1985 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1985 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Florida Citrus Bowl champion
Florida Citrus Bowl, W 10–7 vs. BYU
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 14
Record	9–3 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Earle Bruce (7th season)
Offensive coordinator	Glen Mason (6th season)
Defensive coordinator	Gary Blackney (1st season)
MVP	Jim Karsatos
Captains	Keith Byars Mike Lanese Pepper Johnson
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium (Capacity: 85,339)

1985 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 10 Iowa $	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 2 Michigan	6	–	1	–	1			10	–	1	–	1
Illinois	5	–	2	–	1			6	–	5	–	1
No. 14 Ohio State	5	–	3	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Michigan State	5	–	3	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Minnesota	4	–	4	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Purdue	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Wisconsin	2	–	6	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Indiana	1	–	7	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Northwestern	1	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1985 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 9–3 record, including the 1985 Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida, where they won, 10–7, against the BYU Cougars. One major highlight of the season for the Buckeyes was when they beat #1 Iowa 22-13 at home on November 2.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 14	8:00 p.m.	Pittsburgh*	No. 9	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	WTBS	W 10–7	88,518
September 21	3:30 p.m.	at Colorado*	No. 7	Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 36–13	47,022
September 28	1:30 p.m.	Washington State*	No. 5	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		W 48–32	89,954
October 5	2:00 p.m.	at Illinois	No. 5	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (Illibuck Trophy)		L 28–31	76,343
October 12	1:30 p.m.	Indiana	No. 15	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		W 48–7	89,846
October 19	12:00 p.m.	Purdue	No. 11	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	CBS	W 41–27	89,888
October 26	3:30 p.m.	at No. 20 Minnesota	No. 9	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	CBS	W 23–19	64,455
November 2	2:30 p.m.	No. 1 Iowa	No. 8	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	CBS	W 22–13	90,467
November 9	12:30 p.m.	at Northwestern	No. 4	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	WTBS	W 35–17	26,477
November 16	1:30 p.m.	Wisconsin	No. 3	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		L 7–12	89,873
November 23	1:30 p.m.	at No. 6 Michigan	No. 12	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	CBS	L 17–27	106,102
December 28	1:00 p.m.	vs. No. 9 BYU*	No. 17	Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL (Florida Citrus Bowl)	NBC	W 10–7	50,920
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Personnel

1985 Ohio State Buckeyes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB Roman Bates RB 41 Keith Byars Sr TE Jim Carroll WR 2 Cris Carter So RB 44 George Cooper So RB Kevin Delaney OL Jim Gilmore OL Rory Graves WR Nate Harris RB Hayden Humphrey TE John Hutchison QB 16 Jim Karsatos Jr OL Larry Kotterman WR 1 Mike Lanese OL Bob Maggs QB Scott Powell WR Doug Smith TE Ed Taggart OL Jeff Uhlenhake RB Barry Walker RB 25 John Woolridge RB 42 Vince Workman	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB Sean Bell DL Henry Brown DB 7 Sonny Gordon DB Steve Hill DL Ray Holliman LB Pepper Johnson Sr LB Larry Kolic LB Eric Kumerow LB Scott Leach LB Byron Lee DL 95 Daryll Lee DL Fred Ridder DB 29 Greg Rogan LB 36 Chris Spielman So DB 12 Terry White DB William White	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 10 Rich Spangler P, QB 19 Tom Tupa So	Head coach Earle Bruce Coordinators/assistant coaches Gary Blackney (DC) Bill Conley (ILB) Steve Devine (OL) Randy Hart (DL) Chuck Heater (DB) Glen Mason (OC) Fred Pagac (LB) Jim Tressel (QB) Leonard Willis Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Pittsburgh

1 2 3 4 Total Pittsburgh 0 0 0 7 7 • Ohio St 0 3 0 7 10 Date: September 14 Location: Ohio Stadium

Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio St 7 15 0 14 36 Colorado 7 0 0 6 13 Date: September 21 Location: Folsom Field

Washington State

1 2 3 4 Total Washington St 14 3 3 12 32 • Ohio St 7 28 3 10 48 Date: September 28 Location: Ohio Stadium

Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total Ohio St 0 14 14 0 28 • Illinois 14 0 7 10 31 Date: October 5 Location: Memorial Stadium

Indiana

1 2 3 4 Total Indiana 0 7 0 0 7 • Ohio St 7 28 10 3 48 Date: October 12 Location: Ohio Stadium

Purdue

Purdue Boilermakers (3–2) at #11 Ohio State Buckeyes (4–1)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Purdue	0	10	10	7	27
Ohio St	14	3	7	17	41

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

• Date: October 19, 1985
• Game time: 12:00 p.m. EDT
• Game weather: Overcast, 75 °F (24 °C)
• Game attendance: 89,888
• Referee: Otho Kortz
• TV: CBS
• Box Score

Game information

First quarter OSU – George Cooper 4-yard pass from Jim Karsatos (Rich Spangler kick), 8:14. Ohio St 7–0. Drive: 9 plays, 39 yards, 4:31. OSU – Mike Lanese 12-yard pass from Jim Karsatos (Rich Spangler kick), 3:11. Ohio St 14–0. Drive: 7 plays, 64 yards, 2:56. Second quarter OSU – Rich Spangler 39-yard field goal, 13:32. Ohio St 17–0. Drive: 8 plays, 53 yards, 2:40. PUR – Rodney Carter 15-yard pass from Jim Everett (Jonathan Briggs kick), 3:02. Ohio St 17–7. Drive: 11 plays, 95 yards, 3:42. PUR – Jonathan Briggs 22-yard field goal, 0:01. Ohio St 17–10. Drive: 13 plays, 75 yards, 1:54. Third quarter OSU – Cris Carter 4-yard pass from Jim Karsatos (Rich Spangler kick), 9:37. Ohio St 24–10. Drive: 9 plays, 32 yards, 4:34. PUR – Ray Wallace 8-yard pass from Jim Everett (Jonathan Briggs kick), 8:12. Ohio St 24–17. Drive: 4 plays, 80 yards, 1:21. PUR – Jonathan Briggs 21-yard field goal, 2:25. Ohio St 24–20. Drive: 14 plays, 45 yards, 4:36. Fourth quarter OSU – Rich Spangler 30-yard field goal, 12:46. Ohio St 27–20. Drive: 11 plays, 67 yards, 4:39. PUR – James Medlock 2-yard run (Jonathan Briggs kick), 8:35. Tie 27–27. Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards, 4:11. OSU – Keith Byars 1-yard run (Rich Spangler kick), 4:41. Ohio St 34–27. Drive: 9 plays, 55 yards, 3:50. OSU – Keith Byars 9-yard run (Rich Spangler kick), 2:10. Ohio St 41–27. Drive: 5 plays, 48 yards, 2:02. Top passers PUR – Jim Everett – 35/55, 497 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT OSU – Jim Karsatos – 14/26, 174 yards, 3 TD Top rushers PUR – Ray Wallace – 3 rushes, 35 yards OSU – Keith Byars – 23 rushes, 106 yards, 2 TD Top receivers PUR – Rodney Carter – 15 receptions, 190 yards, TD OSU – Cris Carter – 4 receptions, 96 yards, TD

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Game highlights

at No. 20 Minnesota

#9 Ohio State Buckeyes (5–1) at #20 Minnesota Golden Gophers (5–1)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Ohio St	0	10	0	13	23
Minnesota	3	9	7	0	19

at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Date: October 26, 1985
• Game time: 2:30 p.m.
• Game weather: Indoors (dome)
• Game attendance: 64,455
• Referee: Jim Kemmerling
• Box Score

