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CONTENTS 4 Tonight’s Game 8 2017 Outlook 11 The Pay Forward Society 12 Play Breakdown 14 Get to Know a Buckeye Mara Hunter 15 #GoBucks Weekly 16 Social Media 17 Be the Best Fans in the Land 23 2017 Team Photo 25 Head Coach Urban Meyer 29 Coaching Staff 33 Football Support Staff 38 The 2017 Buckeyes 46 Gameday 52 Ohio Stadium 56 Traditions 61 TBDBITL 63 Spirit Program & Brutus 64 NCAA Compliance 66 Oklahoma Sooners 70 Buckeye Spotlights 75 The Pay Forward Society

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TONIGHT’S MARCHING BAND PROGRAM PREGAME Buckeye Battle Cry Boomer Sooner Across the Field Le Regiment de Sambre et Meuse Chimes and Carmen Ohio The Star-Spangled Banner “Dotting the i”: Tim Hogue

HALFTIME A Century of Jazz When the Saints Go Marching In Groovin’ High Round Midnight / Blue Monk It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) Love for Sale

BUCKEYES VS. SOON ERS

11-4 IN COLUMBUS ON GAMEDAY Ohio State is 11-4 all-time when ESPN’s College GameDay is in Columbus. This marks the 39th GameDay location appearance for Ohio State, which is tied with Alabama for most all-time.

DOBBINS, BARRETT WIN BIG TEN WEEKLY AWARDS

He enters this week’s game with 9,211 yards in 37 games, an average of 248.9 per contest. Dobbins became just the sixth true freshman to start a season opener for the Buckeyes and responded with a historical night, setting an Ohio State record for yards rushing in a debut game (181). He carried the ball 29 times and averaged an impressive 6.2 yards per carry. Dobbins broke a 15-year old record previously set when Maurice Clarett ran for 175 yards against Texas Tech in 2002.

Thanks to their performances last Thursday night in a 49-21 win at Indiana, a pair of Buckeyes – senior QB J.T. Barrett and freshman RB J.K. Dobbins – earned Big Ten honors on Monday. Barrett was the conference’s co-Offensive Player of the Week while Dobbins picked up Freshman of the Week accolades.

OHIO STATE AT NIGHT

Barrett accounted for four touchdowns – three through the air and one on the ground – while completing 20-of-35 passes for 304 yards. It was the sixth 300-yard passing performance of his career. Barrett also passed Art Schlichter into first place and became Ohio State’s career leader in total offense.

LIGHTING UP THE SCOREBOARD

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Ohio State is 54-25 in night games (those starting after 5 p.m. local time), including records of 16-4 in Ohio Stadium and 39-21 in road (26-11) or neutral field (12-10) night games. In 2014, Ohio State played in a school-record eight night games. Urban Meyer’s teams have averaged 37.4 points per game over the duration of his 16-year, 195game head coaching career. Only one other coach who coached at least 15 seasons has had teams score more than Meyer’s teams over this time: Bob Stoops; by one-tenth of a point.

TONIGHT’S GAME • Ohio State is 16-4 in night games at Ohio Stadium and has won 15 of its last 17 night games overall. • Head coach Urban Meyer is 19-7 in his career against Top 10 teams, including an 8-4 mark at Ohio State. Overall, the Buckeyes have won seven of their last nine against Top 10 opponents. • The Buckeyes and Sooners are No. 3 and No. 5, respectively, in all-time winning percentage. The Buckeyes are 887-322-53 (.724) in their 128th season while Oklahoma is 873-321-53 (.721) in its 123rd season. • Ohio State and Oklahoma have combined to produce 818 NFL Draft picks and 12 Heisman Throphy winners. • Ohio State leads the all-time series with Oklahoma, 2-1. In addition to last year’s victory in Norman, the Buckeyes also topped the Sooners 24-14 in 1983, also in Norman. Oklahoma kicked a last-second field goal to edge the Buckeyes 29-28 in 1977. Both teams have been ranked in the Top 15 in each meeting. • Head coach Urban Meyer is 58-5 in his career in games played in August and September. • The Buckeyes are 114-9-4 all-time in home openers since 1890. • Ohio State is 19-5-1 all-time against current members of the Big 12 Conference. Prior to last year’s meeting with Oklahoma, the last time the Buckeyes had faced a Big 12 opponent was Texas on Jan. 2, 2009 in the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Ariz. • Ohio State has been ranked in the Top 10 of the Associated Press Top 25 poll for 40 consecutive weeks. • Head coach Urban Meyer has the highest winning percentage among active FBS coaches with at least 10 years of head coaching experience (.851).

STATS

OSU

OPPONENT

(PER GAME)

596.0

437.0

TOTAL OFF.

676.0 167.0

292.0

17.0

RUSH YARDS

180.0 73.0

304.0 420.0 PASS YARDS

496.0 94.0

56.0

49.0 21.0 SCORING

OPPONENT

7.0

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

J.T. BARRETT PASSING BAKER MAYFIELD 20-35, 3 TD, 0 INT 304 yds

19-20, 3 TD, 0 INT 329 yds

PARRIS CAMPBELL RECEIVING MARK ANDREWS

6-136 yds, 1 TD

J.K. DOBBINS RUSHING ABDUL ADAMS 29-181 yds 7-53 yds

KENDALL SHEFFIELD DEFENSE

7-134 yds, 1 TD

6.5 tkls, 2 PBU

OGBONNIA OKORONKWO

ASSOCIATED PRESS Rk. Team 1. Alabama (60) 2. Ohio State (1) 3. Clemson 4. Penn State 5. Oklahoma 6. USC 7. Washington 8. Michigan 9. Wisconsin 10. Florida State 11. Oklahoma State 12. LSU 13. Auburn 14. Stanford 15. Georgia 16. Miami 17. Louisville 18. Virginia Tech 19. Kansas State 20. Washington State 21. South Florida 22. Florida 23. TCU 24. Notre Dame 25. Tennessee

Record 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 1-0

Points 1524 1445 1317 1303 1253 1224 1083 1051 979 976 950 898 873 772 685 537 529 490 398 216 207 164 154 141 124

Others Receiving 40 or More Votes: Utah 96, UCLA 82, West Virginia 70, Colorado 65, Maryland 45, Oregon 44, South Carolina 44 USA TODAY POLL Rk. Team 1. Alabama (60) 2. Ohio State (2) 3. Clemson (3) 4. Penn State 5. USC 6. Oklahoma 7. Washington 8. Michigan 9. Florida State 10. Oklahoma State 11. Wisconsin 12. LSU 13. Auburn 14. Stanford 15. Georgia 16. Louisville 17. Miami 18. Virginia Tech 19. Kansas State 20. South Florida 21. Tennessee 22. Washington State 23. Utah 24. Florida 25. Notre Dame

Rec. 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-0

Points 1619 1526 1466 1343 1338 1274 1202 1105 1044 1020 963 941 863 839 767 574 549 502 434 257 197 192 185 179 116

Others Receiving 30 or More Votes: TCU 80, Colorado 78, Maryland 60, West Virginia 56, UCLA 47, Oregon 42, Arkansas 37, Boise State 36, Nebraska 30 TODAY’S OFFICIALS R: Mike Defee U: Robert Richeson HL: All Green LJ: Derek Anderson FJ: Joe Blubaugh SJ: Lo vanPham BJ: Terry Jones CJ: Marvel July A: Brandon Cruse

4 tkls, 2 TFL, 1 sack 5

1. SEASON SETUP

5. SUSTAINED SUCCESS

Ohio State has begun its 128th season of football and its sixth of the Urban Meyer coaching era. The Buckeyes are 887-322-52 all-time and 62-6 in the five-plus years under the direction of head coach Urban Meyer.

Ohio State leads all programs in number of appearances at No. 1 in the Associate Press poll:

2. NCAA TOP 10 WINNINGEST PROGRAMS TEAM WINS 1. Michigan

936

2. Notre Dame

897

3. Texas

891

4. Nebraska

890

5. Ohio State

887

6. Alabama

879

7. Oklahoma

873

8. Penn State

868

9. Tennessee

830

10. USC

824

RANK 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

SCHOOL Ohio State Oklahoma Notre Dame USC Alabama

TIMES 105 101 98 91 90

Additionally, the Buckeyes also have the most all-time appearances in the AP poll: RANK 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

SCHOOL Ohio State Michigan Oklahoma Notre Dame Alabama

TIMES 872 825 800 770 761

3. NINE WILL CAPTAIN OHIO STATE IN 2017

6. MEYER: WINNINGEST ACTIVE COACH

Ohio State will be led by a record number of captains in 2017 with nine players selected to lead the Scarlet and Gray on and off the gridiron. The corps of leaders features five on defense, including four defensive linemen, and four on offense, led by the first three-time captain in program history, J.T. Barrett.

Urban Meyer, in his 16th season as a collegiate head coach, has the highest winning percentage among active coaches with at least 10 years experience at FBS schools (.851). His percentage is third-best all-time among head coaches at FBS institutions, trailing only Knute Rockne and Frank Leahy.

4. THE PLAN IS TO WIN

WINNINGEST ACTIVE COACHES (with at least 10 years experience at an FBS school)

Ohio State has better than a 90-percent winning rate under Urban Meyer. Since the start of the 2012 season when Coach Meyer arrived, Ohio State has won 91.2 percent of its games, tops among FBS schools. BEST RECORDS • 2012–PRESENT

SCHOOL RECORD 1. Ohio State 62-6 912 2. Alabama 65-7 .903 3. Clemson 61-9 .871 4. Florida State 59-10 .855 5. Oklahoma 52-14 .788

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1. Urban Meyer, Ohio State

.851 | 166-29

2. Chris Petersen, Washington

.822 | 120-26

3. Nick Saban, Alabama

.770 | 206-61-1

WINNINGEST COACHES ALL-TIME (Minimum 10 years as Head Coach ) 1. Knute Rockne, Notre Dame

.881 | 105-12-5

2. Frank Leahy, Notre Dame

.864 | 107-13-9

3. Urban Meyer, Ohio State

.851 | 166-29

4. George Woodruff , Penn

.846 | 142-25-2

5. Barry Switzer, Oklahoma

.837 | 157-29-4

7. THE OFFENSE

8. THE DEFENSE

J.T. BARRETT Two-time Big Ten Quarterback of the Year is 27-4 as a starting quarterback, has 25 school and Big Ten records and is two touchdowns away from Drew Brees’ Big Ten record of 106 career touchdowns

JEROME BAKER Started 12 games in 2016, ranking second on the team with 83 tackles and he had huge interceptions against Oklahoma and Michigan

BILLY PRICE Three-year starter and first team AFCA All-American has made 42 consecutive starts

TYQUAN LEWIS Reigning Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year is coming off an eight-sack, three-forced fumble season and he has a team-best 27.0 career TFLs and 16.5 sacks

PARRIS CAMPBELL Caught six passes for a career-high 136 yards and a score in season-opener at Indiana

CHRIS WORLEY 13-game starter in 2016 had 70 tackles, including 11 against Michigan and 10 vs. both Oklahoma and Clemson

MIKE WEBER Third Ohio State freshman to crack 1,000 yards rushing (1,096 yards with nine touchdowns) and he is the ninth Buckeye to capture Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors

SAM HUBBARD Academic All-American has 16 career TFLs and 10.0 sacks

9. GROUND SUPERIORITY

The Buckeyes have featured one of the most dominant rushing attacks in the country since Coach Meyer’s arrival, and most notably since the start of 2013, averaging 251.6 yards per game on the ground, fourth best among Power 5 conference schools. Ohio State’s 5.5 yards per rush during that time frame is second among FBS schools. TEAM RUSHING 2013-PRESENT (POWER 5 TEAMS) 1. Georgia Tech ................................................................... 285.4 ypg 2. Baylor ......................................................................................... 261.3 3. Auburn ...................................................................................... 256.5 4. Ohio State ....................................................................... 251.6 5. Oregon ..................................................................................... 246.9

10. BUCKEYES ALL OVER PRESEASON WATCH LISTS Walter Camp Award J.T. Barrett Tyquan Lewis Billy Price Doak Walker Award Mike Weber Unitas Golden Arm J.T. Barrett O’Brien Award J.T. Barrett Wuerffel Award Tracy Sprinkle Butkus Award Jerome Baker Chris Worley

Paul Hornung Award Parris Campbell Jim Thorpe Award Denzel Ward Bronko Nagurski Award Jerome Baker Nick Bosa Sam Hubbard Tyquan Lewis Outland Trophy Jamarco Jones Billy Price Rimington Award Billy Price John Mackey Award Marcus Baugh

Maxwell Award J.T. Barrett Mike Weber Bednarik Award Jerome Baker Nick Bosa Tyquan Lewis Denzel Ward Ted Hendricks Award Nick Bosa Sam Hubbard Tyquan Lewis Big Ten Preseason Honors J.T. Barrett Tyquan Lewis

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SPOTLIGHT ON: THE PAY FORWARD SOCIETY

For Mike O’Shaughnessy, The Ohio State University has had a lasting impact on his life. Originally from Northeast Ohio, Mike came from modest beginnings where obtaining a college degree was not an easy option. Lacking the resources to pay for school and determined to not accumulate debt, he relied upon hard work and persistence to graduate from Ohio State earning a degree in economics.

Established in 2005, the Pay Forward Society was created to distinguish a group of benefactors, whether individual or group, who have provided single gifts of $5 million or more to the Department of Athletics at The Ohio State University. The society’s name is borrowed from the teachings of former coach Woody Hayes.

Shyan and Mike O’Shaughnessy’s latest gift to The Ohio State University is transformational and reflects their commitment to creating academic opportunities for young people. As a result of their gift, Ohio State Athletics is proud to welcome them into its Pay Forward Society. After graduating from Ohio State, Mike’s entrepreneurial spirit led him to many successful business ventures including founding Element Electronics in 2007 and co-founding Luminara Worldwide in 2010. The O’Shaughnessy’s have a passion for entrepreneurialism and the resulting job and economic opportunities it creates for families. Through the on-going fulfillment of their passion they have contributed to the lives of countless individuals creating an extraordinary legacy. Mike learned the art of generosity from his parents who instilled in him the value of sharing his resources with others. Throughout his life, Mike witnessed his parents’ generosity as they gave of themselves in order to serve others and better their community. “It begins and ends with how I was raised,” Mike said. “I have been abundantly blessed and I want to honor that by paying it forward to others. Ohio State is more than buildings and books. Ohio State is a worldwide community of people.” The impact of the O’Shaughnessy gift on the Ohio State community will be twofold. A portion of their gift will endow a scholarship within the Department of Economics while the majority of their gift will go to the outbuilding of the Athletics District. The Athletics District will consolidate the vast majority of practice and competitive facilities into a contiguous space providing student-athletes and their coaches the optimal training and competitive environments. From Mike’s time on campus in Alpha Tau Omega to attending Ohio State football games, many fond memories have been made surrounding The Ohio State University and Ohio State Athletics for the O’Shaughnessy family. Yet, he firmly believes that the best Ohio State memories are ahead.

The O’Shaughnessy’s philanthropy will touch future Buckeyes for generations to come and will inspire others to persist through their own challenges and pay it forward again and again. “We are extremely excited to add the O’Shaughnessy name to the Pay Forward Society,” Gene Smith, Ohio State Senior Vice President and Wolfe Foundation Endowed Athletics Director, said. “The O’Shaughnessy’s gift is truly transformational and allows Ohio State’s Department of Athletics to fulfill its mission of fostering a culture that provides opportunities for student-athletes to achieve excellence in life. The support of the O’Shaughnessy family has been instrumental to the outbuilding of the Athletics District.”

PLAY BREAKDOWN

PARRIS CAMPBELL’S 74-YARD TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION FROM J.T. BARRETT gave Ohio State the lead for good in the third quarter of the Buckeyes’ 49-21 season-opening victory at Indiana last Thursday at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Ind. Campbell finished the night with six catches for a career-high 136 yards while Barrett passed for 304 yards and three scores and added 61 yards and another touchdown on the ground.

“After that drop, my teammates got around me. They kept hitting me with positive notes. That’s really what lifted me back up,” Campbell said. “I was kind of down in the dumps after that. I can’t lie. Just having them around me, still having that confidence in me, that’s what got me through it.”

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MARA HUNTER # 15 I FIELD HOCKEY

Her senior campaign got off to a hot start with 10 goals in the first eight games of the season. In addition to representing the Patriots, Hunter participated in the Futures Festival as well as the National Indoor Tournament with her club team, Field Hockey Life.

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Class – Freshman Hometown – Powell, Ohio High School – Olentangy Liberty Position – Back Columbus, Ohio – Mara Hunter, a forward from Powell, Ohio, signed a national letter of intent to further her academic and athletic career as a member of the Ohio State field hockey program, head coach Jarred Martin announced. Hunter served as a team captain during her final year on the field hockey team at Olentangy Liberty, helping lead the Patriots to their best finish in school history by reaching the semifinals of the 2016 OHSAA state tournament. In the final game of her high school career, a 2-1 overtime loss to Shaker Heights, Hunter assisted on Olentangy Liberty’s only goal of the game with 5:17 remaining in the first period. The four-year letterwinner in high school led the Patriots in scoring in 2016 and was a First Team All-State honoree.

Why Did You Choose Ohio State? I chose Ohio State because I have grown up as a Buckeye fan. I knew as soon as I started playing field hockey that I wanted to wear the Scarlet and Gray. I love the urban campus life and being a Buckeye runs in my family and that’s why I’m so excited to be here. Major Middle Childhood Education Plans After Graduation Aspirations of coaching field hockey and teaching on the East Coast. Favorite Pastimes, Hobbies, Etc Spending quality time with friends, listening to music, photography Relatives Who Were/Are Athletes Cousin, Natalie Disabato, played field hockey at Boston University. Greatest Sports Thrill Ran in mile “Fun Runs” since 3rd grade but didn’t really start running competitively until middle school.

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ROW 1 (L - R): 17 Elijaah Goins, 13 Trevon Forte, 21 Parris Campbell, 83 Terry McLaurin, 1 Johnnie Dixon, 85 Marcus Baugh, 6 Sam Hubbard, 11 Jalyn Holmes, 74 Jamarco Jones, 54 Billy Price, 16 J.T. Barrett, 59 Tyquan Lewis, 93 Tracy Sprinkle, 35 Chris Worley, 33 Dante Booker, 7 Damon Webb, 12 Denzel Ward, 34 Erick Smith, 17 Jerome Baker, 77 Michael Hill, 36 Zach Turnure ROW 2: Coach Urban Meyer, 80 C.J. Saunders, 30 Jared Drake, 37 Derrick Malone, 60 Blake Pfenning, 62 Brandon Pahl, 19 Eric Glover-Williams, 97 Sean Nuernberger, 67 Robert Landers, 14 K.J. Hill, 25 Mike Weber, 10 Joe Burrow, 86 Dreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Mont Jones, 59 Isaiah Prince, 69 Matthew Burrell, 66 Malcolm Pridgeon, 78 Brandon Bowen, 78 Demetrius Knox, 79 Brady Taylor, 63 Kevin Woidke, 37 Alex Backenstoe, 46 CinQuan Haney ROW 3: 4 Jordan Fuller, 9 Jashon Cornell, 53 Davon Hamilton, 13 Rashod Berry, 11 Austin Mack, 9 Binjimen Victor, 47 Justin Hilliard, 18 Jonathon Cooper, 73 Michael Jordan, 97 Nick Bosa, 7 Dwayne Haskins, 30 Demario McCall, 16 Keandre Jones, 39 Malik Harrison, 26 Antonio Williams, 3 Damon Arnette, 58 Joshua Alabi, 77 Kevin Feder, 89 Luke Farrell, 8 Kendall Sheffield, 49 Liam McCullough, 91 Drue Chrisman ROW 4: 1 Jeffrey Okudah, 24 Shaun Wade, 94 Dylan Thompson, 71 Josh Myers, 81 Jake Hausmann, 24 Kierre Hawkins, 15 Wayne Davis, 23 Jahsen Wint, 55 Malik Barrow, 61 Gavin Cupp, 64 Jack Wohlabaugh, 32 Tuff Borland, 8 Trevon Grimes, 15 Jaylen Harris, 87 Ellijah Gardiner, 2 J.K. Dobbins, 5 Baron Browning, 1 Chase Young, 14 Isaiah Pryor, 21 Marcus Williamson, 25 Brendon White, 28 Jordan Leasure ROW 5: Joe Stanek, Jacob Brown, Mike Santeramo, 51 Nick Seme, 28 Jack Hamilton, 6 Kory Curtis, 23 Michael Hartway, 29 Kevin Dever, 41 Hayden Jester, 70 Noah Donald, 98 Jerron Cage, 92 Haskell Garrett, 75 Thayer Munford, 52 Wyatt Davis, 18 Tate Martell, 20 Pete Werner, 10 Amir Riep, 95 Blake Haubeil, 48 Clay Raterman, 33 Garyn Prater, 19 Jake Metzer, 34 Mitch Rossi, 56 Aaron Cox ROW 6: Tori Magers, Amy Nicol, Bob Fraser, Tim Hinton, Tony Tucker, Ryan Stamper, Mark Pantoni, Doug Calland, Chris Kaeding, Ray Pongonis, Tyler Deam, Adam Stewart, Tony Laurenzi, Eron Hodges, Ed Terwilliger, Zach Swartz, Andre Mack-Robinson, Sam Silverman, Kenton Stufflebeam, Kevin Ries, Kevin Nerl, Sean McNamara, Sean McMickle, Katie Plageman ROW 7: Louie Addazio, Ryan Crow, Corey Dennis, Randall Joyner, Niko Palazeti, Quinn Barham, Jeff Uhlenhake, Phil Matusz, Mickey Marotti, Kerry Coombs, Billy Davis, Larry Johnson, Greg Schiano, Kevin Wilson, Ryan Day, Greg Studrawa, Tony Alford, Zach Smith, Matt Thurin, Sean Buckley, Brian Hartline, Adam Scheier, Hiram Defries, Brian Voltolini, Quinn Tempel

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HEAD COACH URBAN MEYER

QUICK FACTS Hometown: Ashtabula, Ohio High School: St. John Age: 53 Alma Mater: Cincinnati, 1986 Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Degree: Ohio State, 1988 Year in Coaching: 31st (Sixth year at Ohio State) Wife: Shelley Family: Daughters, Nicki and Gigi; son, Nate; son-in-law, Corey Dennis and grandson, Troy

HEAD COACH URBAN MEYER

Ohio State University head football coach Urban Meyer is 61-6 through his first five seasons leading one of the most storied programs in college football. He has coached the Buckeyes to a Big Ten Conference and national championship in 2014 – the program’s eighth – by winning the first College Football Playoff (CFP), to a repeat appearance in the CFP in 2017, to five consecutive Big Ten divisional titles, to a 61-6 overall record and a 39-2 record in Big Ten games and to a 16-4 record versus ranked teams. He has done this by developing and overseeing a program culture that requires accountability, promotes respect, prepares young men for life after football and develops football skill sets and talents at an unsurpassed rate: his program has produced 33 NFL draft picks the last five years, including 10 first-round picks and record numbers of draft picks through the second, third and fourth rounds of the 2016 NFL Draft. And his team members are getting it done in the classroom, as well. Ohio State Buckeyes have earned four academic All-American honorees the past three years, one National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete award and the team is coming off its finest academic semester under Meyer with record numbers of students with 3.0 (or above) grade point averages for the semester and cumulatively.

MAKING THE

GREAT

STATE OF

PROUD Born in Toledo, raised in Ashtabula and with degrees from Cincinnati and Ohio State, Urban Meyer made it clear from the day he took the Ohio State position - Nov. 28, 2011 what his intentions are: “We’re going to make the great state of Ohio proud with everything we do.” With “a statewide approval rating roughly equal to that of free ice cream” according to columnist David Briggs of The Blade, Meyer has, indeed, made Ohio proud of their Buckeyes.

HEAD COACH URBAN MEYER

HEAD COACHING RECORD

These first 15 years as a head coach for Meyer, featuring three national championships and a record of 165 wins against just 29 losses for an .850 winning percentage, have been full of accomplishment, achievement and success for which few can compare. Consider: • Meyer is the third-winningest coach in the history of college football (at least 10 years at an FBS school), trailing only Knute Rockne and Frank Leahy; • Meyer’s .850 winning percentage is No. 1 among all active coaches with at least five years of experience at an FBS school;

FINAL CONFERENCE YEAR SCHOOL RECORD RECORD

POLL

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

NR None NR None 21/21 Liberty 4/5 Fiesta 12/16 Outback 1/1 BCS NCG 13/16 Capital One 1/1 BCS NCG 3/3 Sugar NR Outback 3/NA N/A 12/10 Orange 1/1 Sugar/CFP NCG 4/4 Fiesta 6/6 (CFP Semi) Fiesta

Bowling Green 8-3 Bowling Green 9-3 Utah 10-2 Utah 12-0 Florida 9-3 Florida 13-1 Florida 9-4 Florida 13-1 Florida 13-1 Florida 8-5 Ohio State 12-0 Ohio State 12-2 Ohio State 14-1 Ohio State 12-1 Ohio State 11-2

Totals 15 years

5-3 6-2 6-1 (1st) 7-0 (1st) 5-3 7-1 (1st) 5-3 7-1 (1st) 8-0 (1st,East) 4-4 8-0 (1st, Leaders) 8-0 (1st, Leaders) 8-0 (Champion) 7-1 (T1st, East) 8-1 (T1st, East)

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165-29 99-20

• He set the major college record with the most wins - 165 through his first 15 seasons as a head coach; • Meyer’s 2015 Buckeye senior class was the first Power 5 school to win 50 games over a four-year run (2012-15); • Meyer is the only modern day coach to win national championships coaching in two different conferences and, with championships in 2006 and 2008 at Florida and 2014 at Ohio State, he is one of only two coaches to win national titles at two different schools; • He is the first coach in modern history – since 1937 when the NCAA began keeping records – to win at least 13 games in consecutive years (in 2008 and 2009), three times (2006-08-09) and four times (2006-08-09 at Florida and 2014 at Ohio State); • Meyer is the only coach in major college history to have four different winning streaks of at least 20 games (20 with Utah/ Florida; 22 at Florida; 25 with Florida and Ohio State; and 23 at Ohio State). Only eight other coaches have had even two winning streaks of at least 20 games; • Meyer won more games his first 10 years – 104 – than all but three coaches in college football history; and • Meyer reached 100 wins faster than all but one coach – Bud Wilkinson – in the last 57 years and faster than all but five coaches all-time.

