1981 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1981 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Liberty Bowl Champions
Big Ten Co-Champions
Liberty Bowl, W 3128 vs. Navy
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches #12
AP #15
1981 record 93 (62 Big Ten)
Head coach Earle Bruce
MVP Art Schlichter
Captain Glen Cobb
Captain Art Schlichter
Home stadium Ohio Stadium
(Capacity: 83,112)
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 college football season of 1981-1982. The Buckeyes compiled a 93 record, including the 1981 Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tennessee, where they won 3128 against the Navy Midshipmen.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 12 1:30 PM Duke* #11 Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH W 3413   86,266
September 19 1:30 PM Michigan State #8 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 2713   87,084
September 26 4:30 PM at Stanford* #8 Stanford StadiumStanford, CA W 2419   76,102
October 3 1:30 PM Florida State* #7 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH L 2736   87,158
October 10 2:30 PM at Wisconsin #18 Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI L 2124   78,973
October 17 1:30 PM Illinois Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy) W 3427   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 4533   69,927
November 7 2:00 PM at Minnesota #18 Memorial StadiumMinneapolis, MN L 3135   42,793
November 14 1:30 PM Northwestern Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 706   86,912
November 21 12:30 PM at #7 Michigan Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MI (The Game) ABC W 149   106,043
December 30 8:00 PM vs. Navy* #15 Liberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis, TN (Liberty Bowl) USA W 3128   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

Game notes

Stanford

1 234Total
Ohio State 0 1770 24
Stanford 3 3013 19
  • Date: September 26
  • Location: Stanford Stadium • Palo Alto, CA
  • Television network: ESPN

Florida State

1 234Total
Florida St 10 13130 36
Ohio State 7 1406 27
  • Date: October 3
  • Location: Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
  • Television network: USA

[2]

Michigan

1 234Total
Ohio State 0 707 14
Michigan 3 060 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 234Total
Ohio State 10 777 31
Navy 7 678 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

Win/Loss statistics
Draft data