1982 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

The 1982 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1982 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 9–3 record, including the 1982 Holiday Bowl in San Diego, California, where they won, 47–17 against the BYU Cougars.

1982 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Holiday Bowl champion
Holiday Bowl, W 47–17 vs. BYU
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
APNo. 12
Record9–3 (7–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGlen Mason (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorBob Tucker (1st season)
MVPTim Spencer
Captain
6
  • Glen Cobb
  • Jerome Foster
  • Joe Lukens
  • Marcus Marek
  • Tim Spencer
  • Gary Williams
  • Pepe Gomez
Home stadiumOhio Stadium
(Capacity: 85,290)
1982 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Michigan $ 8 –1 –08 –4 –0
No. 12 Ohio State 7 –1 –09 –3 –0
Iowa 6 –2 –08 –4 –0
Illinois 6 –3 –07 –5 –0
Wisconsin 5 –4 –07 –5 –0
Indiana 4 –5 –05 –6 –0
Purdue 3 –6 –03 –8 –0
Northwestern 2 –7 –03 –8 –0
Michigan State 2 –7 –02 –9 –0
Minnesota 1 –8 –03 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

For the second season in a row, Ohio State did not play Iowa, and that potentially cost the Buckeyes a trip to the 1983 Rose Bowl and conference title, the second year in a row that Ohio State could have been a Rose Bowl participant. Had the Buckeyes beaten Iowa, Ohio State would have been the Rose Bowl representative after beating Michigan head to head.

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 111:30 p.m.Baylor*No. 14
W 21–1488,622
September 181:00 p.m.at Michigan StateNo. 12
W 31–1073,483
September 2512:30 p.m.Stanford*No. 13
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
ABCL 20–2389,436
October 21:30 p.m.Florida State*
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
L 17–3489,491
October 91:30 p.m.Wisconsin
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
L 0–688,344
October 162:00 p.m.at No. 15 Illinois
W 26–2173,488
October 233:30 p.m.at Indiana
ABCW 49–2552,040
October 301:30 p.m.Purdue
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 38–689,341
November 61:30 p.m.Minnesota
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 35–1087,666
November 132:00 p.m.at Northwestern
W 40–2830,074
November 2012:30 p.m.No. 13 Michigan
CBSW 24–1490,252
December 179:00 p.m.vs. BYU*No. 17
ESPNW 47–1752,533
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Personnel
1982 Ohio State Buckeyes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
FB 38 Vaughn Broadnax Jr
FB 41 Keith Byars Fr
TE 89 John Frank Jr
OL 64 Jim Lachey So
RB 46 Tim Spencer Sr
QB 15 Mike Tomczak So
WR Gary Williams
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 2 Shaun Gayle Jr
DB Garcia Lane
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Rick Spangler Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Season summary

Baylor
1 234Total
Baylor 0 770 14
• Ohio State 7 707 21
  • Date: September 11
  • Location: Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio

Michigan State
1 234Total
• Ohio State 3 7021 31
Michigan St 7 030 10
  • Date: September 18
  • Location: Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan

[1]

Stanford
1 234Total
• Stanford 0 01310 23
Ohio State 3 1007 20
  • Date: September 25
  • Location: Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio
Scoring summary
14:22OSUSpangler 31-yard field goalOSU 3–0
214:58OSUBroadnax 1-yard run (Spangler kick)OSU 10–0
20:13OSUSpangler 24-yard field goalOSU 13–0
310:56STANHarmon 23-yard field goalOSU 13–3
36:26STANHarmon 24-yard field goalOSU 13–6
33:30STANDotterer 11-yard pass from John Elway (Harmon kick)Tied 13–13
48:47OSUSpencer 2-yard run (Spangler kick)OSU 20–13
44:15STANHarmon 47-yard field goalOSU 20–16
40:34STANHarry 18-yard pass from Elway (Harmon kick)Stanford 23–20
See also: 1982 Stanford Cardinal football team

[2]

Florida State
1 234Total
• Florida St 7 14013 34
Ohio State 10 700 17
  • Date: October 2
  • Location: Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio
  • Game attendance: 89,491

[3]

Wisconsin
1 234Total
• Wisconsin 6 000 6
Ohio State 0 000 0
  • Date: October 9
  • Location: Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio
Scoring summary
1WisconsinJohn Williams 1 yard run (kick blocked)Wisconsin 6–0

[4]