Urban Meyer, who is in his 31st season as a collegiate coach, is married to the former Shelley Mather. They are the parents to daughters Nicki (a 2013 graduate of Georgia Tech) and Gigi (a 2015 graduate of Florida Gulf Coast) and a son, Nate (a high school senior in 2017-18). Nicki and husband Corey Dennis are parents to infant son, Troy.

COACHING EXPERIENCE 2012-pres....... Head Coach............................................... Ohio State 2005-10.......... Head Coach...................................................... Florida 2003-04.......... Head Coach..........................................................Utah 2001-02.......... Head Coach....................................... Bowling Green 1996-2000..... Wide Receivers...................................... Notre Dame

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COACHING STAFF

KEVIN WILSON HOMETOWN Maiden, N.C. HIGH SCHOOL Maiden ALMA MATER North Carolina ’84 / ’87

RYAN DAY HOMETOWN Manchester, N.H. HIGH SCHOOL Manchester Central

Offensive Coordinator / Tight Ends

FAMILY Wife, Angela daughters Elaina, Makenzie & Marlee, and sons Trey & Toby

ALMA MATER New Hampshire ’02

TONY ALFORD HOMETOWN Akron, Ohio HIGH SCHOOL Doherty (Colo.)

FAMILY Wife, Trina sons Rylan, Kyler & Braydon

ALMA MATER Bowling Green ’87

HIGH SCHOOL Dublin Coffman

FAMILY Son Cameron and daughter, Quinn Olivia

ALMA MATERS West Liberty St ’87 Ohio State ’88 West Virginia ’90

3 RD SEASON

Tony Alford, who has coached collegiate running backs for 20 years, is in his third season as assistant head coach for offense and running backs coach at Ohio State University.

2 ND SEASON

Greg Studrawa is in his second season as coach of Ohio State’s offensive linemen and he is in his 28th season coaching on the collegiate level overall. Studrawa, who coached two first-team All-Americans last year in Pat Elflein and Billy Price, is a Buckeye. He was born in Fostoria, attended St. Wendelin and played collegiately at Bowling Green. He coached collegiately for 15 years throughout the state: at Cincinnati, at Wilmington, at Ohio State (1997) and six years at Bowling Green, including under Urban Meyer in 2001-02.

6 TH SEASON

Zach Smith is in his sixth season as wide receivers coach at Ohio State and he carries the additional responsibility of staff recruiting coordinator. The youngest member of the coaching staff is in his 13th year of coaching on the collegiate level. Smith has had multiple receivers each season over the past four years earn all-Big Ten Conference accolades: Curtis Samuel and Noah Brown in 2016, Michael Thomas, Braxton Miller and Jalin Marshall in 2015, Thomas, Evan Spencer and Devin Smith in 2014, and Smith and Corey “Philly” Brown in 2013.

MICKEY MAROTTI

HIGH SCHOOL Ambridge

Day has prior experience working with Ohio State coach Urban Meyer; in 2005 he was a graduate assistant coach during Meyer’s first season with the Florida Gators.

Wide Receivers / Recruiting Coordinator

ALMA MATER Florida ’07

HOMETOWN Ambridge, Pa.

Ryan Day joined the Ohio State coaching staff in January 2017 as cooffensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. The 15-year coaching veteran had been quarterbacks coach in the NFL under Chip Kelly in 2016 for the San Francisco 49ers and two years ago for the Philadelphia Eagles.

Offensive Line

FAMILY Wife, Cindy daughters Samantha, Katelin & Allison

ZACH SMITH HOMETOWN Dublin, Ohio

1 ST SEASON

Alford and Meyer’s relationship dates to Meyer’s first year as an assistant coach at Colorado State University in 1990. His first two seasons at Ohio State he has coached a Big Ten running back of the year (Ezekiel Elliott) and a Big Ten freshman of the year (Mike Weber).

GREG STUDRAWA

HIGH SCHOOL St. Wendelin

He coached two of the four teams in FBS history that produced a 3,500-yard passer, two 1,000-yard rushers and a 1,000-yard receiver in the same year. His 2015 Indiana and 2008 Oklahoma offenses achieved the feat. The others are USC in 2005 and Southern Mississippi in 2015.

Assistant Head Coach for Offense / Running Backs

ALMA MATER Colorado State ’92

HOMETOWN Fostoria, Ohio

Kevin Wilson is in his first season as the Buckeyes’ offensive coordinator and tight ends coach. Wilson has directed some of the most prolific offenses in the nation over his 33-year coaching career.

Co-Offensive Coodinator / Quarterbacks FAMILY Wife, Christina son Ryan Jr., and daughters Grace & Ourania

1 ST SEASON

Assistant AD for Football Sports Performance

FAMILY Wife, Susie son Mitchell and daughter, Maddie

6 TH SEASON

Mickey Marotti is in his sixth season as the assistant athletic director for football sports performance at Ohio State and his 31st season overall as a coach. He is the person Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer trusts in the critical area of strength and conditioning training and overseeing sports performance. Marotti has been performance coach for three national championship teams: the 2006 and 2008 Florida Gators and the 2014 Ohio State Buckeyes. 29

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COACHING STAFF

GREG SCHIANO HOMETOWN Wyckoff, N.J.

Associate Head Coach / Defensive Coordinator / Safeties

FAMILY Wife, Christy sons Joey, Matt & John and daughter, Katie

HIGH SCHOOL Ramapo ALMA MATER Bucknell ’88

KERRY COOMBS HOMETOWN Colerain, Ohio

ALMA MATER Dayton ’83

LARRY JOHNSON

HIGH SCHOOL E.J. Hayes ALMA MATER Elizabeth City State ’73

BILLY DAVIS

ALMA MATER Cincinnati ’89 Michigan State ’91

Kerry Coombs was promoted to the position of Assistant Coordinator, Defense by head coach Urban Meyer in June 2017. Coombs is in his sixth season with Ohio State as cornerbacks coach and he is in his fourth season as the special team’s coordinator. Coombs’ tenure at Ohio State includes the truly remarkable – he’s had an NFL Draft first with three cornerbacks (Marshon Lattimore, Gareon Conley and Eli Apple) taken in the first round of the past two NFL Drafts – and the remarkable: every one of his starters at cornerback has reached the NFL.

4 TH SEASON

Assistant Head Coach / Defensive Line

FAMILY Wife, Christine sons Larry Jr. & Tony (Karin), daughter, Teresa & grandchildren Tony Jr., Laila, Deklen & Jaylen

HOMETOWN Williamston, N.C.

6 TH SEASON

Assistant Coordinator, Defense / Cornerbacks Special Teams Coordinator

FAMILY Wife, Holly sons, Brayden (Wife is Alex) & Dylan (Ciara) daughter, Cortney (Rob) & grandchildren Harper, Avery & Gibson

HIGH SCHOOL Colerain

HIGH SCHOOL Berea

Greg Schiano is in his second season as defensive coordinator for the Buckeyes. The 28-year coaching veteran is also associate head coach and safeties coach. He has been a collegiate head coach for 11 seasons (Rutgers) and an NFL head coach two seasons (Tampa Bay). Schiano coached first-year starter Malik Hooker to unanimous All-American honors in 2016 – Hooker was first nationally with three “pick-6s” and third nationally with seven interceptions – and he was a first-round NFL Draft pick by the Indianapolis Colts.

HOMETOWN Youngstown, Ohio

2 ND SEASON

Larry Johnson is in his fourth season as assistant head coach and defensive line coach with the Ohio State football program. He was named to his position in early January, 2014. No Big Ten Conference program in the last 20 years, outside of Ohio State, has developed more Big Ten Confeence defensive players of the year and/or Big Ten defensive linemen of the year than the 13 that Johnson has coached since 1996, including Buckeyes Joey Bosa and Tyquan Lewis.

1ST SEASON

Linebackers FAMILY Wife, Sherry daughters Monica, Brooke, twins Grace & Ava, and son, Billy

Billy Davis is in his first season as linebackers coach at Ohio State. Davis was named to the position in December 2016 after working the 2016 football season with the Buckeyes as an analyst. Davis is a 24-year NFL assistant whose resume includes seven years of defensive coordinator positions and a list of Pro Bowlers-coached that includes Keith Brooking, Darnell Dockett, Kevin Greene, Walt Harris, Lamar Lathon, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, Antrel Rolle, Adrian Wilson and Connor Barwin.

Louie Addazio

Ryan Crow

Corey Dennis

Randall Joyner

Sean Buckley

Bob Fraser

Brian Hartline

Adam Scheier

Matt Thurin

Graduate Assistant – Offense

Graduate Assistant – Defense

Graduate Assistant – Offense

Graduate Assistant – Defense

Quality Control – Offense

Quality Control – Defense

Quality Control – Offense

Quality Control – Kicking Game

Quality Control – Defense

FOOTBALL SUPPORT STAFF

Quinn Barham

Shaun Barnhouse

Dr. Jim Borchers

Jacob Brown

Doug Calland

Solomon Campbell Tyler Deam

Hiram DeFries

Asst. Strength and Conditioning Coach

Head Athletic Trainer

Head Team Physician

Assistant, Post-Production

Associate AD, Sports Performance

Assistant Athletic Trainer

Athletic Trainer

Administrative Assistant

Katie Greiner

Tim Hinton

Eron Hodges

Dr. Chris Kaeding

Justin Kume

Rob Lachey

Tony Laurenzi

Coordinator, Football Administration

Executive Director, Football Relations

Asst. Director, Player Development

Executive Director, Sports Medicine

Assistant AD, Compliance

Manager, Athletics Equipment

Intern, Athletic Training

Andre Mack-Robinson

Tori Magers

Phil Matusz

Dustin McCuiston

Sean McMickle

Kevin Nerl

Amy Nicol

Niko Palazeti

Mark Pantoni

Director, On-Campus Recruiting

Assoc. Director, Strength and Conditioning

Assistant Building Coordinator, WHAC

Team Nutritionist

Assistant, Athletics Equipment

Director, Internal Operations

Asst. Strength and Conditioning Coach

Director of Player Personnel

Sean Perkins

Dr. Ray Pongonis

Kevin Ries

Mike Santeramo

Sam Silverman

Ryan Stamper

Joe Stanek

Adam Stewart

Building Services Coordinator, WHAC

Team Physician

Head Athletics Equipment Manager

Assistant Video Coordinator

Assistant Director, Creative Media

Director, Player Development

Video Coordinator

Head Physical Therapist / Asst. Athletic Trainer

Kenton Stufflebeam Assistant Director, Creative Design

Assistant Director, Creative Media

Zach Swartz

Quinn Tempel

Ed Terwilliger

Tony Tucker

Jeff Uhlenhake

Brian Voltolini

Director, Creative Media & Post Production

Asst. Director, Football Operations

Program Assistant, Recruiting

Director of Student Well-Being

Asst. Strength and Conditioning Coach

Director of Football Operations

THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYES

58 Joshua Alabi, OL SO • Detroit, Mich.

88 A.J. Alexander, TE SO • Burke, Va.

3 Damon Arnette, CB SO • Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

35 Alex Backenstoe, LB JR • Hilliard, Ohio

17 Jerome Baker, LB JR • Cleveland, Ohio

16 J.T. Barrett, QB GR • Wichita Falls, Texas

55 Malik Barrow, DT FR • Tampa, Fla.

85 Marcus Baugh, TE SR • Riverside, Calif.

38 Alex Beck, LB FR • Hudson, Ohio

13 Rashod Berry, TE SO • Lorain, Ohio

26 Michael Blanton, SAF SO • Cincinnati

33 Dante Booker, LB JR • Akron, Ohio

32 Tuf Borland, LB FR • Bolingbrook, Ill.

97 Nick Bosa, DE SO • Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

76 Branden Bowen, OL SO • Draper, Utah

50 Nathan Brock, OL SO • Powell, Ohio

5 Baron Browning, LB FR • Fort Worth, Texas

56 Matthew Burrell, OG SO • Woodbridge, Va.

10 Joe Burrow, QB SO • The Plains, Ohio

98 Jerron Cage, DL FR • Cincinnati, Ohio

21 Parris Campbell, WR JR • Akron, Ohio

91 Drue Chrisman, P FR • Lawrenceburg, Ind.

18 Jonathon Cooper, DE SO • Gahanna, Ohio

9 Jashon Cornell, DT SO • St. Paul, Minn.

56 Aaron Cox, DL FR • Mantua, Ohio

61 Gavin Cupp, OL FR • Leipsic, Ohio

6 Kory Curtis, QB FR • Cape Coral, Fla.

84 Brock Davin, TE SO • Cincinnati, Ohio

15 Wayne Davis, DB FR • Norfolk, Va.

52 Wyatt Davis, OL FR • Bellflower, Calif.

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29 Kevin Dever, SAF FR • Cleveland, Ohio

1 Johnnie Dixon, WR JR • West Palm Beach, Fla.

2 J.K. Dobbins, RB FR • La Grange, Texas

70 Noah Donald, DL SO • Uniontown, Ohio

30 Jared Drake, LB SO • Westerville, Ohio

89 Luke Farrell, TE FR • Perry, Ohio

77 Kevin Feder, OL SO • Ramsey, N.J.

13 Trevon Forte, CB SR • Youngstown, Ohio

4 Jordan Fuller, SAF SO • Norwood, N.J.

87 Ellijah Gardiner, WR FR • Kemp, Texas

92 Haskell Garrett, DL FR • Las Vegas, Nev.

35 Conner Gessells, WR FR • Pickerington, Ohio

19 Eric Glover-Williams, WR JR • Canton, Ohio

17 Elijaah Goins, WR SR • Concord, N.C.

8 Trevon Grimes, WR FR • Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

53 Davon Hamilton, DT SO • Pickerington, Ohio

28 Jack Hamilton, CB FR • Dublin, Ohio

46 CinQuan Haney, CB SR • Dayton, Ohio

15 Jaylen Harris, WR FR • Cleveland, Ohio

39 Malik Harrison, LB SO • Columbus, Ohio

23 Michael Hartway, WR FR • Columbus, Ohio

7 Dwayne Haskins, QB FR • Potomac, Md.

95 Blake Haubeil, K FR • Buffalo, N.Y.

81 Jake Hausmann, TE FR • Cincinnati, Ohio

24 Kierre Hawkins, TE FR • Maple Heights, Ohio

44 Jackson Hayes, LB JR • Dublin, Ohio

14 K.J. Hill, WR SO • Little Rock, Ark.

77 Michael Hill, DT GR • Pendleton, S.C.

47 Justin Hilliard, LB SO • Cincinnati, Ohio

11 Jalyn Holmes, DE SR • Norfolk, Va.

THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYES

6 Sam Hubbard, DE JR • Cincinnati, Ohio

41 Hayden Jester, LB SO • Cincinnati, Ohio

86 Dre’Mont Jones, DT SO • Cleveland, Ohio

74 Jamarco Jones, OT SR • Chicago, Ill.

16 Keandre Jones, LB SO • Olney, Md.

73 Michael Jordan, OG SO • Canton, Mich.

32 Jeremiah Knight, RB FR • Jefferson, Ohio

78 Demetrius Knox, OG JR • Fort Worth, Texas

90 Bryan Kristan, K JR • Canfield, Ohio

67 Robert Landers, DT SO • Dayton, Ohio

28 Jordan Leasure, RB SO • Amanda, Ohio

59 Tyquan Lewis, DE GR • Tarboro, N.C.

11 Austin Mack, WR SO • Fort Wayne, Ind.

37 Derrick Malone, TE JR • Dayton, Ohio

18 Tate Martell, QB FR • Las Vegas, Nev.

30 Demario McCall, RB SO • North Ridgeville, Ohio

49 Liam McCullough, LS SO • Columbus, Ohio

83 Terry McLaurin, WR JR • Indianapolis, Ind.

19 Jake Metzer, P SO • Doylestown, Pa.

75 Thayer Munford, OL FR • Cincinnati, Ohio

71 Josh Myers, OL FR • Miamisburg, Ohio

96 Sean Nuernberger, K JR • Buckner, Ky.

1 Jeffrey Okudah, CB FR • Grand Prairie, Texas

62 Brandon Pahl, OL JR • Cutler, Ohio

60 Blake Pfenning, OL JR • Wapakoneta, Ohio

33 Garyn Prater, WR FR • Cincinnati, Ohio

54 Billy Price, C GR • Austintown, Ohio

66 Malcolm Pridgeon, OL 59 Isaiah Prince, OT JR • Central Islip, N.Y. JR • Greenbelt, Md.

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14 Isaiah Pryor, SAF FR • Lawrenceville, Ga.

THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYES

48 Clay Raterman, SAF JR • Dublin, Ohio

10 Amir Riep, CB FR • Cincinnati, Ohio

34 Mitch Rossi, RB FR • Franklin, Tenn.

80 C.J. Saunders, WR JR • Dublin, Ohio

51 Nick Seme, DL SR • Wadsworth, Ohio

8 Kendall Sheffield, CB SO • Missouri City, Texas

20 Darryl Sinclair, WR FR • Solon, Ohio

34 Erick Smith, SAF SR • Cleveland, Ohio

93 Tracy Sprinkle, DT GR • Elyria, Ohio

73 Brady Taylor, C JR • Columbus, Ohio

94 Dylan Thompson, DL JR • Lombard, Ill.

36 Zach Turnure, LB SR • St. Louis, Mo.

9 Binjimen Victor, WR SO • Pompano Beach, Fla.

57 Zach Waddle, DL FR • Grove City, Ohio

24 Shaun Wade, CB FR • Jacksonville, Fla.

12 Denzel Ward, CB JR • Macedonia, Ohio

7 Damon Webb, SAF SR • Detroit, Mich.

25 Mike Weber, RB SO • Detroit, Mich.

20 Pete Werner, LB FR • Indianapolis, Ind.

25 Brendon White, SAF FR • Powell, Ohio

26 Antonio Williams, RB SO • New London, N.C.

21 Marcus Williamson, CB FR • Westerville, Ohio

23 Jahsen Wint, SAF FR • Brooklyn, N.Y.

64 Jack Wohlabaugh, C FR • Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

63 Kevin Woidke, OL JR • Cleveland, Ohio

35 Chris Worley, LB SR • Cleveland, Ohio

2 Chase Young, DE FR • Upper Marlboro, Md.

OHIO STATE GAMEDAY

Gameday at Ohio State is a UNIQUE EXPERIENCE, both for the players and the many fans that converge on Columbus to see their Buckeyes play.

There’s the TEAM WALK from the Blackwell Hotel to Ohio Stadium, amidst a sea of scarlet and gray clad fans. Along the way, the Buckeyes stop at St. John Arena, receiving a rousing welcome from the Ohio State Marching Band and a standing room-only crowd of more than 10,000 at Skull Session.

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As the game nears, the Buckeye faithful pour through the Ohio Stadium portals in anticipation of the Band’s traditional ramp entrance and the ever-popular

SCRIPT OHIO.

Once the team takes the field and the opening kickoff sails through the air, the excitement only intensifies as the fans cheer the Buckeyes on to yet another thrilling victory. When the game ends, the coaches and players gather in front of the south stands where the band plays CARMEN OHIO, the school’s alma mater, and the players, coaches and fans sing along.

OHIO STATE GAMEDAY

BEST TRADITIONS Sports Illustrated Vault, Aug. 22, 2011

SCRIPT OHIO

“To the untrained eye high above the field, it might appear at first that the members of the Ohio State University Marching Band are imitating a snake. In fact, they are executing a highlychoreographed, 75-year-old tradition that brings chills to the fans—and the fans to a roar—at every Buckeyes home game.”

Ohio State proudly boasts an alma mater (Carmen Ohio), two fight songs (Across the Field and Buckeye Battle Cry) and a state rock song (Hang on Sloopy). Across the Field was ranked in the Top 10 for most inspiring fight songs in the country in a list compiled in 1990 by Bill Studwell, a librarian at Northern Illinois University (and fight song expert). The pieces were graded on music quality, lyrics and overall tune.

CARMEN OHIO

Oh! Come let’s sing Ohio’s praise, And songs to Alma Mater raise; While our hearts rebounding thrill, With joy which death alone can still. Summer’s heat or Winter’s cold. The seasons pass, the years will roll; Time and change will surely show How firm thy friendship O-hi-o.

ACROSS THE FIELD

Fight the team across the field, show them Ohio’s here Set the earth reverberating with a mighty cheer Rah! Rah! Rah! Hit them hard and see how they fall; Never let that team get the ball, Hail! Hail! the gang’s all here, So let’s win that old conference now.

BUCKEYE BATTLE CRY

In old Ohio there’s a team that’s known thru-out the land; Eleven warriors, brave and bold, whose fame will ever stand. And when the ball goes over, our cheers will reach the sky, Ohio field will hear again The Buckeye Battle Cry – Drive! Drive on down the field, Men of the scarlet and gray; Don’t let them thru that line, We have to win this game today, Come on, Ohio! Smash through to victory. We cheer you as you go: Our honor defend We will fight to the end for O-hi-o.

OHIO STADIUM

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Please conduct yourself in an appropriate manner. Our attitudes and actions not only reflect upon our individual character but also the character of our university as a whole. As Buckeyes, it is essential to initiate and foster a friendly and welcoming environment for all to portray our university with the pride and respect it deserves. While you cheer on our team, please keep these ideals in mind and prove Ohio State has the Best Fans in the Land. ADDRESS/TELEPHONE The address and phone number for Ohio Stadium is 411 Woody Hayes Drive, Columbus, OH 43210, 614-292-6330. AISLE TRAFFIC/SECTION ENTRY Guests are urged to arrive at their seats well in advance of kickoff. As a courtesy to other guests, please remain at your seat until the play has ended. Guests should be sure their correct ticket stubs are with them and available throughout the game to assist in seat verification and entry into each aisle or section. ALCOHOL POLICY Outside of Ohio Stadium, possession and consumption of alcohol are subject to the laws and regulations of the State of Ohio and/or City of Columbus which state, among others: No person shall have in the person’s possession an opened container of beer or intoxicating liquor in any public place. Alcoholic beverages are NOT permitted to be brought into Ohio Stadium. Law Enforcement Officers enforce all applicable laws. Alcohol sales are offered inside Ohio Stadium. The following items are important to note in regards to alcohol sales: • Guests possessing alcohol who do not have proof of being at least 21 years of age or guests passing alcohol to minors will be ejected and are subject to arrest. 52

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on the back of your parking pass OR at OhioStateBuckeyes.com/Gameday

• A maximum of two alcoholic beverages will be sold per person/at one time (depending on the event). • Guests who appear younger than thirty-five (35) will be asked to show positive identification prior to being served. Acceptable forms of identification are: - Any state’s driver’s license - A state of Ohio identification card, or the “equivalent” from another state - A US Department of Defense military ID card - A United States or foreign passport, that displays a picture of the individual for whom the license, card, or passport was issued and shows that the person buying was then at least twenty-one years of age • Guests are not permitted to bring alcoholic beverages into the facility; nor are they permitted to leave the facility with alcohol. • If deemed necessary, alcohol sales may be cut off at any time. Ohio Stadium reserves the right to refuse the sale of alcohol to any guest. ATMs ATMs are located throughout the stadium at the following locations: 4A, 5A, 39A, and in the Huntington Club. AUTOGRAPHS Seeking autographs on footballs, helmets and jerseys is prohibited in the area near Gate 32 where football players depart Ohio Stadium after the football game. Seeking autographs on ANY items is prohibited on the property (and surrounding parking lots) of the Fawcett Center and the Woody Hayes Athletic Center. If an individual is seeking autographs in violation of this prohibition, they may be issued a warning by Department of Athletics’ personnel or the University Police Division. If, after receiving a warning, they are subsequently found in violation of this prohibition, they may be arrested and/or charged criminally. BABY CHANGING/NURSING MOTHERS Most of the restrooms in Ohio Stadium are equipped with diaper-changing tables. For private accommodations, guests can use specific family

NO BAGS in Ohio Stadium

NO DRONES

restrooms located near sections 9A, 11A, 12A, 20A, 23A, 33A, 37A, 38A, 23C, 24C and 19D. Guests may also visit the First Aid Stations located at 16A, 17A, 11B, 12B, 23C, 24C and 32A. BAG POLICY Bags or purses of any size are NOT permitted in Ohio Stadium. Wallets and wristlets no larger than 5”x 8”x 1” are permitted. All items and persons entering Ohio Stadium are subject to inspection. Guests entering with medical or child care needs must enter through the Steinbrenner Band Center entrance (between Gate 10 & 12) or at the Press Entrance (between the Huntington Club and Gate 23) to have their items inspected. One 14”x 14”x 4” bag per person will be permitted. CAMERA POLICY Still cameras with a lens greater than 100mm, any audio and video recording equipment, monopods, dual pods and tripods are not allowed to be used. Images are for personal use only and may not be used for any commercial purposes and may not be re-sold without the express consent of The Ohio State University. DISABILITY NEEDS Guests requiring disability seating should contact the ticket office two weeks in advance at (614) 292-2624. Questions concerning disability parking should be directed to CampusParc at (614) 292-9341. ELEVATORS Four public elevators are located on the west side of Ohio Stadium between gates 17-23, which provide access to the Club Levels and to disability seating on D deck. One public elevator is located in the South Stands near Section 39 and only provides access to seats in South Stands. Two public elevators are located near section 7 that access B and C Decks. Two public elevators are located near section 10 that access B and C Decks.

