OBSERVATIONS FROM C DECK - IU

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4. TIGHT ENDS

OK BB73, when is the last time OSU threw three TD passes to Tight Ends in one game?

I didn't forget about this, Oh8ch, you evil man!

It looks like the answer is Bob Grimes, with 4 receiving TDs against Washington State in 1952. Grimes had 9 catches for 187 yards that day. For the season, he tied Hopalong Cassady and Fred Bruney for the team lead with 6 TDs.

No other tight end has caught 3 TDs in a game since then; but I'm not sure if 3 in a game has been accomplished with more than 1 tight end since then.

1. BOB GRIMES, 1952
An integral part of Ohio State's first great passing offense, Bob Grimes' senior year tops our list of the greatest seasons by a tight end in program history. Grimes no longer sits at the top of every record like he once did, but he has remained in the top five among tight ends in receiving touchdowns (No. 3, six TDs), percentage of a team's receiving yards (No. 3, 31.24%), receiving yards (No. 5, 534 yards), percentage of a team's receiving touchdowns (No. 4, 37.04%), and receptions (No. 5, 39 receptions).



Bob Grimes authored the receiving record books of Ohio State, finishing the season breaking every major single-game and single-season receiving record. He still holds the record for the most receiving yards by a tight end in a single game (187 yards), receiving touchdowns in a single game (four TDs, since tied by three other players), and single-game receptions by a tight end (12 receptions, since tied by Billy Anders) in program history.