ohio state return touchdowns alltime including playoffs

The Ohio State Buckeyes have scored 144 touchdowns on returns in the regular season and postseason all-time.

	TEAM	RET TD	SEASON	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Ohio State		1977	11	16	340	21.3	30.9	0	25	166	6.6	15.1	0
2	Ohio State		1978	11	30	643	21.4	58.5	1	37	385	10.4	35.0	2
3	Ohio State		1979	11	20	348	17.4	31.6	0	30	432	14.4	39.3	3
4	Ohio State		1980	11	17	414	24.4	37.6	0	41	152	3.7	13.8	0
5	Ohio State		1981	11	28	528	18.9	48.0	0	39	275	7.1	25.0	0
6	Ohio State		1982	11	23	526	22.9	47.8	0	39	368	9.4	33.5	1
7	Ohio State		1983	11	16	291	18.2	26.5	0	30	311	10.4	28.3	3
8	Ohio State		1984	11	21	425	20.2	38.6	0	27	134	5.0	12.2	0
9	Ohio State		1985	11	19	323	17.0	29.4	0	13	98	7.5	8.9	0
10	Ohio State		1986	12	40	794	19.9	66.2	0	35	295	8.4	24.6	0
11	Ohio State		1987	11	33	591	17.9	53.7	0	25	202	8.1	18.4	0
12	Ohio State		1988	11	55	1,207	21.9	109.7	1	14	118	8.4	10.7	1
13	Ohio State		1989	11	39	760	19.5	69.1	0	21	243	11.6	22.1	1
14	Ohio State		1990	11	37	727	19.6	66.1	0	27	382	14.1	34.7	2
15	Ohio State		1991	11	31	536	17.3	48.7	0	25	224	9.0	20.4	0
16	Ohio State		1992	11	21	475	22.6	43.2	0	29	247	8.5	22.5	1
17	Ohio State		1993	11	28	634	22.6	57.6	1	25	104	4.2	9.5	0
18	Ohio State		1994	12	33	771	23.4	64.3	1	21	199	9.5	16.6	0
19	Ohio State		1995	12	32	665	20.8	55.4	1	35	291	8.3	24.3	0
20	Ohio State		1996	11	15	335	22.3	30.5	0	48	502	10.5	45.6	2
21	Ohio State		1997	12	24	518	21.6	43.2	1	48	418	8.7	34.8	1
22	Ohio State		1998	11	23	459	20.0	41.7	0	57	505	8.9	45.9	2
23	Ohio State		1999	12	43	788	18.3	65.7	0	21	195	9.3	16.3	0
24	Ohio State	7	2000	11	33	813	24.6	73.9	0	37	467	12.6	42.5	1
25	Ohio State	3	2001	11	30	612	20.4	55.6	0	26	246	9.5	22.4	1
	Average	3.7		8.2	18.2	379.0	20.9	39.2	0.1	20.6	182.9	8.9	18.9	0.5
	Total	144		600	1,127	23,501	20.9	39.2	9	1,279	11,337	8.9	18.9	34

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More Ohio State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,530

Sayin

RUSH

354

Jackson

REC

823

Smith

Team Rankings

PPG

42.2

15th

OPP PPG

12.6

9th

RUSH YDS/G

157.6

80th

PASS YDS/G

357.0

2nd

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
3	UCLA	2-0	4-0
4	Minnesota	2-0	4-1
5	Ohio State	2-0	4-1
6	Wisconsin	2-0	4-1
7	Oregon	1-0	3-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/10	MD	@	OSU	4:15 PM
Sat 10/17	OSU	@	IND	12:00 PM
Sat 10/31	OSU	@	USC	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	ORE	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	NW	@	OSU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Ohio State

4 - 1

Final

Iowa

4 - 1

Sat 3 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,850

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,588

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

685

Riley

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

628

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

16

Atkinson

15

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

203.7

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

10.8

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

548.3

547.8

541.2

531.6

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

334.3

297.3

294.0

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.4

357.0

346.5

341.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	0	1.000
4	Florida	4	1	.800
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	4	1	.800
10	Tennessee	4	1	.800
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	2	.600
13	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
14	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
15	Arkansas	2	3	.400
16	South Carolina	2	3	.400

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	3	2	.600
4	San Diego State	2	3	.400
5	Colorado State	2	3	.400
6	Texas State	2	3	.400
7	Utah State	1	4	.200
8	Washington State	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
2	Toledo	4	1	.800
3	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
4	Ohio	3	2	.600
5	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
6	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
7	UMass	4	1	.800
8	Kent State	2	3	.400
9	Buffalo	2	3	.400
10	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
11	Akron	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
2	Memphis	4	1	.800
3	UTSA	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	South Florida	4	1	.800
7	Army	2	2	.500
8	Temple	2	3	.400
9	East Carolina	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Tulsa	3	2	.600
12	Rice	1	4	.200
13	Charlotte	0	5	.000
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	5	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	4	1	.800
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	USC	5	1	.833
9	Iowa	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Washington	3	2	.600
15	Illinois	2	3	.400
16	Maryland	2	3	.400
17	Michigan State	2	3	.400
18	Rutgers	1	4	.200

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Delaware	2	3	.400
9	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Florida State	3	2	.600
8	Virginia	3	2	.600
9	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
10	NC State	3	2	.600
11	California	2	3	.400
12	Louisville	2	3	.400
13	Stanford	2	3	.400
14	North Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
2	BYU	4	0	1.000
3	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
6	Arizona	4	1	.800
7	Houston	4	1	.800
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Iowa State	3	2	.600
10	UCF	3	2	.600
11	Arizona State	2	2	.500
12	Kansas State	3	1	.750
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	2	.600
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	4	1	.800
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	3	2	.600
5	Arkansas State	2	3	.400
6	Georgia State	4	1	.800
7	Marshall	3	2	.600
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
10	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
13	Old Dominion	1	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	Wyoming	2	3	.400
6	San Jose State	3	2	.600
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200