OHIO STADIUM BUILT.............................................................. 1922 ARCHITECT.........................Howard Dwight Smith COST.................................................... $1.3 million FIRST GAME.............. Ohio Wesleyan, Oct. 7, 1922 DEDICATION GAME..........Michigan, Oct. 21, 1922 ORIGINAL CAPACITY.................................. 66,210 PRESENT CAPACITY................................. 104,944 LARGEST CROWD....... 110,045 vs. Michigan, 2016 ARTIFICIAL TURF INSTALLED....1970, 2007, 2014 GRASS SURFACE INSTALLED....................... 1990 RENOVATION........................................ 1999-2001 RE-DEDICATION................... Akron, Sept. 8, 2001 ALL-TIME WIN-LOSS RECORD............ 431-110-20

For more information on Ohio Stadium gameday policies, visit OhioStateBuckeyes.com/gameday

EMERGENCY CONTACT To contact a person at the game in the event of an emergency, please call (614) 292-6330.

PLAYING FIELD Guests may not enter the playing field at any time. VIOLATORS ARE SUBJECT TO ARREST AND MAY BE PROSECUTED.

EMERGENCIES AND EVACUATION PROCEDURES In the event of a serious emergency, all Event Staff, Redcoats, Ushers, Law Enforcement and Fire personnel are available to assist guests, including those with disabilities. Information will also be provided over the public address system and on stadium televisions and scoreboards.

PROHIBITED BEHAVIOR Throwing objects of any kind; demonstrating unruly behavior; attempting to enter the field of play; engaging in behavior that endangers the safety of student-athletes, coaches, officials or other guests; attempting to climb the goal posts; removing Ohio Stadium turf; and/or taunting event staff, visiting teams and/or public safety officials. Nudity is not allowed, and all patrons must be attired in accordance with all state and local laws governing liquor permit premises.

FIRST AID STATIONS First aid stations are located throughout Ohio Stadium at 16A, 17A, 11B, 12B, 23C, 24C and 32A. GUEST SERVICES BOOTHS Guest Services booths are located outside the North Rotunda, near Gates 13, 14 and 38 and near sections 5A, 2B, 5C and 6C. LOST AND FOUND Located at Guest Services near 5A and remains open for 30 minutes after the game. Any unclaimed items will be moved to the Ohio Stadium Facility Operations Office at (614) 292-6330. MEDICAL EMERGENCY If assistance is needed in the stands, please contact the nearest Red Coat, Usher, Concession Worker, Law Enforcement Officer, Columbus Fire Department Paramedic or go to the nearest First Aid Room. PETS/SERVICE ANIMALS Animals, except for trained dogs or service animals assisting guests with disabilities, are not permitted in Ohio Stadium.

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS Special announcements on the public address system are limited to medical and police emergencies. RE-ENTRY Guests will NOT be permitted to re-enter Ohio Stadium once they leave. RESTROOMS Men’s and women’s restrooms are located throughout Ohio Stadium. ADA accessible restrooms are located near sections 8A, 9A, 10A, 11A, 17A, 18A, 19A, 28A, 33A, 34A, 37A, 38A, 3B, 12B, 28B, 7C, 10C, 11C, 13C, 14C, 15C, 19C, 20C, 23C, 28C, 29C, 17D, 19D, 25D. Family restrooms are located near sections 9A, 11A, 12A, 20A, 23A, 33A, 37A, 38A, 23C, 24C, 19D. SEATBACK CHAIRS Seatback chairs are available for rent in advance of gameday on a season basis only. To order a seatback chair, please contact (866) 910-9290 or www.buckeyeseat.com. Seat cushions are allowed to be brought into the stadium.

SECURITY CHECKS All bags, containers or persons are subject to search. Cooperation with game management and security personnel will help maintain Ohio Stadium as a safe and secure environment for all guests. SMOKING/TOBACCO POLICY The use of all types of tobacco products is prohibited in all university buildings and all university-owned properties including parking lots, garages and all outside areas. This also includes any product intended to mimi tobacco products, contain tobacco flavoring or deliver nicotine other than for the purpose of cessation. TAILGATING Possession and consumption of alcohol are subject to the laws and regulations of the State of Ohio and/or City of Columbus. Law Enforcement Officers enforce all applicable laws. UMBRELLAS Guests may carry umbrellas into Ohio Stadium for use before and after the game, but are NOT permitted to be opened in the seating areas. USHERS/REDCOATS Guests should contact the nearest Usher or Redcoat for assistance in seating locations and medical emergencies. VISITING TEAM FANS Visiting team fans are guests of Ohio Stadium. Harassment of the visiting team or its fans will not be tolerated and may result in ejection. WATER FOUNTAINS are located near sections 17A, 18A, 18C, 19C, South Stands and D Deck. Guests who would like water may request a courtesy cup from any concession stand. 53

TRADITIONS

SCRIPT OHIO The signature formation of the Ohio State

Marching Band performed before, during halftime or after home football games.

BUCKEYE A Buckeye is a small, shiny,

dark brown nut with a light tan patch that comes from the official state tree of Ohio, the buckeye tree.

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THE “I” DOT The familiar kick, turn and bow by a fourth or

fifth-year sousaphone player at the top of the “i” at the end of “Le Regiment” was an innovation introduced by Glen R. Johnson in 1938.

BUCKEYE LEAVES A decal of a buckeye leaf, about the size of a quarter, is applied to football helmets for big plays and consistency on the field. Woody Hayes and longtime trainer Ernie Biggs started the tradition in 1968.

BUCKEYE GROVE Since 1934, a Buckeye tree has been planted in honor of each of Ohio State’s All-Americans.

TRADITIONS

SENIOR TACKLE

A tradition since 1913 where the seniors hit the blocking sled one final

HOMECOMING

SCARLET AND GRAY Ohio State’s official school colors since 1878, scarlet and gray, were chosen by a group of three students in a lecture room in University Hall because “it was a pleasing combination.”

First recognized in 1912, Homecoming began as “Ohio State Day.”

GOLD PANTS

A gold charm replica of a pair of football pants is given to players and coaches following wins over Michigan.

HONORARY “I”-DOTTERS Woody Hayes, Bob Hope, Jack Nicklaus, Senator John Glenn and Earle Bruce are among the select few non-band members who have had the honor of dotting the “i” in Script Ohio. This is considered the greatest honor the band can bestow to any non-band member and is an extremely rare event.

VICTORY BELL Located in the southeast tower of Ohio Stadium, the Victory Bell is rung by Alpha Phi Omega members after every Ohio State victory.

THE ILLIBUCK TROPHY

The winner of the Ohio State/Illinois game has received the Illibuck trophy since the tradition began in 1925. Illibuck was a live turtle, but has been a wooden replica since 1927.

CAPTAIN’S BREAKFAST Started in 1934, this annual event is held on Homecoming weekend.

BLOCK O Block “O” is Ohio State’s largest student organization. It was founded in 1938 by Clancy Isaac of the Ohio Staters.

TUNNEL OF PRIDE The Tunnel of Pride began in 1995 when Notre Dame and Ohio State met for the first time in nearly 50 years. A tradition that continues every other year when Michigan visits Ohio Stadium, former football players attending the game are asked to form a tunnel for the team to run through as it enters the field. 57

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY MARCHING BAND

TBDBITL “The Best Damn Band in the Land” is the 228-member, all brass and percussion Ohio State Marching Band that formed in 1878 as a military band. Also known as “THE PRIDE OF THE BUCKEYES,” the band perhaps is best known for the incomparable Script Ohio. RAMP ENTRANCE

SKULL SESSION

Skull Session, in St. John Arena, starts approximately two hours and twenty minutes before kickoff of every home football game. It is a popular concert/pep rally with more than 10,000 fans typically in attendance. Seats for Skull Session are in high demand and it is not unusual for dedicated fans to arrive up to two hours before the band.

The Marching Band’s Ohio Stadium ramp entrance dates back to 1928. Following its performance at Skull Session, the band forms outside St. John Arena and marches across Woody Hayes Drive to drum cadences before entering the stadium through the North Rotunda. The percussionists come down the ramp and take the field in silence. As the cadences begin, the stadium comes to life as the first trumpets lead the band onto the field. A highlight of the entrance is the drum major’s back bend at the introduction to “Buckeye Battle Cry.”

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SCRIPT OHIO

Script Ohio was first performed by the band on Oct. 10, 1936, and is widely known as the signature of the Ohio State Marching Band. Each time the band performs Script Ohio, a fourth- or fifth-year sousaphone player is chosen to stand as the dot of the “i.” On very rare occasions, exceptional non-band members are offered the invitation to be an honorary i-dotter in recognition of their service to Ohio State and to the band.

100% TBDBITL

Ohio State Marching Band students give 100% on and off the field — and now, we endeavor to provide 100% of them with scholarship support. Learn more about the 100% TBDBITL scholarship initiative at tbdbitl.osu.edu/give.

To order any OSUMB recordings, contact the band through its website at tbdbitl.osu.edu or email osumb@osu.edu.

SPIRIT PROGRAM & BRUTUS BUCKEYE

One of the more visible symbols of Ohio State athletics for more than 50 years is BRUTUS BUCKEYE, the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mascot. In 1965 an art student designed and introduced the first Brutus, while the name was chosen in a contest.

In addition to attending sporting events, The Ohio State University cheerleaders, dance team and Brutus have commitments to university, charity and campus events, as well as fundraisers throughout the year. For more information on the spirit program, including camps and clinic information, log on to OhioStateBuckeyes.com.

ROW 1 (L to R): Kate Light, Mia Snaidauf, Allison Ramsey, Adriana Pierleoni, Megan Schmidt, Ashley Handley, Alyssa Jacobs, Katie Devine, Morgan Kamins, Sarah Zink, Madison Creps, Maggie Reinhardt, Olivia Gutentag, Lexi Miehls, Chandler Riley, Valerie Celentano, Maddie Smith, Kendall Kropp, Juliana Applestein, Emme Delaney ROW 2: Jordan Lukens, Grant Burks, Kristen Lippert, Aubrey Jenkins, Alexis Schillig, Maria Wisman, Katie Kreinbrink, Natalie Hyde, Journey Ramey, Mackenzie Packard, Michaela Wilson, Olivia Reiner, Lauren Eusanio, Alyssa Schaefer, Natalie Cyberksi, Alexis Fye, Taylor Kuhn, Trevor Steyn, David Saunders ROW 3: Richard Johnson, Dominic DiCarlo, Justin Baker, Josh Harris, Axel Halvarson, Kyler Holland, Joseph Pearl, Darren Smith, Carter Marsch, *Brutus Buckeye, Clayton Cuddington, Martin Renemans, Joel Windle, Nate Vale, Austin Sandlin, Daniel Korot, James Kunzler, Austin Cook, Brennan Burt 61

NCAA COMPLIANCE REGULATIONS

The Ohio State University Athletics Compliance Office is committed to a comprehensive compliance program that educates everyone about the importance of adhering to NCAA, Big Ten and institutional rules. We strive to create a “compliance conscience” within the University and throughout the community.

WHAT IS COMPLIANCE ?

ARE YOU A BOOSTER ?

• E . DUCATING coaches, administrators, staff, prospects, student- .athletes and boosters about NCAA, Big Ten and institutional rules;

• Made any financial contribution to the Ohio State athletic department. This includes purchasing season tickets.

• D . EVELOPING monitoring systems to ensure compliance with these rules; and

Once a booster … always a booster

• I. NVESTIGATING and reporting violations of NCAA, Big Ten and .institutional rules to the appropriate governing authority.

Once an individual has been identified as a booster, he or she retains this identity forever.

WHAT IS AN EXTRA BENEFIT ?

WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES ?

The Compliance Office is charged with the following tasks:

You are a booster if you have:

Any special arrangement provided to a prospect, a student-athlete or their relatives or friends based on their student-athlete status that is not expressly authorized by the NCAA. Examples of extra benefits include: • .Use of an automobile or transportation • .Admission to an event (e.g., movies, sporting events, concerts, banquets, .special events/parties, etc.) • Cash or loans in any amount

• Ohio State is responsible for the actions of its boosters. • The prospect or student-athlete .jeopardizes his or her eligibility to play. • Ohio State may be subject to penalties, even if the student-athlete has graduated. • A booster who provides an impermissible benefit may be disassociated from .the university’s athletics program. - Dissociation results in a loss of all benefits and privileges offered by the Department of Athletics and may involve other penalties as appropriate.

• Gifts of any kind including on special occasions, such as birthdays, holidays, etc. • Free or reduced cost services (e.g., meals, clothing, tattoos, car repairs) • Free or reduced cost housing for any length of time • Providing a meal in your home

ATHLETICS COMPLIANCE OFFICE

• Academic assistance of any kind (e.g., tutoring, editing papers, assistance in completing classwork)

P (614) 292.2681

ASK

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BEFORE YOU

ACT

@OSUCompliance

FAN GUIDE TO COMPLIANCE

As a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Big Ten Conference, The Ohio State University is dedicated to complying with all rules and regulations set forth by those governing organizations.

STEP 1: Know the Terms Prospect Any student in high school Booster Individual who has made a financial contribution, including purchase of season tickets, to the Ohio State Department of Athletics Inducement Arrangement of benefits used to recruit a prospect to Ohio State Extra Benefit Benefit to a student-athlete that is not available to the general student body Agent Any person who markets an athleteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s athletic ability for personal financial gain

STEP 2: Know the Rules Meals You may provide a student-athlete with a meal on an occasional basis on campus or in your home with compliance approval Recruiting All recruiting must be conducted by the coaches Benefits You may not provide current or prospective student-athletes with impermissible benefits such as cash, travel, clothing, etc. Marketing You may not use a student-athleteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name, image or likeness to market any product or business

STEP 3: Know the Consequences Loss of Opportunity Current or prospective student-athletes may be declared ineligible to compete or receive athletic financial aid

Disassociation Boosters guilty of violations may be barred from Ohio State Athletics altogether

Loss of Wins Victories obtained while playing ineligible student-athletes may be forfeited and vacated

Sanctions Ohio State may receive penalties from the NCAA through probation, loss of scholarship and postseason bans for violations committed by boosters and fans 65

OKLAHOMA SOONERS SCOUTING OKLAHOMA

Oklahoma opened the Lincoln Riley era last Saturday with a 56-7 rout of UTEP, highlighted the 19-for-20, 329-yard, three TD performance from quarterback Baker Mayfield. His first 14 completions went to 10 different receivers and he also set an OU record by completing each of his first 16 attempts. The Sooners graduated the program’s all-time leading rusher last year (Samaje Perine, 4,122 career yards) but three different backs – Abdul Adams, Marcelias Sutton and Trey Sermon – all compiled 50 yards or more on the ground. Starter Rodney Anderson carried four times for 14 yards and a touchdown. Mayfield’s favorite target was tight end Mark Andrews, who caught seven passes for 134 yards (19.1 yards/reception) and one touchdown. In all, 14 different receivers caught passes as the Sooners racked up 676 yards of total offense (496 through the air, 180 on the ground). On defense, Ogbonnia Okoronkwo had the most impressive day statistically with four tackles, one sack and a two TFL.

THE HEAD SOONER

Location

Norman, Okla.

Founded

1890

Enrollment

31,250

Nickname

Sooners

Conference

Big 12

Colors

Crimson & Cream

The Sooners opened the Lincoln Riley era with a 56-7 win over UTEP last Saturday. The 33-year-old first-year head coach is the youngest head coach in FBS, taking over at Oklahoma June 7, 2017, after Bob Stoops’ retirement.

SERIES HISTORY

Ohio State leads the all-time series with Oklahoma, 2-1. In addition to last year’s 45-24 victory in Norman, the Buckeyes also topped the Sooners 24-14 in 1983, also in Norman. Oklahoma kicked a last-second field goal to edge the Buckeyes 29-28 in 1977. Both teams have been ranked in the Top 15 in each meeting.

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DAVID L. BOREN

JOE CASTIGLIONE

University President

Director of Athletics

LINCOLN RILEY Head Coach

ALMA MATER: Texas Tech, 2006 RECORD AT OKLAHOMA: 1-0 (First Season) CAREER RECORD: Same

14 Emmanuel Beal, LB SR • Columbus, Ohio

18 Curtis Bolton, LB JR • Murrieta, Calif.

5 Marquise Brown, WR SO • Hollywood, Fla.

42 Wesley Horky, LS SR • Brentwood, Tenn.

12 Will Johnson, DB SR • Baltimore, Md.

3 Mykel Jones, WR SO • Patterson, La.

6 Baker Mayfield, QB SR • Austin, Texas

15 Jeffrey Mead, WR SR • Tulsa, Okla.

13 A.D. Miller, WR JR • Dallas, Texas

11 Parnell Motley, CB SO • Washington, D.C.

1 Jordan Parker, CB SO • Pittsburg, Calif.

10 Steven Parker, DB SR • Tulsa, Okla.

72 Ben Powers, OL JR • Wichita, Kan.

11 Charleston Rambo, WR FR • Cedar Hill, Texas

92 Matt Romar, DT SR • Port Arthur, Texas

21 Marcelias Sutton, RB JR • La Grange, N.C.

40 Jon-Michael Terry, LB FR • Tulsa, Okla.

7 Jordan Thomas, CB SR • Klein, Texas

87 D.J. Ward, DE SR • Moore, Okla.

58 Erick Wren, OL SR • Mesquite, Texas

20 Robert Barnes, S FR • Southlake, Texas

23 Abdul Adams, RB SO • Landover, Md.

24 Rodney Anderson, RB SO • Katy, Texas

81 Mark Andrews, TE JR • Scottsdale, Ariz.

2 Jeff Badet, WR SR • Orlando, Fla.

78 Orlando Brown, OL JR • Duluth, Ga.

71 Bobby Evans, OL SO • Allen, Texas

36 Dimitri Flowers, FB SR • San Antonio, Texas

8 Kahlil Haughton, S 90 Neville Gallimore, DT SO • St. Catharines, Ontario JR • Waco, Texas

19 Caleb Kelly, LB SO • Fresno, Calif.

9 CeeDee Lamb, WR FR • Richmond, Texas

57 Du’Vonta Lampkin, DT SO • Houston, Texas

55 Kenneth Mann, DL SO • Burleson, Texas

9 Kenneth Murray, LB FR • Missouri City, Texas

31 Ogbonnia Okoronkwo 97 Marquise Overton, DT DE/LB, SR • Houston, Texas SO • Tulsa, Okla.

75 Dru Samia, OL JR • Sacramento, Calif.

43 Austin Seibert, K/P JR • Belleville, Ill.

4 Trey Sermon, RB FR • Marietta, Ga.

J.T. BARRETT

• Two touchdowns shy of Drew Brees’ Big Ten record of 106 touchdowns responsible for • Has set 23 Ohio State records

Getting chosen by your peers to go out and lead the team three years in a row, that is definitely an honor. It’s one of the best feelings to be voted by your teammates.

MIKE WEBER

â&#x20AC;˘ Freshman All-American in 2016 â&#x20AC;˘ Became just the third Buckeye freshman to rush for over 1,000 yards in a season, joining Robert Smith and Maurice Clarett

We are really strong in a lot of areas. We have the pass blockers, we have the runners, we have guys who can punch it in the hole. We have a lot of talent. Not only in the running back room, but all over.

JOHNNIE DIXON

• Set career high with 65 receiving yards at Indiana • Scored first touchdown of his Buckeye career, a 54-yard catch and run, against the Hoosiers

It’s the best feeling I’ve had in a while. I haven’t been healthy really since early my high school years, so being healthy is big. I enjoy it. It’s fun being out there every day.

K.J. HILL

• Led Ohio State with a 14.6 yards-per reception average in 2016 • Leads all returning Buckeye receivers with four catches of over 20 yards

Everybody’s together in the receivers’ room right now. We’re all on the same mission and have the same mindset.

BUCKEYE ROUNDTABLE Once again The Ohio State-IMG Sports Network is proud to present The Buckeye Roundtable Show. Usually airing on Monday nights from 6 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 8 p.m., The Buckeye Roundtable panel, featuring our broadcast team of Paul Keels, Jim Lachey, Matt Andrews and Skip Mosic, will be joined by other OSU experts and former Buckeye players as they review the past weeks game and preview the upcoming opponent.

2017 Buckeye Roundtable Show Schedule 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. (All dates are subject to change) Monday, August 28

Monday, November 6

Tuesday, September 5

Monday, November 13

Monday, September 11

Monday, November 20

Monday, September 18

Monday, November 27*

Monday, September 25 Monday, October 2 Monday, October 9 Monday, October 16

Presented by Byers

Monday, October 23

*If playing in B1G Championship game there will be a show added the week leading up to the OSU bowl game.

Monday, October 30

SPOTLIGHT ON: THE PAY FORWARD SOCIETY

For decades, the McCoy Family has been giving back to a wide variety of entities at The Ohio State University, reflecting their broad interests across the institution. The latest gift, from Jane and John B.

McCoy and Jinny McCoy is truly transformational and Ohio State Athletics is proud to welcome them into its Pay Forward Society. John H. McCoy moved to Columbus in 1935 to serve as CEO of what was then known as City National Bank. John H. was succeeded by his son, John G., and subsequently his grandson, John B. in the bank’s leadership role. City National Bank grew to become Banc One, which in turn became J.P. Morgan Chase. Three generations of McCoy business and civic leadership has created a remarkable legacy in Columbus. John B. McCoy credits his mother and father with instilling the need to give back in their children. “Our parents had a love for Columbus, and a love for the Buckeyes. They truly believed in helping to make the world a better place through philanthropy. For example, the Jeanne McCoy

“There has been nothing better than being witness to the

Presidential Scholars program at Ohio State attests to

accomplishments of the McCoy Presidential Scholars for

mother and father paying it forward.”

the past 15 years. We look forward to doing the same with our McCoy Athletic Scholars,” said Jinny McCoy.

“Our mother went to OSU, and our father loved sports, especially the Buckeyes” said Jinny. “With this gift, we

The McCoy’s philanthropy has touched many lives over

are combining two things my parents loved.” A portion

three generations, and continues today. Jane and John B.’s

of the gift will endow the McCoy Family Athletic Scholars

three children, Paige Meuse, Tracy Gillette and John T. are

Program, while the balance of the gift will help fund the

carrying on the family’s legacy of giving.

new Schumaker Complex for Olympic sport athletes. “We are immensely proud to add the McCoy name to “We are fortunate to have enjoyed success, and we are

our Pay Forward Society,” said Gene Smith. “The McCoy

privileged to share. It has always been important in our

name is synonymous with the leaders of Columbus. I

lives to give back and give opportunity to others. We

had the privilege of shared wisdom from John G. McCoy,

believe that scholarships provide others a chance to lift up

and I hold very dear my friendship over the past 13 years

their lives through education,” said John B. McCoy.

with John B. The family’s support of Ohio State has been simply phenomenal.”

UNIVERSITYFEATURE

“Growing up, my parents instilled in me the value of education — saying

YOU CAN REALLY CHANGE THE WORLD WITH IT. It gives me great pride and joy to see something I had a hand in, actually on the road.”

Engineer. Environmentalist.

DRIVING ECONOMIC GROWTH. Dennis Kibalama dreams of seeing more “Made in Uganda” vehicles on the road. In his homeland of Uganda, nearly 65 percent of the population lives on $3.10 or less daily. But the nation aspires to become a middle-income economy by 2040: a vision for the future that includes good jobs, quality health services, empowerment through education and a clean environment. “Every Ugandan has a part to play,” Kibalama says. “I saw myself playing a part through automotive engineering — a passion of mine.” Kibalama and his colleagues at Kiira Motors Corp. are building a new automotive industry in Uganda. Starting in 2018, the company’s assembly plants will produce Africa’s first cars and buses fueled by solar and electric power. If the company succeeds, thousands of jobs could be created for Ugandans. To do his best for his country and Kiira Motors, Kibalama needed to gain a deeper understanding of clean automotive technologies. Ohio State was his top choice because of its winning EcoCAR program at the Center for Automotive Research.

