1985 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1985 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Florida Citrus Bowl champion
Florida Citrus Bowl, W 10–7 vs. BYU
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 11
AP No. 14
1985 record 9–3 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach Earle Bruce (7th season)
MVP Jim Karsatos
Captain Keith Byars
Captain Mike Lanese
Captain Pepper Johnson
Home stadium Ohio Stadium
(Capacity: 85,339)
1985 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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. As of 2018, this remains the only Citrus Bowl win in OSU history.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 14 8:00 p.m. Pittsburgh* No. 9 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio WTBS W 10–7   88,518
September 21 3:30 p.m. at Colorado* No. 7 Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado W 36–13   47,022
September 28 1:30 p.m. Washington State* No. 5 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio W 48–32   89,954
October 5 2:00 p.m. at Illinois No. 5 Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois (Illibuck Trophy) L 28–31   76,343
October 12 1:30 p.m. Indiana No. 15 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio W 48–7   89,846
October 19 12:00 p.m. Purdue No. 11 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio CBS W 41–27   89,888
October 26 3:30 p.m. at No. 20 Minnesota No. 9 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis CBS W 23–19   64,455
November 2 2:30 p.m. No. 1 Iowa No. 8 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio CBS W 22–13   90,467
November 9 12:30 p.m. at Northwestern No. 4 Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois WTBS W 35–17   26,477
November 16 1:30 p.m. Wisconsin No. 3 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio L 7–12   89,873
November 23 1:30 p.m.[1] at No. 6 Michigan No. 12 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan (The Game) CBS L 17–27   106,102
December 28 1:00 p.m. vs. No. 9 BYU* No. 17 Citrus Bowl • Orlando, Florida (Florida Citrus Bowl) NBC W 10–7   50,920
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Coaching staff

  • Earle Bruce – Head Coach – 7th year
  • Gary Blackney – Defensive Coordinator (2nd year)
  • Bill Conley – Offense (2nd year)
  • Steve Devine – Offensive Line (3rd year)
  • Randy Hart – Defensive Line (4th year)
  • Chuck Heater – Defensive Backs (1st year)
  • Glen Mason – Offensive Coordinator (8th year)
  • Fred Pagac – Defensive Linebackers (4th year)
  • Jim Tressel – Quarterbacks (3rd year)
  • Lenny Willis – (1st year)

Game summaries

Iowa

1 234Total
Iowa 0 706 13
• Ohio State 5 1007 22
  • Source:

Michigan

1 234Total
Ohio State 0 1007 17
• Michigan 3 7107 27
  • Date: November 23
  • Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • Television network: CBS

Depth chart

Q[2]

Awards and honors

1986 NFL draftees

PlayerRoundPickPositionNFL club
Keith Byars110Running backPhiladelphia Eagles
Pepper Johnson251LinebackerNew York Giants
Byron Lee7176LinebackerPhiladelphia Eagles
Larry Kolic7193LinebackerMiami Dolphins

References

  1. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8_tS2Vw13FcC&dat=19851123&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
  2. ↑ 1986 Ohio State Football Media Guide
Win/Loss statistics
Draft data
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