1990 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1990 Ohio State Buckeyes football

Liberty Bowl, L 11–23 vs. Air Force
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1990 record	7–4–1 (5–2–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Cooper (3rd year)
Defensive coordinator	Bill Young (3rd year)
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium (Capacity: 86,071)

1990 Big Ten football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#7 Michigan +	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
#16 Michigan State +	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	1
#25 Illinois +	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
#18 Iowa +	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Ohio State	5	–	2	–	1	7	–	4	–	1
Minnesota	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Indiana	3	–	4	–	1	6	–	5	–	1
Northwestern	1	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Purdue	1	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Wisconsin	0	–	8	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1990 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 7–4–1 record, including the 1990 Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tennessee, where they lost, 23–11, to the Air Force Falcons.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 8	3:30 p.m.	Texas Tech*	No. 18	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	ABC	W 17–10	88,707^[1]
September 15	12:00 p.m.	at Boston College*	No. 17	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	JPS	W 31–10	32,432^[1]
September 29	3:30 p.m.	No. 18 USC*	No. 15	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	ABC	L 26–35	89,422^[1]
October 6	3:30 p.m.	No. 13 Illinois	No. 20	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy)	ABC	L 20–31	89,404^[1]
October 13	12:30 p.m.	at No. 22 Indiana		Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN	ESPN	T 27–27	52,080^[1]
October 20	2:00 p.m.	at Purdue		Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN		W 42–2	57,031^[1]
October 27	1:30 p.m.	Minnesota		Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH		W 52–23	89,688^[1]
November 3	1:30 p.m.	Northwestern		Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH		W 48–7	89,177^[1]
November 10	12:00 p.m.	at No. 6 Iowa		Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	ABC	W 27–26	70,033^[1]
November 17	2:00 p.m.	at Wisconsin	No. 21	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI		W 35–10	41,403^[1]
November 24	12:00 p.m.	No. 15 Michigan	No. 19	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (The Game)	ABC	L 13–16	90,054^[1]
December 27	7:00 p.m.	vs. Air Force*	No. 24	Liberty Bowl • Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl)	ESPN	L 11–23	39,262^[1]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Coaching staff

John Cooper - Head Coach - 3rd year
Gary Blackney - Defensive Coordinator (7th year)
Jim Colletto - Offensive Coordinator (3rd year)
Ron Hudson - Quarterbacks (3rd year)
Gene Huey - Offensive Wide Receivers (3rd year)
Bob Palcic - Offensive Line (5th year)
Fred Pagac - Defensive Linebackers (9th year)
Bobby Turner - Running Backs (2nd year)
Bill Young - Defensive Coordinator (3rd year)
Ron Zook - Defensive Backs (3rd year)

Game summaries

Texas Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas Tech	0	3	7	0	10
• Ohio St	0	0	10	7	17

Date: September 8
Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH

Scoring summary

Q2	TTU	Elliott 37 yard field goal	TTU 3–0

Q3	OHST	T. Williams 32 yard field goal	Tie 3–3

Q3	TTU	Lynn 52 yard pass from Gill (Elliott kick)	TTU 10–3

Q3	OHST	Smith 2 yard run (T. Williams kick)	Tie 10–10

Q4	OHST	J. Graham 50 yard punt return (T. Williams kick)	OHST 17–10

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1991 NFL draftees

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL Club
Vinnie Clark	1	19	Defensive Back	Green Bay Packers
Jeff Graham	2	46	Wide Receiver	Pittsburgh Steelers
Bobby Olive	11	300	Wide Receiver	Kansas City Chiefs

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Awards and honors

Robert Smith, Big Ten Freshman of the Year

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Park, Jack (2003). The Official Ohio State Football Encyclopedia. Champaign, IL: Sports Publishing LLC. ISBN 1-58261-695-7.
↑ http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=227&season=1990
↑ Gainesville Sun. 1990 Sept 9.
↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1991.htm

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

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