As part of a nationwide competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and General Motors, students are re-engineering a Chevrolet Camaro to reduce its environmental impact without sacrificing the high-performance consumers expect out of a quintessential American muscle car. The 40 students on Ohio State’s EcoCAR team represent a range of majors and gain hands-on experience with engineering, marketing, educational outreach and more. Kibalama was the electric propulsion system lead engineer, contributing to the high-voltage system’s design and integration, implementation and testing. Kibalama celebrated another first-place finish with the EcoCAR team this summer before returning home with a master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering from Ohio State. He’s eager to get to work — to create green vehicles, to pioneer a new future for his country.

Read more at OSU.EDU/STORIES Monica DeMeglio

Jo McCulty

MICHAEL V. DRAKE, MD

THE THE 15th 15th LEADER LEADER OF OF THE THE OHIO OHIO STATE STATE UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY

Under Under President President Michael Michael V. V. Drake, Drake, the the university’s university’s momentum momentum has has never never been been greater — with records in applications, graduation rates, academic excellence, greater — with records in applications, graduation rates, academic excellence, diversity, diversity, donor donor support support and and need-based need-based affordability affordability grants grants for for students students and and families families across across Buckeye Buckeye Nation. Nation. Season Season by by season, season, Ohio Ohio State State continues continues to to strengthen strengthen its its position position as as a a national national flagship public research university. flagship public research university.

MEET MEET THE THE LEAD LEAD BUCKEYE BUCKEYE @OSUPrezDrake @OSUPrezDrake Michael Michael Drake, Drake, MD, MD, is is the the son son of of a a doctor doctor and a social worker. His mother graduated and a social worker. His mother graduated from from East East High High School School in in Youngstown, Youngstown, Ohio, before attending Ohio, before attending college college in in Baltimore. Baltimore. The The family family lived lived in in Baltimore, Baltimore, Nashville, Nashville, New New York York (where (where President President Drake was born) and Drake was born) and New New Jersey, Jersey, before before settling settling in in Northern Northern California. California.

During During college college summers summers in in the the early early 1970s, 1970s, he worked at the original Tower he worked at the original Tower Records, Records, an an epicenter epicenter of of popular popular music. music. President President Drake still plays (a little) Drake still plays (a little) guitar guitar and and teaches teaches an an Ohio Ohio State State undergraduate undergraduate class class on on the the Supreme Supreme Court Court and and the the music of the Civil Rights era, music of the Civil Rights era, which which features features personal personal favorites favorites like like Otis Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin’s “Respect” Redding, Aretha Franklin’s “Respect” and and Sam Sam Cooke’s Cooke’s “A “A Change Change Is Is Gonna Come.” Gonna Come.”

OHIO OHIO STATE: STATE: DEMONSTRATING DEMONSTRATING NATIONAL NATIONAL MOMENTUM MOMENTUM During During President President Drake’s Drake’s tenure, tenure, Ohio State has welcomed Ohio State has welcomed its its most most talented and diverse classes talented and diverse classes in in university university history. history. The The Education Education Trust Trust has has recognized recognized Ohio State among the Ohio State among the top top five five nationally nationally for for improving improving overall overall graduation graduation rates rates and and the the graduation graduation rates of minority students. rates of minority students. The The President’s President’s Affordability Affordability Grant Grant program provides program provides need-based need-based aid aid to to 15,000 15,000 Ohio Ohio students. students. It It is is funded through the university’s funded through the university’s administrative administrative efficiency efficiency program program and is part of an and is part of an ambitious ambitious goal goal to to provide provide a a total total of of $100 $100 million million in in need-based need-based aid aid to to Buckeyes Buckeyes by 2020. by 2020.

Ohio Ohio State State is is a a charter charter member member of the American of the American Talent Talent Initiative. Initiative. Launched Launched in in 2016, 2016, this this transformative, transformative, collaborative effort collaborative effort from from top top institutions institutions across across the the country country will will

A A medical medical doctor doctor by by training, training, he he has has a a passion for health care that extends passion for health care that extends to to his his role role as as president president of of a a major major research research university with the nationally university with the nationally ranked ranked Wexner Wexner Medical Medical Center. Center. He He led led the the University of California, Irvine, University of California, Irvine, for for nine nine years years before before arriving arriving in in Columbus Columbus — — and and has has almost almost four four decades decades of of leadership leadership experience experience in in higher higher education. education.

increase increase the the number number of of talented talented middleand lower-income middle- and lower-income students students on on college college campuses campuses by by 50,000. 50,000. The The first first effort effort of of its its kind kind at at Ohio Ohio State, the University Institute State, the University Institute for for Teaching Teaching and and Learning Learning was was created in 2016 to expand created in 2016 to expand support support for for faculty faculty and and students students — — and and create national best practices create national best practices in in the the classroom. classroom.

Ohio Ohio State State served served as as primary primary research partner in research partner in Columbus’ Columbus’ Smart Smart City City win win over over 77 77 national national competitors. University competitors. University scientists scientists and and facilities facilities continue continue to to help help lead lead this this unprecedented unprecedented effort effort to to transform transform central central Ohio Ohio into into the the nation’s premier transportation nation’s premier transportation innovation innovation region. region.

expression expression impacts impacts society. society. Professor and Professor and artist artist Ann Ann Hamilton Hamilton is is a a recent recent recipient recipient of of the the National National Medal Medal of of Arts Arts while, while, for for the the first first time time in history, a paralyzed man moved in history, a paralyzed man moved his his fingers fingers and and hand hand using using his his own own thoughts — the result of a Wexner thoughts — the result of a Wexner Medical Medical Center-Battelle Center-Battelle partnership. partnership. A A leader leader in in outcomes outcomes and and patient patient satisfaction, the Wexner satisfaction, the Wexner Medical Medical Center Center has has been been recognized recognized among among America’s Best Hospitals America’s Best Hospitals by by U.S. U.S. News News & & World World Report Report for for more more than than 20 years in a row. In 2016, 20 years in a row. In 2016, it it earned earned Healthgrades’ Healthgrades’ 2016 2016 Distinguished Distinguished Hospital Award Hospital Award for for Clinical Clinical Excellence, Excellence, reserved reserved for for the the top top 5 5 percent percent of of hospitals hospitals in in the the nation. nation. Alumni Alumni and and friends friends have have provided provided record-breaking support. record-breaking support. More More than than 750,000 750,000 donors donors contributed contributed to to the the But But for for Ohio Ohio State State Campaign Campaign — likely the most ever — likely the most ever to to a a higher higher education campaign. education campaign.

From From the the feline feline leukemia leukemia vaccine vaccine to the world’s first to the world’s first solar solar battery, battery, Ohio Ohio State’s State’s research research and and creative creative

In In addition addition to to guitar guitar practice, practice, his his hobbies hobbies include cycling — Ohio State’s include cycling — Ohio State’s Pelotonia Pelotonia provides provides an an excellent excellent excuse excuse to to train train year-round — and reading everything year-round — and reading everything from from beach beach books books to to scientific scientific research. research. President President Drake Drake and and his his wife, wife, Brenda, Brenda, have two adult sons and have two adult sons and four four (wonderful) (wonderful) grandchildren. grandchildren.

ON ON THE THE NATIONAL NATIONAL STAGE: STAGE: President President Drake Drake helps helps lead lead multiple multiple higher education groups, higher education groups, including including the the Association Association of of American American Universities, Universities, Association Association of of Public Public and and Land-grant Land-grant Universities, American Universities, American Talent Talent Initiative, Initiative, University University Innovation Innovation Alliance Alliance and and National National Collegiate Collegiate Athletic Athletic Association. Association.

JIM SMITH ’91 MA

PRESIDENT PRESIDENT AND AND CEO CEO OF OF THE THE OHIO OHIO STATE STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

As As head head of of The The Ohio Ohio State State University University Alumni Alumni Association, Association, Jim Jim Smith Smith is is proud proud of of a a Buckeye Buckeye Nation Nation that that includes includes more more than than half half a a million million graduates graduates and and countless countless friends friends of of Ohio Ohio State. State. It’s It’s a a source source of of unparalleled unparalleled support support for for the the university university and and a huge force for good in the world. a huge force for good in the world.

548,000+ TOTAL LIVING ALUMNI TOTAL LIVING ALUMNI FOUNDED FOUNDED IN IN 1879 1879

138 YEARS 138 YEARS STRONG STRONG LONGEST-STANDING ALUMNI LONGEST-STANDING ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION IN IN THE THE NATION NATION

OUR OUR ALUMNI ALUMNI ARE ARE

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LEADING LEADING BY BY LISTENING LISTENING Shortly Shortly after after marking marking his his first first year year as president and CEO of as president and CEO of the the alumni alumni association association this this past past spring, spring, Smith Smith ’91 ’91 MA MA sat sat down down to to reflect reflect on on the the tremendous tremendous impact impact of of the the university’s university’s alumni alumni and and friends. friends. Here Here are are some some excerpts from that conversation. excerpts from that conversation. What What has has it it been been like like being being back back at Ohio State and out at Ohio State and out meeting meeting with with alumni alumni and and friends friends of of the the university university around around the the country? country? It’s like I It’s like I never never left. left. II just just came came right right back and fell into a great back and fell into a great routine. routine. It’s It’s easy easy to to come come back back and and be be among among fellow fellow Buckeyes, Buckeyes, and and it’s it’s been been fun fun being out on the road and being out on the road and visiting visiting with with them them and and hearing hearing different different stories. stories. One of my favorite parts One of my favorite parts of of the the job job is is going going to to a a city, city, having having dinner dinner with with young alumni, learning what’s young alumni, learning what’s going going on on in in their their careers careers and and their their lives, lives, and hearing how they have and hearing how they have such such an an incredible incredible passion passion for for this this university. university. II always always leave leave inspired. inspired.

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Have Have any any of of your your beliefs beliefs about about Buckeye Nation been Buckeye Nation been strengthened? strengthened? President President Drake’s Drake’s 2020 2020 Vision Vision for for the the university university resonated resonated with with me me from from my my very very first first conversation conversation about about coming back. His focus coming back. His focus on on accessible, accessible, affordable, affordable, excellent excellent education education is is something something every every Buckeye Buckeye II connect connect with with believes believes in. in. What What sets sets alumni alumni and and friends friends of of Ohio Ohio State State apart apart from from those those of of other other schools? schools? There’s There’s an an incredible incredible compassion compassion that lives within that lives within each each Buckeye, Buckeye, and and that that goes goes back back to to that that “pay “pay forward” forward” mentality mentality you you learn learn as as a a student student on on campus. It stays with you campus. It stays with you throughout throughout life. life. II think think that that leads leads to to a a very very compassionate compassionate alumni alumni base, base, and and II see see that consistently wherever I go. that consistently wherever I go. Our Our family family of of graduates graduates is is 540,000 540,000 strong strong and continuing to grow. and continuing to grow. There There also also are are so so many many friends friends of of the the university university — — grateful grateful patients, patients, generous generous donors donors and and others whose lives have been others whose lives have been touched touched by by Ohio Ohio State. State. Together, Together, the the positive positive impact impact Buckeye Buckeye Nation Nation is is making making in in so so many many corners corners of of the the world world really really is is inspiring. inspiring. Does Does that that passion passion help help attract attract prospective students? prospective students? II think think it it gives gives us us a a real real advantage advantage over other institutions. over other institutions. And And II think think young young people people today today can can see see that. that. You You can can see see just just by by the the number number of of applicants applicants who who continue continue to to apply apply to to come come to to Ohio Ohio State; State; it it increases increases every every year. year. People People want want to to be be a a part part of the Buckeye family. of the Buckeye family.

What What role role do do alumni alumni say say they they want want the association to play? the association to play? Our Our alumni alumni want want to to stay stay connected, connected, and every Buckeye and every Buckeye II talked talked to to likes likes to to be be involved involved in in a a volunteer volunteer opportunity. opportunity. Whether Whether young young or or retired, retired, they they find find there’s something galvanizing there’s something galvanizing about about getting getting together together and and doing doing something something for for the the communities communities they they live live in in as as Buckeyes. So, one of the great Buckeyes. So, one of the great things things we we have have planned planned for for next next year year is is a a big big volunteer opportunity. You’ll be hearing volunteer opportunity. You’ll be hearing more more about about that that soon. soon. What What do do you you want want alumni alumni to to know know about the association? about the association? One One thing thing you you can can count count on on from from the the association is that we will never association is that we will never stop stop listening, listening, and and we we won’t won’t stop stop evolving. evolving. We’ll continue to change We’ll continue to change as as the the needs needs of of our our alumni alumni change, change, and and II think think the the only only way way we’ll we’ll know know how how to to do do that that is is to to continue continue to to listen listen to to what what our our alumni alumni tell tell us us and and what what their their needs needs are are going going forward. forward. For For more more on on The The Ohio Ohio State State University Alumni University Alumni Association, Association, visit visit osu.edu/alumni osu.edu/alumni

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THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

We We are are honored honored with with the the service service of of distinguished distinguished and and dedicated dedicated leaders. leaders.

The Ohio State University board of trustees has full fiduciary authority for The Ohio State University board of trustees has full fiduciary authority for both the academic and health sciences organizations inclusive of oversight both the academic and health sciences organizations inclusive of oversight for academic programs, budgets and general administration, and employment for academic programs, budgets and general administration, and employment of faculty and staff. of faculty and staff. Read their full bios at go.osu.edu/trustee-members Read their full bios at go.osu.edu/trustee-members

Clark C. Kellogg Clark Trustee C. Kellogg (2019) (2019) A studioTrustee and game analyst for

Timothy P. Smucker Timothy Trustee P. (2020) Smucker Trustee (2020) Mr. Smucker is chairman

Cheryl L. Krueger Cheryl Trustee L. Krueger (2021) Trustee Ms. Krueger is (2021) founder and

Michael J. Gasser Michael TrusteeJ.(2021) Gasser Trustee (2021) The executive chairman

Acollege studio and game analyst for basketball on CBS, college basketball on CBS, Mr. Kellogg is dedicated Kellogg is dedicated toMr. service, volunteering for tonumerous service, volunteering for organizations. numerous organizations.

Mr. Smucker chairman emeritus of TheisJ.M. Smucker emeritus of The Smucker Company, andJ.M. he serves Company, and he serves on many boards including on many boards Olayan and including GS1. Olayan and GS1.

Ms. Krueger is founder and former president of Cheryl president Cheryl &former Co., and activelyofsupports &Ohio Co.,State’s and actively Jamessupports Cancer Ohio State’s James Cancer Hospital and The Ohio State Hospital and The Ohio State University Foundation. University Foundation.

The of theexecutive board of chairman Greif, Inc., of the Greif, Mr. board Gasserofhas alsoInc., Mr. Gasser has also previously served on the previously the board of theserved James on Cancer board of theFoundation. James Cancer Hospital Hospital Foundation.

Hiroyuki Fujita, PhD Hiroyuki Fujita, PhD Trustee (2024) Trustee Dr. Fujita,(2024) Quality

Alan A. Stockmeister Alan Trustee A. Stockmeister (2025) Trustee (2025) Mr. Stockmeister

John W. Zeiger John Trustee W. (2026) Zeiger Trustee (2026) Founding Partner of Zeiger,

James D. Klingbeil Charter JamesTrustee D. Klingbeil (2018) Charter Trustee (2018) Mr. Klingbeil is chair of

Dr. Fujita, Quality Electrodynamics’ President Electrodynamics’ and CEO serves onPresident numerous andboards CEO serves on numerous and councils and boards andfull councils and is adjunct professor adjunct full professor atisCase Western Reserve at Case Western Reserve University and the University University and the University of Queensland. of Queensland. 86

Mr. Stockmeister is president of Foremost is president Inc. of Foremost Management, and serves Management, Inc. and serves as an Ohio Commodore and an Ohioof Commodore and aasmember the Foundation aofmember of theOhio Foundation Appalachian Board. of Appalachian Ohio Board.

Founding Zeiger, TiggesPartner & LittleofLLP, Tigges & Little LLP, Mr. Zeiger previously Mr. Zeiger previously served as a Director of Ohio served a Director of Ohio HealthasCorporation and a Health and a TrusteeCorporation of The Methodist Trustee of The Methodist Theological School in Ohio. Theological School in Ohio.

Mr. Klingbeil chair of Klingbeil Capital is Management Klingbeil Management and TheCapital Klingbeil Company; and The Klingbeil Company; he served on Ohio State’s he servedboard on Ohio State’s foundation of directors foundation of directors and chairedboard its development and chaired its development committee. committee.

Alex Shumate Alex Chair Shumate (2020) Chair (2020) Mr. Shumate is serving an

Janet B. Reid, PhD Janet Vice Chair B. Reid, (2018) PhD Vice Chair (2018) Dr. Reid is founder and former Dr. Reid is founder former managing partnerand of Global managing of is Global Novations,partner LLC. and CEO Novations, LLC. and CEO of BRBS World, LLC.isShe of BRBS World, LLC. She also serves on the Wexner also servesCenter on theboard. Wexner Medical Medical Center board.

Mr. Jurgensen is the retired CEO of Nationwide Insurance CEO of Nationwide Insurance and has served on numerous and has served on numerous civic organizations civic in organizations Columbus. in Columbus.

Dr. CEO Wadsworth is president and of Battelle Memorial and CEO of Battelle Institute, the world’sMemorial largest Institute, theresearch world’s largest nonprofit and nonprofit research and development organization. development organization.

Brent R. Porteus Brent Trustee R. Porteus (2022) Trustee partner (2022) of Managing

Erin P. Hoeflinger Erin Trustee P. Hoeflinger (2022) Trustee (2022) Ms. Hoeflinger is president

Alex R. Fischer Alex R. Fischer Trustee (2023) Trustee (2023) As President and CEO of

Abigail S. Wexner Abigail S. (2023) Wexner Trustee Mrs. Wexner Trustee is chair (2023) and CEO

Mr. Shumate isthird serving unprecedented termanas unprecedented third term as a University Trustee. He has a University He has also twice ledTrustee. the University’s also twice led theSearch. University’s Presidential Presidential Search.

partner of theManaging family-owned farming the family-owned farming and agricultural business, and business, Mr.agricultural Porteus is also the Mr. Porteus is also the director of Nationwide Mutual director of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Board, a 4-H Insurance Board, 4-H volunteer leader, anda serves volunteer leader, andboard. serves on his local school on his local school board.

Alan VanderMolen Charter Alan VanderMolen Trustee (2020) Trustee Mr.Charter VanderMolen is (2020) president Mr.of VanderMolen internationalisatpresident WE, a of international WE, a global marketingatservices global marketing agency and has services been a agency commentator and has beenon a notable notable on issues ofcommentator corporate trust issues ofreputation. corporate trust and and reputation.

Ms. Hoeflinger president of Anthem Inc.’siseast region ofcommercial Anthem Inc.’s region andeast specialty commercial and specialty business division, and business division, and responsible for all strategic responsible all strategic planning andfor execution for planning operations and execution for Anthem’s serving Anthem’s operations serving over 7.7 million members. over 7.7 million members.

Lydia Lancaster, DDS Student Lydia Lancaster, Trustee (2018) DDS Student Trustee (2018) A second-year resident

second-year residentof atAOhio State’s College at Ohio State’s College of Dentistry in the orthodontics Dentistry in the orthodontics residency program, Dr. residency Dr. for Lancaster hasprogram, advocated Lancaster has advocated for solutions in health care and solutions in health care and higher education. higher education.

W.G. “Jerry” Jurgensen W.G. Vice “Jerry” Chair Jurgensen (2018) Vice Chairis(2018) Mr. Jurgensen the retired

As Columbus President and CEO of the Partnership, the Mr.Columbus Fischer is Partnership, committed Fischer is committed toMr. economic development, to education economic reform, development, and education reform, and other civic causes. other civic causes.

H. Jordan Moseley H. Jordan Moseley Student Trustee (2019) Student Trustee (2019)a Mr. Moseley is pursuing

Mr. Moseley pursuing a degree in publicismanagement, degree in public management, leadership and policy, with a leadership and in policy, with a specialization education specialization in education policy and business at Ohio policy business at Ohio State’sand John Glenn College State’sofJohn Glenn College Public Affairs. of Public Affairs.

Jeffrey Wadsworth, PhD Jeffrey Trustee Wadsworth, (2019) PhD Trustee (2019) Dr. Wadsworth is president

Mrs. is chair and CEO of Wexner Whitebarn Associates, of aWhitebarn Associates, private investment a privateand investment company, she serves company, and she serves on many boards including on many boards including KIPP:Columbus and the KIPP:Columbus the Center for Familyand Safety Centerand forHealing. Family Safety and Healing.

The Ohio State The Ohio trustees State University’s University’s trustees are appointed by are appointed by the Governor of Ohio; the Governor of Ohio; charter trustees are charter trustees are appointed by the appointed the Ohio State by Board Ohio State Board of Trustees. of Trustees.

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND WOLFE FOUNDATION ENDOWED ATHLETICS DIRECTOR GENE SMITH

Gene Smith is in his 13th year as director of athletics at The Ohio State University. Hired in 2005, he was promoted to Senior Vice President and Wolfe Foundation Endowed Athletics Director in May of 2016. He is widely recognized among the leaders of his profession and has been named “one of the most powerful people in collegiate sport.” Smith is the eighth person to hold the athletics director position at Ohio State. He previously served as director of athletics at Arizona State, Iowa State and Eastern Michigan universities and is entering his 32nd year in the role. At Ohio State, the 61-year old Smith oversees the nation’s most comprehensive and one of its most successful collegiate athletic programs. The department sponsors 36 fully-funded varsity sports with more than 1000 student-athletes competing for Big Ten Conference and NCAA championships. Smith has additional oversight responsibility for the Business Advancement division of Ohio State which includes: Schottenstein Center, Nationwide Arena, Blackwell Hotel, Drake Union, Fawcett Center, and Trademark & Licensing. Smith is known for outstanding fiscal controls. The athletics department is completely selfsupporting; it receives no university funds, tax dollars or student fees. In fiscal year 2015-16, the department transferred nearly $39 million in assessments to the university, including more than $19 million in grant-in-aid reimbursement. Both athletics and the university will derive benefit from the unprecedented $252 million partnership agreement signed with NIKE in 2016. As a highly-recruited student-athlete and member of national championship teams as a college athlete, coach, and administrator, Smith is passionate about the well-being of studentathletes and the championship experience. Under Smith’s leadership, the Ohio State athletics department has thrived, winning myriad conference and national, individual and team, athletic championships and awards. In 2015, Forbes recognized the Ohio State Athletics Department as one of the ten best organizations to work for in sports. Smith is credited with creating a collaborative culture within the department, as Forbes cited it for having “developed an incredible

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reputation in the industry for the positive way they treat their employees.” Concurrent to athletic excellence has been the remarkable academic achievement by studentathletes during Smith’s tenure. When Smith arrived at Ohio State, the overall student-athlete federal graduation rate was 65 percent. It is now 75 percent, with over 50 percent of studentathletes maintaining a 3.0 grade point average or better. Ohio State football student-athletes graduated at a 49 percent rate the year Smith began his career in Columbus (2005-06). Last year (2015-16) the football student-athletes FED graduation rate improved to 64 percent. In terms of the NCAA Graduation Success Rate improvement, all Ohio State studentathletes had a GSR of 80 percent in 2005-2006. That has increased to 89 percent for 2015-16. Over that same time frame, the GSR for football improved from 55 to 81 percent. Smith’s focus on academics – higher individual and team goals, additional academic support services, and recognition of excellence – has shifted the department’s culture to reflect his philosophical focus on the total student-athlete. Smith’s national honors place him among the leaders of his profession. He was selected by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics in February, 2016 as the 50th James J. Corbett Memorial Award recipient, the highest honor one can achieve in collegiate athletics administration. He was the first sitting A.D. to receive this prestigious honor. He was also recently named by Forbes among the most influential minorities in American sports – collegiate and professional. Currently, Smith serves on the newly constituted NCAA Men’s Basketball Oversight Committee (2015-18). In June of 2015 Smith was added to the Concussion Assessment, Research and Education Consortium as a member of the CARE Consortium Scientific Advisory Board. The board will help provide input into the understanding of concussion-related issues. Most recently, Smith was selected to serve on the College Football Playoff Selection Committee in January of 2017. He will serve a three-year term. In April of 2017, he joined the Board of Directors for

The Columbus Club, a prominent club for leaders of business and industry, From May 2011 - July 2014, Smith served as a member of the NCAA Division I Administrative Cabinet. He completed his fifth year on the prestigious NCAA Men’s Basketball Committee in 2011, having served as chair for the 2010-11 academic year. In 2007, Smith served as president of the Division 1-A Athletic Directors Association. Smith is past president of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. He also has served on the NCAA Management Council, NCAA Committee on Infractions, NCAA Executive Committee, NCAA Football Rules Committee, President’s Commission Liaison Committee, NCAA Baseball Academic Enhancement Task Force and National Football Foundation Honors Court, among others. Smith grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and attended the University of Notre Dame on a football scholarship. He played four years of football as a defensive end for the Irish and was a member of the 1973 Associated Press national championship team. Smith received his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Notre Dame in 1977. Following graduation, he joined the Notre Dame coaching staff under Dan Devine and remained in that capacity until 1981. The 1977 Notre Dame team captured the undisputed national championship. Gene and Sheila have four children: Matt, Nicole, Lindsey and Summer, and seven grandchildren: Marshall, Steele, Addison, Grayson, Tyson, Elijah and Maya.

