1977 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1977 Ohio State Buckeyes football

Big Ten co-champion
Sugar Bowl, L 6–35 vs. Alabama
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 11
1977 record	9–3 (7–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Woody Hayes (27th year)
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 9–3 record, including the 1978 Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, Louisiana, where they lost 35–6 to the Alabama Crimson Tide.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 10	1:30 p.m.	Miami (FL)*	No. 5	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH		W 10–0	86,287
September 17	1:30 p.m.	Minnesota	No. 6	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH		W 38–7	87,799
September 24	1:30 p.m.	No. 3 Oklahoma*	No. 4	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	ABC	L 28–29	88,119
October 1	8:30 p.m.	at SMU*	No. 6	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX		W 35–7	51,970
October 8	1:30 p.m.	Purdue	No. 4	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH		W 46–0	87,707
October 15	2:30 p.m.	at Iowa	No. 5	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA		W 27–6	60,070
October 22	2:30 p.m.	at Northwestern	No. 4	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL		W 35–15	29,563
October 29	1:30 p.m.	Wisconsin	No. 3	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH		W 42–0	87,837
November 5	2:00 p.m.	at Illinois	No. 4	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Illibuck Trophy)		W 35–0	66,973
November 12	1:30 p.m.	Indiana	No. 4	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH		W 35–7	87,786
November 19	12:30 p.m.	at No. 5 Michigan	No. 4	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (The Game)	ABC	L 6–14	106,024
January 2, 1978	2:00 p.m.	vs. No. 3 Alabama*	No. 9	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)	ABC	L 6–35	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
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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

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Coaching staff

Woody Hayes - Head Coach (27th year)
George Chaump - Offense (10th year)
George Hill (American football coach) - Defensive Coordinator (7th year)
Dave Adolph - Defense (1st year)
Alex Gibbs - Offensive Coordinator/ Offensive Line (3rd year)
Mickey Jackson - (4th year)
Bill Myles - Offensive Line (1st year)
Gary Tranquill - Defensive Backs (1st year)

Game summaries

Miami (FL)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miami (FL)	0	0	0	0	0
• Ohio St	0	10	0	0	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

Scoring summary

Q2	10:40	OSU	Janakievski 31 yard field goal	OSU 3–0

Q2	4:56	OSU	Springs 21 yard run (Janakievski kick)	OSU 10–0

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Oklahoma

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

SMU

Purdue

	1	2	3	4	Total
Purdue	0	0	0	0	0
• Ohio St	29	10	7	0	46

Date: October 8
Location: Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio
Game weather: 87,707

Scoring summary

1	OHST	Guess 65-yard interception return (Janakievski kick)	Ohio St 7-0

1	OHST	Payton 1-yard run (Payton run)	Ohio St 15-0

1	OHST	Payton 1-yard run (Janakievski kick)	Ohio St 22-0

1	OHST	Payton 10-yard run (Janakievski kick)	Ohio St 29-0

2	OHST	Springs 66-yard run (Janakievski kick)	Ohio St 36-0

2	OHST	Janakievski 26-yard field goal	Ohio St 39-0

3	OHST	Payton 2-yard run (Janakievski kick)	Ohio St 46-0

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Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Ohio St	0	7	21	7	35
Illinois	0	0	0	0	0

Date: November 5
Location: Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois
Game attendance: 66,973

Scoring summary

2	OHST	Campbell 1-yard run (Janakievski kick)	Ohio St 7-0

3	OHST	Payton 1-yard run (Janakievski kick)	Ohio St 14-0

3	OHST	Springs 15-yard run (Janakievski kick)	Ohio St 21-0

3	OHST	Harrell 5-yard run (Janakievski kick)	Ohio St 28-0

4	OHST	Johnson 15-yard run (Janakievski kick)	Ohio St 35-0

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Indiana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Indiana	7	0	0	0	7
• Ohio St	7	0	21	7	35

Date: November 12
Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
Game attendance: 87,786

Scoring summary

1	IND	Calvin 2 yard pass from Arnett (Freud kick)	IND 7–0

1	OHST	Payton 3 yard run (Janakievski kick)	Tie 7–7

3	OHST	Harrell 29 yard pass from Gerald (Janakievski kick)	OHST 14–7

3	OHST	Gerald 8 yard run (Janakievski kick)	OHST 21–7

3	OHST	Springs 1 yard run (Janakievski kick)	OHST 28–7

4	OHST	Campbell 1 yard run (Janakievski kick)	OHST 35–7

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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

↑ 1978 Ohio State Football Media Guide
↑ Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives. Retrieved 2015-Sep-11.
↑ "Payton TDs Lead Ohio State Rout." Palm Beach Post. 1977 Oct 9.
↑ Eugene Register-Guard. 1977 Nov 6.
↑ Eugene Register-Guard. 1977 Nov 13.

