1974 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1974 Ohio State Buckeyes football

Big Ten co-champion
Rose Bowl, L 17–18 vs. USC
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 4
1974 record	10–2 (7–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Woody Hayes (24th year)
MVP	Archie Griffin
Captain	Neal Colzie Pete Cusick Archie Griffin Arnold Jones Steve Myers
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium (Capacity: 83,080)

1974 Big Ten football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#4 Ohio State +	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
#3 Michigan +	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
#12 Michigan State	6	–	1	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
Wisconsin	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Illinois	4	–	3	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
Purdue	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	1
Minnesota	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Iowa	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Indiana	1	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1974 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 10–2 record, including the 1975 Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, where they lost, 18–17, to the USC Trojans.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 14	2:30 p.m.	at Minnesota	No. 4	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN		W 34–19	45,511
September 21	1:30 p.m.	Oregon State*	No. 2	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH		W 51–10	86,383
September 28	1:30 p.m.	SMU*	No. 1	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH		W 28–9	87,487
October 5	4:30 p.m.	vs. Washington State*	No. 1	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA		W 42–7	50,000
October 12	1:30 p.m.	Wisconsin	No. 1	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH		W 52–7	87,717
October 19	1:30 p.m.	Indiana	No. 1	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH		W 49–9	87,071
October 26	2:30 p.m.	at Northwestern	No. 1	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL		W 55–7	42,337
November 2	1:30 p.m.	Illinois	No. 1	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy)		W 49–7	87,813
November 9	12:30 p.m.	at Michigan State	No. 1	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	ABC	L 13–16	78,533
November 16	2:30 p.m.	at Iowa	No. 4	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA		W 35–10	48,700
November 23	1:00 p.m.	No. 3 Michigan	No. 4	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (The Game)	ABC	W 12–10	88,243
January 1, 1975	5:00 p.m.	vs. No. 5 USC*	No. 3	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	NBC	L 17–18	106,721
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Depth chart

Defense

FS
Tim Fox
Max Midlam
⋅

WLB	MLB	SLB
Bruce Elia	Arnie Jones	Ken Kuhn
⋅	Brian Bowers	Ed Thompson
⋅	⋅	⋅

SS
Rich Parsons
Doug Plank
⋅

CB
Neal Colzie
Jerome Davis
Craig Cassady

DE	DT	DT	DE
Jim Cope	Pete Cusick	Nick Buonamici	Van DeCree
Pat Curto	Aaron Brown	Eddie Beamon	Bob Brudzinski
⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅

CB
Steve Luke
Bruce Ruhl
⋅

Offense

SE
Dave Hazel
Bill Ezzo
Lenny Willis

LT	LG	C	RG	RT
Kurt Schumacher	Ted Smith	Steve Myers	Dick Mack	Scott Dannelley
Lou Pietrini	Bill Lukens	Ron Ayers	⋅	⋅
⋅	⋅	Doug Porter	⋅	⋅

TE
Doug France
Mike Bartoszek
⋅

WB
Brian Baschnagel
Tim Holycross
Bob Hyatt

QB
Cornelius Greene
Steve Morrison
Dave Purdy

FB
Champ Henson
Pete Johnson
⋅

Special Teams
PK Tom Klaban
PK Tom McBrayer
P Tom Skladany
P Mike Keeton
KR Lenny Willis
PR Neal Colzie

RB
Archie Griffin
Ray Griffin
Woody Roach

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Coaching staff

Woody Hayes - Head Coach (24th year)
George Chaump - Offense (7th year)
George Hill - Defensive Coordinator (4th year)
Joe Bugel - Offensive Line (1st year)
Charles Clausen - Defense (4th year)
Mickey Jackson - (1st year)
John Mummey - Quarterbacks (6th year)
Ralph Staub - (5th year)
Dick Walker - Defensive Backs (6th year)

Season summary

Minnesota

Ohio State at Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Ohio St	7	14	7	6	34
Minnesota	3	0	0	16	19

Date: Saturday, September 14
Location: Memorial Stadium, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Game attendance: 45,511

Scoring summary

1	Ohio St	Griffin 10-yard run (Skladany kick)	Ohio St 7-0

1	Minnesota	Goldberg 52-yard field goal	Ohio St 7-3

2	Ohio St	Johnson 4-yard run (Skladany kick)	Ohio St 14-3

2	Ohio St	Henson 36-yard run (Skladany kick)	Ohio St 21-3

3	Ohio St	Greene 1-yard run (Skladany kick)	Ohio St 28-3

4	Minnesota	Upchurch 36-yard run (Sims pass from Dungy)	Ohio St 28-11

4	Minnesota	Dungy 6-yard run (Jones pass from Dungy)	Ohio St 28-19

4	Ohio St	Greene 57-yard run (kick failed)	Ohio St 34-19

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Awards and honors

Archie Griffin, Heisman Trophy^[4]

