'm sure Eddie thanked his blockers during and after the game. Especially the one named Orlando Pace.

[@buckeyevinnie8456]

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[@LeFouDuPlay]

It's kinda funny how Dick Vermeil is commentating...the coach who beat Eddie and the Titans in Super Bowl 34. Wonder if he referred back to this tape at all, or if he even had to...

[@maddymud]

and who's Rose Bowl victory over The Bucks propelled him to the Eagles job

[@buckeyevinnie8456]

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[@frenchmanfrenchyfrench7853]

was there that day.....amazing

[@takecareofyrshoes]

had tickets on the 40 yard line, behind OSU bench. great day.

[@elare1342]

#37 dominated this game too

[@grahamdeshaz8387]

Great job of following his blocks, but I don’t think enough credit goes to the O-line for opening some holes you could drive a bus through. My grand mother could run for 100 a game behind this line and she’s been dead since 1993.

[@ShowThemOHIOsHere]

Remember when 314 yards was the record? Pepperidge Farms remembers

[@Reuffeo]

Until 6:07, that defense actually played Eddie George pretty damn good...

[@79SteelyMatt]

Nicky Sualua(#37)5'11 260 lb was a stud fullback

[@ironmantran]

i am LIKE # 905 : became a Buckeye in 2004 - this is SO GOOD ! it gives me a sense of History

[@carloss8644]

Thank you for this, but the real joy is watching Orlando Pace beat the breaks off everyone in front of him.

[@brandynhenry7107]

4 1st Round draft picks and Pro Bowlers on this offense(Pace, George, Glenn, Dudley). 5 of the first 14 people taken in the 96 draft were on the field when Ohio State had the ball(including Simeon Rice and Kevin Hardy) and would've been 6 out of 15 had Pace entered early.

[@ssbeebs]

THEY ALL SUCKED IN THE NFL>

[@mike22017]

I’ll never forget sitting with family for this one as a kid, with everyone in ponchos & the crowd following along with the Jumbotron that kept showing in the white gold letters EDD-IE !! EDD-IE !! Just one of those games and memory’s I’ll never forget which included seeing the scoreboard list 314 Rush Yards...Hoying must not have been sacked nor did anyone else carry the ball unelss it was for no gain. Go Bucks!

[@careful7951]

Orlando Pace was a amazing left tackle. He just blocking guys ten yards down the field and pancakes all day. This should be Orlando Pace highlights.

[@MrBell901]

I remember this like it was yesterday!

[@FaithfulFumoFan23]

Orlando Pace and Eddie George I'm taking that tackle/rb duo over everybody else

[@jeffdowns999]

Should have played for a national title 2 years in a row. This team might not have beaten Nebraska but they sure as hell would have beaten Florida the following year.

[@marvelousrex2866]

Of course, even if they would have gotten over the hurdle and actually beat TTUN, they would have also had to get over Cooper's inability to win bowl games. No question, they were better than TTUN and Florida, but they still would have had to overcome his history of losing big games at the end of the season.

[@briansonnenwald528]

Eddie George is the man of Ohio State

[@timesachangin2489]

Terry Glenn was a Walk On.

[@braddvaughn6076]

He might have had 350 if they had thrown a play action pass occasionally . Running against 8 and 9 man fronts !

[@313Martin]

Exactly right

[@michaelbrooks3650]

Dick Vermeil knew what he saw when St. Louis drafted Orlando Pace.

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

Illinois had been a decent football team for the past few years. IMO, they didn't recover from this game until the 2001 Sugar Bowl season. They weren't the same for years after this game.

[@ethanhill9460]

The touchdown catch call was an amazing example of coaching acumen.

[@antoniowilliams3869]

Whose here after it was broken by Trey Sermon

[@313Martin]

Eddie George‼️ the big body back that could do it all

[@beckyblack2333]

Soon we'll be watching Trey Sermon's record breaking day.

[@whiteleghorn6835]

I remember being at that game sitting in the old bleachers by the Buckeyes locker room, running onto the field after the game. The place was electric that day

[@gwmcklintock]

Infinitely better football than today's NFL and college for that matter...

[@Bexly]

i luv urban but i will truly miss these kinds of games :(

[@foxbodyblues6709]

The previous season Illinois had won, they had some great players on defense.

[@DanielSong39]

Look at #75 for the Buckeyes, the left tackle

[@buckeyevinnie8456]

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[@ethanbates7734]

Damn if we had a running game we’d be unstoppable this year. Haskins has had to do it all

[@jbthajugganaut2003]

And he did it to an Illinois defense that had a couple of All-Americans who were 1st round NFL draft picks.

[@carsondyle6116]

Ed George will always be one of my favorite Ohio State players. He no doubt deserved the Heisman Trophy Award that 1995 season. Too bad Ohio State ruined their 1995 season in the final game at Michigan and later in the Citrus Bowl against Tennessee. If only Ed George had the chance to play at Ohio State later when Jim Tressel was the head coach, the Buckeyes would have won back to back national championships in 2002 and 2003.

[@buckeyevinnie8456]

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[@germandrummer13]

Lol, when he came out of the game there was still 12 minutes to go in the 4th.

[@stevez.6805]

The numbers on the shoulders are as big as the ones on the front and back...

[@buckeyevinnie8456]

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[@nospam3327]

This run is iconic 6:02

[@terryfox1575]

Saturday afternoon in Big Ten country so it must be time for the Eddie George show

[@terrysigmon3119]

Anyone else here after Trey Sermon beat this record in the Big Ten Championship game???

[@truthhurtz8517]

314 rushing yards in a game...😲😲

[@jay-rock6627]

I remember this like yesterday 12:00 o'clock Saturday afternoon in 1995 I was about too go outside & then I said ooh 😲 Shit my favorite college football team is playing. And I got something too eat & watch my Buckeyes.

[@Waddellaw]

It's crazy how similar Treys game was to Eddie's. Both run defenses highly touted. Star Wide Receiver missing. Even some individual runs can be watched side by side. I think Treys longest run was 65 and Eddie's was 64?

[@nikademisvonhisson]

do you have the vid when George ran right side, fell on def player rolled off the guy and took off?

[@anjierose9322]

I was there. Amazing!

[@mikequinlan10]

Anjie Rose same. It was the very first game I got to attend at the Shoe. Not bad for a first game experience.

[@NEONOIRERA]

Wow

[@dannyjoe3343]

Michael Quinlan me too.

[@MauricXe]

ah the good field

[@billbuyers8683]

Against a Simeon Rice defense

[@buckeyevinnie8456]

AGREE!!! Checkout my youtube channel BUCKEYE VINNIE, please watch my videos and sub to my channel thanks Bill.

[@Waterworks77]

forget eddie George look at Orlando pace. pancakes anybody

[@NEONOIRERA]

TITANUP facts

[@chrissams6230]

That O line was crazy as I look once more

[@nospam3327]

Dumb comment. Yes, Pace was amazing. Eddie was a monster! Why say "forget him"? He won the freaking Heisman!

[@Blaze_556]

I watched this game live