Fourth 3-0 Start by a Todd Team

Ohio State opened the season 3-0 for just the fourth time in 21 seasons under head coach Bob Todd. The team also was perfect through the first three games in 1991, 1997 and 2002. That 2002 team was 6-0-1 through its first seven games. Do you remember the tie? The Buckeyes played to a 6-6 tie at Mississippi State before the game was called because of the Buckeyes’ travel considerations (I started working in the Ohio State athletics communications office the next day). The 1997 team lost its fourth game, but the 1991 team won its first eight games and 19 of the first 21 on its way to Todd’s first Big Ten championship.