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1995 Ohio State Buckeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
APNo. 6
Record11–2 (7–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJoe Hollis (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorBill Young (8th season)
Home stadiumOhio Stadium
(Capacity: 89,841)
Seasons
← 1994
1996 →
1995 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Northwestern $ 8 – 0 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 6 Ohio State 7 – 1 – 0 11 – 2 – 0
No. 13 Penn State 5 – 3 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 17 Michigan 5 – 3 – 0 9 – 4 – 0
Michigan State 4 – 3 – 1 6 – 5 – 1
No. 25 Iowa 4 – 4 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Illinois 3 – 4 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Wisconsin 3 – 4 – 1 4 – 5 – 2
Purdue 2 – 5 – 1 4 – 6 – 1
Minnesota 1 – 7 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Indiana 0 – 8 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1995 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Buckeyes compiled an 11–2 record, including the 1996 Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida, where they lost, 20–14, to the Tennessee Volunteers.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 272:00 p.m.vs. No. 22 Boston College*No. 12
ABCW 38–662,711[1]
September 163:30 p.m.No. 18 Washington*No. 10
ABCW 30–2094,104[1]
September 233:30 p.m.at Pittsburgh*No. 8
ABCW 54–1454,917[1]
September 303:30 p.m.No. 15 Notre Dame*No. 7
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
ABCW 45–2695,537[1]
October 712:00 p.m.at No. 12 Penn StateNo. 5
ABCW 28–2596,655[1]
October 143:30 p.m.at No. 21 WisconsinNo. 4
ABCW 27–1679,507[1]
October 2112:30 p.m.PurdueNo. 4
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
ESPNW 28–093,111[1]
October 2812:30 p.m.No. 25 IowaNo. 4
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
ESPNW 56–3593,314[1]
November 47:00 p.m.at MinnesotaNo. 4
ESPN2W 49–2146,418[1]
November 113:30 p.m.IllinoisNo. 2
ABCW 41–392,639[1]
November 1812:30 p.m.IndianaNo. 2
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
ESPNW 42–392,352[1]
November 2512:00 p.m.at No. 18 MichiganNo. 2
ABCL 23–31106,288[1]
January 1, 19961:00 p.m.vs. No. 5 Tennessee*No. 4
ABCL 14–2070,797[1]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

See also: 1995 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP1210910875T4 (4)4 (5)4 (5)4 (6)2 (12)2 (13)2 (13)54 T6
Coaches Poll101088765 (2)4 (3)4 (4)4 (4)4 (9)2 (9)2 (11)2 (16)558

