1984 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1984 Ohio State Buckeyes football

Big Ten champion
Rose Bowl, L 17–20 vs. USC
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 13
1984 record	9–3 (7–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Earle Bruce (6th year)
MVP	Keith Byars
Captain	Pepper Johnson
Captain	Mark Krerowicz
Captain	Kirk Lowermilk
Captain	Mike Tomczak
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium (Capacity: 85,290)

1984 Big Ten football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#13 Ohio State $	7	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Illinois	6	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Purdue	6	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
#16 Iowa	5	–	3	–	1	8	–	4	–	1
Wisconsin	5	–	3	–	1	7	–	4	–	1
Michigan	5	–	4	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Michigan State	5	–	4	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Minnesota	3	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Indiana	0	–	9	–	0	0	–	11	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1984 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 9–3 record, including the 1985 Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, where they lost, 20–17, to the USC Trojans.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 8	12:00 p.m.	Oregon State*	No. 6	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	SV	W 22–14	88,072
September 15	3:30 p.m.	Washington State*	No. 9	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	SV	W 44–0	89,297
September 22	1:30 p.m.	No. 14 Iowa	No. 5	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	SV	W 45–26	89,733
September 29	8:00 p.m.	at Minnesota	No. 3	The Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN		W 35–22	47,543
October 6	2:30 p.m.	at Purdue	No. 2	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN		L 23–28	66,261
October 13	3:30 p.m.	Illinois	No. 8	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy)	CBS/WOSU	W 45–38	89,937
October 20	1:00 p.m.	at Michigan State	No. 8	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI		W 23–20	75,123
October 27	12:00 p.m.	at Wisconsin	No. 6	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	CBS	L 14–16	78,606
November 3	1:30 p.m.	Indiana	No. 16	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH		W 50-7	89,366
November 10	2:30 p.m.	at Northwestern	No. 13	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL		W 52–3	31,087
November 17	12:00 p.m.	Michigan	No. 11	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (The Game)	CBS	W 21–6	90,286
January 1, 1985	5:00 p.m.	vs. No. 18 USC*	No. 6	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	NBC	L 17–20	102,594
*Non-conference game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Depth chart

Defense

FS
Terry White
Steve Hill

OLB	ILB	ILB	OLB
Byron Lee	Pepper Johnson	Larry Kolic	Dennis Hueston
⋅	⋅	Chris Spielman	Eric Kumerow

ROV
Sonny Gordon
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CB
William White
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DE	NT	DE
Dave Morrill	Tony Giuliani	Dave Crecelius
Darryl Lee	Ray Holliman	⋅

CB
Greg Rogan
Scott Leach

Offense

SE
Cris Carter
Doug Smith

LT	LG	C	RG	RT
Rory Graves	Jim Lachey	Kirk Lowdermilk	Scott Zalenski	Mark Krerowicz
⋅	⋅	Bob Maggs	Jim Gilmore	⋅

TE
Ed Taggart
Judd Groza

FL
Mike Lanese
Dino Dawson

QB
Mike Tomczak
Jim Karsatos

FB
Roman Bates
George Cooper

Special Teams
PK Rich Spangler
P Tom Tupa

RB
Keith Byars
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Coaching staff

Earle Bruce - Head Coach - 6th year
Gary Blackney - Defensive Backs (1st year)
Bill Conley - Offense (1st year)
Steve Devine - Offensive Line (2nd year)
Randy Hart - Defensive Line (3rd year)
Glen Mason - Offensive Coordinator (7th year)
Bill Myles - Offensive Line (8th year)
Fred Pagac - Defensive Linebackers (3rd year)
Jim Tressel - Quarterbacks (2nd year)
Bob Tucker - Defensive Coordinator (6th year)

Game notes

Oregon State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oregon St	7	7	0	0	14
• Ohio State	0	3	12	7	22

Date: September 8
Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH
Game attendance: 88,297

