1977 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1977 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Big Ten Co-Champions
Sugar Bowl, L 356 vs. Alabama
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches #12
AP #11
1977 record 93 (71 Big Ten)
Head coach Woody Hayes
Defensive coordinator George Hill
MVP Dave Adkins
Captain Aaron Brown
Captain Ray Griffin
Captain Jeff Logan
Captain Chris Ward
Home stadium Ohio Stadium
(Capacity: 83,112)
1977 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#9 Michigan + 7 1 0     10 2 0
#11 Ohio State + 7 1 0     9 3 0
Michigan State 6 1 1     7 3 1
Indiana 4 3 1     5 5 1
Minnesota 4 4 0     7 5 0
Purdue 3 5 0     5 6 0
Iowa 3 5 0     4 7 0
Wisconsin 3 6 0     5 6 0
Illinois 2 6 0     3 8 0
Northwestern 1 8 0     1 10 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 93 record, including the 1978 Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, Louisiana, where they lost 356 to the Alabama Crimson Tide.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 10 1:30 PM Miami (FL)* #5 Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH W 100   86,287
September 17 1:30 PM Minnesota #6 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 387   87,799
September 24 1:30 PM #3 Oklahoma* #4 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH ABC L 2829   88,119
October 1 8:30 PM at SMU* #6 Cotton BowlDallas, TX W 357   51,970
October 8 1:30 PM Purdue #4 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 460   87,707
October 15 2:30 PM at Iowa #5 Kinnick StadiumIowa City, IA W 276   60,070
October 22 2:30 PM at Northwestern #4 Dyche StadiumEvanston, IL W 3515   29,563
October 29 1:30 PM Wisconsin #3 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 420   87,837
November 5 2:00 PM at Illinois #4 Memorial StadiumChampaign, IL (Illibuck Trophy) W 350   66,973
November 12 1:30 PM Indiana #4 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 357   87,786
November 19 12:30 PM at #5 Michigan #4 Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MI (The Game) ABC L 614   106,024
January 2 2:00 PM vs. #3 Alabama* #9 Louisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) ABC L 635   76,811
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Depth chart

Defense
FS
Joe Allegro
Brian Schwartz
WLB SLB
Dave Adkins Tom Cousineau
Terry Vogler Tom Blinco
SS
Ray Griffin
Todd Bell
Duncan Griffin
CB
Mike Guess
Vince Skillings
DE DT NT DT DE
Kelton Dansler Gary Dulin Aaron Brown Byron Cato Paul Ross
Eddie Beamon Mark Sullivan Luther Henson Jim Laughlin
CB
Len Mills
Tom Roche
Ray Ellis
Offense
SE
Herman Jones
Doug Donley
LT LG C RG RT
Chris Ward Mark Lang Tim Vogler Ken Fritz Joe Robinson
Garth Cox Ernie Andria Doug Porter Tom Waugh Doug Mackie
TE
Bill Jaco
Jimmy Moore
Greg Storer
WB
Jim Harrell
QB
Rod Gerald
Greg Castignola
Mike Strahine
FB
Jeff Logan
Paul Campbell
Ricardo Volley
Special Teams
PK Vlade Janakievski
P Dave McKee
RB
Ron Springs
Joel Payton
Ray Griffin

[1]

Coaching staff

Game summaries

Miami (FL)

1 234Total
Miami (FL) 0 000 0
Ohio St 0 1000 10
  • Date: September 10
  • Location: Ohio Stadium
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m.
  • Game attendance: 86,287
  • Game weather: 78°F; wind 10–15 WNW

[2]

Oklahoma

European Soccer style kicker drilled a 50+ yard field goal to give the Sooners the win as time expired

SMU


Purdue

1 234Total
Purdue 0 000 0
Ohio St 29 1070 46
  • Date: October 8
  • Location: Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio
  • Game weather: 87,707

[3]

Illinois

1 234Total
Ohio St 0 7217 35
Illinois 0 000 0

[4]


Indiana

1 234Total
Indiana 7 000 7
Ohio St 7 0217 35

[5]

1978 NFL draftees

Player Round Pick Position NFL Club
Chris Ward 1 4 Tackle New York Jets
Ray Griffin 2 35 Defensive Back Cincinnati Bengals
Herman Jones 7 185 Wide Receiver Chicago Bears
Jeff Logan 7 191 Running Back Baltimore Colts
David Adkins 8 209 Linebacker Atlanta Falcons
Aaron C. Brown 10 252 Linebacker Tampa Bay Buccaneers

References

  1. 1978 Ohio State Football Media Guide
  2. Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives. Retrieved 2015-Sep-11.
  3. "Payton TDs Lead Ohio State Rout." Palm Beach Post. 1977 Oct 9.
  4. Eugene Register-Guard. 1977 Nov 6.
  5. Eugene Register-Guard. 1977 Nov 13.
Win/Loss statistics
Draft data
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