This past weekend Ohio State ran its record breaking home winning streak to 200 when they defeated South Florida so after the win I wanted to look back and see who they had beaten during the streak. At first I thought there was probably already a list out there somewhere due to how impressive the streak is but when I looked around I came up empty. So I said ok I’ll just go to Ohio State’s website and go through the schedules for each year and do a little cut and paste and then sort them by opponent and whatnot. So that’s what I did starting with the Purdue win on April 6th, 2003 and by the time I reached the South Florida win from this past Sunday I was ready to sort them out but I figured before I sorted them I wanted to make sure I had all 200 listed. I had the spreadsheet count them and to my surprise it didn’t return 200 entries but only 199 so that’s when I started going back through each season to see what I missed but after looking them all over I still kept coming up with 199 and not 200 (chart is further down this page).
Feeling a tad stumped I started going through the school’s recap after each win to see what win number they assigned to that particular home win and that’s when it got a little interesting. Wins 1 through 40 were pretty cut and dry with everything matching up but then I noticed the final 2 matches of the 2006 season, which were the 1st and 2nd round of the NCAA Tournament, were counted twice. I put a link on the score where the recap mentions the win number in the streak and after the Arkansas win it says the win streak is up to 42 but then when they start the 2007 season off by beating Butler and Xavier the recap said those were wins 41 and 42. My first thought was maybe the school wasn’t sure if wins in the NCAA Tournament counted as official home wins so they backed them out which I was fine with. A few weeks later on 2/7/07 they beat Toledo for win 45 (really 47) then followed that up by beating Kentucky at home on 2/12/07 which should have been win 46 (really 48) but for whatever reason they didn’t count it because when they beat Indiana on 3/3/07 they counted that as win 46 when it really should have been 47 by their count or 49 counting the 2 NCAA wins. These discrepancies are highlighted in yellow and as I mentioned I linked the OSU recap where it mentions wins #s.
The next oddity in the streak comes between the end of the 2007 regular season and the 2 matches that Ohio State hosted in the NCAA Tournament. The Illinois win in the home regular season finale on 4/15/07 is counted as win 53 but then when they beat Columbia on 5/11/07 instead of being counted as 54 it is counted as 56 so I’m guessing at that point they decided that wins in the NCAA Tournament are counted as official home wins so they added back in the 2 from the end of the 2006 season. Now for some reason that win over Kentucky on 2/12/07 still didn’t make the count but I figured they’d figure that out sooner and correct it.
All the wins from the end of the 2007 season through the end of the 2012 season flow together (minus the Kentucky win) but between the end of the 2012 season and the start of the 2013 season a few more get added in. When Ohio State defeated Notre Dame in the 2nd round of the NCAAs on 5/12/12 (2012 home finale) the recap said it was win #148 but when they opened up the 2013 season by defeating Butler and Xavier the recap credits those as wins 151 and 152 so somehow 2 more were added in. So now they’ve gone from being 1 win under the correct count (as far as I can determine) to 1 win over. A few weeks later they beat Toledo on 1/27/13 and the recap says that is win 157 but when they beat Georgia a week later on 2/3/13 it says that is win 156. After playing the National Indoors they come back home on 2/23/13 and 2/24/13 to host Notre Dame and LSU and after winning those 2 matches the recap now says the streak is up to 160. From that point on they stay on count all the way up to 200 however they never take back out the win that to my knowledge they never got.
When doing some more digging the only possible place that 1 win could have come from was during the 2006-07 season because on the schedule it originally showed that they were supposed to play a doubleheader on 4/2/07 against Wright State and Dayton however they only list a 7-0 result against Wright State (image below). The recap from the Wright State match said it was the end of the 5 match home stand and it has no mention of a match anywhere with Dayton. The Dayton schedule from that year doesn’t show a match with Ohio State and I’m sure if they had played it would be listed. The 2006-07 schedule from the Media Guide is listed below and it says Wright State/Dayton with the one 7-0 win but had it been two 7-0 wins that would have meant they would have played 33 matches on the year but the overall record at the top shows 30-2 which is of course 32 matches.
So I guess my point to all these facts above is that I don’t see where they have 200 consecutive home wins; I just see 199 and if that is correct that means they won’t actually get 200 unless they beat Notre Dame in their next home match on February 21st. If anyone has any other knowledge of the streak and/or can see that 1 win that I’m not seeing let me know because it truly has me stumped. I just find it hard to believe that they would really be 1 win short but you can see how that # has jumped several times over the years so anything is possible. I did email Gary Petit, Ohio State’s Assistant Director of Athletics Communication, who is listed as the primary contact for the men’s tennis program so I’m waiting to hear back from him and will keep you posted if/when I do.
UPDATE: Gary emailed me back this morning (2/11) and said they were going to do some research about the streak and would get back to me within a few days. I emailed Gary back on 2/18 to see if he had an update and he replied back within an hour that they had “nothing official yet”. That pretty much tells me what I need to know that most likely nothing will be “official” until they beat Notre Dame this Saturday assuming they beat the Irish.
Final Update Below – what was believed to be win #200 over South Florida was actually 199. Today’s 2/21 win over Notre Dame was #200.
