1980 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 15

1980 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Michigan $	8	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 15 Ohio State	7	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 17 Purdue	7	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Iowa	4	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Minnesota	4	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Indiana	3	–	5	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Illinois	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	1
Michigan State	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	0	–	9	–	0			0	–	11	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 9–3 record, including the Fiesta Bowl in Tempe, Arizona, where they lost, 31–19, to the Penn State.

Schedule

September 131:30 PMSyracuse*No. 1

• Ohio Stadium
• Columbus, OH

W 31–2186,643 September 201:30 PMMinnesotaNo. 2

• Ohio Stadium
• Columbus, OH

ABCW 47–087,916 September 271:30 PMNo. 20 Arizona State*No. 2

• Ohio Stadium
• Columbus, OH

W 38–2188,097 October 41:30 PMNo. 11 UCLA*No. 2

• Ohio Stadium
• Columbus, OH

ABCL 0–1788,084 October 112:00 PMat NorthwesternNo. 9

• Dyche Stadium
• Evanston, IL

W 63–029,375 October 181:30 PMIndianaNo. 9

• Ohio Stadium
• Columbus, OH

W 27–1787,957 October 252:30 PMat WisconsinNo. 10

• Camp Randall Stadium
• Madison, WI

W 21–079,253 November 11:00 PMat Michigan StateNo. 9

• Spartan Stadium
• East Lansing, MI

W 48–1677,153 November 81:30 PMIllinoisNo. 7

• Ohio Stadium
• Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy)

W 49–4287,952 November 152:00 PMat IowaNo. 7

• Kinnick Stadium
• Iowa City, IA

W 41–759,890 November 2212:30 PMNo. 10 MichiganNo. 5

• Ohio Stadium
• Columbus, OH (The Game)

ABCL 3–988,827 December 263:00 PMvs. No. 10 Penn State*No. 11

• Sun Devil Stadium
• Tempe, AZ (Fiesta Bowl/Rivalry)

NBCL 19–3166,738

Depth chart

Defense
FS Bob Murphy Rod Gorley		WLB ILB ILB SLB Al Washington Glen Cobb Marcus Marek Keith Ferguson Mike D'Andrea John Epitropoulos ⋅ Ben Lee					ROV Todd Bell Shaun Gayle
CB Vince Skillings ⋅		DE NT DE Jerome Foster Mark Sullivan Chris Riehm Reggie Echols Nick Miller Tony Megaro						CB Ray Ellis Norm Burrows
Offense
SE Gary Williams Thad Jemison		LT LG C RG RT Joe Smith Scott Burris Jim DeLeone Joe Lukens Luther Henson ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅					TE Brad Dwelle Ron Barwig	FL Doug Donley Cedric Anderson
				QB Art Schlichter Bob Atha
				FB Tim Spencer Vaughn Broadnax			Special teams PK Vlade Janakievski P Tom Orosz LS John Hutchings
				RB Calvin Murray Jimmy Gayle

Coaching staff

• Earle Bruce - Head Coach - 2nd year
• Dennis Fryzel - Defensive Coordinator (2nd year)
• Glen Mason - Offensive Coordinator (3rd year)
• Bill Myles - Offensive Line (4th year)
• Nick Saban - Defensive Backs (1st year)
• Wayne Stanley - Running Backs (2nd year)
• Steve Szabo - Defensive Line (2nd year)
• Bob Tucker - Defensive Outside Linebackers (2nd year)
• Fred Zechman - Quarterbacks/Receivers (2nd year)

Game notes

Arizona State

1 2 3 4 Total Arizona St 0 0 7 14 21 • Ohio State 3 21 7 7 38 Date: September 27 Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH Game attendance: 88,097 Source: Palm Beach Post

Scoring summary 1 OHST Janakievski 20 yard field goal OHST 3-0 2 OHST Donley 23 yard pass from Schlichter (Janakievski kick) OHST 10-0 2 OHST Spencer 1 yard run (Janakievski kick) OHST 17-0 2 OHST Murray 1 yard run (Janakievski kick) OHST 24-0 3 ASU Weathers 3 yard pass from Pagel (Lewis kick) OHST 24-7 3 OHST Donley 10 yard pass from Schlichter (Janakievski kick) OHST 31-7 4 ASU Caldwell 46 yard blocked punt return (Lewis kick) OHST 31-14 4 OHST Williams 13 yard pass from Schlichter (Janakievski kick) OHST 38-14 4 ASU Mistler 12 yard pass from Pagel (Lewis kick) OHST 38-21

Indiana

Statistics

• Rushing: Calvin Murray 224 yards

Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total • Michigan 0 3 6 0 9 Ohio State 0 3 0 0 3 Date: November 22 Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH Game attendance: 88,827

Scoring summary 2 12:11 OSU Vlade Janakievski 33-yard field goal OSU 3-0 2 MICH Ali Haji-Sheikh 43-yard field goal Tied 3-3 3 MICH Anthony Carter 13-yard pass from John Wangler (kick failed) MICH 9-3

Fiesta Bowl

1980 Fiesta Bowl

1 2 3 4 Total Ohio State 6 13 0 0 19 • Penn State 7 3 7 14 31 Date: December 26 Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, AZ Game attendance: 66,738 Television network: NBC

Scoring summary 1 PSU Curt Warner 64-yard run (Herb Menhardt kick) PSU 7-0 1 OSU Doug Donley 23-yard pass from Art Schlichter (kick failed) PSU 7-6 2 OSU Gary Williams 13-yard pass from Art Schlichter (kick failed) OSU 7-12 2 OSU Doug Donley 19-yard pass from Art Schlichter (Bob Atha kick) OSU 7-19 2 PSU Herb Menhardt 38-field goal OSU 10-19 3 PSU Todd Blackledge 3-yard run (Herb Menhardt kick) OSU 17-19 4 PSU Jonathan Williams 4-yard run (Herb Menhardt kick) PSU 24-19 4 PSU Booker Moore 37-yard run (Herb Menhardt kick) PSU 31-19

References

Win/Loss statistics

• 1980 Ohio State Buckeyes Schedule and Results
• 1980 Ohio State Buckeyes Stats
• 1980 Big Ten Conference Year Summary

Draft data

• Ohio State Drafted Players