1981 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

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1981 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Buckeyes logo.svg
Liberty Bowl Champions
Big Ten Co-Champions
Liberty Bowl, W 31–28 vs. Navy
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches #12
AP #15
1981 record 9–3 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach Earle Bruce
MVP Art Schlichter
Captain Glen Cobb
Captain Art Schlichter
Home stadium Ohio Stadium
(Capacity: 83,112)
Seasons
« 1980 1982 »
1981 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#15 Ohio State + 6 – 2 – 0     9 – 3 – 0
#18 Iowa + 6 – 2 – 0     8 – 4 – 0
#12 Michigan 6 – 3 – 0     9 – 3 – 0
Illinois 6 – 3 – 0     7 – 4 – 0
Wisconsin 6 – 3 – 0     7 – 5 – 0
Minnesota 4 – 5 – 0     6 – 5 – 0
Michigan State 4 – 5 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Purdue 3 – 6 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Indiana 3 – 6 – 0     3 – 8 – 0
Northwestern 0 – 9 – 0     0 – 11 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1981 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 9–3 record, including the 1981 Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tennessee, where they won, 31–28, against the Navy Midshipmen.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 12 1:30 PM Duke* #11 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 34–13   86,266
September 19 1:30 PM Michigan State #8 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 27–13   87,084
September 26 4:30 PM at Stanford* #8 Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA W 24–19   76,102
October 3 1:30 PM Florida State* #7 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH L 27–36   87,158
October 10 2:30 PM at Wisconsin #18 Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI L 21–24   78,973
October 17 1:30 PM Illinois Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy) W 34–27   87,158
October 24 1:30 PM Indiana Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 29-10   87,182
October 31 12:30 PM at Purdue Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN ABC W 45–33   69,927
November 7 2:00 PM at Minnesota #18 Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN L 31–35   42,793
November 14 1:30 PM Northwestern Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 70–6   86,912
November 21 12:30 PM at #7 Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (The Game) ABC W 14–9   106,043
December 30 8:00 PM vs. Navy* #15 Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl) USA W 31–28   43,216
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Depth chart

Defense
FS
Garcia Lane
⋅


ROLB ILB ILB LOLB
Anthony Griggs Glen Cobb Marcus Marek Mike D’Andrea
Ben Lee ⋅ ⋅ Orlando Lowry
ROV
Doug Hill
Rowland Tatum
CB
Shaun Gayle
Jeff Cisco


DE NT DE
Chris Riehm Nick Miller Jerome Foster
⋅ Spencer Nelms ⋅
CB
Kelvin Bell
Mark Eberts
Offense
SE
Gary Williams
Thad Jemison
LT LG C RG RT
William Roberts Scott Zalenski Jim DeLeone Joe Lukens Joe Smith
Jim Lachey ⋅ Kirk Lowdermilk ⋅ Jim Carson
TE
John Frank
Brad Dwelle
FL
Cedric Anderson
⋅
QB
Art Schlichter
Mike Tomczak
FB
Vaughn Broadnax
⋅
Special Teams
PK Bob Atha
P Gary Alders
P Karl Edwards



RB
Tim Spencer
Jimmy Gayle


[1]

Coaching staff

  • Earle Bruce - Head Coach (3rd year)
  • Dennis Fryzel - Defensive Coordinator (3rd year)
  • Glen Mason - Offensive Coordinator (4th year)
  • Bill Myles - Offensive Line (5th year)
  • Nick Saban - Defensive Backs (2nd year)
  • Wayne Stanley - Running Backs (3rd year)
  • Steve Szabo - Defensive Line (3rd year)
  • Bob Tucker - Defensive Outside Linebackers (3rd year)
  • Fred Zechman - Quarterbacks/Receivers (3rd year)

Game notes

Stanford

1 2 3 4 Total
• Ohio State 0 17 7 0 24
Stanford 3 3 0 13 19
  • Date: September 26
  • Location: Stanford Stadium • Palo Alto, CA
  • Television network: ESPN

Florida State

1 2 3 4 Total
• Florida St 10 13 13 0 36
Ohio State 7 14 0 6 27
  • Date: October 3
  • Location: Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
  • Television network: USA

[2]

Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total
• Ohio State 0 7 0 7 14
Michigan 3 0 6 0 9
  • Date: November 21
  • Location: Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI
  • Game attendance: 106,043
  • TV announcers (ABC): Al Michaels

Liberty Bowl

1981 Liberty Bowl
1 2 3 4 Total
• Ohio State 10 7 7 7 31
Navy 7 6 7 8 28
  • Date: December 30
  • Location: Liberty Bowl • Memphis, TN

[3]

1982 NFL draftees

Player Round Pick Position NFL Club
Art Schlichter 1 4 Quarterback Baltimore Colts
Anthony Griggs 4 105 Linebacker Philadelphia Eagles
Bob Atha 12 317 Kicker St. Louis Cardinals

References

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Win/Loss statistics
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  1. ↑ 1982 Ohio State Football Media Guide
  2. ↑ http://www.seminoles.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/fsu-m-footbl-fsuosuhist.html
  3. ↑ http://admin.xosn.com/fls/17300//pdf/fb/m-footbl-bowls.pdf
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