1985 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

The 1985 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1985 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 93 record, including the 1985 Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida, where they won, 107, 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.

1985 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Florida Citrus Bowl champion
Florida Citrus Bowl, W 10–7 vs. BYU
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 14
1985 record9–3 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGlen Mason (6th season)
Defensive coordinatorGary Blackney (1st season)
MVPJim Karsatos
Captains
Home stadiumOhio Stadium
(Capacity: 85,339)
1985 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 148:00 p.m.Pittsburgh*No. 9WTBSW 10–788,518
September 213:30 p.m.at Colorado*No. 7W 36–1347,022
September 281:30 p.m.Washington State*No. 5
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 48–3289,954
October 52:00 p.m.at IllinoisNo. 5L 28–3176,343
October 121:30 p.m.IndianaNo. 15
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 48–789,846
October 1912:00 p.m.PurdueNo. 11
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
CBSW 41–2789,888
October 263:30 p.m.at No. 20 MinnesotaNo. 9CBSW 23–1964,455
November 22:30 p.m.No. 1 IowaNo. 8
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
CBSW 22–1390,467
November 912:30 p.m.at NorthwesternNo. 4WTBSW 35–1726,477
November 161:30 p.m.WisconsinNo. 3
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
L 7–1289,873
November 231:30 p.m.[1]at No. 6 MichiganNo. 12CBSL 17–27106,102
December 281:00 p.m.vs. No. 9 BYU*No. 17NBCW 10–750,920
  • *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.#NameClass
RB Keith Byars
WR Cris Carter
QB Jim Karsatos
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB William White
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Rich Spangler
P Tom Tupa
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Game summaries

Pittsburgh

1 234Total
Pittsburgh 0 007 7
Ohio St 0 307 10

Colorado

1 234Total
Ohio St 7 15014 36
Colorado 7 006 13

Washington State

1 234Total
Washington St 14 3312 32
Ohio St 7 28310 48
  • Date: September 28
  • Location: Ohio Stadium

Illinois

1 234Total
Ohio St 0 14140 28
Illinois 14 0710 31

Indiana

1 234Total
Indiana 0 700 7
Ohio St 7 28103 48
  • Date: October 12
  • Location: Ohio Stadium

Purdue

1 234Total
Purdue 0 10107 27
Ohio St 14 3717 41
  • Date: October 19
  • Location: Ohio Stadium

Minnesota

1 234Total
Ohio St 0 10013 23
Minnesota 3 970 19

Iowa

1 234Total
Iowa 0 706 13
Ohio State 5 1007 22
  • Source:

Northwestern

1 234Total
Ohio St 14 1470 35
Northwestern 0 070 7

Wisconsin

1 234Total
Wisconsin 3 360 12
Ohio St 0 700 7
  • Date: November 16
  • Location: Ohio Stadium

at Michigan

#12 Ohio State Buckeyes at #6 Michigan Wolverines
1 2 34Total
Ohio State 0 10 0717
Michigan 3 7 10727

at Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

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

Citrus Bowl (vs BYU)

1 234Total
Ohio St 0 370 10
BYU 0 700 7

Depth chart

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Awards and honors

1986 NFL draftees

PlayerRoundPickPositionNFL club
Keith Byars110Running backPhiladelphia Eagles
Pepper Johnson251LinebackerNew York Giants
Byron Lee7176LinebackerPhiladelphia Eagles
Larry Kolic7193LinebackerMiami Dolphins

References

Win/Loss statistics
Draft data
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