Roster

1995 Ohio State Buckeyes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
OT 67 Brooks Burris  Fr
FB 39 Matt Calhoun  Jr
SE 1 DeWayne Carter  Sr
G 57 LeShun Daniels  Jr
FL 87 Robbie Davis  Sr
TE 80 Rickey Dudley  Sr
OL 78 Drew Elford Fr
FB 24 Carmie Elmore  So
QB 7 Joe Germaine So
OL 66 Dan Gibbons  Fr
WR 83 Terry Glenn  Sr
RB 27 Eddie George (C) Sr
OT 50 Eric Gohlstin So
G 60 Terry Harris  So
TB 16 Andre Hatcher  So
FL 97 Brian Heinen  So
LB 53 Darron Hester So
LB 36 Terry Homa Fr
TE 88 Bob Houser Fr
QB 14 Bobby Hoying (C)  Sr
QB 10 Tom Hoying  So
C 61 Kevin Hyme  Jr
RB 25 Jermon Jackson So
QB 8 Stanley Jackson  So
FL 81 Matt Jacobs  Jr
FB 44 Josh Jenkins  Jr
RB 23 Matt Keller Fr
C 62 Jason Kozar  Fr
C 76 Dean Kreuzer  Jr
G 74 Greg Kuszmaul  Sr
TE 85 John Lumpkin  Fr
RB 33 Joe Montgomery So
SE 15 Dee Miller  Fr
OL 56 Rob Murphy Fr
OT 75 Orlando Pace So
RB 29 Pepe Pearson So
C 65 Juan Porter  Jr
WR 6 Jimmy Redmond Fr
RB 21 Charlie Sanders Fr
SE 98 Alonzo Shavers Sr
OL 76 Eric Smith Fr
WR 3 Dimitrious Stanley Jr
FB 37 Nicky Sualua  So
G 72 Jamie Sumner Sr
SE 12 Buster Tillman  Jr
OT 79 Larry Waldon  So
TE 84 Steve Wisniewski Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
FS 9 Steve Baird  Fr
MLB 61 Matt Baker So
OLB 16 Dave Becker  Fr
DE 95 Jim Bell  So
ILB 30 Greg Bellisari Jr
DT 70 Matt Bonhaus (C)  Jr
FS 18 Che' Bryant  Fr
LB 63 Jason Cook  Jr
FS 5 Dan Colson  Jr
MLB 55 Will Connery  Sr
NG 62 Shane Clark  Jr
DE 97 John Day  So
LB 51 Roedell Dupree So
DE 96 Tony Eisenhard Fr
NG 99 Luke Fickell  Jr
DE 92 Matt Finkes Jr
DT 68 Winfield Garnett So
CB 42 Kevin Griffin  Fr
FS 26 Anthony Gwinn Jr
CB 2 Ty Howard  Jr
DE 93 Rick Huntzinger Sr
OLB 52 Kevin Johnson Jr
SS 34 Rob Kelly  Jr
DB 17 Percy King Fr
LB 44 Chris Kirk Fr
SS 19 Heath Knisley  Jr
LB 48 Matt LaVrar Fr
SS 28 Jason Louis  Sr
CB 20 Central McClellion  Fr
OLB 43 Ryan Miller  Jr
SS 13 Damon Moore  Fr
DB 19 Ahmed Plummer Fr
DE 58 James Ross  So
OLB 35 Jerry Rudzinski  Fr
NG 98 Marcus Spriggs  Fr
CB 24 Shawn Springs  Jr
OLB 32 Obie Stillwell  Jr
DE 54 Brian Stoughton  Sr
DE 94 Mike Vrabel Jr
OLB 46 Marc Willis Jr
DE 91 Jeff Wilson  Fr
CB 11 Antoine Winfield Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 4 Josh Jackson  Jr
P 41 Brent Bartholomew Fr
K/P 41 Patrick Doyle  Fr
K/P 38 Mike Malfatt  So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries

Boston College

See also: 1995 Boston College Eagles football team
#12 Ohio State Buckeyes vs #22 Boston College Eagles
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Ohio State 7 14 10738
Boston College 0 3 306

at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

  • Date: August 27, 1995
  • Game time: 3:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: Partly Sunny, 88 °F (31 °C), no wind
  • Game attendance: 62,711
  • Box Score
Game information

Washington

See also: 1995 Washington Huskies football team
#18 Washington Huskies at #10 Ohio State Buckeyes
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Washington 7 0 01320
Ohio State 9 14 7030

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

  • Date: September 16, 1995
  • Game time: 3:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: Overcast, 68 °F (20 °C), Wind SSW 10-15
  • Game attendance: 94,104
  • Referee: Jim Kemerling
  • Box Score
Game information

Pitt

See also: 1995 Pitt Panthers football team
#8 Ohio State Buckeyes at Pitt Panthers
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Ohio State 14 6 211354
Pitt 7 7 0014

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Date: September 23, 1995
  • Game time: 3:30 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: Partly Sunny, Cool, 58 °F (14 °C); Wind N 12
  • Game attendance: 54,917
  • Referee: David Witvoet
  • Box Score
Game information

Notre Dame

See also: 1995 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
#15 Notre Dame Fighting Irish at #7 Ohio State Buckeyes
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Notre Dame 0 17 3626
Ohio State 0 14 141745

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

  • Date: September 30, 1995
  • Game time: 3:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: Clear, 80 °F (27 °C), Wind 10-15 SSE
  • Game attendance: 95,537
  • Referee: John Nealon
  • Box Score
Game information

Penn State

See also: 1995 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
#5 Ohio State Buckeyes at #12 Penn State Nittany Lions
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Ohio State 0 14 7728
Penn State 10 0 8725

at Beaver Stadium, State College, Pennsylvania

  • Date: October 7, 1995
  • Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: Partly Cloudy, 70 °F (21 °C); Wind WNW 10-20
  • Game attendance: 96,655
  • Referee: Jim Kemerling
  • Box Score
Game information

Wisconsin

See also: 1995 Wisconsin Badgers football team
#4 Ohio State Buckeyes at #21 Wisconsin Badgers
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Ohio State 0 7 61427
Wisconsin 3 6 7016

at Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, Wisconsin

  • Date: October 14, 1995
  • Game time: 3:30 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: Cloudy, 45 °F (7 °C); Wind NW 20
  • Game attendance: 79,507
  • Referee: Tom Quinn
  • Box Score
Game information

