American college football season
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 .
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.
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 11 1:30 p.m. Baylor * No. 14 W 21–1488,622 September 18 1:00 p.m. at Michigan State No. 12 W 31–1073,483 September 25 12:30 p.m. Stanford * No. 13 ABC L 20–2389,436 October 2 1:30 p.m. Florida State * L 17–3489,491 October 9 1:30 p.m. Wisconsin L 0–688,344 October 16 2:00 p.m. at No. 15 Illinois W 26–2173,488 October 23 3:30 p.m. at Indiana ABC W 49–2552,040 October 30 1:30 p.m. Purdue W 38–689,341 November 6 1:30 p.m. Minnesota W 35–1087,666 November 13 2:00 p.m. at Northwestern W 40–2830,074 November 20 12:30 p.m. No. 13 Michigan CBS W 24–1490,252 December 17 9:00 p.m. vs. BYU * No. 17 ESPN W 47–1752,533 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
1982 Ohio State Buckeyes football team roster Players Coaches Offense Defense Special teams Pos. # Name Class K Rick Spangler Fr
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster
1 2 3 4 Total Baylor 0 7 7 0 14 • Ohio State 7 7 0 7 21
Date: September 11Location: Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio
1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio State 3 7 0 21 31 Michigan St 7 0 3 0 10
Date: September 18Location: Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan
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1 2 3 4 Total • Stanford 0 0 13 10 23 Ohio State 3 10 0 7 20
Date: September 25Location: Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio Scoring summary 1 4:22 OSU Spangler 31-yard field goal OSU 3–0 2 14:58 OSU Broadnax 1-yard run (Spangler kick) OSU 10–0 2 0:13 OSU Spangler 24-yard field goal OSU 13–0 3 10:56 STAN Harmon 23-yard field goal OSU 13–3 3 6:26 STAN Harmon 24-yard field goal OSU 13–6 3 3:30 STAN Dotterer 11-yard pass from John Elway (Harmon kick) Tied 13–13 4 8:47 OSU Spencer 2-yard run (Spangler kick) OSU 20–13 4 4:15 STAN Harmon 47-yard field goal OSU 20–16 4 0:34 STAN Harry 18-yard pass from Elway (Harmon kick) Stanford 23–20
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1 2 3 4 Total • Florida St 7 14 0 13 34 Ohio State 10 7 0 0 17
Date: October 2Location: Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OhioGame attendance: 89,491
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1 2 3 4 Total • Wisconsin 6 0 0 0 6 Ohio State 0 0 0 0 0
Date: October 9Location: Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio Scoring summary 1 Wisconsin John Williams 1 yard run (kick blocked) Wisconsin 6–0
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1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio St 7 7 7 5 26 Illinois 0 7 0 14 21
Date: October 16Location: Memorial Stadium Game attendance: 73,488Game weather: Clear; 53 °F (12 °C); wind 12–15 mph (19–24 km/h) NW
1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio St 14 14 7 14 49 Indiana 0 13 6 6 25
1 2 3 4 Total Purdue 3 3 0 0 6 • Ohio State 14 3 14 7 38
Date: October 30Location: Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio Scoring summary 1 OSU Frank 12 yard pass from Tomczak (Spangler kick) OSU 7-0 1 PUR Clark 43 yard field goal OSU 7-3 1 OSU Anderson 33 yard pass from Tomczak (Spangler kick) OSU 14-3 2 OSU Spangler 47 yard field goal OSU 17-3 2 PUR Clark 36 yard field goal OSU 17-6 3 OSU Gayle 13 yard run (Spangler kick) OSU 24-6 3 OSU Spencer 41 yard run (Spangler kick) OSU 31-6 4 OSU Spencer 2 yard run (Spangler kick) OSU 38-6
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1 2 3 4 Total Minnesota 0 3 7 0 10 • Ohio St 7 14 14 0 35
Date: November 6Location: Ohio StadiumGame start: 1:30 EST Elapsed time: 2:50Game attendance: 87,666Game weather: Sunny; 42 °F (6 °C); wind 10–20 mph (16–32 km/h) SWReferee: John Nealon
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1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio St 13 15 0 12 40 Northwestern 7 7 7 7 28
Game information First quarter
Second quarter
OSU – Vaughn Broadnax 6-yard run (Rick Spangler kick), 6:53. Tie 7–7. Drive: 7 plays, 29 yards, 3:14. OSU – Tim Spencer 2-yard run (Rick Spangler kick), 0:33. Ohio St 14–7. Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards, 1:44. Third quarter
MICH – Steve Smith 4-yard run (Ali Haji-Sheikh kick), 2:38. Tie 14–14. Drive: 15 plays, 63 yards, 7:03. Fourth quarter
OSU – Tim Spencer 1-yard run (Rick Spangler kick), 6:27. Ohio St 21–14. Drive: 3 plays, 14 yards, 1:13. OSU – Rick Spangler 33-yard field goal, 3:27. Ohio St 24–14. Drive: 4 plays, 3 yards, 2:44. Top passers Top rushers Top receivers
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1982 Holiday Bowl 1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio State 3 14 17 13 47 BYU 0 10 0 7 17
Date: December 17Location: Jack Murphy Stadium, San DiegoGame attendance: 52,533TV announcers (ESPN): Fred White & Irv Brown Scoring summary 1 6:54 OSU Rich Spangler 4 yard field goal OSU 3-0 2 13:56 BYU Neil Belhom 7 yard pass from Steve Young (Gunther kick) BYU 7–3 2 12:55 OSU Tim Spencer (American football) 61 yard run (Spangler kick)OSU 10–7 2 11:14 OSU Mike Tomczak 3 yard run (Spangler kick)OSU 17–7 2 1:43 BYU Kurt Gunther 39 yard field goal OSU 17–10 3 8:57 OSU Vaughn Broadnax 1 yard run (Spangler kick) OSU 24–10 3 7:58 OSU Tim Spencer 18 yard run (Spangler kick) OSU 31–10 3 6:00 OSU Rich Spangler 37 yard field goal OSU 34–10 4 12:58 OSU Jimmie Gayle 1 yard run (Spangler kick) OSU 41–10 4 7:09 BYU Gordon Hudson 13 yard pass from Steve Young (Gunther kick) OSU 41–17 4 2:05 OSU Jimmie Gayle 5 yard run (kick failed) OSU 47–17
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Defense
ROV Doug Hill Lamar Kuechler
Offense
SE Gary Williams Thad Jemison
FL Cedric Anderson Ray Myers
QB Mike Tomczak Brent Offenbecher
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