The 1979 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the college football season of 1979-1980 . The Buckeyes compiled a 11–1 record, including the 1980 Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California , where they lost 17–16 to the Southern California Trojans .
Schedule [ ]
Date
Opponent#
Rank #
Site
Result
Attendance
September 8*
Syracuse
Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
W 31-8 86,205
September 15
at Minnesota
#15
Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN
W 21-17 43,926
September 22*
Washington State
#16
Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
W 45-29 87,495
September 29*
at #17 UCLA
#14
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA
W 17-13 47,228
October 6
Northwestern
#8
Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
W 16-7 87,406
October 13
Indiana
#8
Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
W 47-6 87,521
October 20
Wisconsin
#6
Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
W 59-0 87,585
October 27†
Michigan State
#4
Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
W 42-0 87,747
November 3
at Illinois
#5
Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL
W 44-7 41,870
November 10
Iowa
#3
Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
W 34-7 87,835
November 17
at #13 Michigan
#2
Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI
W 18-15 106,255
January 1*
vs. #3 USC
#1
Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl )
L 16-17 105,526
*Non-Conference Game. # Rankings from AP Poll .
[1]
Depth Chart [ ]
Defensive Starters
WLB
ILB
ILB
SLB
Jim Laughlin
Al Washington
Marcus Marek
Keith Ferguson
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DE
NT
DE
Jerome Foster
Tim Sawicki
Luther Henson
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Offensive Starters
LT
LG
C
RG
RT
Tim Burke
Ernie Andria
Tom Waugh
Ken Fritz
Joe Lukens
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QB
Art Schlichter
Greg Castignola
FB
Ricardo Volley
Paul Campbell
RB
Calvin Murray
Jimmy Gale and Tim Spencer
[2]
Coaching staff [ ] Earle Bruce - Head Coach (1st year)Pete Carroll - Defensive Backs (1st year)Dennis Fryzel - Defensive Coordinator (1st year)
Glen Mason - Offensive Line / Defensive Inside Linebackers (2nd year)Bill Myles - Offensive Line (3rd year)
Wayne Stanley - Running Backs (1st year)
Steve Szabo - Defensive Line (1st year)
Bob Tucker - Defensive Outside Linebackers (1st year)
Fred Zechman - Quarterbacks/Receivers (1st year) [3]
Game notes [ ] Northwestern [ ]
by Quarter
1
2
3
4
Total
Northwestern
0
0
0
7
7
• Ohio St
10
3
0
3
16
Date: Saturday, October 6 Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OhioGame attendance: 87,406
Scoring summary 1
Ohio St Janakievski 26 yard field goal Ohio St 3-0 1
Ohio St Dwelle 4 yard pass from Schlichter (Janakievski kick) Ohio St 10-0 2
Ohio St Janakievski 26 yard field goal Ohio St 13-0 4
Northwestern Mishler 1 yard run (Poulos kick) Ohio St 13-7 4
Ohio St Atha 50 yard field goal Ohio St 16-7
[4]
Michigan [ ]
#2 Ohio State at #13 Michigan
by Quarter
1
2
3
4
Total
• Ohio State
0
6
6
6
18
Michigan
0
7
8
0
15
Scoring summary 2
OSU Vlade Janakievski 23 yard field goalOSU 3-0 2
MICH Anthony Carter 59 yard pass from John Wangler (Bryan Virgil kick)MICH 7-3 2
OSU Vlade Janakievski 25 yard field goal MICH 7-6 3
OSU Hunter 18 yard pass from Art Schlichter (pass failed) OSU 12-7 3
MICH Smith 1 yard run (Smith run) MICH 15-12 4
11:21
OSU Todd Bell 18 yard blocked punt return (kick failed)OSU 18-15
Ohio State clinched the Big Ten title and a trip to the Rose Bowl with an 18-15 victory over their archrivals. The Buckeyes had not beaten nor scored a touchdown against Michigan since 1975, the last time they had gone to Pasadena . [5]
References [ ] Win/Loss statistics Draft data 