List of 199 wins in the streak:
| Date | Opponent | Score | Win # According to School Write-Up |
| 4/6/2003 | Purdue | 5-2 (W) | 1 |
| 4/19/2003 | Minnesota | 4-3 (W) | 2 |
| 4/20/2003 | Iowa | 7-0 (W) | 3 |
| 1/23/2004 | Cleveland State | 7-0 (W) | 4 |
| 1/23/2004 | Xavier | 7-0 (W) | 5 |
| 1/30/2004 | Depaul | 7-0 (W) | 6 |
| 1/30/2004 | Toledo | 7-0 (W) | 7 |
| 2/7/2004 | Clemson | 6-1 (W) | 8 |
| 2/13/2004 | Vanderbilt | 4-3 (W) | 9 |
| 2/14/2004 | Alabama | 6-1 (W) | 10 |
| 3/27/2004 | Michigan State * | 6-1 (W) | 11 |
| 3/28/2004 | Michigan | 5-2 (W) | 12 |
| 4/3/2004 | Indiana | 6-1 (W) | 13 |
| 4/14/2004 | Indiana St | 7-0 (W) | 14 |
| 4/14/2004 | Youngstown State | 7-0 (W) | 15 |
| 4/16/2004 | Northwestern | 5-2 (W) | 16 |
| 4/18/2004 | Wisconsin | 7-0 (W) | 17 |
| 1/28/2005 | Butler | 7-0 (W) | 18 |
| 1/28/2005 | Xavier | 7-0 (W) | 19 |
| 2/11/2005 | Arkansas | 5-2 (W) | 20 |
| 2/25/2005 | Virginia Commonwealth | 7-0 (W) | 21 |
| 3/26/2005 | Iowa | 7-0 (W) | 22 |
| 3/27/2005 | Minnesota | 4-3 (W) | 23 |
| 4/9/2005 | Indiana | 6-1 (W) | 24 |
| 4/10/2005 | Penn State * | 4-3 (W) | 25 |
| 4/13/2005 | Notre Dame | 4-3 (W) | 26 |
| 4/16/2005 | Michigan | 6-1 (W) | 27 |
| 4/17/2005 | Michigan State * | 7-0 (W) | 28 |
| 1/25/2006 | Toledo | 7-0 (W) | 29 |
| 1/25/2006 | Xavier | 6-1 (W) | 30 |
| 1/27/2006 | Oklahoma | 6-1 (W) | 31 |
| 1/29/2006 | Tennessee | 5-2 (W) | 32 |
| 2/10/2006 | Virginia Tech | 6-1 (W) | 33 |
| 2/12/2006 | LSU | 6-1 (W) | 34 |
| 2/17/2006 | Butler | 7-0 (W) | 35 |
| 2/17/2006 | Wright State | 7-0 (W) | 36 |
| 4/1/2006 | Purdue | 7-0 (W) | 37 |
| 4/2/2006 | Illinois | 5-2 (W) | 38 |
| 4/22/2006 | Northwestern | 7-0 (W) | 39 |
| 4/23/2006 | Wisconsin | 6-1 (W) | 40 |
| 5/13/2006 | Butler | 4-0 (W) | 41 |
| 5/14/2006 | Arkansas | 4-0 (W) | 42 |
| 1/24/2007 | Butler | 7-0 (W) | 41 |
| 1/24/2007 | Xavier | 7-0 (W) | 42 |
| 1/28/2007 | Washington | 7-0 (W) | 43 |
| 2/4/2007 | Florida State | 7-0 (W) | 44 |
| 2/7/2007 | Toledo | 7-0 (W) | 45 |
| 2/12/2007 | Kentucky | 6-1 (W) | skipped |
| 3/3/2007 | Indiana | 6-1 (W) | 46 |
| 3/24/2007 | Iowa | 7-0 (W) | 47 |
| 3/25/2007 | Minnesota | 7-0 (W) | 48 |
| 3/30/2007 | Notre Dame | 7-0 (W) | 49 |
| 4/1/2007 | Michigan State * | 7-0 (W) | 50 |
| 4/2/2007 | Wright State | 7-0 (W) | 51 |
| 4/14/2007 | Purdue | 7-0 (W) | 52 |
| 4/15/2007 | Illinois | 7-0 (W) | 53 |
| 5/11/2007 | Columbia | 4-0 (W) | 56 |
| 5/12/2007 | Tennessee | 4-1 (W) | 57 |
| 1/23/2008 | Butler | 7-0 (W) | 58 |
| 1/23/2008 | Xavier | 7-0 (W) | 59 |
| 2/1/2008 | Miami (Fla.) | 5-2 (W) | 60 |
| 2/3/2008 | Pepperdine | 5-2 (W) | 61 |
| 2/3/2008 | Wright State | 4-0 (W) | 62 |
| 2/8/2008 | Wake Forest | 5-1 (W) | 63 |
| 2/10/2008 | North Carolina | 4-2 (W) | 64 |
| 3/23/2008 | Virginia Commonwealth | 7-0 (W) | 65 |
| 4/4/2008 | Northwestern * | 7-0 (W) | 66 |
| 4/4/2008 | Toledo | 4-0 (W) | 67 |
| 4/6/2008 | Wisconsin * | 6-1 (W) | 68 |
| 4/17/2008 | Wright State | 7-0 (W) | 69 |
| 4/19/2008 | Penn State * | 6-1 (W) | 70 |
| 4/20/2008 | Michigan * | 7-0 (W) | 71 |
| 5/10/2008 | Cleveland State | 4-0 (W) | 72 |
| 5/11/2008 | East Tennessee State | 4-0 (W) | 73 |
| 1/21/2009 | Butler | 7-0 (W) | 74 |
| 1/21/2009 | Xavier | 7-0 (W) | 75 |
| 1/31/2009 | Stetson | 7-0 (W) | 76 |
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