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1985 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

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1985 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Florida Citrus Bowl champion
Florida Citrus Bowl, W 10–7 vs. BYU
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 14
Record9–3 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGlen Mason (6th season)
Defensive coordinatorGary Blackney (1st season)
MVPJim Karsatos
Captains
Home stadiumOhio Stadium
(Capacity: 85,339)
Seasons
← 1984
1986 →
1985 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Iowa $ 7 1 0 10 2 0
No. 2 Michigan 6 1 1 10 1 1
Illinois 5 2 1 6 5 1
No. 14 Ohio State 5 3 0 9 3 0
Michigan State 5 3 0 7 5 0
Minnesota 4 4 0 7 5 0
Purdue 3 5 0 5 6 0
Wisconsin 2 6 0 5 6 0
Indiana 1 7 0 4 7 0
Northwestern 1 7 0 3 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1985 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 9–3 record, including the 1985 Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida, where they won, 10–7, against the BYU Cougars. One major highlight of the season for the Buckeyes was when they beat #1 Iowa 22-13 at home on November 2.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 148:00 p.m.Pittsburgh*No. 9WTBSW 10–788,518
September 213:30 p.m.at Colorado*No. 7W 36–1347,022
September 281:30 p.m.Washington State*No. 5
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 48–3289,954
October 52:00 p.m.at IllinoisNo. 5L 28–3176,343
October 121:30 p.m.IndianaNo. 15
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 48–789,846
October 1912:00 p.m.PurdueNo. 11
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
CBSW 41–2789,888
October 263:30 p.m.at No. 20 MinnesotaNo. 9CBSW 23–1964,455
November 22:30 p.m.No. 1 IowaNo. 8
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
CBSW 22–1390,467
November 912:30 p.m.at NorthwesternNo. 4WTBSW 35–1726,477
November 161:30 p.m.WisconsinNo. 3
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
L 7–1289,873
November 231:30 p.m.[1]at No. 6 MichiganNo. 12CBSL 17–27106,102
December 281:00 p.m.vs. No. 9 BYU*No. 17NBCW 10–750,920
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Personnel

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1985 Ohio State Buckeyes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB Roman Bates
RB 41 Keith Byars Sr
TE Jim Carroll
WR 2 Cris Carter So
RB 44 George Cooper So
RB Kevin Delaney
OL Jim Gilmore
OL Rory Graves
WR Nate Harris
RB Hayden Humphrey
TE John Hutchison
QB 16 Jim Karsatos Jr
OL Larry Kotterman
WR 1 Mike Lanese
OL Bob Maggs
QB Scott Powell
WR Doug Smith
TE Ed Taggart
OL Jeff Uhlenhake
RB Barry Walker
RB 25 John Woolridge
RB 42 Vince Workman
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB Sean Bell
DL Henry Brown
DB 7 Sonny Gordon
DB Steve Hill
DL Ray Holliman
LB Pepper Johnson Sr
LB Larry Kolic
LB Eric Kumerow
LB Scott Leach
LB Byron Lee
DL 95 Daryll Lee
DL Fred Ridder
DB 29 Greg Rogan
LB 36 Chris Spielman So
DB 12 Terry White
DB William White
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 10 Rich Spangler
P, QB 19 Tom Tupa So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries

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Pittsburgh

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1 234Total
Pittsburgh 0 007 7
• Ohio St 0 307 10

Colorado

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1 234Total
• Ohio St 7 15014 36
Colorado 7 006 13

Washington State

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1 234Total
Washington St 14 3312 32
• Ohio St 7 28310 48
  • Date: September 28
  • Location: Ohio Stadium

Illinois

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1 234Total
Ohio St 0 14140 28
• Illinois 14 0710 31

Indiana

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1 234Total
Indiana 0 700 7
• Ohio St 7 28103 48
  • Date: October 12
  • Location: Ohio Stadium

Purdue

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Purdue Boilermakers (3–2) at #11 Ohio State Buckeyes (4–1)
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Purdue 0 10 10727
Ohio St 14 3 71741

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

  • Date: October 19, 1985
  • Game time: 12:00 p.m. EDT
  • Game weather: Overcast, 75 °F (24 °C)
  • Game attendance: 89,888
  • Referee: Otho Kortz
  • TV: CBS
  • Box Score
Game information
External videos
video icon Game highlights

at No. 20 Minnesota

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#9 Ohio State Buckeyes (5–1) at #20 Minnesota Golden Gophers (5–1)
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Ohio St 0 10 01323
Minnesota 3 9 7019

at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota

  • Date: October 26, 1985
  • Game time: 2:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: Indoors (dome)
  • Game attendance: 64,455
  • Referee: Jim Kemmerling
  • Box Score
Game information

No. 1 Iowa

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1 234Total
No. 1 Hawkeyes 0 706 13
No. 8 Buckeyes 5 1007 22
Iowa Ohio St
First Downs 21 16
Rushing Yards 186 233
Passing 17–34–4 10–17–2
Passing Yards 169 151
Total Offense 345 370
Fumbles Lost 2–1 1–0
Punts-Average 4–32.5 4–45.3
Penalties 3–16 7–57
Team Category Player Statistics
Iowa Passing Chuck Long 19–26, 169 yards, 4 INT
Rushing Ronnie Harmon 26 carries, 120 yards, TD
Receiving Ronnie Harmon 5 receptions, 19 yards
Ohio State Passing Jim Karsatos 10–17, 151 yards, 2 INT
Rushing George Cooper 17 carries, 104 yards
Receiving Cris Carter 3 receptions, 65 yards

Northwestern

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1 234Total
• Ohio St 14 1470 35
Northwestern 0 070 7

Wisconsin

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1 234Total
• Wisconsin 3 360 12
Ohio St 0 700 7
  • Date: November 16
  • Location: Ohio Stadium

at No. 6 Michigan

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#12 Ohio State Buckeyes at #6 Michigan Wolverines
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Ohio State 0 10 0717
Michigan 3 7 10727

at Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

  • Date: November 23
  • Game weather: Overcast, 40 °F (4 °C)
  • Game attendance: 106,102
  • TV: CBS
  • Box Score
Game information

vs No. 9 BYU (Citrus Bowl)

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1 234Total
No. 17 Buckeyes 0 370 10
No. 9 Cougars 0 700 7

Depth chart

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Q[2]

Awards and honors

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Player Round Pick Position NFL club
Keith Byars 1 10 Running back Philadelphia Eagles
Pepper Johnson 2 51 Linebacker New York Giants
Byron Lee 7 176 Linebacker Philadelphia Eagles
Larry Kolic 7 193 Linebacker Miami Dolphins

References

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  1. ^ "Toledo Blade - Google News Archive Search".
  2. ^ 1986 Ohio State Football Media Guide