1975 NFL draftees

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL Club
Kurt Schumacher	1	12	Guard	New Orleans Saints
Doug France	1	20	Tackle	Los Angeles Rams
Neal Colzie	1	24	Defensive Back	Oakland Raiders
Peter Cusick	3	66	Nose Tackle	New England Patriots
Steve Luke	4	88	Defensive Back	Green Bay Packers
Champ Henson	4	89	Running Back	Minnesota Vikings
Bruce Elia	4	100	Linebacker	Miami Dolphins
Jim Cope	5	119	Linebacker	Cleveland Browns
Dave Hazel	11	261	Wide Receiver	Baltimore Colts
Steve Myers	11	275	Guard	Detroit Lions
Doug Plank	12	291	Defensive Back	Chicago Bears
Larry O'Rourke	14	354	Defensive Tackle	Philadelphia Eagles
Mike Bartoszek	17	430	Tight End	New York Jets

References

↑ http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=227&season=1974
↑ 1975 Ohio State Football Media Guide
↑ Eugene Register-Guard. 1974 September 15. Retrieved 2012-12-4.
↑ http://www.heisman.com/winners/hsmn-winners.html

Win/Loss statistics

Ohio State Historical Scores

Draft data

Ohio State Drafted Players

Big Ten Conference football champions

Western Conference	Wisconsin (1896) Wisconsin (1897) Michigan (1898) Chicago (1899) Iowa & Minnesota (1900) Michigan & Wisconsin (1901) Michigan (1902) Michigan, Minnesota, & Northwestern (1903) Michigan & Minnesota (1904) Chicago (1905) Michigan, Minnesota, & Wisconsin (1906) Chicago (1907) Chicago (1908) Minnesota (1909) Illinois & Minnesota (1910) Minnesota (1911) Wisconsin (1912) Chicago (1913) Illinois (1914) Illinois & Minnesota (1915) Ohio State (1916) Ohio State (1917)

Big Ten	Illinois, Michigan, & Purdue (1918) Illinois (1919) Ohio State (1920) Iowa (1921) Chicago, Iowa, & Michigan (1922) Illinois & Michigan (1923) Chicago (1924) Michigan (1925) Michigan & Northwestern (1926) Illinois & Minnesota (1927) Illinois (1928) Purdue (1929) Michigan & Northwestern (1930) Purdue, Michigan & Northwestern (1931) Michigan & Purdue (1932) Michigan & Minnesota (1933) Minnesota (1934) Minnesota & Ohio State (1935) Northwestern (1936) Minnesota (1937) Minnesota (1938) Ohio State (1939)

Big Nine	Minnesota (1940) Minnesota (1941) Ohio State (1942) Michigan & Purdue (1943) Ohio State (1944) Indiana (1945) Illinois (1946) Michigan (1947) Michigan (1948)

Big Ten	Michigan & Ohio State (1949) Michigan (1950) Illinois (1951) Purdue & Wisconsin (1952) Illinois & Michigan State (1953) Ohio State (1954) Ohio State (1955) Iowa (1956) Ohio State (1957) Iowa (1958) Wisconsin (1959) Minnesota & Iowa (1960) Ohio State (1961) Wisconsin (1962) Illinois (1963) Michigan (1964) Michigan State (1965) Michigan State (1966) Indiana, Minnesota, Purdue (1967) Ohio State (1968) Michigan & Ohio State (1969) Ohio State (1970) Michigan (1971) Michigan & Ohio State (1972) Michigan & Ohio State (1973) Michigan & Ohio State (1974) Ohio State (1975) Michigan & Ohio State (1976) Michigan & Ohio State (1977) Michigan & Michigan State (1978) Ohio State (1979) Michigan (1980) Iowa & Ohio State (1981) Michigan (1982) Illinois (1983) Ohio State (1984) Iowa (1985) Michigan & Ohio State (1986) Michigan State (1987) Michigan (1988) Michigan (1989) Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, & Michigan State (1990) Michigan (1991) Michigan (1992) Ohio State & Wisconsin (1993) Penn State (1994) Northwestern (1995) Ohio State & Northwestern (1996) Michigan (1997) Michigan, Ohio State, & Wisconsin (1998) Wisconsin (1999) Michigan, Northwestern, & Purdue (2000) Illinois (2001) Ohio State & Iowa (2002) Michigan (2003) Iowa & Michigan (2004) Ohio State & Penn State (2005) Ohio State (2006) Ohio State (2007) Ohio State & Penn State (2008) Ohio State (2009) Michigan State & Wisconsin (2010) Wisconsin (2011) Wisconsin (2012) Michigan State (2013) Ohio State (2014) Michigan State (2015) Penn State (2016)

National championships in bold

Ohio State Buckeyes football

Venues	Recreation Park (1890–1897) Ohio Field (1898–1921) Ohio Stadium (1922–present) Woody Hayes Athletic Center (practice)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Illinois (Illibuck) Michigan (The Ten Year War) Penn State

Culture & lore	History Brutus Buckeye "Across the Field" "Buckeye Battle Cry" "Carmen Ohio" Neutron Man Marching band Snow Bowl (1950) 1969 Michigan game 1973 Michigan game The Kick "Holy Buckeye" 2006 "Game of the Century" Block O "Hang On Sloopy" The Ten Year War WBNS-TV WBNS WBNS-FM Ohio State IMG Sports Network

People	Head coaches All-Century Team Yearly statistical leaders NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

National championship seasons in bold

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