American college football season
1985 Ohio State Buckeyes football Conference Big Ten Conference Coaches No. 11 AP No. 14 1985 record 9–3 (5–3 Big Ten) Head coach Offensive coordinator Glen Mason (6th season)Defensive coordinator Gary Blackney (1st season)MVP Jim Karsatos Captains
Home stadium Ohio Stadium Seasons
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 [ ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 14 8:00 p.m. Pittsburgh * No. 9 WTBS W 10–788,518 September 21 3:30 p.m. at Colorado * No. 7 W 36–1347,022 September 28 1:30 p.m. Washington State * No. 5 W 48–3289,954 October 5 2:00 p.m. at Illinois No. 5 L 28–3176,343 October 12 1:30 p.m. Indiana No. 15 W 48–789,846 October 19 12:00 p.m. Purdue No. 11 CBS W 41–2789,888 October 26 3:30 p.m. at No. 20 Minnesota No. 9 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN CBS W 23–1964,455 November 2 2:30 p.m. No. 1 Iowa No. 8 CBS W 22–1390,467 November 9 12:30 p.m. at Northwestern No. 4 Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL WTBS W 35–1726,477 November 16 1:30 p.m. Wisconsin No. 3 L 7–1289,873 November 23 1:30 p.m.[1] at No. 6 Michigan No. 12 Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (The Game )CBS L 17–27106,102 December 28 1:00 p.m. vs. No. 9 BYU * No. 17 NBC W 10–750,920 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Personnel [ ]
1985 Ohio State Buckeyes football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
DB
William White
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
K
Rich Spangler
P
Tom Tupa
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible
Game summaries [ ] Pittsburgh [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Pittsburgh
0
0 0 7
7
• Ohio St
0
3 0 7
10
Colorado [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Ohio St
7
15 0 14
36
Colorado
7
0 0 6
13
Washington State [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Washington St
14
3 3 12
32
• Ohio St
7
28 3 10
48
Date: September 28Location: Ohio Stadium
Illinois [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Ohio St
0
14 14 0
28
• Illinois
14
0 7 10
31
Indiana [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Indiana
0
7 0 0
7
• Ohio St
7
28 10 3
48
Date: October 12Location: Ohio Stadium
Purdue [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Purdue
0
10 10 7
27
• Ohio St
14
3 7 17
41
Date: October 19Location: Ohio Stadium
Minnesota [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Ohio St
0
10 0 13
23
Minnesota
3
9 7 0
19
Date: October 26Location: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Iowa [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Iowa
0
7 0 6
13
• Ohio State
5
10 0 7
22
Date: November 2Location: Ohio Stadium , Columbus, Ohio TV announcers (CBS): Brent Musburger Scoring summary 1 OSU Rich Spangler 28-yard field goal OSU 3-0 1 OSU Safety, Sonny Gordan blocked punt out of end zone OSU 5-0 2 OSU John Woolridge 57-yard run (Spangler kick) OSU 12-0 2 OSU Rich Spangler 26-yard field goal OSU 15-0 2 Iowa Ronnie Harmon 3-yard run (Rob Houghtlin kick) OSU 15-7 4 OSU Vince Workman 4-yard run (Spangler kick) OSU 22-7 4 Iowa David Hudson 2-yard run (run failed) OSU 22-13
Northwestern [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Ohio St
14
14 7 0
35
Northwestern
0
0 7 0
7
Date: November 9Location: Dyche Stadium
Wisconsin [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Wisconsin
3
3 6 0
12
Ohio St
0
7 0 0
7
Date: November 16Location: Ohio Stadium
at Michigan [ ]
#12 Ohio State Buckeyes at #6 Michigan Wolverines
1
2
3 4 Total
Ohio State
0
10
0 7 17
Michigan 3
7
10 7 27
at Michigan Stadium , Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date : November 23Game weather : Overcast, 40 °F (4 °C)Game attendance : 106,102TV : CBS Box Score
Game information
First quarter
MICH – Pat Moons 34-yard field goal, 1:59. Michigan 3–0. Drive: 7 plays, 21 yards. Second quarter
OSU – Rich Spangler 48-yard field goal, 11:40. Tie 3–3. Drive: 11 plays, 49 yards.
OSU – Keith Byars 2-yard run (Rich Spangler kick), 8:41. Ohio St 10–3. Drive: 5 plays, 19 yards.
MICH – Gerald White 4-yard pass from Jim Harbaugh (Pat Moons kick), 2:20. Tie 10–10. Drive: 12 plays, 80 yards. Third quarter
MICH – Pat Moons 38-yard field goal, 10:28. Michigan 13–10. Drive: 11 plays, 55 yards.
MICH – Eric Kattus 5-yard pass from Jim Harbaugh (Pat Moons kick), 2:56. Michigan 20–10. Drive: 12 plays, 63 yards. Fourth quarter
OSU – Cris Carter 36-yard pass from Jim Karsatos (Rich Spangler kick), 10:10. Michigan 20–17. Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards.
MICH – John Kolesar 77-yard pass from Jim Harbaugh (Pat Moons kick), 9:19. Michigan 27–17. Drive: 2 plays, 80 yards.
Top passers OSU – Jim Karsatos – 17/31, 179 yards, TD, INT
MICH – Jim Harbaugh – 16/19, 230 yards, 3 TD Top rushers Top receivers OSU – Cris Carter – 5 receptions, 90 yards, TD
MICH – John Kolesar – 4 receptions, 109 yards
Citrus Bowl (vs BYU) [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Ohio St
0
3 7 0
10
BYU
0
7 0 0
7
Date: December 28Location: Citrus Bowl
Depth chart [ ]
Defense
FS
12 Terry White
20 Dwight Smith
OLB
ILB
ILB
SLB
14 Eric Kumerow
36 Chris Spielman
98 Pepper Johnson
82 Byron Lee
57 John Sullivan
61 Derek Isaman
30 Mike Kee
8 Scott Leach
ROV
8 Sonny Gordon
24 Mike Wood
CB
37 William White
47 Ray Jackson
DE
NT
DE
90 Fred Ridder
33 Larry Kolic (LB/NG)
95 Darryl Lee
55 Ray Holliman
67 Mike Sullivan
94 Henry Brown
CB
29 Greg Rogan
11 Steve Hill
Offense
LT
LG
C
RG
RT
75 Rory Graves
97 Jeff Uhlenhake
71 Bob Maggs
56 Jim Gilmore
72 Larry Kotterman
77 Ron Paulsen
65 Tom Glancey
50 Tim Odom
51 Greg Zackeroff
69 Jay Shaffer
TE
80 Ed Taggart
81 John Hutchison
FL
1 Mike Lanese
26 Nate Harris
FB
44 George Cooper
43 Barry Walker
Special Teams
PK
P Tom Tupa
RB
25 John Wooldridge
42 Vince Workman
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Awards and honors [ ] Pepper Johnson , UPI First Team All-AmericaPepper Johnson , Football News First Team All-America1986 NFL draftees [ ] References [ ] Win/Loss statistics Draft data
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