1998_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team

1998 Ohio State Buckeyes football
1998 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Big Ten co-champion; Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 24–14 vs. Texas A&M
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 2
Record	11–1 (7–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Cooper (11th season);
Offensive coordinator	Mike Jacobs (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Fred Pagac (3rd season)
MVP	Joe Germaine
Captains	Joe Germaine; Jerry Rudzinski; Antoine Winfield;
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium
	Seasons ← 1997 1999 →

1998 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

American college football season

The 1998 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head football coach was John Cooper. The Buckeyes played their home games in Ohio Stadium. The team finished the season with a win–loss record of 11–1, and a Big Ten Conference record of 7–1. They were co-champions of the Big Ten Conference with the Wisconsin Badgers and the Michigan Wolverines and played in one of the premiere Bowl Championship Series bowl games, the 1999 Sugar Bowl.

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Led by senior quarterback Joe Germaine, the Buckeyes were the preseason number one team and remained top-ranked throughout the majority of the season. The Buckeyes only loss came late in the season to the Michigan State Spartans. The team blew a 15-point lead late in the game to fall 28–24.

Because of the late loss, Ohio State was kept out of the National Championship Game, the 1999 Fiesta Bowl. Their regular season "miss" of not playing fellow tri-champion Wisconsin also cost the Buckeyes a trip to the 1999 Rose Bowl because Ohio State was the last to play in the Rose Bowl in 1997, Wisconsin last played in 1994.^[1]

The Buckeyes beat Texas A&M in the Sugar Bowl to finish second in both polls behind the Tennessee Volunteers after their victory over Florida State in the Fiesta Bowl.^[2]

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	8:00 p.m.	at No. 11 West Virginia*	No. 1	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	CBS	W 34–17	68,409
September 12	12:30 p.m.	Toledo*	No. 1	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ESPN	W 49–0	93,149
September 19	3:30 p.m.	No. 21 Missouri*	No. 1	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ABC	W 35–14	93,269
October 3	12:00 p.m.	No. 7 Penn State	No. 1	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (rivalry, College GameDay)	ABC	W 28–9	93,479
October 10	12:00 p.m.	at Illinois	No. 1	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (Illibuck Trophy)	ESPN Plus	W 41–0	46,390
October 17	12:00 p.m.	Minnesota	No. 1	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ESPN Plus	W 45–15	93,138
October 24	12:00 p.m.	at Northwestern	No. 1	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN2	W 36–10	47,130
October 31	3:30 p.m.	at Indiana	No. 1	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	ABC	W 38–7	52,049
November 7	3:30 p.m.	Michigan State	No. 1	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ABC	L 24–28	93,595
November 14	3:30 p.m.	at Iowa	No. 7	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ABC	W 45–14	69,473
November 21	12:00 p.m.	No. 11 Michigan	No. 7	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (rivalry)	ABC	W 31–16	94,339
January 1, 1999	8:30 p.m.	vs. No. 8 Texas A&M*	No. 3	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)	ABC	W 24–14	76,503
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Ohio State	10	10	7	7	34
West Virginia	3	7	0	7	17

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Toledo	0	0	0	0	0
Ohio State	21	21	7	0	49

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Missouri	0	14	0	0	14
Ohio State	7	6	8	14	35

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Penn State	0	3	6	0	9
Ohio State	0	14	14	0	28

1998_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team

1998 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

Schedule

Game summaries

West Virginia

Toledo

Missouri

Penn State

Illinois

Minnesota

Northwestern

Indiana

Michigan State

Iowa

Michigan

Texas A&M

Roster

Coaching staff

Depth chart

Rankings

1999 NFL draftees

References

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1998 Ohio State Buckeyes football

Big Ten co-champion Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 24–14 vs. Texas A&M
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 2
Record	11–1 (7–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Cooper (11th season)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Jacobs (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Fred Pagac (3rd season)
MVP	Joe Germaine
Captains	Joe Germaine Jerry Rudzinski Antoine Winfield
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium
Seasons ← 1997 1999 →

v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 2 Ohio State %+	7	–	1	11	–	1
No. 6 Wisconsin $+	7	–	1	11	–	1
No. 12 Michigan +	7	–	1	10	–	3
No. 24 Purdue	6	–	2	9	–	4
No. 17 Penn State	5	–	3	9	–	3
Michigan State	4	–	4	6	–	6
Minnesota	2	–	6	5	–	6
Indiana	2	–	6	4	–	7
Illinois	2	–	6	3	–	8
Iowa	2	–	6	3	–	8
Northwestern	0	–	8	3	–	9

$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	1 (30)	1 (39)	1 (57)	1 (64)	1 (58)	1 (66)	1 (64)	1 (64)	1 (64)	1 (63)	7	7	5	5	3	2
Coaches Poll	1 (31)	1 (38)	1 (52)	1 (53)	1 (45)	1 (54)	1 (59)	1 (58)	1 (55)	1 (54)	7	6	5 (1)	5 (1)	3 (1)	2
BCS	Not released								2	1	8	7	6	5	4	Not released

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL club
David Boston	1	8	Wide Receiver	Arizona Cardinals
Antoine Winfield	1	23	Defensive Back	Buffalo Bills
Andy Katzenmoyer	1	28	Linebacker	New England Patriots
Joe Montgomery	2	49	Running back	New York Giants
Joe Germaine	4	101	Quarterback	St. Louis Rams
Damon Moore	4	128	Defensive Back	Philadelphia Eagles
Brent Bartholomew	6	192	Punter	Miami Dolphins
Dee Miller	6	196	Wide Receiver	Green Bay Packers