Purdue

See also: 1995 Purdue Boilermakers football team
Purdue Boilermakers at #4 Ohio State Buckeyes
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Purdue 0 0 000
Ohio State 7 7 14028

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

  • Date: October 21, 1995
  • Game time: 12:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: Overcast, Some Rain 40 °F (4 °C), Wind S 10-15
  • Game attendance: 93,111
  • Referee: Dick Honig
  • Box Score
Game information

Iowa

See also: 1995 Iowa Hawkeyes football team
#25 Iowa Hawkeyes at #4 Ohio State Buckeyes
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Iowa 0 7 72135
Ohio State 28 28 0056

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

  • Date: October 28, 1995
  • Game time: 12:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: Overcast, Some Rain 55 °F (13 °C), Wind SSE 10-20
  • Game attendance: 93,314
  • Referee: Jim Kemerling
  • Box Score
Game information

Minnesota

See also: 1995 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
#4 Ohio State Buckeyes at Minnesota Golden Gophers
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Ohio State 7 28 14049
Minnesota 14 0 0721

at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota

  • Date: November 4, 1995
  • Game time: 7:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: Cool, 72 °F (22 °C), No Wind (indoors)
  • Game attendance: 46,418
  • Referee: Tom Quinn
  • Box Score
Game information

Illinois

See also: 1995 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
Illinois Fighting Illini at #2 Ohio State Buckeyes
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Illinois 0 0 303
Ohio State 14 3 21341

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

  • Date: November 11
  • Game time: 3:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: Overcast, 37 °F (3 °C)
  • Game attendance: 92,639
  • Referee: Steve Pamon
  • Box Score
Game information

Indiana

See also: 1995 Indiana Hoosiers football team
Indiana Hoosiers at #2 Ohio State Buckeyes
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Indiana 3 0 003
Ohio State 14 7 71442

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

  • Date: November 18
  • Game time: 12:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: Overcast, 46 °F (8 °C), Wind SW 3-10
  • Game attendance: 92,352
  • Referee: Dick Honig
  • Box Score
Game information

Michigan

See also: 1995 Michigan Wolverines football team
#2 Ohio State Buckeyes at #18 Michigan Wolverines
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Ohio State 3 6 6823
Michigan 7 3 71431

at Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

  • Date: November 25, 1995
  • Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: Mostly Sunny, Cool, 45 °F (7 °C), Wind 15-20
  • Game attendance: 106,228
  • Box Score
Game information

1996 Citrus Bowl

See also: 1995 Tennessee Volunteers football team
#5 Ohio State Buckeyes vs #4 Tennessee Volunteers
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Ohio State 7 0 0714
Tennesssee 0 7 7620

at Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida

  • Date: January 1, 1996
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: Cloudy, Occasional Rain, 70 °F (21 °C), Wind SW 10-15
  • Game attendance: 70,797
  • Referee: Steve Useschek
  • Box Score

Coaching staff

  • John Cooper – Head coach – 8th year
  • Bill Conley – Defensive ends, recruiting coordinator – 9th
  • Walt Harris – Quarterbacks – 1st
  • Joe Hollis – Offensive coordinator – 5th on staff (4th as OC)
  • Mike Jacobs – Offensive tackles, tight ends - 1st
  • Fred Pagac – Linebackers – 16th
  • Lovie Smith – Defensive backs – 1st
  • Tim Spencer – Running backs – 2nd
  • Chuck Stobart – Wide receivers – 1st
  • Bill Young – Defensive coordinator – 8th

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Depth chart

Q[3]

Awards and honors

  • Eddie George, Heisman Memorial Trophy
  • Eddie George, Walter Camp Player of the Year Award
  • Eddie George, Doak Walker Award
  • Eddie George, Maxwell Award
  • Terry Glenn, Fred Biletnikoff Award
  • Orlando Pace, Vince Lombardi Award

1996 NFL draftees

Player Round Pick Position NFL club
Terry Glenn 1 7 Wide receiver New England Patriots
Rickey Dudley 1 9 Tight end Oakland Raiders
Eddie George 1 14 Running back Houston Oilers
Bobby Hoying 3 85 Quarterback Philadelphia Eagles

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References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Park, Jack (2003). The Official Ohio State Football Encyclopedia. Champaign, Illinois: Sports Publishing LLC. ISBN 1-58261-695-7.
  2. ^ Ohio State, 1995 Football Media Guide
  3. ^ 1986 Ohio State Football Media Guide
  4. ^ "1996 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.
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