Illinois
1 234Total
• Ohio St 7 775 26
Illinois 0 7014 21
  • Date: October 16
  • Location: Memorial Stadium
  • Game attendance: 73,488
  • Game weather: Clear; 53 °F (12 °C); wind 12–15 mph (19–24 km/h) NW

Indiana
1 234Total
• Ohio St 14 14714 49
Indiana 0 1366 25

Purdue
1 234Total
Purdue 3 300 6
• Ohio State 14 3147 38
  • Date: October 30
  • Location: Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio
Scoring summary
1OSUFrank 12 yard pass from Tomczak (Spangler kick)OSU 7-0
1PURClark 43 yard field goalOSU 7-3
1OSUAnderson 33 yard pass from Tomczak (Spangler kick)OSU 14-3
2OSUSpangler 47 yard field goalOSU 17-3
2PURClark 36 yard field goalOSU 17-6
3OSUGayle 13 yard run (Spangler kick)OSU 24-6
3OSUSpencer 41 yard run (Spangler kick)OSU 31-6
4OSUSpencer 2 yard run (Spangler kick)OSU 38-6

[5]

Minnesota
1 234Total
Minnesota 0 370 10
• Ohio St 7 14140 35
  • Date: November 6
  • Location: Ohio Stadium
  • Game start: 1:30 EST
  • Elapsed time: 2:50
  • Game attendance: 87,666
  • Game weather: Sunny; 42 °F (6 °C); wind 10–20 mph (16–32 km/h) SW
  • Referee: John Nealon

[6]

Northwestern
1 234Total
• Ohio St 13 15012 40
Northwestern 7 777 28

Michigan
See also: 1982 Michigan Wolverines football team and Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry
Michigan Wolverines at Ohio State Buckeyes
Period 1 2 34Total
Michigan 7 0 7014
Ohio St 0 14 01024

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

  • Date: November 20, 1982
  • Game time: 12:30 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: Rain, 65 °F (18 °C)
  • Game attendance: 90,252
  • Referee: Tom Quinn
  • TV announcers (CBS): Gary Bender and Pat Haden
  • Box Score
Game information

[7]

Holiday Bowl
1982 Holiday Bowl
1 234Total
• Ohio State 3 141713 47
BYU 0 1007 17
  • Date: December 17
  • Location: Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego
  • Game attendance: 52,533
  • TV announcers (ESPN): Fred White & Irv Brown
Scoring summary
16:54OSURich Spangler 4 yard field goalOSU 3-0
213:56BYUNeil Belhom 7 yard pass from Steve Young (Gunther kick)BYU 7–3
212:55OSUTim Spencer (American football) 61 yard run (Spangler kick)OSU 10–7
211:14OSUMike Tomczak 3 yard run (Spangler kick)OSU 17–7
21:43BYUKurt Gunther 39 yard field goalOSU 17–10
38:57OSUVaughn Broadnax 1 yard run (Spangler kick)OSU 24–10
37:58OSUTim Spencer 18 yard run (Spangler kick)OSU 31–10
36:00OSURich Spangler 37 yard field goalOSU 34–10
412:58OSUJimmie Gayle 1 yard run (Spangler kick)OSU 41–10
47:09BYUGordon Hudson 13 yard pass from Steve Young (Gunther kick)OSU 41–17
42:05OSUJimmie Gayle 5 yard run (kick failed)OSU 47–17

[8]

Depth chart

[9]

1983 NFL draftees
PlayerRoundPickPositionNFL club
Jerome Foster5139Defensive endHouston Oilers
Gary Williams11304Wide receiverCincinnati Bengals
Joe Lukens11306GuardMiami Dolphins
Tim Spencer11307Running backSan Diego Chargers

References
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  2. "College Football Belt - 1982 Stanford at Ohio State". Archived from the original on October 16, 2014. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
  3. "Florida State University Official Athletic Site - Football". Archived from the original on April 27, 2014. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
  4. "The Salina Journal from Salina, Kansas on October 10, 1982 · Page 30".
  5. Gainesville Sun. 1982 Oct 31.
  6. Ohio State Football Archives. Retrieved 2018-Nov-27.
  7. "Ohio St. Capitalizes on Michigan Errors." Gainesville Sun. 1982 Nov 21.
  8. "Ohio State Spring Football Media Guide" (PDF). 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 28, 2020.
  9. 1983 Ohio State Football Media Guide
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