1983 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1983 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Fiesta Bowl champion
Fiesta Bowl, W 2823 vs. Pittsburgh
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 8
AP No. 9
1983 record 93 (63 Big Ten)
Head coach Earle Bruce (5th year)
Offensive coordinator Glen Mason
MVP John Frank
Captain John Frank
Captain Garcia Lane
Captain Bill Roberts
Captain Rowland Tatum
Home stadium Ohio Stadium
(Capacity: 85,290)
1983 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#10 Illinois $ 9 0 0     10 2 0
#8 Michigan 8 1 0     9 3 0
#14 Iowa 7 2 0     9 3 0
#9 Ohio State 6 3 0     9 3 0
Wisconsin 5 4 0     7 4 0
Purdue 3 5 1     3 7 1
Michigan State 2 6 1     4 6 1
Indiana 2 7 0     3 8 0
Northwestern 2 7 0     2 9 0
Minnesota 0 9 0     1 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1983 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 93 record, including the 1984 Fiesta Bowl in Tempe, Arizona, where they won, 2823, against the Pittsburgh Panthers.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 10 1:30 p.m. Oregon* No. 7 Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH W 316   88,524
September 17 3:30 p.m. at No. 2 Oklahoma* No. 6 Oklahoma Memorial StadiumNorman, OK ABC W 2414   76,520
September 24 3:30 p.m. at No. 7 Iowa No. 3 Kinnick StadiumIowa City, IA CBS L 1420   66,175
October 1 1:30 p.m. Minnesota No. 8 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 6918   89,192
October 8 1:30 p.m. Purdue No. 6 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 3322   89,384
October 15 2:00 p.m. at No. 19 Illinois No. 6 Memorial StadiumChampaign, IL (Illibuck Trophy) L 1317   73,414
October 22 1:30 p.m. Michigan State No. 17 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 2111   89,104
October 29 1:30 p.m. Wisconsin No. 16 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 4527   89,203
November 5 1:30 p.m. at Indiana No. 14 Memorial StadiumBloomington, IN W 5617   51,176
November 12 1:30 p.m. Northwestern No. 10 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 557   88,703
November 19 1:00 p.m. at No. 8 Michigan No. 10 Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MI (The Game) SV L 2124   106,115
January 2, 1984 1:30 p.m. vs. No. 15 Pittsburgh* No. 14 Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ (Fiesta Bowl) NBC W 2823   66,484
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Depth chart

Defense
FS
Kelvin Bell
ROLB ILB ILB LOLB
Curt Curtis Rowland Tatum Clark Backus Orlando Lowry
Byron Lee Pepper Johnson Dennis Hueston
ROV
Doug Hill
Steve Hill
CB
Shaun Gayle
Kevin Richardson
DE NT DE
Dave Morrill Spencer Nelms Dave Crecelius
Henry Brown Tony Giuliani
CB
Garcia Lane
Sonny Gordon
Offense
SE
Thad Jemison
LT LG C RG RT
William Roberts Kirk Lowdermilk Joe Dooley Scott Zalenski Mark Krerowicz
Rory Graves Jim Lachey Jim Carson
TE
John Frank
Judd Groza
FL
Cedric Anderson
Mike Lanese
QB
Mike Tomczak
Jim Karsatos
FB
Vaughn Broadnax
Barry Walker
Special Teams
PK Rich Spangler
P Karl Edwards
RB
Keith Byars
Kelvin Lindsey

[1]

Coaching staff

Game notes

Oklahoma

1 234Total
Ohio State 7 773 24
Oklahoma 0 770 14

[2]

Iowa

1 234Total
Ohio State 7 007 14
Iowa 3 0107 20
  • Date: September 24
  • Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA

Minnesota

1 234Total
Minnesota 3 906 18
Ohio State 7 31247 69
  • Date: October 1
  • Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH

Michigan State

1 234Total
Michigan St 3 008 11
Ohio St 7 707 21
  • Date: October 22
  • Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m. EST
  • Elapsed time: 2:28
  • Game attendance: 89,104
  • Game weather: Rainy; 56°F; wind 15–25 SE
  • Referee: Jerry Hendrickson

[3]

Wisconsin

1 234Total
Wisconsin 14 760 27
Ohio State 7 21107 45
  • Date: Saturday, October 29
  • Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
  • Game attendance: 89,203

Woody Hayes dotted the "i" in the pregame Script Ohio.

Statistics

[4]

Northwestern

1 234Total
Northwestern 0 007 7
Ohio State 20 2177 55
  • Date: November 12
  • Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH
  • Game attendance: 88,703

Michigan

1 234Total
Ohio State 0 770 14
Michigan 10 0014 24
  • Date: November 19
  • Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI

Fiesta Bowl

1984 Fiesta Bowl
1 234Total
Ohio State 7 7014 28
Pittsburgh 0 7016 23
  • Date: January 2, 1984
  • Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, AZ
  • Game attendance: 66,484
  • TV announcers (NBC): Charlie Jones, Bob Griese

[5]

1984 NFL draftees

Player Round Pick Position NFL Club
William Roberts 1 27 Guard New York Giants
John Frank 2 56 Tight End San Francisco 49ers
Garcia Lane 3 61 Defensive Back Kansas City Chiefs
Rowland Tatum 6 165 Linebacker Miami Dolphins
Shaun Gayle 10 271 Defensive Back Chicago Bears
Joe Dooley 10 274 Center Los Angeles Rams
Thad Jemison 12 310 Wide Receiver Tampa Bay Buccaneers

References

Win/Loss statistics
Draft data
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