1985_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team

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1985 Ohio State Buckeyes football
1985 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Florida Citrus Bowl champion
Florida Citrus Bowl, W 10–7 vs. BYU
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 14
Record	9–3 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Earle Bruce (7th season);
Offensive coordinator	Glen Mason (6th season)
Defensive coordinator	Gary Blackney (1st season)
MVP	Jim Karsatos
Captains	Keith Byars; Mike Lanese; Pepper Johnson;
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium; (Capacity: 85,339)
	Seasons ← 1984 1986 →

1985 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

American college football season

The 1985 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1985 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 9–3 record, including the 1985 Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida, where they won, 10–7, against the BYU Cougars. One major highlight of the season for the Buckeyes was when they beat #1 Iowa 22-13 at home on November 2.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 14	8:00 p.m.	Pittsburgh*	No. 9	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	WTBS	W 10–7	88,518
September 21	3:30 p.m.	at Colorado*	No. 7	Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 36–13	47,022
September 28	1:30 p.m.	Washington State*	No. 5	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		W 48–32	89,954
October 5	2:00 p.m.	at Illinois	No. 5	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (Illibuck Trophy)		L 28–31	76,343
October 12	1:30 p.m.	Indiana	No. 15	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		W 48–7	89,846
October 19	12:00 p.m.	Purdue	No. 11	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	CBS	W 41–27	89,888
October 26	3:30 p.m.	at No. 20 Minnesota	No. 9	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	CBS	W 23–19	64,455
November 2	2:30 p.m.	No. 1 Iowa	No. 8	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	CBS	W 22–13	90,467
November 9	12:30 p.m.	at Northwestern	No. 4	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	WTBS	W 35–17	26,477
November 16	1:30 p.m.	Wisconsin	No. 3	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		L 7–12	89,873
November 23	1:30 p.m.^[1]	at No. 6 Michigan	No. 12	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	CBS	L 17–27	106,102
December 28	1:00 p.m.	vs. No. 9 BYU*	No. 17	Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL (Florida Citrus Bowl)	NBC	W 10–7	50,920
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Purdue	0	10	10	7	27
Ohio St	14	3	7	17	41

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Ohio St	0	10	0	13	23
Minnesota	3	9	7	0	19

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Iowa	Passing	Chuck Long	19–26, 169 yards, 4 INT
	Rushing	Ronnie Harmon	26 carries, 120 yards, TD
	Receiving	Ronnie Harmon	5 receptions, 19 yards
Ohio State	Passing	Jim Karsatos	10–17, 151 yards, 2 INT
	Rushing	George Cooper	17 carries, 104 yards
	Receiving	Cris Carter	3 receptions, 65 yards

v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 10 Iowa $	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 2 Michigan	6	–	1	–	1	10	–	1	–	1
Illinois	5	–	2	–	1	6	–	5	–	1
No. 14 Ohio State	5	–	3	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Michigan State	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Minnesota	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Purdue	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Wisconsin	2	–	6	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Indiana	1	–	7	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Northwestern	1	–	7	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll