1976 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

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1976 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Buckeyes logo.svg
Orange Bowl Champions
Big Ten Co-Champions
Orange Bowl, W 27–10 vs. Colorado
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches #5
AP #6
1976 record 9–2–1 (7–1 Big Ten)
Head coach Woody Hayes
MVP Bob Brudzinski
Captain Bill Lukens
Captain Tom Skladany
Captain Ed Thompson
Home stadium Ohio Stadium
(Capacity: 83,112)
Seasons
« 1975 1977 »
1976 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#3 Michigan + 7 – 1 – 0     10 – 2 – 0
#6 Ohio State + 7 – 1 – 0     9 – 2 – 1
Minnesota 4 – 4 – 0     6 – 5 – 0
Illinois 4 – 4 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Indiana 4 – 4 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Purdue 4 – 4 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Iowa 3 – 5 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Wisconsin 3 – 5 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Michigan State 3 – 5 – 0     4 – 6 – 1
Northwestern 1 – 7 – 0     1 – 10 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1976 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 9–2–1 record, including the 1977 Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, where they won, 27–10, against the Colorado Buffaloes.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 11 1:30 PM Michigan State #4 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 49–21   86,509
September 18 3:30 PM at #7 Penn State* #2 Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA ABC W 12–7   62,503
September 25 1:30 PM Missouri* #2 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH L 21–22   87,936
October 2 1:30 PM #4 UCLA* #8 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH ABC T 10–10   87,969
October 9 2:30 PM at Iowa #10 Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA W 34–14   59,170
October 16 2:30 PM at Wisconsin #9 Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI W 30–20   79,579
October 23 1:30 PM Purdue #9 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 24–3   87,898
October 30 2:30 PM at Indiana #8 Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN W 47–7   39,663
November 6 1:30 PM Illinois #8 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy) W 42–10   87,564
November 13 2:00 PM at Minnesota #8 Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 9–3   53,190
November 20 12:30 PM #4 Michigan #8 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (The Game) ABC L 0–22   88,250
January 1 7:30 PM vs. #12 Colorado* #11 Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL (Orange Bowl) NBC W 27–10   65,537
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Depth chart

Defense
FS
Joe Allegro
Duncan Griffin


WLB SLB
Ed Thompson Tom Cousineau
⋅ Dave Adkins
SS
Ray Griffin
⋅
CB
Mike Guess
Lenny Mills


DE DT NT DT DE
Bob Brudzinski Nick Buonamici Aaron Brown Eddie Beamon Kelton Dansler
⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅
CB
Tom Roche
Bruce Ruhl
Offense
SE
Herman Jones
Bob Hyatt
LT LG C RG RT
Chris Ward Jim Savoca Mark Lang Bill Lukens Lou Pietrini
⋅ Ron Ayers ⋅ ⋅ Doug Mackie
TE
Greg Storer
Joe Robinson
WB
Jim Harrell
⋅
QB
Rod Gerald
Jim Pacenta
FB
Pete Johnson
Paul Campbell
Special Teams
PK Tom Skladany
P Tom Skladany



RB
Jeff Logan
Ron Springs


[1]

Coaching staff

  • Woody Hayes - Head Coach (26th year)
  • George Chaump - Offense (9th year)
  • George Hill (American football coach) - Defensive Coordinator (6th year)
  • Alex Gibbs - Offensive Coordinator/ Offensive Line (2nd year)
  • Mickey Jackson - (3rd year)
  • John Mummey - Quarterbacks (8th year)
  • Ralph Staub - (7th year)
  • Dick Walker - Defensive Backs (8th year)

Game notes

UCLA

1 2 3 4 Total
UCLA 0 0 3 7 10
Ohio St 0 7 0 3 10

[2]

Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total
• Ohio State 21 3 10 0 34
Iowa 0 0 0 14 14

[3]

Minnesota

1 2 3 4 Total
• Ohio St 3 6 0 0 9
Minnesota 0 3 0 0 3

Ohio State clinches at least a share of Big Ten title for record fifth straight year.[4]

Orange Bowl

1 2 3 4 Total
Colorado 10 0 0 0 10
• Ohio State 7 10 3 7 27

[5]

1977 NFL draftees

Player Round Pick Position NFL Club
Bob Brudzinski 1 23 Linebacker Los Angeles Rams
Tom Skladany 2 46 Punter Cleveland Browns
Pete Johnson 2 49 Running Back Cincinnati Bengals
Ed Thompson 8 210 Linebacker New York Jets
Nick Buonamici 9 238 Defensive Tackle Chicago Bears

References

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Win/Loss statistics
Draft data
  1. ↑ 1977 Ohio State Football Media Guide
  2. ↑ Palm Beach Post. 1976 Oct 3.
  3. ↑ Eugene Register-Guard. 1976 Oct 10.
  4. ↑ Palm Beach Post. 1976 Nov 14.
  5. ↑ My Favorite Bowl Games. Retrieved 04-May-2012.
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