John E. Davidson Faculty Representative

Phil Diaz Athletics Council Chair

OHIO STATE’S ATHLETICS DIRECTORS L. W. St. John...................... 1912 - 1947 Richard Larkins................. 1947 - 1970 J. Edward Weaver..............1970 - 1977 Hugh Hindman...................1977 - 1984 Rick Bay............................. 1984 - 1987 Jim Jones........................... 1987 - 1994 Andy Geiger......................1994 - 2005 Eugene Smith.............. 2005 - Present

ATHLETICS LEADERSHIP

Eric Adelman Assistant VP, Business Advancement

Doug Archie Associate AD, Compliance

Doug Calland Associate AD, Sport Performance

Dan Cloran Executive Associate AD, Development & Sport Administration

Cindy DeJacimo Associate AD, Development

Kim Doran Director of Instructional Support Services

Carey Fagan Assistant AD, Sport Admin. & Student Athlete Well-Being

Mike Gatto General Manager, Nationwide Arena

David Graham Assistant Provost, Student-Athlete Success / Associate AD

Carly Grimshaw Assistant AD, Compliance

Kim Heaton Executive Director, Athletics Admin. & Chief of Staff

Ericka Hoon Assistant AD, Event Management

Tyler Jones Assistant AD, Fan Engagement

Pat Kindig Assistant AD, Digital Media

Krissy Mullins Human Resources Director

Jim Null CIO Athletics & Business Advancement

Joe Odoguardi Sr. Associate AD / CFO

Janine Oman Executive Associate AD/SWA, Student Services & Sport Administration

Don Patko Associate AD, Facilities

Mike Penner Sr. Associate AD, Internal Operations & Sport Administration

Shaun Richard Associate AD, Sport Administration

Xen Riggs Associate VP & Executive Associate AD, Business Advancement

Diana Sabau Executive Associate AD, Sport Admin. & Strategic Communications

Brett Scarbrough Associate AD, Ticketing & Premium Seating

TJ Shelton Associate AD, Sport Administration

Colin Thompson General Manager, Schottenstein Center

Rick VanBrimmer Assistant Vice President, Trademark & Licensing

Julie Vannatta Sr. Associate AD, Legal Counsel

Dan Wallenberg Associate AD, Communications

2017-18 HEAD COACHES

Greg Beals Baseball

Chris Holtmann Men’s Basketball

Kevin McGuff Women’s Basketball

Khadevis Robinson Cross Country

Justin Sochor Diving

Jarred Martin Field Hockey

Vladimir Nazlymov Fencing

Urban Meyer Football

Jay Moseley Men’s Golf

Therese Hession Women’s Golf

Rustam Sharipov Men’s Gymnastics

Meredith Paulicivic Women’s Gymnastics

Steve Rohlik Men’s Hockey

Nadine Muzerall Women’s Hockey

Nick Myers Men’s Lacrosse

Alexis Venechanos Women’s Lacrosse

Ryan Tanoue Rifle

Andy Teitelbaum Women’s Rowing

John Bluem Men’s Soccer

Lori Walker Women’s Soccer

Kelly Kovach Schoenly Softball

Ben Schreiber Spirit Program

Bill Dorenkott Swimming

Holly Vargo-Brown Synchronized Swimming

Ty Tucker Men’s Tennis

Melissa Schaub Women’s Tennis

Karen Dennis Track & Field / Cross Country

Pete Hanson Men’s Volleyball

Geoff Carlston Women’s Volleyball

Tom Ryan Wrestling

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ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE STUDENT-ATHLETE SUPPORT SERVICES OFFICE (SASSO)

SASSO at The Ohio State University is committed to a comprehensive program of academic and personal development for student-athletes. SASSO provides athletic academic counseling in conjunction with academic advising across the university to ensure seamless academic support. SASSO also collaborates with the Department of Athletics and other university units to enhance academic, personal, and career development programming and partners with the community to bring service and career opportunities to student-athletes. Under the direction of the Office of Academic Affairs, SASSO has 24 experienced and committed staff members to serve students. The staff is comprised of athletic academic counselors, assistant counselors, learning specialists, assistant learning specialists, academic resources coordinator, math specialists and reading and writing specialists. There is a large staff of tutors and study table monitors as well. SASSO assists more than 1,000 student-athletes in all areas of academic support, from career counseling and planning to honors placement and early registration. An athletic academic counselor is assigned to each team to provide individualized attention to student-athletes. Additionally, students are provided subject tutors, study tables and study skills instruction as well as access to a computer lab and printer to help reach academic goals. In 2011, a satellite office was opened in the Fawcett Center expanding SASSO’s ability to provide counseling, tutoring and learning assistance to student-athletes.

DEGREE COMPLETION PROGRAM

The Degree Completion Program provides academic and tuition support to former Ohio State student-athletes who left the university without completing their degrees. This program permits them to complete their undergraduate coursework by assisting with re-enrollment into Ohio State, tuition, tutoring services and academic counseling. More than 100 former student-athletes have participated in this nationally recognized program since 1994.

OSU STUDENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

The Ohio State University Student Development Program is a life skill approach to providing support to all student-athletes. The philosophy of the program is to address the student-athlete as a whole person, not just a student or an athlete. During the college years, every student-athlete is confronted with a variety of developmental challenges. The program is designed to address these challenges. SASSO provides a well-rounded program for all student-athletes to develop the skills necessary to lead successful, productive lives and become leaders of and contributors to life. The Ohio State program has experienced a fruitful history. Ohio State is a leader at the national, conference and university levels, earning many awards and recognition. The National Consortium for Academics and Sport awarded Ohio State the prestigious Degree Completion Award and the NCAA has designated Ohio State as an advisory school to its Life Skills Program. The OSU Program is an inaugural recipient of the Division 1-A Athletic Directors Program of Excellence Award. Student Development consists of five vital areas: Academic Excellence Personal Development Athletic Excellence Career Development

BIG TEN MEDAL OF HONOR The winners of the 2017 Big Ten Conference Medal of Honor were CHRISTY BLOUGH (men’s volleyball) and EMMA BARANSKI (synchronized swimming). Each member institution in the conference gives the award annually to the male and female athletes in the graduating class who have attained the greatest proficiency in both academics and athletics. This honor includes a $5,000 postgraduate scholarship.

Community Service

YOUNKIN SUCCESS CENTER

The state-of-the-art Younkin Success Center houses the Walter E. Dennis Learning Center, Career Connection, Counseling and Consultation Services, and the Faculty and Teaching Assistant Development office in addition to the Student-Athlete Support Services Office. The collaboration of learning support programs within the Younkin helps ensure that all students, regardless of their backgrounds, interests and talents, find personal and academic success.

626 SCHOLAR-ATHLETES

After the 2016-17 academic year, 626 student-athletes were honored as Ohio State Scholar-Athletes for their success in maintaining cumulative grade point averages of 3.0 or better.

POST-GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS

In addition to the Big Ten Conference Medals of Honor, outstanding student-athletes are eligible to apply for a number of postgraduate scholarships, including: • Woody and Anne Hayes Award • Corwin A. Fergus Memorial Award • Leann Grimes-Davidge Award • A.K. and Judith A. Pierce Phoenix Award • M/I Homes Foundation Award • Men’s Varsity O Award • John Dana Cole Award

ALL-BIG TEN HONORS

During the 2016-17 academic year, a record total of 393 Ohio State student-athletes were Academic All-Big Ten honorees. In addition, 115 Buckeyes were named Big Ten Conference Distinguished Scholars. Distinguished Scholars carry at least a 3.7 GPA for the entire academic calendar.

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NATIONAL ACADEMIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Brian Baschnagel Greg Bellisari 1974 1975 1995 1996 1975 1996

Jacoby Boren 2015 2015

Greg Frey 1990

Anthony Gonzalez Randy Gradishar Archie Griffin 2006 1973 1973 1975 NCAA Top V

Sam Hubbard 2016

Joey Galloway 1994

Pete Johnson 1976

Rex Kern 1970

John Borton 1952

1992 CoSIDA Academic Hall of Fame

Award

Craig Krenzel 2003 2003

Mike Lanese 1984 1985 1985

2003 Vincent dePaul Draddy Award 2003 AAA of the Year 2003 NCAA Top VIII Award

Marcus Marek 1980

Joe Smith 1982 1982

Tom Perdue 1961

Joe Staysniak 1989 1989

First Team Academic All-American

Ahmed Plummer Bill Ridder 1965 1999 1999

Mark Stier 1968

Arnie Chonko 1964

Bill Urbanik 1969

Dave Crecelius 1984 1984

Dave Foley 1966 1968 1967 1968

John Frank 1982 1983 1983

Len Hartman 1992

Dick Hilinski 1954

Bobby Hoying 1995 1995 Vincent dePaul Draddy Award 1995 Woody Hayes National Scholar-Athlete Award

Jim Laughlin 1979

Jeff Logan 1977

Bill Lukens 1976

Brian Robiskie 2007 2008 2008

Willard Sander 1965

Rick Simon 1971

Greg Smith 1992 1992

Bill Wentz 1960

Bob White 1958

1985 Rhodes Scholar

National Football Foundation & Hall of Fame Scholarship

1992 Woody Hayes National Scholar-Athlete Award

Stan White Jr. 2006

Jack Willoughby 2015

EIGHT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

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NATIONAL CHAMPIONS – ASSOCIATED PRESS

Front Row: William Durtschi, Robert Frye, Les Horvath, Thomas James, Lindell Houston, Wilbur Schneider, Richard Palmer, William Hackett, George Lynn, Martin Amling, Warren McDonald, Cyril Lipaj, Loren Staker, Charles Csuri, Paul Sarringhaus, Carmen Naples, Ernie Biggs. Second Row: William Dye, Frederick Mackey, Caroll Widdoes, Hal Dean, Thomas Antenucci, George Slusser, Thomas Cleary, Paul Selby, William Vickroy, Jack Roe, Robert Jabbusch, Gordon Appleby, Paul Priday, Paul Matus, Robert McCormick, Phillip Drake, Ernie Godfrey. Third Row: Paul Brown (Head Coach), Hugh McGranahan, Paul Bixler, Cecil Souders, Kenneth Coleman, James Rees, Tim Taylor, William Willis, William Sedor, John White, Kenneth Eichwald, Robert Shaw, Donald McCafferty, John Dugger, Donald Steinberg, Dante Lavelli, Eugene Fekete.

Though World War II loomed over the nation, Ohio State football fans reveled in one of the most glorious seasons ever. The Buckeyes captured the school’s first national championship as well as a Big Ten title, finishing the year 9-1 and ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press poll. Led by a star-studded backfield that included Les Horvath, Paul Sarringhaus and Gene Fekete, OSU rolled to 337 points, a record that stood until 1969. The only loss of the season, a 17-7 decision at Wisconsin, even had an asterisk as several key players and coaches caught a debilitating virus from a drinking fountain on the train from Chicago to Madison.

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NATIONAL CHAMPIONS – ASSOCIATED PRESS

Front Row: Hubert Bobo, Kenneth Thompson, James Roseboro, Morris, William Cummings, Raymond Williams, William Jobko, Jack Archer, David Richards, Jerry Trabue, James Wassmund, Richard Guy, Richard Slicker, Robert Lilienthal, Robert Cole, William Michael, Ernie Godfrey. Second Row: Zahler, Gene Fekete, James Parker, Howard Cassady, Raymond Riticher, Carroll Howell, Gerald Glenn Krisher, Dave Leggett, Richard Hilinski, John Borton, Richard Brubaker, Jack Gibbs, Bobby Watkins, Dean Dugger, Thurlow Weed, David Williams, Paul Ludwig, Donald Swartz, James Reichenbach. Third Row: Woody Hayes (Head Coach), Esco Sarkkinen, James Young, Jan Shedd, Andrew Okulovich, Gage, William Collmar, Thomas Spears, William Booth, Robert Bond, Francis Machinsky, Kenneth Vargo, Robert Thornton, David Weaver, Jerry Harkrader, Donald Stoeckel, Donald Vicic, Shingledecker, William Hess, Doyt Perry, Harry Strobel, Lyal Clark. Fourth Row: Lee Williams, Thomas Dillman, Aurelius Thomas, Lee Nussbaum, Thomas Quinn, Edward Howley, Stanley Humbert, Elbert Ebinger, Donald Frank, Karl Sommer, Lalo Blazeff, Charles Robson, Frederick Kriss, Franklin Ellwood, Franklyn Theis, Richard Ramser.

Ohio State claims its second national championship with a perfect 10-0 season, beating Southern Cal, 20-7, in a rainy, mudsoaked Rose Bowl game. The rift between West Coast writers and Hayes is born when the OSU coach criticizes the Tournament of Roses Association for not covering the field before the game and allowing the bands to perform at halftime. The team forced 35 turnovers during a season in which the Buckeyes knocked off six ranked teams.

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NATIONAL CHAMPIONS – UPI AND FOOTBALL WRITERS

Front Row: Gerald Bowsher, James Schultz, David Kilgore, J. Jones, Leroy Cowans, William Beam, Leonard Fontes, Via, William Wentz, Jerry Fields, Kenneth Seilkop, David Zuhars, Birtho Arnold, Lemon, Don Crowl, Paul Ballmer. Second Row: William Hess, Leroy Carr, Alex Nagy, Larry Disher, Raymond Beerman, Ronald Cook, Herbert Jones, Joseph Cannavino, William Jobko, John Martin, Galen Cisco, Leo Brown, Donald Sutherin, Aurelius Thomas, Joseph Trivissonno, Charles Zawacki, Thomas Crawford, Thomas Baldacci, Russell Provenza, Edward Breehl, Thomas Dillman, David Weaver. Third Row: Woody Hayes (Head Coach), John Dresser, Andrew Okulovich, James Marshall, James Houston, Loren White, Bruce Schram, Fred Schenking, Richard Schafrath, Ernest Spychalski, Daniel James, Albert Crawford, Donald Clark, Francis Kremblas, Russel Bowermaster, Tommy Joe Morgan, Daniel Fronk, David Wagner, Phillip Robinson, Gary Ballenger, Charles LeBeau, Ernie Godfrey, Harry Strobel. Fourth Row: Clive Rush, Gene Fekete, Esco Sarkkinen, Casimir Adulewicz, Walsh, Ralph Gage, Ralph Bailey, John Lord, Preston McMurry, Richard Michael, Clifford Wilson, James Rowland, George Craig, James Samuels, Harvey Herrmann, James Matz, Gene Bryant, Thomas Kreakbaum, John Moran, Richard Anders, Lyal Clark.

After dropping the season opener, 18-14, to TCU at home, the Buckeyes win nine-consecutive games to capture the school’s third national championship – the second under Woody Hayes. Ohio State knocked off Oregon 10-7 in the Rose Bowl for its thirdconsecutive win in Pasadena. The Buckeye defense only allowed six fourth-quarter points all year.

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SEPT 30 Texas Christian OCT 07 UCLA

14 21 28 NOV 04 11 18 25

Illinois at Northwestern at Wisconsin #9 Iowa at Indiana Oregon at Michigan

T 7-7 W 13-3 W 44-0 W 10-0 W 30-21 W 29-13 W 16-7 W 22-12 W 50-20

SEPT 28 OCT 05

Southern Methodist Oregon #1 Purdue Northwestern at Illinois #16 Michigan St at Wisconsin at Iowa #4 Michigan vs. #2 USC

W 35-14 W 21-6 W 13-0 W 45-21 W 31-24 W 25-20 W 43-8 W 33-27 W 50-14 W 27-16

NATIONAL CHAMPIONS – FOOTBALL WRITERS

Front Row: Jack Wallace, Daniel Connor, Dennis Clotz, Charles Wittmer, Bob Ferguson, Ronald Houck, George Tolford, Charles Bryant, Samuel Tidmore, Thomas Perdue, Robert Ingram, Roger Detrick, Larry Stephens, Paul Martin, Jack Roberts, Howard Lambert. Second Row: Woody Hayes (Head Coach), Kenneth Johnson, Ben Jones, David Katterhenrich, Rodney Foster, Edward Ulmer, Gary Moeller, Billy Armstrong, Robert Vogel, Robert Middleton, William Mrukowski, Daryl Sanders, William Hess, Robert Klein, Von Allen Hardman, Richard Haupt, Ernie Godfrey. Third Row: David Tingley, Wayne Betz, Raymond Krstolic, John Mummey, David Francis, Norman Vanscoy, Thomas Jenkins, Dean Fronk, James Bearss, Ormonde Ricketts, Charles Mamula, Matthew Snell, Joseph Sparma, Paul Warfield, William Jones, Robert Bruney. Fourth Row: Elwood Rayford, Richard Laskowski, Robert Butts, Stewart Baffer, Karl Kumler, Robert Lister, Richard Mangiamelle, Richard Van Raaphorst, Chester Mirick, Dennis Hullinger, Douglas Lyons, Larry Marmie, Albert Parker, Ronald Carter, Albert Zima, Douglas Fortney. Fifth Row: Harry Strobel, Alan Fiers, William Gunlock, Esco Sarkkinen, Dale Sunderhaus, William Unger, Bernie Stanley, William Hall, Dennis Carter, Glenn Schembechler, James Herbstreit, Lyal Clark, William Wentz, Ernie Biggs.

Ohio State finishes 8-0-1, wins at Michigan, 50-20, claims the Big Ten crown and is named national champions by the Football Writers. A bitter dispute among the school’s faculty council erupted when a Rose Bowl invitation arrived. By a narrow margin, the council voted not to accept the invitation and skip the bowl game. A livid Hayes claimed for years the decision hampered his recruiting efforts.

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NATIONAL CHAMPIONS – CONSENSUS

Front Row: James Roman, Gary Roush, Jaren Bombach, Gerald Ehrsam, John Muhlbach, Mark Stier, Dirk Worden, Nicholas Roman, Rufus Mayes, David Foley, Victor Stottlemyer, William Long, Bob Smith, John Stowe, Edward Bender, John Sobolewski. Second Row: Woody Hayes (Head Coach), Daniel Aston, Butch Smith, Mike Polaski, Alan Jack, David Whitfield, Paul Schmidlin, Charles Hutchison, Ted Provost, William Urbanik, William Nielsen, Paul Huff, Jim Otis, Arthur Burton, David Brungard, Kevin Rusnak. Third Row: Bruce Jankowski, William Hackett, Jim Gentile, Ray Gillian, Michael Radtke, Steven Crapser, Tom Backhus, Randall Hart, William Pollitt, Jan White, Leophus Hayden, Theodore Kurz, Horatius Greene, Robert Trapuzzano. Fourth Row: James Stillwagon, Mike Sensibaugh, Larry Zelina, Larry Qualls, Rex Kern, James Conroy, David Cheney, Charles Aldrin, Brian Donovan, Richard Kuhn, James Opperman, Richard Troha, Gerald King, John Brockington, Thomas Ecrement. Fifth Row: Steven Page, Michael Dale, Vince Suber, Bruce Smith, Ralph Holloway, Tim Anderson, Charles Waugh, Ronald Maciejowski, Ed Lapuh, Henry Hausman, James Marsh, Mark Debevc, James Coburn, Dennis Laws. Sixth Row: Lester Wells, Jack Tatum, Philip Strickland, Doug Adams, Tim Wagner, Hugh Hindman, William Mallory, Esco Sarkkinen, Louis McCullough, Earle Bruce, George Chaump, Lou Holtz, Rudy Hubbard, Tiger Ellison.

Arguably the finest Ohio State team in history uses a dominating 50-14 win over Michigan and a 27-16 come-from-behind victory over Southern California in the Rose Bowl to earn the school’s fifth national championship. Before the final polls crowning the Buckeyes champions are released, Coach Hayes departs for Vietnam for a volunteer trip to talk football with U.S. servicemen. Later, the Sporting News called this team one of the 10 greatest college football teams of all-time. The Ohio State offense averaged 32 points per game and 440 yards per contest.

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SEPT 26 Texas A&M OCT 03 Duke

10 17 24 31 NOV 07 14 21 JAN 01

at Michigan State Minnesota at Illinois #20 Northwestern at Wisconsin at Purdue #4 Michigan vs. #12 Stanford

W 56-13 W 34-10 W 29-0 W 28-8 W 48-29 W 24-10 W 24-7 W 10-7 W 20-9 L 17-27

AUG 24 SEPT 07

Texas Tech Kent State #10 Washington St. at Cincinnati Indiana at Northwestern San Jose State at Wisconsin #18 Penn State #23 Minnesota at Purdue at Illinois #12 Michigan vs. #1 Miami (Fla.)

W 45-21 W 51-17 W 25-7 W 23-19 W 45-17 W 27-16 W 50-7 W 19-14 W 13-7 W 34-3 W 10-6 OT W 23-16 W 14-9 W 31-24 2OT

NATIONAL CHAMPIONS – NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION

Front Row: Richard Kuhn, Jack Tatum, Larry Zelina, William Anderson, Mike Sensibaugh, Bruce Jankowski, David Cheney, Ronald Maciejowski, Rex Kern, James Stillwagon, Jan White, Doug Adams, Leophus Hayden, Philip Strickland, Brian Donovan, Mark Debevc, John Brockington. Second Row: Woody Hayes (Head Coach), Jim Gentile, Richard Simon, Richard Troha, James Oppermann, Gerald King, Michael Dale, James Marsh, Bruce Smith, James Coburn, Charles Waugh, David Wright, Roger Burrows, Timothy Harman, James Conroy, Ralph Holloway, Jimmie Harris. Third Row: Dan Givens, David Long, Greg Mountz, Milan Vecanski, Richard Wakefield, Donald Lamka, Ward Cappell, Thomas Houser, Stanley White, Thomas Campana, Thomas DeLeone, Harry Howard, Glen Mason, Robert Sapanaro, Ken Luttner, William Conley. Fourth Row: Thomas Battista, Gary Lago, George Hasenohrl, Kirk Jones, Ross Moore, Jeff Brown, Lawrence Graf, Fred Pisanelli, Michael Scannell, Rick Seifert, Gary Sloan, Fred Schram, Marvin Kinsey, Thomas Rabatin, Richard Ferko. Fifth Row: Roger Zuene, Richard Galbos, Gary Zetts, Shad Williams, Charles Beecroft, Thomas Nixon, Anthony Pitstick, John Doll, John Cummings, Frank Andrulis, Randall Cowman, Martin Lucki, Earl Belgrave, Charles Bonica. Sixth Row: R. Conroy, Daniel Sivinski, Ken Dixon, Terry Strong, John Hicks, Timothy Wersel, Jon Breuleux, Willie Teague, John Hughes, Kevin Fletcher, John Bledsoe, Thomas Baxa, Elliot Rice. Seventh Row: T. Steel, George Chaump, Ralph Staub, Esco Sarkkinen, Richard Walker, Earle Bruce, Louis McCullough, Rudy Hubbard, David McClain, John Mummey.

Jim Stillwagon wins both the Outland and the first Lombardi Award. Ohio State rolls to nine-consecutive wins – including a 20-9 triumph over Michigan that has been called one of the most emotional games in Ohio Stadium history – before falling to Stanford in the Rose Bowl. Ohio State still was awarded a national championship by the National Football Foundation. A senior class featuring six All-Americans and nine all-Big Ten selections leaves OSU with a three-year mark of 27-2.

2002

NATIONAL CHAMPIONS – CONSENSUS

Rank 13 8 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 6 3 2 2 2

14 21 28 OCT 05 12 19 26 NOV 02 09 16 23 JAN 03

Front Row: Tim Anderson, Bryce Bishop, Jason Bond, Drew Carter, Adrien Clarke, Ivan Douglas, Cie Grant, Scott Kuhnhein, Kenny Peterson, Andy Groom, Donnie Nickey, Mike Doss, Matt Wilhelm, Chris Vance, Michael Stafford, David Thompson, Jack Tucker, Ben Hartsock, Jesse Kline, Craig Krenzel, Maurice Lee, Scott McMullen, Richard McNutt. Second Row: Jim Tressel (Head Coach), Redgie Arden, LeAndre Boone, Will Allen, Bobby Britton, Jason Caldwell, Bam Childress, John Hollins, Josh Huston, Harlen Jacobs, Pat O’Neill, Fred Pagac, B.J. Sander, Michael Jenkins, Thomas Matthews, Shane Olivea, Robert Reynolds, Darrion Scott, Will Smith, Alex Stepanovich, Angelo Chattams, Ryan Cook. Third Row: Kevin Groom, Dustin Fox, Simon Fraser, Chris Gamble, Marcus Green, Roy Hall, Ryan Hamby, Mike Nugent, Adam Olds, JaJa Riley, Lydell Ross, Brandon Schnittker, Andree Tyree, Maurice Hall, Maurice Clarett, Mike Roberts, Bobby Carpenter, R.J. Coleman, Mike D’Andrea, Doug Datish, T.J. Downing, Tyler Everett, Pat Fuller. Fourth Row: A.J. Hawk, Santonio Holmes, Mike Kudla, Nick Mangold, Brandon Mitchell, Joel Penton, Quinn Pitcock, Jay Richardson, Nate Salley, Tim Schafer, Rob Sims, Troy Smith, E.J. Underwood, Stan White, Jr., Justin Zwick, John Adams, David Andrews, Kyle Andrews, Mike Bogart, Chris Conwell, Bryce Culver. Fifth Row: Chris Kaeding, Ray Pongonis, John Lombardo, Michael DeMaria, Steve Graef, Mike Kne, Jamal Luke, John McLaughlin, Jeremy Miller, Jim Otis, Roshawn Parker, Scott Petroff, Jeremy Uhlenhake, Mike Young, John Conroy, Rob Harley, Steven Moore, Steve Winner, Antonio Smith, Bob Sweeney, Doug Calland. Sixth Row: Jim Bollman, Bill Conley, Joe Daniels, Mark Dantonio, Luke Fickell, Jim Heacock, Mark Snyder, Tim Spencer, Mel Tucker, Bob Tucker, Dick Tressel, Allan Johnson, Bernardo Amerson, John Hill, Sori Kanu, Mark Staten, Jeff Ryan, Mike Tressel, Mark Quisenberry. Not pictured: Branden Joe, Joe Bradley.

