Just one game before this 72-point whitewash, the 1996 website link Buckeyes tore apart Rice, 70-7. The combined 142 points the '96 Ohio State team scored in its first two games is a record for most points scored in consecutive games in Ohio State history. The Kentucky offense went three and out to start the game. A few plays later, outsider linebacker J.J. Weaver was being treated on the field by the training staff. He was later taken to the locker room. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. On Oct. 20, 1979, Ohio State annihilated Wisconsin, 59-0, inside Ohio Stadium. For the second time in three visits to Columbus, Wisconsin allowed 50+ points to the Buckeyes and was blanked themselves. However, in their 1977 visit to "The Horseshoe," the Badgers made the game a little closer and kept the Buckeyes under 50. They allowed only 49 points and lost 49-0.