Win/Loss statistics

Ohio State Historical Scores

Draft data

Ohio State Drafted Players

Ohio State Buckeyes football

Venues	Recreation Park (1890–1897) Ohio Field (1898–1921) Ohio Stadium (1922–present) Woody Hayes Athletic Center (practice)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Illinois (Illibuck) Michigan (The Ten Year War) Penn State

Culture & lore	History Brutus Buckeye "Across the Field" "Buckeye Battle Cry" "Carmen Ohio" Neutron Man Marching band Snow Bowl (1950) 1969 Michigan game 1973 Michigan game The Kick "Holy Buckeye" 2006 "Game of the Century" Block O "Hang On Sloopy" The Ten Year War WBNS-TV WBNS WBNS-FM Ohio State IMG Sports Network

People	Head coaches All-Century Team Yearly statistical leaders NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

National championship seasons in bold

Big Ten Conference football champions

Western Conference	Wisconsin (1896) Wisconsin (1897) Michigan (1898) Chicago (1899) Iowa & Minnesota (1900) Michigan & Wisconsin (1901) Michigan (1902) Michigan, Minnesota, & Northwestern (1903) Michigan & Minnesota (1904) Chicago (1905) Michigan, Minnesota, & Wisconsin (1906) Chicago (1907) Chicago (1908) Minnesota (1909) Illinois & Minnesota (1910) Minnesota (1911) Wisconsin (1912) Chicago (1913) Illinois (1914) Illinois & Minnesota (1915) Ohio State (1916) Ohio State (1917)

Big Ten	Illinois, Michigan, & Purdue (1918) Illinois (1919) Ohio State (1920) Iowa (1921) Chicago, Iowa, & Michigan (1922) Illinois & Michigan (1923) Chicago (1924) Michigan (1925) Michigan & Northwestern (1926) Illinois & Minnesota (1927) Illinois (1928) Purdue (1929) Michigan & Northwestern (1930) Purdue, Michigan & Northwestern (1931) Michigan & Purdue (1932) Michigan & Minnesota (1933) Minnesota (1934) Minnesota & Ohio State (1935) Northwestern (1936) Minnesota (1937) Minnesota (1938) Ohio State (1939)

Big Nine	Minnesota (1940) Minnesota (1941) Ohio State (1942) Michigan & Purdue (1943) Ohio State (1944) Indiana (1945) Illinois (1946) Michigan (1947) Michigan (1948)

Big Ten	Michigan & Ohio State (1949) Michigan (1950) Illinois (1951) Purdue & Wisconsin (1952) Illinois & Michigan State (1953) Ohio State (1954) Ohio State (1955) Iowa (1956) Ohio State (1957) Iowa (1958) Wisconsin (1959) Minnesota & Iowa (1960) Ohio State (1961) Wisconsin (1962) Illinois (1963) Michigan (1964) Michigan State (1965) Michigan State (1966) Indiana, Minnesota, Purdue (1967) Ohio State (1968) Michigan & Ohio State (1969) Ohio State (1970) Michigan (1971) Michigan & Ohio State (1972) Michigan & Ohio State (1973) Michigan & Ohio State (1974) Ohio State (1975) Michigan & Ohio State (1976) Michigan & Ohio State (1977) Michigan & Michigan State (1978) Ohio State (1979) Michigan (1980) Iowa & Ohio State (1981) Michigan (1982) Illinois (1983) Ohio State (1984) Iowa (1985) Michigan & Ohio State (1986) Michigan State (1987) Michigan (1988) Michigan (1989) Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, & Michigan State (1990) Michigan (1991) Michigan (1992) Ohio State & Wisconsin (1993) Penn State (1994) Northwestern (1995) Ohio State & Northwestern (1996) Michigan (1997) Michigan, Ohio State, & Wisconsin (1998) Wisconsin (1999) Michigan, Northwestern, & Purdue (2000) Illinois (2001) Ohio State & Iowa (2002) Michigan (2003) Iowa & Michigan (2004) Ohio State & Penn State (2005) Ohio State (2006) Ohio State (2007) Ohio State & Penn State (2008) Ohio State (2009) Michigan State & Wisconsin (2010) Wisconsin (2011) Wisconsin (2012) Michigan State (2013) Ohio State (2014) Michigan State (2015) Penn State (2016)

National championships in bold

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