Ohio State captures the school’s seventh national championship and the Big Ten’s first unanimous crown since 1968 by compiling a 14-0 record and defeating Miami in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 3. The 14 victories set an NCAA Division I-A record. The Buckeyes begin the season ranked 13th in the Associated Press Preseason Poll, but gradually work their way up to the No. 2 spot prior to their showdown with the previously unbeaten and top-ranked Hurricanes. Their 31-24 double-overtime victory over Miami is typical of a heart-pounding season in which they win five games by six points or less.

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2014

NATIONAL CHAMPIONS – CONSENSUS

Front Row: Noah Spence, Kyle Clinton, Russell Doup, Chad Lindsay, J.T. Moore, Darryl Baldwin, Steve Miller, Curtis Grant, Doran Grant, Jeff Heuerman, Braxton Miller, Michael Bennett, Devin Smith, Evan Spencer, Rod Smith, Joel Hale, Rashad Frazier, Peter Gwilym, Nic Sarac, Taylor Decker, Joshua Perry. Second Row: Urban Meyer (Head Coach), Nick Vannett, Warren Ball, Devan Bogard, Ron Tanner, Jacoby Boren, Joe Burger, Chris Carter, Chase Farris, Bryce Haynes, Armani Reeves, Adolphus Washington, Tommy Schutt, Antonio Underwood, Cameron Williams, Corey Smith, Nick Snyder, Jeff Greene, Craig Fada, Chris Rock, Kevin Niehoff, Kato Mitchell. Third Row: Joey Bosa, Ezekiel Elliott, Dontre Wilson, Vonn Bell, Cam Burrows, Michael Cibene, Kyle Dodson, Bri’onte Dunn, Michael Thomas, Tyvis Powell, Pat Elflein, Cardale Jones, Khaleed Franklin, Trey Johnson, Cameron Johnston, Darron Lee, Aaron Mawhirter, Devlin McDaniel, Aaron Parry, Joe Ramstetter, DeVonte Butler. Fourth Row: Mike Maduko, Luke Morgan, James Clark, Eli Apple, J.T. Barrett, Marcus Baugh, Gareon Conley, Michael Hill, Tyquan Lewis, Jalin Marshall, Evan Lisle, Donovan Munger, Billy Price, Tracy Sprinkle, Chris Worley, Johnnie Dixon, Curtis Samuel, Reakwon McMillan, Stephen Collier, Marcelys Jones, Kyle Trout, Logan Gaskey, Dylan Thompson. Fifth Row: Jeffie Johnson, Kyle Berger, Dante Booker, Noah Brown, Parris Campbell, Jalyn Holmes, Malik Hooker, Sam Hubbard, Jamarco Jones, Demetrius Knox, Marshon Lattimore, Terry McLaurin, Sean Nuernberger, Darius Slade, Erick Smith, Brady Taylor, Damon Webb, Isaiah Williams, Kosta Karageorge, Guy Ferrelli, R.J. Morris. Sixth Row: Sean McMickle, Brett Burger, Lew Holder, Mark Quisenberry, David Trichel, Greg Gillum, Ryan Stamper, Mark Pantoni, Stan Jefferson, Vince Okruch, Doug Calland, Chris Kaeding, Ray Pongonis, Jim Borchers, Bob Sweeney, Mike Sypniak, Shaun Barnhouse, Tony Laurenzi, Kevin Ries, Sam Staley, Brendan Bishop, Kristen Holbrook. Seventh Row: Jon Carpenter, Vince Oghobaase, Jeff Uhlenhake, Kenny Parker, Anthony Schlegel, Phil Matusz, Mickey Marotti, Kerry Coombs, Tim Hinton, Stan Drayton, Larry Johnson, Chris Ash, Luke Fickell, Tom Herman, Ed Warinner, Zach Smith, Adrian Mayes, Quinn Tempel, Hiram Defries, Brian Voltolini, Fernando Lovo. Urban Meyer’s 2014 Ohio State Buckeyes captured the eighth national championship in school history to cap its 125th season of football. Led by eight senior starters, the Buckeyes won their final 13 games to win the first College Football Playoff national championship while tying the NCAA record for wins in a season with 14.

In the CFP semifinals at the Allstate Sugar Bowl, Ohio State came back from a 21-6 deficit behind outstanding defense and 230 rushing yards from Ezekiel Elliott to defeat No. 1 Alabama, 42-35, and claim the Sugar Bowl championship and a date in the national championship game vs. No. 2 Oregon.

A youthful team that featured four new starters on the offensive line, a freshman quarterback, a new running back and a defense that improved every week took each game one at a time and dismantled its opponent week after week by an average margin of victory of 23 points.

And 11 days later in the CFP National Championship game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the Ohio State defense was again dominant and Elliott led an offensive charge with 246 rushing yards and four touchdowns in the 42-20 victory over the Ducks.

The Buckeyes stayed perfect in Big Ten play under Meyer by winning all eight games to extend their conference record-winning streak to 24 games. Then with Cardale Jones replacing the injured J.T. Barrett at quarterback, the Buckeyes pounded Wisconsin, 59-0, to win the school’s 35th Big Ten Conference championship; a win so convincing the team earned one of four positions in the first College Football Playoff. Rank 5 8 22 22 20 13 13 16 14 8 6 6 5 4 4

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at Navy Virginia Tech Kent State Cincinnati at Maryland Rutgers at Penn State Illinois at #8 Michigan State at #25 Minnesota Indiana Michigan vs. #13 Wisconsin vs. #1 Alabama vs. #2 Oregon

W 34-17 L 21-35 W 66-0 W 50-28 W 52-24 W 56-17 W 31-24 2OT W 55-14 W 49-37 W 31-24 W 42-27 W 42-28 W 59-0 W 42-35 W 42-20

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LES HORVATH

1944 In 1944, Les Horvath made Ohio State history by becoming the school’s first Heisman Trophy winner. With Horvath at the controls, the Buckeyes posted a perfect 9-0 record and won the Big Ten championship. The Parma, Ohio, native ran for a Big Ten-best 924 yards on 163 carries while finding the end zone 12 times. In addition, Horvath threw for 344 yards and six touchdowns.

SEVEN HEISMAN TROPHY WINNERS RUSHING

ATT YDS TD AVG 163 924 12 5.7

PASSING ATT CMP YDS TD % 32 14 344 6 43.8

VIC JANOWICZ

“HOPALONG”

CASSADY

1955

How good was Vic Janowicz? Good enough to win the 1950 Heisman Trophy as a junior on a team that posted a modest 6-3 record. And good enough that to this day most historians consider him among the greatest athletes ever to play football at Ohio State.

PASSING ATT CMP YDS TD % 77 32 561 12 41.6

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ATT YDS TD 114 314 4

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Horvath entered dental school in 1943 and almost did not play during the 1944 campaign but was persuaded by head coach Carroll Widdoes.

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Janowicz enjoyed his finest year in 1950, accounting for 16 touchdowns and 875 yards in total offense. The Elyria, Ohio, native also led the Buckeyes in scoring with 65 points. In an 83-21 win over Iowa, he ran for two touchdowns, passed for four more and set a Big Ten record with 10 extra points.

Horvath, who played both quarterback and halfback on offense and safety on defense, was the Big Ten’s MVP in 1944.

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ATT YDS TD AVG 161 958 15 5.8

RECEIVING REC YDS TD 1 6 0

It didn’t take Ohio State fans long to realize why Howard “Hopalong” Cassady was something special. In his first collegiate game, the season opener against Indiana in 1952, the 150-pound freshman came off the bench to score three touchdowns and lead the Buckeyes to a 33-13 victory. From then on, “Hop” was a regular in the OSU lineup, playing in 36 of a possible 37 games and leading the Buckeyes to a combined record of 29-8 during the next four years. Cassady won All-America acclaim in 1954 and again in 1955, when he rushed for 958 yards and 15 touchdowns. At the end of the year, Cassady’s list of accolades included the Heisman Trophy and recognition by the Associated Press as the 1955 Athlete of the Year.

HEISMAN TROPHY WINNERS In 1974, Ohio State tailback Archie Griffin became just the fifth junior ever to win the Heisman Trophy. In 1975, Griffin became the first player ever to win a second Heisman. He is still the only player to have two of the coveted bronze statues, which go annually to the nation’s top college football player. But though more than four decades have passed, honors continue to befall Griffin. Griffin was selected to the National High School Hall of Fame in 1996. He also is a member of the National Football Foundation and the Rose Bowl halls of fame and, of course, belongs to the Ohio State University Athletics Hall of Fame.

ARCHIE GRIFFIN

Following his senior year, Griffin, who graduated a quarter early with a degree in industrial relations, received the NCAA’s prestigious Top Five Award for combined excellence in athletics, academics and leadership.

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After graduation, Griffin was a first-round draft choice of the Cincinnati Bengals. He played eight years of professional football before returning to Columbus and joining the staff at Ohio State. His jersey number “45” was retired Oct. 30, 1999. RUSHING

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At the start of the 1995 season, Eddie George was, at best, a long-shot contender for the Heisman Trophy. By season’s end, he was a runaway choice.

After leading Ohio State to a 12-0 regular season and a successful defense of its Big Ten crown, Troy Smith was the runaway winner of the 2006 Heisman Trophy. He secured a record 86.7 percent of the first-place votes and his 1,662-point margin over secondplace finisher Darren McFadden of Arkansas was the second-most lopsided Heisman vote.

As Ohio State’s sixth Heisman recipient, George rushed for a school-record 1,927 yards and 24 touchdowns. Included in that yardage total were three 200yard games, one of which was an Ohio State record 314 yards against Illinois Nov. 11, 1995. George’s other honors in 1995 included the Doak Walker Award, the Maxwell Award, the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award and Big Ten MVP. He also was a team co-captain.

PASSING ATT CMP YDS TD INT % 311 203 2,542 30 6 65.3

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With one remarkable performance after another, he set the school single-season record with 30 touchdowns and became just the second quarterback in Ohio State history to post a 3-0 record against Michigan as a starter. Smith also won the Walter Camp and Davey O’Brien awards in 2006.

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127 YEARS OF OHIO STATE FOOTBALL To quote authors Marv Homan and Paul Hornung, who co-wrote “Ohio State – 100 Years of Football”: “Ohio State University has experienced an overwhelmingly eventful, colorful, often controversial, ever-intriguing and, above all, enormously successful football history.” Much of the information in this section, which peeks at various seasons of Ohio State football between 1900 and 2016, was supplied with permission from the authors of “Ohio State – 100 Years of Football”.

1890

Football becomes a varsity sport and Alexander Lilley is the first head coach.

1899

The Buckeyes notch a 9-0-1 record, their first unbeaten season.

1901

1,500 additional bleacher seats to be installed on the east side of University Field. Unfortunately, the team and the expected crowds fell way short of all expectations. Ohio State won just six times in 11 tries. Ticket prices ranged from 25 cents to a dollar for “deluxe” games against Michigan and the Carlisle Indians.

Football crowds and support grow at an alarming rate. Columbus newspapers begin devoting more space to football and most importantly, for the first time after 12 seasons of football, the sport turned a modest profit for the ever-struggling university athletic association.

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Coaching hero John Eckstorm shocks the university community, announcing his resignation as head football coach after three seasons and a 22-4-3 record. Perry Hale, a star player at Yale, takes over as coach.

Chillicothe native and former Michigan player Al Herrnstein takes over as head coach. Herrnstein, who coached at Purdue in 1905, was instrumental in proving a non-Eastern coach could be successful in college football.

The construction of new bleachers increases the capacity of Ohio Field to 10,000. Football season tickets are sold for $2.50.

1911

On the recommendation of Howard Jones, the athletic board hires Harry Vaughn, also from Yale, as head football coach. Vaughn shows little interest in coaching and resigns after leading Ohio State to a 5-3-2 season.

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The athletic board, growing tired of the constant turnover, decides to try a new approach and make the head football coach also serve as the director of athletics. Weary of choosing Eastern coaches, the board hired John Richards, a former Wisconsin coach, to assume both roles. The strategy backfires, as Richards goes 6-3 and resigns after one season.

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Only after Carl Rothgeb of Colorado College declined to accept the position, John W. Wilce, a former three sport star at Wisconsin, was named head football coach at Ohio State. Wilce went on to a storied 16-year career at OSU, leading the school to three Big Ten championships. The Buckeyes made their football debut in the Western Conference, creating a wave of electric enthusiasm throughout Columbus. Ohio Field’s capacity had been increased to 14,000 in anticipation of joining the conference. Ohio State collected its first league win Nov. 13 with a 58-0 trouncing of Northwestern.

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Ohio State produced its first AllAmerican, end Boyd Cherry, and went 5-2. Interest in football at the school continued to skyrocket.

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E.R. Sweetland became the school’s first year-round football coach. Expectations were high for the 1904 team, driving the athletic association to purchase

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Howard Jones, an All-American from Yale, is named head coach.

With five minutes remaining in the Penn State game and OSU trailing 37-0, Richards took the Buckeyes off the field because of alleged rough play and PSU was awarded a 1-0 win. Ohio State joins the Western Conference, which later became the Big Ten, but could not compete in the conference in football until 1913.

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Varsity manager William A. Dougherty wrote the fight song “Across the Field.” The song was dedicated to Coach John Wilce and was first performed at the Illinois game (Oct. 16, 1915).

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BIG TEN CHAMPION Ohio State went a perfect 7-0 and captured its first Western Conference title – sort of. For a reason still unknown, the conference did not officially recognize football championships in those days. Highlights of the championship season included a school record 128-0 win over Oberlin, the first win over Wisconsin (14-13), and a season-ending 23-3 victory over Northwestern that decided the conference championship. Chic Harley earned the first of what would become three All-America awards. He was OSU’s first three-time All-American and one of only eight in school history.

1917

BIG TEN CHAMPION A powerful Ohio State team finished 8-0-1, capturing its second-consecutive Western Conference championship. Strangely enough, two postseason games were played that year. Ohio State tied Auburn, 0-0, in a game played in Montgomery, Ala., to benefit the Ohio National Guard training in the South. Another game was played the next

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weekend, as Ohio State rolled over Camp Sherman, a team from Chillicothe. Chic Harley earned All-America honors for the second consecutive season, and more importantly, became the talk of the Midwest. Fans turned out in record numbers to see Harley. The legendary Walter Camp, who selected the only official college All-America team in those days, visited Columbus to watch Harley play.

1918

Most of the players off the 1917 team were serving in the military as the United States was involved in World War I in Europe.

1919

Ohio State defeated Michigan for the first time, 13-3, and outscored its opponents 176-12 for the year on its way to a 6-1 season. A loss to Illinois in the final regular season game represented the first loss of the Chic Harley era (211-1). The admittance of Ohio State to the Western Conference, the dramatic success of the football team under Coach Wilce and the dazzling play of Harley magnified the inadequacy of Ohio Field.

1920

BIG TEN CHAMPION A landmark year for Ohio State football. Professor Thomas E. French, a member of the athletic board, and Director of Athletics Lynn Wilbur St. John decided it was time to take advantage of the soaring interest in Ohio State football. An extensive stadium campaign was launched in the fall, with hopes of building a new football facility. The campaign opened Oct. 18, 1920, with a goal of reaching $600,000, a figure considered unrealistic by many. By Nov. 26, 1920, over $923,000 had been pledged. With the campaign in full force, coach Wilce’s team kept interest levels high by finishing the regular season 7-0 and capturing the school’s third Western Conference title. The undefeated season drove Ohio State football into the national spotlight and caught the eye of the Tournament of Roses Association in Pasadena, Calif. At the conclusion of the regular season, Ohio State received an invitation to play in the Rose Bowl against California Jan. 1, 1921. After heated discussions between members of the athletic board and St. John, the football team was granted permission to play in the game.

1921

The fact Ohio State went 5-2 and collected its third-consecutive win over Michigan was dwarfed by the construction occurring just a few blocks from Ohio Field in 1921. On Aug. 3, Ohio Governor Harry Davis joined a crowd of over 2,500 to officially break ground on the new stadium. The massive project was scheduled to take only 14 months and originally was to be completed at a cost of $1,341,017. After speculation the new stadium would seat about 35,000, it was officially announced it would actually seat over 60,000, a figure that drew harsh criticism from many. Upon completion, the final cost of the stadium exceeded $1,500,000. More than $1,000,000 of that cost had been pledged by proud and dedicated Ohio State football fans.

1922

Those that cited concerns of Ohio Stadium being too large looked on in awe as the stadium was dedicated prior to the Michigan game Oct. 21. Temporary stands were erected in the south end of the stadium, and a crowd of 72,500 was estimated. The dedication game against the Wolverines was actually the third game played in Ohio Stadium. Ohio State christened its new home with a 5-0 win over Ohio Wesleyan in front of 25,000 people. OSU won the first two games in Ohio Stadium, but finished the season with a disappointing 3-4 mark.

1928

L.W. St. John announces all stadium debt has been paid, a remarkable achievement

considering the facility had been standing for only eight short years. Coach Wilce announces his resignation, to take effect in June, 1929, citing the desire to enter the private practice of medicine. After capturing three Western Conference championships and producing 14 All-Americans, Wilce left football and did postgraduate research at Harvard and Columbia before becoming the Director of the Ohio State University Student Health Services in 1934.

1929

Sam Willaman, an assistant on Wilce’s staff and a 1913 Ohio State graduate, was named the 13th head coach in the history of Ohio State football. He led the team to a 4-3-1 finish in his first season.

1930

Wes Fesler becomes only the second three-time All-American in Ohio State history, captaining the Buckeyes and leading them to a 5-2-1 record. He also is the first recorded winner of the team’s Most Valuable Player Award. Fesler, one of the school’s top all-time all-around athletes, earned nine total varsity letters – three each in football, basketball and baseball.

1933

Fueled by an incredible defense, Ohio State finished 7-1, dropping only a 14-0 decision to Michigan. The Buckeyes allowed only 26 points the entire season, while scoring 161.

1934

Francis Schmidt is named the head football coach, ushering in not only a new era but also a new style of football. With an offensive scheme dubbed “razzle-dazzle” by the press and featuring double and triple reverses, laterals, and passes, Schmidt’s inaugural team scored 267 points – the second most in OSU history at that point. Schmidt’s offthe-field antics were just as

colorful as his on-field plays, making him an instant hit with the community. After accepting the coaching position, he was asked how he expected to cope with the OSU nemesis from Ann Arbor. Dressed in his inevitable bow tie, his matterof-fact answer developed into a cliché: “They put their pants on one leg at a time same as everybody else.” Schmidt’s comment leads to the formation of the “Gold Pants Club,” which awarded miniature gold football pants to all players who had a hand in a victory over the Wolverines. The tradition of an annual Captain’s Breakfast, where all former grid captains are invited to a breakfast and welcome the current team captains, also began.

1939

BIG TEN CHAMPION Ohio State won its first outright Big Ten title in 19 years. It is the only outright title for Ohio State in a season when it lost to Michigan.

1941

After a dominant high school coaching career in Massillon, Ohio, Paul Brown was named Ohio State’s 15th head coach. An incredibly organized, meticulous man, Brown led Ohio State to a 6-1-1 mark in his debut season. He also earned OSU’s first West Coast win, a 33-0 trouncing at Southern California in only Brown’s second collegiate game. The season ended with a 20-all tie at Michigan.

1935

BIG TEN CHAMPION Ohio State collected its secondconsecutive 7-1 season under Schmidt, claiming the school’s first Big Ten title in 14 years. The Buckeyes capped the year with a 38-0 season-ending win over Michigan. That season finale launched the now famous season-ending rivalry. Since then, Ohio State has ended its regular-season schedule with a battle against the Wolverines every year but one. Also in 1935, Ohio State and Notre Dame play what was hailed as the “greatest college game ever played,” for many years after. The Buckeyes held a 13-0 lead entering the fourth quarter, but Notre Dame scored three times in the final stanza – twice in the last two minutes – for an 18-13 win.

1936

The Ohio State Marching Band performed “Script Ohio” for the first time at the Pittsburgh game (Oct. 10, 1936). OSU dropped its Big Ten opener to Northwestern, 14-13, but steamrolled through its remaining conference schedule with four shutouts in four games.

1942

NATIONAL CHAMPION BIG TEN CHAMPION Though World War II loomed over the nation, Ohio State football fans reveled in one of the most glorious seasons ever. The Buckeyes captured the school’s first national championship as well as a Big Ten title, finishing the year 9-1 and ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press poll. Led by a star-studded backfield that included Les Horvath, Paul Sarringhaus and Gene Fekete, OSU rolled to 337 points, a record that stood until 1969. The only loss of the season, a 17-7 decision at Wisconsin, even had an asterisk. Several key players and coaches caught a debilitating virus from a drinking fountain on the train from Chicago to Madison.

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1943

With a game apparently ending in a 26-all tie, Ohio State and Illinois left the field. But the teams were called back 20 minutes later when it was discovered the Illini were called for a penalty on the Buckeyes’ final play. With little of the crowd remaining, John Stungis kicked a 27-yard field goal – the first of his career – for a 29-26 OSU win. Coach Paul Brown, a Lieutenent Junior-Grade, left Ohio State for the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in April of 1944.

1944

BIG TEN CHAMPION Carroll Widdoes, an assistant of Paul Brown’s at Massillon and Ohio State, was named acting head coach. In his first season, the Buckeyes finish 9-0 and claim the Big Ten championship, but finish No. 2 in the Associated Press poll, behind Army. OSU fans claim an unofficial “civilian national championship.” Les Horvath became the school’s first Heisman Trophy winner. Ohio State received an invitation to the Rose Bowl, but faculty representatives from around the Big Ten disallow the trip.

1946

In one of the program’s more unique coaching moves, offensive coordinator Paul Bixler and head coach Carroll Widdoes switched roles prior to the season. Following the season, Bixler turns in his resignation.

1947

In the same meeting Bixler announces his intentions to resign, L. W. St. John proposes to the athletic board that Wes Fesler be the next head coach at Ohio State. The board concurs, and Fesler, a three-time All-American at Ohio State in the 1930s, becomes the program’s fifth head coach in eight years. In one of the stranger games during the 1900s, Ohio State

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was afforded three plays after time had expired because of Northwestern penalties and came away with a 7-6 victory in Ohio Stadium.

1949

BIG TEN CHAMPION Ohio State captures a share of the Big Ten championship and collects its first Rose Bowl win, beating California, 17-14.

1950

Vic Janowicz puts on arguably the greatest individual display in college football history against Iowa. He sent two kickoffs out of the endzone for touchbacks, recovered two fumbles on defense, scored on an 11-yard touchdown run, returned a punt 61 yards for a touchdown, threw a 12-yard scoring strike, and kicked three extra points – all in the first five minutes of the game. The famous “Snow Bowl” game with Michigan was played in late November. Somehow, between the swirling winds and zero visibility, Janowicz boots a 27-yard field goal in what would later be called one of the “Greatest Feats in American Sports” by a panel of sportswriters. To no one’s surprise, Janowicz wins the Heisman Trophy. On Dec. 9, Fesler submits a lengthy resignation statement.

1951

After a highly-scrutinized selection process, Wayne Woodrow “Woody” Hayes begins his 28-year tenure as head coach. A tireless worker, meticulous planner, and a Lieutenent Commander in the Navy, Hayes led his initial Buckeye team, which struggled to adjust to his T-formation style, to a 4-3-2 finish. Many thought Hayes’ days at Ohio State were numbered. They were wrong.

1954

NATIONAL CHAMPION BIG TEN CHAMPION Ohio State claims its second national championship with a perfect 10-0 season, beating Southern Cal, 20-7, in a rainy, mud-soaked Rose Bowl game. The rift between West Coast writers and Hayes is born when the OSU coach criticizes the Tournament of Roses Association for not covering the field before the game and allowing the bands to perform at halftime.

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1963

Ohio State defeated Michigan in Ann Arbor, 14-10, marking the fourth consecutive Buckeye win over the Wolverines. The game was delayed a week as the nation mourned the death of President John F. Kennedy. The attendance of 36,424 was the smallest at Michigan Stadium in 20 years.

1955

BIG TEN CHAMPION Ohio State uses a 17-0 blanking of Michigan to claim its second-consecutive Big Ten championship. Howard “Hopalong” Cassady becomes Ohio State’s third Heisman Trophy winner. During the season, Hayes voices his displeasure over the fact several other football conferences had started awarding scholarships to student-athletes, but the Big Ten had failed to follow suit. After a series of meetings and heated debates, the conference adopts a complicated grant-in-aid program based on financial need, marking the first form of athletics scholarship available at Ohio State.

