1974 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1974 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Big Ten Co-Champions
Rose Bowl, L 1817 vs. USC
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches #3
AP #4
1974 record 102 (71 Big Ten)
Head coach Woody Hayes
MVP Archie Griffin
Captain Neal Colzie
Pete Cusick
Archie Griffin
Arnold Jones
Steve Myers
Home stadium Ohio Stadium
(Capacity: 83,080)
1974 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#4 Ohio State + 7 1 0     10 2 0
#3 Michigan + 7 1 0     10 1 0
#12 Michigan State 6 1 1     7 3 1
Wisconsin 5 3 0     7 4 0
Illinois 4 3 1     6 4 1
Purdue 3 5 0     4 6 1
Minnesota 2 6 0     4 7 0
Iowa 2 6 0     3 8 0
Northwestern 2 6 0     3 8 0
Indiana 1 7 0     1 10 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1974 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 102 record, including the 1975 Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, where they lost, 1817, to the USC Trojans.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 14 2:30 PM at Minnesota #4 Memorial StadiumMinneapolis, MN W 3419   45,511
September 21 1:30 PM Oregon State* #2 Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH W 5110   86,383
September 28 1:30 PM SMU* #1 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 289   87,487
October 5 4:30 PM vs. Washington State* #1 Husky StadiumSeattle, WA W 427   50,000
October 12 1:30 PM Wisconsin #1 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 527   87,717
October 19 1:30 PM Indiana #1 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 499   87,071
October 26 2:30 PM at Northwestern #1 Dyche StadiumEvanston, IL W 557   42,337
November 2 1:30 PM Illinoisdagger #1 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy) W 497   87,813
November 9 12:30 PM at Michigan State #1 Spartan StadiumEast Lansing, MI ABC L 1316   78,533
November 16 2:30 PM at Iowa #4 Kinnick StadiumIowa City, IA W 3510   48,700
November 23 1:00 PM #3 Michigan #4 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (The Game) ABC W 1210   88,243
January 1 5:00 PM vs. #5 USC* #3 Rose BowlPasadena, CA (Rose Bowl) NBC L 1718   106,721
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

[1]

Depth chart

Defense
FS
Tim Fox
Max Midlam
WLB MLB SLB
Bruce Elia Arnie Jones Ken Kuhn
Brian Bowers Ed Thompson
SS
Rich Parsons
Doug Plank
CB
Neal Colzie
Jerome Davis
Craig Cassady
DE DT DT DE
Jim Cope Pete Cusick Nick Buonamici Van DeCree
Pat Curto Aaron Brown Eddie Beamon Bob Brudzinski
CB
Steve Luke
Bruce Ruhl
Offense
SE
Dave Hazel
Bill Ezzo
Lenny Willis
LT LG C RG RT
Kurt Schumacher Ted Smith Steve Myers Dick Mack Scott Dannelley
Lou Pietrini Bill Lukens Ron Ayers
Doug Porter
TE
Doug France
Mike Bartoszek
WB
Brian Baschnagel
Tim Holycross
Bob Hyatt
QB
Cornelius Greene
Steve Morrison
Dave Purdy
FB
Champ Henson
Pete Johnson
Special Teams
PK Tom Klaban
PK Tom McBrayer
P Tom Skladany
P Mike Keeton
KR Lenny Willis
PR Neal Colzie
RB
Archie Griffin
Ray Griffin
Woody Roach

[2]

Coaching staff

Season summary

Minnesota

Ohio State at Minnesota
1 234Total
Ohio St 7 1476 34
Minnesota 3 0016 19

[3]

Awards and honors

1975 NFL draftees

Player Round Pick Position NFL Club
Kurt Schumacher 1 12 Guard New Orleans Saints
Doug France 1 20 Tackle Los Angeles Rams
Neal Colzie 1 24 Defensive Back Oakland Raiders
Peter Cusick 3 66 Nose Tackle New England Patriots
Steve Luke 4 88 Defensive Back Green Bay Packers
Champ Henson 4 89 Running Back Minnesota Vikings
Bruce Elia 4 100 Linebacker Miami Dolphins
Jim Cope 5 119 Linebacker Cleveland Browns
Dave Hazel 11 261 Wide Receiver Baltimore Colts
Steve Myers 11 275 Guard Detroit Lions
Doug Plank 12 291 Defensive Back Chicago Bears
Larry O'Rourke 14 354 Defensive Tackle Philadelphia Eagles
Mike Bartoszek 17 430 Tight End New York Jets

References

  1. http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=227&season=1974
  2. 1975 Ohio State Football Media Guide
  3. Eugene Register-Guard. 1974 September 15. Retrieved 2012-12-4.
  4. http://www.heisman.com/winners/hsmn-winners.html
Win/Loss statistics
Draft data
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