1997 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1997 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Sugar Bowl, L 14–31 vs. Florida State
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 12
AP No. 12
1997 record 10–3 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach John Cooper (10th season)
Offensive coordinator Mike Jacobs (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Fred Pagac (2nd season)
MVP Antoine Winfield
Captain Winfield Garnett
Stanley Jackson
Home stadium Ohio Stadium
(Capacity: 89,841)
1997 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 1 Michigan $  8 –0     12 –0  
No. 12 Ohio State  6 –2     10 –3  
No. 16 Penn State  6 –2     9 –3  
No. 15 Purdue  6 –2     9 –3  
Wisconsin  5 –3     8 –5  
Iowa  4 –4     7 –5  
Michigan State  4 –4     7 –5  
Northwestern  3 –5     5 –7  
Minnesota  1 –7     3 –9  
Indiana  1 –7     2 –9  
Illinois  0 –8     0 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1997 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 10–3 record, including the 1998 Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, Louisiana, where they lost 31–14 to the Florida State Seminoles.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 28 8:00 p.m. Wyoming* No. 9 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (BCA Classic) ESPN2 W 24–10   89,122[1]
September 13 1:30 p.m. Bowling Green* No. 9 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 44–13   93,151[1]
September 20 3:30 p.m. Arizona* No. 9 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH ABC W 28–20   91,152[1]
September 27 12:00 p.m. at Missouri* No. 7 Faurot Field • Columbia, MO ABC W 31–10   58,882[1]
October 4 3:30 p.m. No. 11 Iowa No. 7 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH ABC W 23–7   92,536[1]
October 11 3:30 p.m. at No. 2 Penn State No. 7 Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA (Rivalry) ABC L 27–31   97,282[1]
October 18 12:30 p.m. Indiana No. 11 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH ESPN2 W 31–0   92,368[1]
October 25 3:30 p.m. Northwestern No. 9 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH ABC W 49–6   92,445[1]
November 1 3:30 p.m. at No. 21 Michigan State No. 9 Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI ABC W 37–13   74,903[1]
November 8 4:00 p.m. at Minnesota No. 7 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN W 31–3   47,706[1]
November 15 12:00 p.m. Illinois No. 4 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy) ESPN+ W 41–6   92,008[1]
November 22 12:00 p.m. at No. 1 Michigan No. 4 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (The Game) ABC L 14–20   106,982[1]
January 1, 1998 8:00 p.m. vs. No. 4 Florida State* No. 9 Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) ABC L 14–31   67,289[1]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Roster

1997 Ohio State Buckeyes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 7 Joe Germaine Jr
C 77 Tyson Walter Fr
RB 5 Michael Wiley So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
S 1 Gary Berry So
LB 32 Na'il Diggs So
LB 45 Andy Katzenmoyer So
SS 13 Damon Moore Jr
CB 19 Ahmed Plummer So
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Coaching staff

  • John Cooper – Head Coach – 10th year
  • Bill Conley – Recruiting Coordinator (11th year)
  • Jim Heacock – Defensive Line (2nd year)
  • Mike Jacobs – Offensive Coordinator (3rd year)
  • Fred Pagac – Defensive Coordinator (16th year)
  • Tim Salem – (1st year)
  • Shawn Simms – Defensive Ends (1st year)
  • Tim Spencer – Running Backs (4th year)
  • Chuck Strobart – Offensive Coordinator (3rd year)
  • Jon Tenuta – Defensive Backs (2nd year)

NFL draft

For the first time since the NFL draft's inception in 1936, no Ohio State players were selected in the 1998 NFL Draft.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Park, Jack (2003). The Official Ohio State Football Encyclopedia. Champaign, IL: Sports Publishing LLC. ISBN 1-58261-695-7.
  2. ↑ Ohio State Drafted Players
Win/Loss statistics
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