Game information

First quarter MINN – Chip Lohmiller 36-yard field goal, 8:34. Minnesota 3–0. Drive: 10 plays, 52 yards, 4:51. Second quarter MINN – Chip Lohmiller 50-yard field goal, 14:56. Minnesota 6–0. Drive: 10 plays, 50 yards, 5:41. OSU – Keith Byars 2-yard run (Rich Spangler kick), 9:37. Ohio St 7–6. Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards, 5:19. OSU – Rich Spangler 38-yard field goal, 4:26. Ohio St 10–6. Drive: 9 plays, 34 yards, 4:16. MINN – Ricky Foggie 7-yard run (run failed), 0:05. Minnesota 12–10. Drive: 11 plays, 66 yards, 4:15. Third quarter MINN – Ricky Foggie 1-yard run (Chip Lohmiller kick), 6:15. Minnesota 19–10. Drive: 18 plays, 88 yards, 8:45. Fourth quarter OSU – Ed Taggart 1-yard pass from Jim Karsatos (Rich Spangler kick), 14:31. Minnesota 19–17. Drive: 16 plays, 90 yards, 6:44. OSU – Vince Workman 16-yard run (pass failed), 10:36. Ohio St 23–19. Drive: 7 plays, 53 yards, 2:55. Top passers OSU – Jim Karsatos – 11/17, 115 yards, TD, INT MINN – Ricky Foggie – 14/20, 147 yards, INT Top rushers OSU – Keith Byars – 18 rushes, 67 yards, TD MINN – Ricky Foggie – 18 rushes, 57 yards, 2 TD Top receivers OSU – Mike Lanese – 2 receptions, 36 yards MINN – Melvin Anderson – 7 receptions, 74 yards

No. 1 Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total No. 1 Hawkeyes 0 7 0 6 13 • No. 8 Buckeyes 5 10 0 7 22 Date: November 2 Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio TV announcers (CBS): Brent Musburger Source: [1]

Scoring summary 1 11:03 OSU Rich Spangler 28-yard field goal OSU 3-0 1 0:02 OSU Safety, Sonny Gordan blocked punt out of end zone OSU 5-0 2 9:06 OSU John Woolridge 57-yard run (Spangler kick) OSU 12-0 2 5:00 OSU Rich Spangler 26-yard field goal OSU 15-0 2 0:28 Iowa Ronnie Harmon 3-yard run (Rob Houghtlin kick) OSU 15-7 4 11:39 OSU Vince Workman 4-yard run (Spangler kick) OSU 22-7 4 8:19 Iowa David Hudson 2-yard run (Kevin Harmon run failed) OSU 22-13

See also: 1985 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

	Iowa	Ohio St
First Downs	21	16
Rushing Yards	186	233
Passing	17–34–4	10–17–2
Passing Yards	169	151
Total Offense	345	370
Fumbles Lost	2–1	1–0
Punts-Average	4–32.5	4–45.3
Penalties	3–16	7–57

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Iowa	Passing	Chuck Long	19–26, 169 yards, 4 INT
	Rushing	Ronnie Harmon	26 carries, 120 yards, TD
	Receiving	Ronnie Harmon	5 receptions, 19 yards
Ohio State	Passing	Jim Karsatos	10–17, 151 yards, 2 INT
	Rushing	George Cooper	17 carries, 104 yards
	Receiving	Cris Carter	3 receptions, 65 yards

Northwestern

1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio St 14 14 7 0 35 Northwestern 0 0 7 0 7 Date: November 9 Location: Dyche Stadium

Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 Total • Wisconsin 3 3 6 0 12 Ohio St 0 7 0 0 7 Date: November 16 Location: Ohio Stadium

at No. 6 Michigan

See also: Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry

#12 Ohio State Buckeyes at #6 Michigan Wolverines

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Ohio State	0	10	0	7	17
Michigan	3	7	10	7	27

at Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Date: November 23
• Game weather: Overcast, 40 °F (4 °C)
• Game attendance: 106,102
• TV: CBS
• Box Score

