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Ohio St visits Purdue in matchup of Big Ten unbeatens

Oct 6, 2007 - 10:47 AM No. 4 Ohio St (5-0) at No. 23 Purdue (5-0) 8:00 pm EDT

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana (Ticker) - It has been nearly two years since Ohio State and coach Jim Tressel have experienced a regular-season defeat.

Tressel's fourth-ranked Buckeyes look to extend their school-record regular-season winning streak to 24 games when they visit No. 23 Purdue in a battle of unbeaten Big Ten Conference teams.

Ohio State (5-0, 2-0 Big Ten) has not lost in the regular season since a 17-10 setback at Penn State on October 8, 2005. The team's only defeat since was a 41-14 loss to Florida in last year's national championship.

Last week, the Buckeyes extended their streak with a 30-7 triumph at Minnesota. Beanie Wells rushed for 116 yards and two touchdowns and Todd Boeckman passed for two scores for Ohio State, which also has won 16 straight Big Ten games.

Purdue (5-0, 1-0) played its final non-conference game last week and had a bit of trouble dispatching winless Notre Dame here, 33-19.

Kory Sheets rushed for 141 yards and a touchdown for the Boilermakers, who limited the Fighting Irish to 49 yards on the ground but surrendered 377 yards and three TDs through the air.

The teams have not met since 2004, when Purdue posted a 24-17 win here.