1956

Ohio State sets a Big Ten record with 17 consecutive victories, breaking Michigan’s previous mark of 15. Offensive guard Jim Parker became the first OSU player to win the Outland Trophy.

1957

NATIONAL CHAMPION BIG TEN CHAMPION After dropping the season opener, the Buckeyes win nine consecutive games to capture the school’s third national championship and second under Hayes. OSU knocked off Oregon 10-7 in the Rose Bowl for its third consecutive win in Pasadena. 126

NATIONAL CHAMPION BIG TEN CHAMPION Ohio State finishes 8-0-1, defeats Michigan, 50-20, wins the Big Ten and is named national champions by the Football Writers. A bitter dispute among the school’s faculty council erupted when a Rose Bowl invitation arrived. By a narrow margin, the council voted not to accept the invitation and skip the bowl game. A livid Hayes claimed for years the decision hampered his recruiting efforts.

1968

NATIONAL CHAMPION BIG TEN CHAMPION Arguably the finest Ohio State team in history uses a dominating 50-14 win over Michigan and a 27-16 come-frombehind victory over Southern California in the Rose Bowl to earn the school’s fifth national championship. Before the final polls crowning the Buckeyes champions are released, Coach Hayes departs for Vietnam for a volunteer trip to talk football with U.S. servicemen. Later, the Sporting News called this team one of the 10 greatest college football teams of all-time.

1969

BIG TEN CHAMPION A squad Coach Hayes called “the best team we ever put together, probably the best team that ever played college football,” rolled easily to a 9-0 record, but a season-ending loss to Michigan ended OSU’s 22-game unbeaten streak and bid for a second consecutive national title.

1970

NATIONAL CHAMPION BIG TEN CHAMPION Jim Stillwagon wins both the Outland and the first Lombardi Award. Ohio State rolls to nine consecutive wins – including a 20-9 triumph over Michigan that has been called one of the most emotional games in Ohio Stadium history – before falling to Stanford in the Rose Bowl. Ohio State still was awarded a national championship by the National Football Foundation. A senior class featuring six All-Americans and nine all-Big Ten selections leaves OSU with a three-year mark of 27-2.

1972

BIG TEN CHAMPION Freshmen are cleared to play for the first time, signaling the start of the Archie Griffin era. Against the better judgment of Coach Hayes but after strong urging from backfield coach Rudy Hubbard, Griffin comes off the bench against North Carolina and rushes for a then-Ohio State record 239 yards in only his second collegiate appearance. OSU uses two goal-line stands – one in each half – to beat Michigan, 14-11, and claim a share of the Big Ten title and a trip to the Rose Bowl.

1973

BIG TEN CHAMPION Ohio State goes unbeaten, finishing 10-0-1 including a 42-21 trouncing of USC in the Rose Bowl. OSU becomes the first school to own three of the Top 5 vote-getters in the Heisman Trophy balloting. With five Big Ten titles, two national championships, and four Rose Bowl trips all in a six-year span, Ohio State football popularity hits an all-time high. Columbus becomes known as the “Capital of College Football.”

1974

BIG TEN CHAMPION On June 5, Coach Hayes suffers a heart attack, but pledges to return by OSU’s opener Sept. 14. The fiery coach, who by this point had become larger-thanlife in Columbus, did return and led OSU to its third consecutive Big Ten championship and yet another Rose Bowl. Archie Griffin won the Heisman Trophy, becoming the fifth non-senior to win the award.

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1979

BIG TEN CHAMPION Former Ohio State player and assistant coach Earle Bruce is named head coach. The Buckeyes finish the regular season 11-0 and come within a point of a national championship, falling 17-16 to Southern California in the Rose Bowl. Bruce is named the Big Ten and national coach of the year in his first season.

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1975

BIG TEN CHAMPION Hayes gives West Coast reporters a now famous quote about Archie Griffin: “He’s a better young man than he is a football player, and he’s the best football player I’ve ever seen.” Griffin becomes the first (and 41 years later still only) two-time winner of the Heisman Trophy, leading the Buckeyes to their conference-record fourth consecutive Rose Bowl. He also becomes the NCAA’s all-time leading rusher in a midseason game against Purdue.

1976

BIG TEN CHAMPION Just one year after the Big Ten changes the rule to allow more than just the conference champion to attend a bowl game, the Buckeyes notch a share of the Big Ten championship and beat Colorado, 27-10, in the Orange Bowl.

1977

BIG TEN CHAMPION Ohio State won a Big Ten Conference championship for a record sixth consecutive year and for the 13th, and final time, under coach Woody Hayes.

1978

A win over Baylor gave Coach Hayes his 200th win as an Ohio State coach. He would coach his last game three months later against Clemson in the Gator Bowl, ending a 28-year Ohio State career with a record of 205-61-10 with five national championships and 13 Big Ten crowns.

BIG TEN CHAMPION The Buckeyes capture their second Big Ten championship in three years under Bruce and top Navy in the Liberty Bowl. Art Schlichter completed 31 of 52 passes for 458 yards – all OSU records – against the Florida State Seminoles.

1984

BIG TEN CHAMPION After a five-year absence, Ohio State returns to the Rose Bowl with an undisputed Big Ten championship. Chris Spielman makes his debut a memorable one in the season opener against Oregon State, making 10 tackles in the second half after coming off the bench. Keith Byars rushes for a then school-record 274 yards and scored five touchdowns in a 45-38 win over Illinois. Byars’ memorable day also included a 67-yard touchdown run where he lost one shoe 35 yards from the goal line.

1985

The first night game in Ohio Stadium history – thanks to portable light standards – ends in a 10-7 Ohio State win over Pittsburgh. Flanker Mike Lanese becomes the first OSU football player to win a Rhodes Scholarship. A preseason foot injury to Heisman Trophy favorite Keith Byars dampens Ohio State’s hopes for a championship season.

1986

BIG TEN CHAMPION Ohio State loses its first two games of the season for the first time since 1894, but wins nine consecutive games to earn a share of the Big Ten title.

1998

BIG TEN CHAMPION Ohio State notched its fourthconsecutive 10-win season. The Buckeyes spend 10 weeks as the No. 1 team in the Associated Press Poll and cap the season with a 2414 win over Texas A&M in the Sugar Bowl. Joe Germaine wins the Chicago Tribune’s Silver Football Award as the Big Ten’s Most Valuable Player, and the Buckeyes go a perfect 5-0 against teams ranked in the Top 25. Antoine Winfield wins the Thorpe Award.

1987

College football fans everywhere mourn the death of Woody Hayes on March 12. President Richard Nixon, joined by a crowd of over 10,000, speaks at Hayes’ memorial service. That fall, linebacker Chris Spielman wins the Lombardi Award and the season - and nine-year coaching run for Earle Bruce - ends with a thrilling 23-20 win at Michigan.

1988

John Cooper, then head coach at Arizona State, is named the school’s 21st head football coach after an intense search conducted by new Director of Athletics Jim Jones.

1989

Ohio State celebrates its 100th season of intercollegiate football. The Buckeyes overcome a 31-0 deficit to win 41-37 at Minnesota, equaling the largest comeback in NCAA history. OSU competes in the Hall of Fame Bowl, its 10th different postseason bowl appearance.

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Ohio State dominated college football’s individual awards. Eddie George becomes OSU’s sixth Heisman Trophy winner. Orlando Pace becomes the first sophomore to win the Lombardi Award, and Terry Glenn wins the Biletnikoff Award. The Buckeyes tie a school record with 11 wins and play in the Citrus Bowl. OSU sets a school record with 475 points scored. A then Ohio Stadium record crowd of 95,537 is on hand for Ohio State’s 45-26 win over Notre Dame.

Athletics Director Andy Geiger announces the retirement of Archie Griffin’s No. 45 at the Sept. 30 Iowa game. It is the first number retired in any sport in Ohio State history.

2000

The jersey numbers of former Heisman Trophy winners Vic Janowicz (31) and Howard “Hopalong” Cassady (40) are retired at home games against Penn State and Michigan, respectively. Following the 8-4 season that included seasonending losses to Michigan and South Carolina in the Outback Bowl, former OSU assistant Jim Tressel is named to replace John Cooper as head coach of the Buckeyes.

1990

Natural grass returns to Ohio Stadium. Robert Smith gains 1,126 yards to break Archie Griffin’s OSU freshman rushing record.

1991

Thanks to 5,000 new bleacher seats, home total (654,500), average home (90,500) and single game (95,357 vs. Iowa) attendance records fall.

1993

BIG TEN CHAMPION OSU records its best record since 1979 by going 10-1-1, capturing a share of the Big Ten title and winning the Holiday Bowl.

1994

The Buckeyes defeat Michigan 22-6, ending a six-game winless streak against the Wolverines.

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BIG TEN CHAMPION The Buckeyes win their 27th Big Ten title and defeat Arizona State in the Rose Bowl, winding up No. 2 in both national polls. Orlando Pace repeats as the Lombardi Award winner and wins the Outland Trophy. It marks the fourth consecutive season Ohio State has finished among the nation’s Top 10 in one of the major polls.

Jim Tressel becomes the Buckeyes’ 22nd head football coach. The jerseys of Les Horvath (22) and Eddie George (27), Ohio State’s first and most recent Heisman Trophy winners, respectively, are retired. The Buckeyes defeat Michigan in Ann Arbor, their first win there since 1987. The three-year, $194 million stadium renovation is completed.

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Bowl for the Buckeyes’ fourth consecutive bowl victory and third BCS triumph in four years. Quarterback Troy Smith was the MVP of the Fiesta Bowl, where he accounted for 408 yards in total offense.

38-24 decision to finish ranked fourth. Junior James Laurinaitis, the Butkus Award winner, was a finalist for five national awards. Coach Jim Tressel won his 200th career game with the victory at Washington. Bill Willis, the pioneering 1940s All-American, had his No. 99 jersey retired.

2008

BIG TEN CHAMPION Ohio State posted a fifth straight win over Michigan (42-7) for the first time in the storied rivalry. The Buckeyes also won a share of their fourth straight Big Ten title and played in their fourth consecutive BCS bowl, losing 24-21 to Texas in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.

2002

NATIONAL CHAMPION BIG TEN CHAMPION Ohio State captures the school’s seventh national championship and the Big Ten’s first unanimous crown since 1968 by compiling a 14-0 record and defeating Miami in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 3. The 14 victories set an NCAA Division I-A record. Their 31-24 double-overtime victory over Miami is typical of a heartpounding season in which they win five games by six points or less. Quarterback Craig Krenzel and two-way (flanker and cornerback) star Chris Gamble, share team MVP honors.

2006

2003

The Buckeyes extend their winning streak to 19 games – the second longest in school history at the time – before a 17-10 loss at Wisconsin ended that streak. A triple overtime win over North Carolina State was the first OT game in Ohio Stadium and the longest game in OSU history: 4:17. OSU won its second consecutive BCS game with a 35-28 win over Kansas State in the Fiesta Bowl.

BIG TEN CHAMPION The 2006 Buckeyes opened the season at No. 1 in the polls and remained there throughout the regular season. Jim Tressel’s team compiled a perfect 12-0 regular season record and won the school’s first outright Big Ten title since 1984. The Buckeyes defeated No. 2 Texas in Austin and No. 2 Michigan in Columbus, the latter a 42-39 shootout that will go down as one of the most thrilling games every played in the storied rivalry. After a loss to Florida in the National Championship game in Arizona, the Buckeyes wound up No. 2 in the final polls. Individually, the story of the season was senior quarterback Troy Smith, who threw for a school record 30 touchdowns, won unanimous All-America honors and became Ohio State’s seventh Heisman Trophy winner.

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The senior class had the satisfaction of being just the second class in Ohio State history to post winning records against Michigan (3-1) and in bowl play (3-1). Chic Harley, Ohio State‘s first three-time AllAmerican, had his jersey retired.

2005

BIG TEN CHAMPION The Buckeyes captured a share of their 30th Big Ten title and closed the season with seven consecutive wins en route to a 10-2 record. Coach Jim Tressel’s squad posted rare back-to-back wins over Michigan and Notre Dame, the latter in the Fiesta

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BIG TEN CHAMPION Picked third in the preseason Big Ten race, the young and offensively inexperienced Buckeyes went on to win another Big Ten outright title and finished the regular season with an 11-1 mark, the only loss coming to Illinois. Ohio State, which moved to No. 1 in the polls by mid-October, finished with a 14-3 win at Michigan; after a number of upsets across the nation during the next two weeks, the Buckeyes were No. 1 in the BCS standings entering the bowl season. Ohio State went to play LSU in New Orleans, dropping a

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2012

Coach Urban Meyer and the 2012 Ohio State Buckeyes were not eligible to compete in the post-season, but that didn’t stop the program from doing everything else it possibly could. The Buckeyes posted a 12-0 record for just the sixth undefeated/untied season in school history and won the Big Ten Conference Leaders Division title. The Buckeyes went 8-0 in the Big Ten with wins over three Top 20 teams – at Michigan State, Nebraska and Michigan.

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BIG TEN CHAMPION Capturing their fifth straight Big Ten title, the 11-2 Buckeyes advanced to Pasadena for the first time in 12 years, defeating favored Oregon 26-17 behind the play of Rose Bowl MVP Terrelle Pryor. Winning the conference crown outright, Ohio State closed the regular season with wins over nationally ranked Penn State, league-leading Iowa (in overtime) and at Michigan (21-10), the sixth consecutive victory over the Wolverines, an OSU record.

The 2013 Buckeyes extended the 12-game winning streak from 2012 to a school-record 24 consecutive games before a defeat in the Big Ten Conference championship game. School and Big Ten Conference records were set by the Buckeyes for rushing yards (4,321) and total offensive yards (7,167).

2010

All wins from the 2010 football season were vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions. Ohio State, therefore, is not credited as being the first team in Big Ten history to win at least 10 games in six consecutive seasons; with winning 12 of 13 games in 2010, including the Sugar Bowl; with winning a sixth consecutive Big Ten championship; or with winning for the seventh consecutive season over rival Michigan.

Playoff national championship while tying the NCAA record for wins in a season with 14. The Buckeyes stayed perfect in Big Ten play under Meyer by winning all eight games to extend their conference record-winning streak to 24 games. Then with Cardale Jones replacing the injured J.T. Barrett at quarterback, the Buckeyes beat Wisconsin, 59-0, to win the school’s 35th Big Ten Conference championship; a win so convincing the team earned one of four positions in the first College Football Playoff. In the CFP semifinals at the Allstate Sugar Bowl, Ohio State came back from a 21-6 deficit behind outstanding defense and 230 rushing yards from Ezekiel Elliott to defeat No. 1 Alabama, 42-35, and claim national championship game berth vs. No. 2 Oregon. And 11 days later in the CFP National Championship game at Reliant Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the Ohio State defense was again dominant and Elliott led an offensive charge with 246 rushing yards and four touchdowns in the 42-20 victory.

2015

Ohio State defeats Michigan a fourth consecutive time, 42-13 in Ann Arbor, and then powers to a 44-28 win over Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl to cap a 12-1 campaign. Ohio State’s seniors tie an NCAA FBS-record with 50 victories and finish their careers with a 50-4 overall record. The seniors are also part of a schoolrecord 24-game win streak, a second win streak of 20 games, an FBS-record 30 consecutive conference game winning streak and a four-year, undefeated record in road games (18-0).

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NATIONAL CHAMPION BIG TEN CHAMPION Urban Meyer’s 2014 Ohio State Buckeyes captured the eighth national championship in school history to cap its 125th season of football. Led by eight senior starters, the Buckeyes won their final 13 games to win the first College Football

Ohio State defeats Michigan for a fifth consecutive time, 30-27, in double overtime before an Ohio Stadium record crowd of 110,082 fans. The Buckeyes are selected for the College Football Playoff for the second time in the three-year existance of the championship structure.

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME PLAYERS Chic Harley Gaylord Stinchcomb Wes Fesler Gomer Jones Gust Zarnas Bill Willis Les Horvath Warren Amling Jim Daniel Vic Janowicz Howard Cassady Jim Parker Aurealius Thomas Archie Griffin Jim Stillwagon Bob Ferguson Randy Gradishar John Hicks Jack Tatum Jim Houston Rex Kern Chris Spielman Eddie George Orlando Pace Tom Cousineau

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COACHES Howard Jones John Wilce Francis Schmidt Ernie Godfrey Woody Hayes Sid Gillman Doyt Perry Bo Schembechler Earle Bruce Lou Holtz John Cooper Jim Tressel

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YOUTH CAMP is open to any and all campers entering the 5th through 8th grades in the fall of 2018. The Youth Camp will emphasize football fundamentals. Both offensive and defensive skills will be taught. ONE-DAY POSITION CAMP is open to any and all rising 9th grade athletes. Kicking instruction is not offered at this camp. The One-Day Position Camps are a one-day intensive camp designed for the serious football athlete. The camp will include individual skill, technique drills, group instruction and a parking pass. Lunch will be provided. SPECIALISTS & SPECIAL TEAMS CAMP is open to any and all campers entering the 5th through 12th grades in the fall of 2018. Instruction will be led by an experienced kicking game staff. In addition, long snapping skill instruction will also be given during the camp.

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MA JOR COLLE GE FOOTBALL AWARDS OHIO STATE’S MAJOR AWARDS Heisman Trophy...................................................................... 7 Lombardi Award......................................................................6 Outland Trophy........................................................................4 Maxwell Award........................................................................4 Walter Camp Player of the Year............................................5 Butkus Award..........................................................................2 Thorpe Award..........................................................................2 Biletnikoff Award.....................................................................1 Doak Walker Award.................................................................1 Rimington Award....................................................................2 Davey O’Brien Award..............................................................1 Bronko Nagurski Award..........................................................1 Ray Guy Award.........................................................................1 Lou Groza Award......................................................................1 Lott Trophy................................................................................1 Chicago Tribune Big Ten MVP............................................. 19

FOOTBALL AWARDS IN THE BIG TEN 1. Ohio State............................................................. 39 2. Nebraska...........................................................................27 Penn State.........................................................................27 4. Michigan........................................................................... 20 5. Iowa................................................................................... 15 6. Wisconsin...........................................................................14 7. Michigan State....................................................................8 Minnesota...........................................................................8 9. Maryland.............................................................................6 10. Northwestern......................................................................4 11. Illinois..................................................................................4 Purdue.................................................................................3 13. Indiana................................................................................2

Includes winners of the Heisman, Lombardi, Outland, Maxwell, Butkus, Biletnikoff, Thorpe, Rimington, Mackey, Guy, Doak Walker, Groza, O’Brien, Nagurski, Unitas, Hendricks, Bednarik and Walter Camp Awards and Lott Trophy.

JIM PARKER

ANTOINE WINFIELD

BOB FERGUSON

LeCHARLES BENTLEY

JIM STILLWAGON

B.J. SANDER

1956 Outland Trophy

1961 Maxwell Award

1970 Lombardi Award 1970 Outland Trophy

1998 Thorpe Award

2001 Rimington Award

2003 Ray Guy Award

MIKE NUGENT JOHN HICKS

1973 Lombardi Award 1973 Outland Trophy

CHRIS SPIELMAN

1987 Lombardi Award

TERRY GLENN

1995 Biletnikoff Award

ORLANDO PACE

1995 Lombardi Award 1995 Outland Trophy 1996 Lombardi Award

ANDY KATZENMOYER 1997 Butkus Award

2004 Lou Groza Award

A.J. HAWK

2005 Lombardi Award

JAMES LAURINAITIS 2006 Bronko Nagurski Award 2007 Butkus Award 2008 Lott Trophy 2008 Lowe’s Senior Class Award

MALCOLM JENKINS 2008 Thorpe Award

PAT ELFLEIN

2016 Rimington Award ACADEMIC AWARDS

In terms of academic excellence, Ohio State boasts almost 500 Academic All-Big Ten honorees plus 52 Academic All-Americans and 21 National Football Foundation Scholar-Athletes. See pages 95 and 97 for more info about football’s success in the classroom.

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1914 1916 1917 1918 1919

1940 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946

1970 Jan White...........................TE Jim Stillwagon.................. MG John Brockington...............FB Jack Tatum........................ CB Mike Sensibaugh.................S Tim Anderson.................... CB 1971 Tom DeLeone.......................C 1972 John Hicks......................... OT Randy Gradishar.................LB 1973 Van Ness DeCree.............. DE John Hicks......................... OT Randy Gradishar.................LB Archie Griffin......................TB 1974 Van Ness DeCree.............. DE Kurt Schumacher............... OT Pete Cusick....................... DT Steve Myers..........................C Archie Griffin......................TB Neal Colzie........................ CB Tom Skladany.......................P 1975 Ted Smith...........................OG Archie Griffin......................TB Tim Fox.................................S Tom Skladany.......................P 1976 Bob Brudzinski.................. DE Chris Ward......................... OT Tom Skladany.......................P 1977 Chris Ward......................... OT Aaron Brown.....................NG Tom Cousineau..................LB Ray Griffin.............................S 1978 Tom Cousineau..................LB 1979 Ken Fritz............................OG Art Schlichter.....................QB

Boyd Cherry.........................E Chic Harley ..........................B Robert Karch........................T Charles Bolen.......................E Harold Courtney...................E Chic Harley.......................... B Kelley VanDyne....................C Clarence MacDonald...........E Chic Harley...........................B Pete Stinchcomb..................B

1920s 1920 1921 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

Iolas Huffman...................... G Pete Stinchcomb..................B Iolas Huffman.......................T Cyril Myers............................E Harry Workman.................QB Harold Cunningham.............E Edwin Hess.......................... G Edwin Hess.......................... G Martin Karow..................... HB Leo Raskowski.....................T Leo Raskowski.....................T Wesley Fesler.......................E Wesley Fesler.......................E

1930s 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1939

Wesley Fesler.......................E Lew Hinchman.................. HB Carl Cramer.......................QB Lew Hinchman.................. HB Joseph Gailus...................... G Sid Gillman...........................E Lew Hinchman.................. HB Ted Rosequist.......................T Joseph Gailus...................... G Regis Monahan................... G Merle Wendt.........................E Gomer Jones........................C Merle Wendt.........................E Charles Hamrick...................T Inwood Smith...................... G Merle Wendt.........................E Carl Kaplanoff......................T Jim McDonald...................QB Ralph Wolf............................C Gust Zarnas......................... G Vic Marino........................... G Esco Sarkkinen.....................E Donald Scott...................... HB

Donald Scott...................... HB Robert Shaw.........................E Charles Csuri........................T Lindell Houston................... G Paul Sarringhaus............... HB Gene Fekete.......................... Bill Willis...............................T Jack Dugger.........................E Bill Willis...............................T William Hackett................... G Les Horvath.................QB/HB Warren Amling..................... G Ollie Cline...........................FB Russell Thomas....................T Warren Amling......................T Cecil Souders.......................E

1950s 1950 1952 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

Robert Momsen....................T Robert McCullough..............C Victor Janowicz................. HB Mike Takacs......................... G Dean Dugger........................E Howard Cassady............... HB Jim Reichenbach................. G Jim Parker........................... G Howard Cassady............... HB Jim Parker........................... G Aurealius Thomas............... G James Houston....................E Jim Marshall.........................T Bob White...........................FB Jim Houston.........................E

1960s 1960 1961 1964 1965 1966 1968 1969

Bob Ferguson.....................FB Bob Ferguson.....................FB Jim Davidson........................T Ike Kelley............................LB Arnie Chonko.................... DB Douglas Van Horn............... G Ike Kelley............................LB Ray Pryor..............................C David Foley....................... OT Rufus Mayes...................... OT Jim Stillwagon..................... G Rex Kern............................QB Jim Otis...............................FB Ted Provost....................... CB Jack Tatum........................ CB

1980s 1982 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988

Marcus Marek....................LB Jim Lachey........................OG Keith Byars.........................TB Thomas Johnson................LB Cris Carter..........................SE Chris Spielman...................LB Chris Spielman...................LB Tom Tupa..............................P Jeff Uhlenhake.....................C

1990s 1991 Steve Tovar.........................LB 1992 Steve Tovar.........................LB 1993 Korey Stringer................... OT Dan Wilkinson................... DT 1994 Korey Stringer................... OT 1995 Eddie George.....................TB Terry Glenn.........................FL Orlando Pace.................... OT Mike Vrabel....................... DE

1996 1997 1998 1999

Orlando Pace.................... OT Shawn Springs.................. CB Mike Vrabel....................... DE Andy Katzenmoyer.............LB Rob Murphy.......................OG Antoine Winfield................ CB David Boston......................SE Damon Moore....................SS Rob Murphy.......................OG Antoine Winfield................ CB Naâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;il Diggs..........................LB

2000s 2000 Mike Doss...........................SS 2001 LeCharles Bentley................C Mike Doss...........................SS 2002 Mike Doss...........................SS Andy Groom.........................P Mike Nugent.......................PK Matt Wilhelm......................LB 2003 Will Allen.............................SS Will Smith........................... DE 2004 MIke Nugent.......................PK A.J. Hawk...........................LB 2005 A.J. Hawk...........................LB Donte Whitner....................SS Nick Mangold.......................C 2006 Troy Smith..........................QB James Laurinaitis...............LB Quinn Pitcock.....................DL Ted Ginn, Jr........................ KR 2007 Kirk Barton........................ OT Vernon Gholston................DL Malcolm Jenkins............... DB James Laurinaitis...............LB 2008 Malcolm Jenkins............... DB James Laurinaitis...............LB 2009 Kurt Coleman.................... DB