Game information

First quarter MICH – Pat Moons 34-yard field goal, 1:59. Michigan 3–0. Drive: 7 plays, 21 yards. Second quarter OSU – Rich Spangler 48-yard field goal, 11:40. Tie 3–3. Drive: 11 plays, 49 yards. OSU – Keith Byars 2-yard run (Rich Spangler kick), 8:41. Ohio St 10–3. Drive: 5 plays, 19 yards. MICH – Gerald White 4-yard pass from Jim Harbaugh (Pat Moons kick), 2:20. Tie 10–10. Drive: 12 plays, 80 yards. Third quarter MICH – Pat Moons 38-yard field goal, 10:28. Michigan 13–10. Drive: 11 plays, 55 yards. MICH – Eric Kattus 5-yard pass from Jim Harbaugh (Pat Moons kick), 2:56. Michigan 20–10. Drive: 12 plays, 63 yards. Fourth quarter OSU – Cris Carter 36-yard pass from Jim Karsatos (Rich Spangler kick), 10:10. Michigan 20–17. Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards. MICH – John Kolesar 77-yard pass from Jim Harbaugh (Pat Moons kick), 9:19. Michigan 27–17. Drive: 2 plays, 80 yards. Top passers OSU – Jim Karsatos – 17/31, 179 yards, TD, INT MICH – Jim Harbaugh – 16/19, 230 yards, 3 TD Top rushers OSU – Keith Byars – 12 rushes, 35 yards, TD MICH – Gerald White – 29 rushes, 110 yards Top receivers OSU – Cris Carter – 5 receptions, 90 yards, TD MICH – John Kolesar – 4 receptions, 109 yards

vs No. 9 BYU (Citrus Bowl)

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 17 Buckeyes 0 3 7 0 10 No. 9 Cougars 0 7 0 0 7 Date: December 28 Location: Citrus Bowl

Main article: 1985 Florida Citrus Bowl

Depth chart

Defense
FS 12 Terry White 20 Dwight Smith		OLB ILB ILB SLB 14 Eric Kumerow 36 Chris Spielman 98 Pepper Johnson 82 Byron Lee 57 John Sullivan 61 Derek Isaman 30 Mike Kee 8 Scott Leach					ROV 8 Sonny Gordon 24 Mike Wood
CB 37 William White 47 Ray Jackson		DE NT DE 90 Fred Ridder 33 Larry Kolic (LB/NG) 95 Darryl Lee 55 Ray Holliman 67 Mike Sullivan 94 Henry Brown						CB 29 Greg Rogan 11 Steve Hill
Offense
SE 2 Cris Carter 49 Doug Smith		LT LG C RG RT 75 Rory Graves 97 Jeff Uhlenhake 71 Bob Maggs 56 Jim Gilmore 72 Larry Kotterman 77 Ron Paulsen 65 Tom Glancey 50 Tim Odom 51 Greg Zackeroff 69 Jay Shaffer					TE 80 Ed Taggart 81 John Hutchison	FL 1 Mike Lanese 26 Nate Harris
				QB 16 Jim Karsatos 19 Tom Tupa
Key reserves 41 Keith Byars (foot injury)				FB 44 George Cooper 43 Barry Walker			Special teams PK 10 Rich Spangler P 19 Tom Tupa
				RB 25 John Wooldridge 42 Vince Workman

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Awards and honors

• Pepper Johnson, UPI First Team All-America
• Pepper Johnson, Football News First Team All-America

1986 NFL draftees

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL club
Keith Byars	1	10	Running back	Philadelphia Eagles
Pepper Johnson	2	51	Linebacker	New York Giants
Byron Lee	7	176	Linebacker	Philadelphia Eagles
Larry Kolic	7	193	Linebacker	Miami Dolphins