Washington State

	1	2	3	4	Total
WSU	0	0	0	0	0
• Ohio State	3	20	0	21	44

Date: September 15
Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH
Game attendance: 88,297

Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Iowa	3	17	6	0	26
• Ohio State	10	21	7	7	45

Date: September 22
Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH
Game attendance: 89,733

Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Ohio State	7	14	7	7	35
Minnesota	0	7	7	7	21

Date: September 29
Location: Metrodome, Minneapolis, MN
Game attendance: 47,543

Purdue

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ohio State	7	3	7	6	23
• Purdue	7	0	7	14	28

Date: October 6
Location: West Lafayette, IN
Game attendance: 66,261

Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Illinois	17	7	11	3	38
• Ohio St	0	21	14	10	45

Date: October 13
Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH
Game start: 3:30 p.m. EST
Elapsed time: 3:28
Game attendance: 89,937
Game weather: Mostly sunny; 61°F; wind 5–6 SE
Referee: Otho Kortz

Scoring summary

Q1	7:40	ILL	Grant 3 yard pass from Trudeau (White kick)	ILL 7-0

Q1	2:58	ILL	White 26 yard field goal	ILL 10-0

Q1	1:14	ILL	Williams 10 yard pass from Trudeau (White kick)	ILL 17-0

Q2	14:47	ILL	Boso 8 yard pass from Trudeau (White kick)	ILL 24-0

Q2	4:13	OHST	Byars 16 yard run (Spangler kick)	ILL 24-7

Q2	3:23	OHST	Carter 33 yard pass from Tomczak	ILL 24-14

Q2	:23	OHST	Byars 4 yard run (Spangler kick)	ILL 24-21

Q3	13:40	OHST	Byars 1 yard run (Spangler kick)	OHST 28-24

Q3	10:42	ILL	White 46 yard field goal	OHST 28-27

Q3	8:57	OHST	Byars 67 yard run (Spangler kick)	OHST 35-27

Q3	1:09	ILL	Wilson 9 yard pass from Trudeau (Trudeau run)	Tie 35-35

Q4	10:21	OHST	Spangler 46 yard field goal	OHST 38-35

Q4	3:18	ILL	White 16 yard field goal	Tie 38-38

Q4	:36	OHST	Byars 3 yard run (Spangler kick)	OHST 45-38

Keith Byars 39 Rush, 274 Yds
Cris Carter 7 Rec, 134 Yds

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Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Michigan	0	3	3	0	6
• Ohio St	7	0	14	0	21

Date: November 17
Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH
Game start: 12:00 p.m. EST
Elapsed time: 3:00
Game attendance: 90,286
Game weather: Mostly sunny; 38°F; wind 3 W
Referee: Otho Kortz

Scoring summary

Q1	4:47	OHST	Byars 1 yard run (Spangler kick)	OHST 7-0

Q2	:01	MICH	Bergeron 37 yard field goal	OHST 7-3

Q3	7:55	MICH	Bergeron 45 yard field goal	OHST 7-6

Q3	6:08	OHST	Byars 2 yard run (Spangler kick)	OHST 14-6

Q3	4:43	OHST	Byars 2 yard run (Spangler kick)	OHST 21-6

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Rose Bowl

1985 NFL draftees

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL Club
Jim Lachey	1	12	Tackle	San Diego Chargers
Kirk Lowdermilk	3	59	Center	Minnesota Vikings
Mark Krerowicz	6	147	Guard	Cleveland Browns

References

↑ 1985 Ohio State Football Media Guide
↑ Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives. Retrieved 2014-Dec-08.
↑ Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives. Retrieved 2014-Dec-08.
↑ Gainesville Sun. 1984 Nov 18.
↑ Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives. Retrieved 2014-Dec-08.
↑ http://admin.xosn.com/fls/17300//pdf/fb/m-footbl-bowls.pdf

Win/Loss statistics

Draft data

Ohio State Drafted Players

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

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

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