2010s 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

1910s

Mike Brewster......................C Chimdi Chekwa................. DB Johnathan Hankins........... DT Bradley Roby..................... CB Jack Mewhort.................... OT Ryan Shazier......................LB Joey Bosa.......................... DE Michael Bennett.................DL Vonn Bell .........................SAF Joey Bosa.......................... DE Taylor Decker.................... OT Adolphus Washington....... DT Pat Elflein .............................C Malik Hooker......................SA Billy Price...........................OG Curtis Samuel...................H-B

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Boyd Cherry.........................E Charles “Chic” Harley....... HB Charles “Shifty” Bolen.........E Harold “Hap” Courtney........T Charles “Chic” Harley....... HB Kelley VanDyne....................C Clarence MacDonald...........E Charles “Chic” Harley....... HB Pete Stinchcomb...............QB Pete Stinchcomb...............QB Cyril “Truck” Myers..............E Dean Trott............................ G Harry Workman.................QB Edwin Hess.......................... G Edwin Hess.......................... G Marty Karow...................... HB Leo Raskowski.....................T Leo Raskowski.....................T Wesley Fesler.......................E Wesley Fesler.......................E Wesley Fesler.......................E Lew Hinchman.................. HB Lew Hinchman.................. HB Carl Cramer.......................QB Joe Gailus............................ G Sid Gillman...........................E Lew Hinchman.................. HB Ted Rosequist.......................T Joe Gailus............................ G Regis Monahan................... G Merle Wendt.........................E Gomer Jones........................C Merle Wendt.........................E Charles Hamrick...................T Inwood Smith.......................T Merle Wendt.........................E Carl Kaplanoff......................T Jim McDonald...................QB Esco Sarkkinen.....................E Ralph Wolf............................C Gust Zarnas......................... G Vic Marino........................... G Esco Sarkkinen.....................E Don Scott...........................QB Don Scott...........................QB Lindell Houston................... G Paul Saringhaus................ HB Bob Shaw.............................E Bill Willis...............................T

1944 1945 1946 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964

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1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973

Ike Kelly..............................LB Doug Van Horn.................... G Ray Pryor..............................C John Fill............................. HB Ray Pryor..............................C Dick Himes...........................T Dick Himes...........................T Billy Anders..........................E Dave Foley........................ OT Rufus Mayes...................... OT Jack Tatum........................ CB Ted Provost....................... HB Jack Tatum........................ CB Ted Provost....................... HB Charles Hutchinson..............T Brian Donovan.....................C Jim Otis...............................FB Dave Whitfield......................E Mark Debevec......................E Paul Schmidlin......................T Jim Stillwagon.................. MG Doug Adams.......................LB Mike Sensibaugh.................S Jack Tatum........................ CB Mark Debevec......................E Jim Stillwagon.................. MG Mike Sensibaugh.................S Dave Cheney........................T Phil Strickland.....................LB Tom DeLeone.......................C John Brockington...............FB Tom DeLeone.......................C Rick Simon............................T Stan White..........................LB George Hasenohrl............. DT Randy Gradishar.................LB George Hasenohrl............. DT Randy Gradishar.................LB Charles Bonica..................OG John Hicks......................... OT Randy Gradishar.................LB John Hicks......................... OT Jim Kregel.........................OG Vic Koegel..........................LB Rick Middleton...................LB Kurt Schumacher............... OT Van De Cree...................... DE Pete Cusick....................... DT Neal Colzie........................ CB Archie Griffin......................TB

1974 1975 1976 1977 1978

1914 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1923 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1939 1940 1942 1943

Kurt Schumacher................CT Van De Cree...................... DE Pete Cusick....................... DT Neal Colzie........................ CB Archie Griffin......................TB Steve Myers..........................C Steve Luke......................... CB Doug France.......................TE Dick Mack..........................OG Cornelius Greene..............QB Archie Griffin......................TB Cornelius Greene..............QB Scott Dannelley................. OT Ted Smith...........................OG Tim Fox.................................S Bob Brudzinski.................. DE Ed Thompson.....................LB Pete Johnson.....................FB Nick Buonamici................. DT Chris Ward......................... OT Tom Skladany.......................P Bob Brudzinski.................. DE Nick Buonamici................. DT Chris Ward......................... OT Tom Skladany.......................P Bill Lukens.........................OG Aaron Brown.................... MG Tom Cousineau..................LB Chris Ward......................... OT Aaron Brown....................... G Tom Cousineau..................LB Jimmy Moore.....................TE Rod Gerald........................QB Ron Springs........................TB Jeff Logan..........................FB Kelton Dansler................... DE Ray Griffin.............................S Mike Guess........................ CB Tom Cousineau..................LB Kelton Dansler................... DE Mike Guess...........................S Ken Fritz............................OG Joe Robinson.................... OT Tom Orosz............................P Vince Skillings................... DB

Eric Kumerow.....................LB Chris Spielman...................LB William White..................... DB Tom Tupa..............................P Joe Staysniak.................... OT Jeff Davidson....................OG Jeff Graham...................... WR Steve Tovar.........................LB Alan Kline.......................... OT Jason Simmons................. DE Alonzo Spellman............... DE Steve Tovar.........................LB Roger Harper.................... DB Greg Smith........................NG Steve Tovar.........................LB Dan Wilkinson................... DT Jason Winrow....................OG Korey Stringer................... OT Joey Galloway....................SE Tim Williams.........................K Dan Wilkinson................... DT Lorenzo Styles....................LB Chico Nelson......................SS Korey Stringer................... OT Matt Finkes.........................DL Mike Vrabel....................... OT Lorenzo Styles....................LB Rickey Dudley....................TE Eddie George.....................TB Terry Glenn.........................FL Bobby Hoying....................QB Orlando Pace.................... OT Shawn Springs.................. CB Mike Vrabel....................... DE Matt Finkes........................ DE Andy Katzenmoyer.............LB Orlando Pace.................... OT Shawn Springs.................. CB Mike Vrabel....................... DE Brent Bartholomew..............P David Boston......................SE Eric Gohlstin...................... OT Andy Katzenmoyer.............LB Damon Moore....................SS Antoine Winfield................ CB David Boston......................SE Na’il Diggs..........................LB Joe Germaine....................QB Andy Katzenmoyer.............LB Rob Murphy.......................OG

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Damon Moore....................SS Michael Wiley.....................TB Antoine Winfield................ CB Ahmed Plummer............... CB Joe Cooper........................LB Mike Doss...........................SS Dan Stultz.............................K LeCharles Bentley................C Mike Doss...........................SS Tyson Walter...................... OT Maurice Clarett.................. RB Mike Doss...........................SS Chris Gamble..................... CB Andy Groom.........................P Mike Nugent.........................K Darrion Scott......................DL Matt Wilhelm......................LB Will Smith........................... DE Will Allen.............................SS Alex Stepanovich..............OG Ben Hartsock......................TE Tim Anderson.................... DT A.J. Hawk...........................LB Chris Gamble..................... CB B.J. Sander...........................P A.J. Hawk...........................LB Mike Nugent.......................PK A.J. Hawk...........................LB Mike Kudla........................ DE Nate Salley.........................FS Rob Sims............................OG Josh Huston.......................PK Santonio Holmes.............. WR Donte Whitner....................SS Ashton Youboty................. CB Troy Smith..........................QB Antonio Pittman................. RB Anthony Gonzalez............ WR Doug Datish.........................C T.J. Downing........................ G Ted Ginn, Jr....................... WR Quinn Pitcock.....................DL James Laurinaitis...............LB Malcolm Jenkins............... DB Antonio Smith.................... DB Kirk Barton........................ OT Todd Boeckman................QB Vernon Gholston................DL Malcolm Jenkins............... DB James Laurinaitis...............LB Beanie Wells...................... RB

2008 Alex Boone........................ OL Malcolm Jenkins............... DB James Laurinaitis...............LB 2009 Justin Boren...................... OL Kurt Coleman.................... DB 2010 Justin Boren...................... OL Mike Brewster................... OL Chimdi Chekwa................. DB Dan Herron........................ RB Cameron Heyward.............DL Jermale Hines................... DB Ross Homan.......................LB Brian Rolle..........................LB Dane Sanzenbacher........ WR 2011 John Simon........................DL 2012 Braxton Miller .................. QB Andrew Norwell................ OL Johnathan Hankins............DL Travis Howard ................. DB Bradley Roby ................... DB Ryan Shazier .................... LB John Simon........................DL 2013 Braxton Miller....................QB Jack Mewhort.................... OT Corey Linsley........................C Andrew Norwell................ OL Carlos Hyde....................... RB Bradley Roby..................... DB Ryan Shazier......................LB Noah Spence..................... DE 2014 J.T. Barrett.........................QB Joey Bosa.......................... DE Doran Grant....................... CB Pat Elflein........................... OL 2015 Vonn Bell..........................SAF Joey Bosa.......................... DE Taylor Decker.................... OT Pat Elflein...........................OG Ezekiel Elliott..................... RB Raekwon McMillan.............LB Joshua Perry......................LB 2016 J.T. Barrett.........................QB Pat Elflein..............................C Malik Hooker....................SAF Cameron Johnston..............P Marshon Lattimore........ CB

1987 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998

Mike Guess........................ CB Ken Fritz............................OG Vince Skillings......................S Vlade Janakievski................K Jim Laughlin.......................LB “Champ” Henson.............. DT Todd Bell.............................LB Tom Waugh...........................C Art Schlichter.....................QB Doug Donley......................FL Vlade Janakievski................K Todd Bell............................ DB Doug Donley......................FL Calvin Murray.....................TB Joe Lukens........................OG Ray Ellis............................. CB Marcus Marek....................LB Vince Skillings................... CB Jerome Foster................... DT Art Schlichter.....................QB Joe Lukens........................OG Marcus Marek....................LB Tim Spencer.......................TB Joe Lukens........................OG Marcus Marek....................LB Jerome Foster................... DT Tim Spencer.......................TB John Frank.........................TE John Frank.........................TE Garcia Lane....................... CB Rowland Tatum...................LB Keith Byars.........................TB Keith Byars.........................TB Mark Krerowicz................. OT Kirk Lowdermilk...................C Jim Lachey........................OG “Pepper” Johnson..............LB Tom Tupa..............................P “Pepper” Johnson..............LB Tom Tupa..............................P Cris Carter..........................SE Rory Graves....................... OT Bob Maggs...........................C Chris Spielman...................LB Cris Carter..........................SE Bob Maggs...........................C Chris Spielman...................LB Ed Taggart..........................TE Jeff Uhlenhake..................OG Eric Kumerow.....................LB Sonny Gordon................... DB

Tyquan Lewis............... DE Raekwon McMillan.......LB Billy Price.....................OG Curtis Samuel.............. H-B

1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986

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Wesley Fesler.................... E Robert Haubrich................ T Lewis Hinchman..............FB Michael Vuchinich.............C Gomer Jones.....................C Gomer Jones.....................C Ralph Wolfe.......................C Ralph Wolfe.......................C James Langhurst........... HB Stephen Andrako..............C Claude White.....................C Jack Graf.........................FB Charles Csuri..................... T Gordon Appleby................C Les Horvath.............. QB-HB Ollie Cline........................FB Cecil Seuders.................... E Dave Templeton................G Joseph Whisler................. B Jack Lininger.....................G Vic Janowicz.................. HB Vic Janowicz.................. HB Fred Bruney................... HB

1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974

CHICAGO TRIBUNE BIG TEN MVPS 1930............................................. Wes Fesler 1941.................................................Jack Graf 1944........................................... Les Horvath 1945.............................................. Ollie Cline 1950......................................... Vic Janowicz 1955.................................. Howard Cassady

George Jacoby................. T Howard Cassady............ HB Howard Cassady............ HB Jim Parker.........................G Bill Jobko..........................G James Houston................. E James Houston................. E Tom Matte...................... HB Bob Ferguson.................FB Bill Armstrong....................C Matt Snell........................FB Ed Orazen......................... T Doug Van Horn.................G Ray Pryor...........................C Dirk Worden.................... LB Mark Stier........................ LB Jim Otis...........................FB Jim Stillwagon................ NG Tom DeLeone....................C George Hasenohrl..........DT Archie Griffin.................. HB Archie Griffin.................. HB

1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996

Cornelius Greene........... QB Bob Brudzinski................DE Dave Adkins...................... B Tom Cousineau............... LB Jim Laughlin................. OLB Calvin Murray.................. TB Art Schlichter.................. QB Tim Spencer.................... TB John Frank...................... TE Keith Byars...................... TB Jim Karsatos................... QB Cris Carter....................... SE Chris Spielman................ LB Jeff Uhlenhake..................C Derek Isaman.................. LB Jeff Graham.................... FL Carlos Snow.................... TB Kirk Herbstreit................ QB Raymont Harris............... TB Korey Stringer.................OT Eddie George.................. TB Orlando Pace..................OT

1973......................................... Archie Griffin 1974......................................... Archie Griffin 1975................................. Cornelius Greene 1981......................................... Art Schlichter 1984.............................................Keith Byars 1995........................................Eddie George 1996........................................ Orlando Pace

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Antoine Winfield..............CB Joe Germaine................ QB Ahmed Plummer.............CB Derek Combs.................. TB Jonathon Wells............... TB Chris Gamble........... WR/CB Craig Krenzel................. QB Michael Jenkins.............. SE Mike Nugent...................PK A.J. Hawk........................ LB Troy Smith...................... QB Chris Wells.......................RB Chris Wells.......................RB Kurt Coleman................. DB D. Sanzenbacher............WR Dan Herron.....................RB John Simon.......................D Jack Mewhort.................OT Evan Spencer.................WR Ezekiel Elliott...................RB Malik Hooker.................SAF Pat Elflein..........................C

1998....................................... Joe Germaine 2006.............................................Troy Smith 2012........................................Braxton Miller 2013........................................Braxton Miller 2015.........................................Ezekiel Elliott 2016.............................................. J.T. Barrett

ALL-T IME CAPTAINS 1890 Jesse L. Jones Paul M. Lincoln 1891 Richard T. Ellis 1892 Richard T. Ellis 1893 A.P. Gillen 1894 W.G. Nagel 1895 Renick W. Dunlap 1896 Edward H. French William A. Reed 1897 Harry C. Hawkins 1898 John Segrist 1899 D.B. Sayers 1900 J.H.Tilton 1901 J.M. Kittle 1902 W.F. Coover 1903 James B. Marker 1904 John D. Thrower 1905 Ralph W. Hoyer 1906 James F. Lincoln 1907 H.J. Schorv 1908 W.D. Barrington 1909 Thomas H. Jones 1910 Leslie R. Wells 1911 Frank P. Markley 1912 Don B. Barricklow 1913 W. Irving Geissman 1914 Campbell J. Graf 1915 Ivan B. Boughton 1916 Frank Sorensen 1917 Harold J. Courtney Howard Courtney 1918 Clarence A. MacDonald 1919 Charles W. Harley 1920 Iolas M. Huffman 1921 Cyril E. Myers 1922 Lloyd A. Pixley 1923 Boni Petcoff 1924 Francis D. Young 1925 Harold B. Cunningham 1926 Marty G. Karow 1927 Theodore R. Meyer 1928 Leo Raskowski 1929 Alan M. Holman 1930 Wesley E. Fesler 1931 Stuart K. Holcomb 1932 Lewis G. Hinchman 1933 Joseph T. Gailus Sidney Gillman 1934 J. Regis Monahan 1935 Gomer T. Jones 1936 Merle E. Wendt 1937 Ralph C. Wolf James A. McDonald 1938 Michael Kabealo Carl G. Kaplanoff 1939 Steven F. Andrako 1940 E. James Langhurst

1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972

Jack W. Stephenson George M. Lynn John R. Dugger Charles A. Csuri Gordon Appleby William G. Hackett Warren Amling Robert O. Jabbusch David I. Templeton A. Jack Wilson Henry Bill Trautwein Robert C. Heid Bernie G. Skvarka Robert V. Joslin George Jacoby C. Richard Brubaker John R. Borton Frank C. Machinsky Kenneth W. Vargo Franklin D.R. Ellwood William Michael Galen B. Cisco Leo M. Brown Francis T. Kremblas Richard P. Schafrath James E. Houston James Tyrer James Herbstreit Thomas Perdue Michael Ingram Gary Moeller Robert Vogel Ormonde Ricketts Matthew Snell James Davidson William Spahr Thomas Kiehfuss Ike Kelley Gregory Lashutka John Fill Mike Current Ray Pryor Bill Ray Anders Samuel Elliott David Foley Mark Stier Dirk Worden David Whitfield Alan Jack Rex Kern Jan White James Stillwagon Douglas Adams Harry Howard Tom DeLeone Richard Galbos George Hasenohrl

1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987

Greg Hare Richard Middleton Steve Myers Archie Griffin Arnold Jones Neal Colzie Pete Cusick Archie Griffin Brian Baschnagel Tim Fox Ken Kuhn Bill Lukens Ed Thompson Tom Skladany Chris Ward Jeff Logan Aaron Brown Ray Griffin Ron Springs Tim Vogler Tom Cousineau Byron Cato Jim Laughlin Mike Guess Ken Fritz Tom Waugh Doug Donley Calvin Murray Ray Ellis Keith Ferguson Art Schlichter Glen Cobb Marcus Marek Glen Cobb Joe Lukens Jerome Foster Gary Williams Tim Spencer John Frank Bill Roberts Rowland Tatum Garcia Lane Kirk Lowdermilk Mike Tomczak Mark Krerowicz Thomas Johnson Keith Byars Mike Lanese Thomas Johnson Jim Karsatos Sonny Gordon Chris Spielman Eric Kumerow William White Tom Tupa

1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Jeff Uhlenhake Vince Workman Mike Sullivan Michael McCray Joe Staysniak Jeff Davidson Zack Dumas David Brown Derek Isaman Jeff Graham Dan Beatty Mark “Bo” Pelini Vinnie Clark Greg Frey Carlos Snow Scottie Graham John Kacherski Kirk Herbstreit Steve Tovar Alan Kline Cedric Saunders Jason Simmons Chico Nelson Joey Galloway Marlon Kerner Matt Bonhaus Eddie George Bobby Hoying Juan Porter Greg Bellisari Winfield Garnett Stan Jackson Jerry Rudzinski Antoine Winfield Joe Germaine Matt Keller Ahmed Plummer Rodney Bailey Steve Bellisari Joe Cooper Ken-Yon Rambo Steve Bellisari Mike Collins Joe Cooper Jamar Martin Michael Doss Donnie Nickey Tim Anderson Craig Krenzel Michael Jenkins Will Smith Dustin Fox Simon Fraser Mike Nugent Lydell Ross

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A.J. Hawk Nick Mangold Nate Salley Rob Sims Doug Datish David Patterson Quinn Pitcock Troy Smith Kirk Barton Dionte Johnson James Laurinaitis Todd Boeckman Malcolm Jenkins James Laurinaitis Brian Robiskie Kurt Coleman Austin Spitler Doug Worthington Bryant Browning Cameron Heyward Ross Homan Brian Rolle Brandon Saine Dane Sanzenbacher Mike Brewster Dan Herron Andrew Sweat John Simon Zach Boren Garrett Goebel Jordan Hall Etienne Sabino John Simon C.J. Barnett Corey Brown Christian Bryant Kenny Guiton Corey Linsley Jack Mewhort Michael Bennett Curtis Grant Doran Grant Jeff Heuerman Braxton Miller Evan Spencer J.T. Barrett Jacoby Boren Taylor Decker Braxton Miller Joshua Perry Tyvis Powell J.T. Barrett Joe Burger Gareon Conley Pat Elflein Tyquan Lewis Raekwon McMillan Billy Price 149

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*Dan Wilkinson (DL)..............................................Cincinnati Bengals Joey Galloway (WR)..............................................Seattle Seahawks Korey Stringer (T)................................................. Minnesota Vikings Craig Powell (LB)...................................................Cleveland Browns Rickey Dudley (TE).................................................. Oakland Raiders Eddie George (RB)......................................................Houston Oilers Terry Glenn (WR).............................................. New England Patriots *Orlando Pace (OT).....................................................St. Louis Rams Shawn Springs (CB)...............................................Seattle Seahawks David Boston (SE)...................................................Arizona Cardinals Antoine Winfield (CB)...................................................... Buffalo Bills Andy Katzenmoyer (LB)................................... New England Patriots Ahmed Plummer (CB)........................................ San Francisco 49ers Nate Clements (CB)......................................................... Buffalo Bills Ryan Pickett (DT).........................................................St. Louis Rams Will Smith (DT).................................................... New Orleans Saints Chris Gamble (DB)................................................. Carolina Panthers Michael Jenkins (WR)................................................ Atlanta Falcons A.J. Hawk (LB)..................................................... Green Bay Packers Donte Whitner (S)............................................................ Buffalo Bills Bobby Carpenter (LB)............................................... Dallas Cowboys Santonio Holmes (WR)........................................ Pittsburgh Steelers Nick Mangold (C).........................................................New York Jets Ted Ginn Jr. (WR) ...................................................... Miami Dolphins Anthony Gonzalez (WR) ........................................ Indianapolis Colts Vernon Gholston (DE)..................................................New York Jets Malcolm Jenkins (CB)......................................... New Orleans Saints Chris Wells (RB)......................................................Arizona Cardinals Cameron Heyward (DE)...................................... Pittsburgh Steelers Ryan Shazier (LB)................................................ Pittsburgh Steelers Bradley Roby (CB)....................................................Denver Broncos Joey Bosa (DE).................................................. San Diego Chargers Ezekiel Elliott (RB).................................................... Dallas Cowboys Eli Apple (CB)........................................................... New York Giants Taylor Decker (OT)......................................................... Detroit Lions Darron Lee (LB)...........................................................New York Jets Marshon Lattimore (CB)..................................... New Orleans Saints Malik Hooker (SAF)................................................ Indianapolis Colts Gareon Conley (CB)................................................. Oakland Raiders

* First player taken in the draft

HEAD COACHES

CAREER RECORDS COACH

YEARS

Alexander S. Lilley 1890-1891

ALEXANDER S. LILLEY 1890-91

JOHN B. ECKSTORM 1899-1901

JACK RYDER 1892-95, 1898

PERRY HALE 1902-03

CHARLES A. HICKEY 1896

E. R. SWEETLAND 1904-05

DAVID F. EDWARDS 1897

A. E. HERRNSTEIN 1906-09

Jack Ryder

1892-1895,1898

Charles A. Hickey

1896

David F. Edwards

1897

John B. Eckstorm

1899-1901

Perry Hale E. R. Sweetland

HARRY VAUGHN 1911

JOHN R. RICHARDS 1912

JOHN W. WILCE 1913-28

.375

22 22

.500

.167

.810

1902-1903

.714

1904-1905

.652

A. E. Herrnstein

1906-1909

28 10

Howard Jones

1910

.731

.750

Harry Vaughn

1911

.600

John R. Richards

1912

.667

John W. Wilce

1913-1928

78 33

.688

Sam S. Willaman

1929-1933

26 10

.695

Francis A. Schmidt 1934-1940

39 16

.705

Paul E. Brown

1941-1943

.685

Carroll C. Widdoes 1944-1945

.889

.556

21 13

.608

205 61 10

.761

Paul O. Bixler

HOWARD JONES 1910

W L T PCT

1946

Wesley E. Fesler

1947-1950

Woody Hayes

1951-1978

Earle Bruce

1979-1987

81 26

.755

John Cooper

1988-2000

111 43

.715

Jim Tressel

2001-2010

94 21 0

Luke Fickell

2011

.462

Urban Meyer

2012-present

.910

All-Time Record:

127 Years

886 322 53

.724

.817

The 2010 season was vacated because of NCAA sanctions.

SAM S. WILLAMAN 1929-33

FRANCIS A. SCHMIDT 1934-40

PAUL E. BROWN 1941-43

CARROLL C. WIDDOES 1944-1945

PAUL O. BIXLER 1946

WESLEY E. FESLER 1947-50

WOODY HAYES 1951-78

EARLE BRUCE 1979-87

JOHN COOPER 1988-00

JIM TRESSEL 2001-10

LUKE FICKELL 2011

URBAN MEYER 2012-present

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All Ohio State football games are broadcast by the Ohio State IMG Sports Network with WBNS Radio serving as the flagship station for the 76-station statewide network. Paul Keels handles the play-by-play responsibilities and former Ohio State All-American Jim Lachey serves as expert analyst, while Matt Andrews will report from the sidelines and conduct postgame interviews from the Buckeye locker room. Each week at halftime Skip Mosic visits with A.D. Gene Smith and other athletics department personnel in the Buckeye Huddle, chats with President Dr. Michael Drake and provides updates throughout the broadcast on other games happening around the Big Ten and across the country. In addition to game coverage, “The Buckeye Roundtable Show” can be heard Mondays throughout the season from 6-8 p.m. on the The Ohio State IMG Sports Network. Keels, Lachey, Andrews and Mosic will be joined by former Ohio State greats to preview the upcoming game. Also, the “Urban Meyer Show” airs every Thursday at noon during the season on the Ohio State IMG Sports Network.

PAUL KEELS Play-by-Play

JIM LACHEY Color Analyst

MATT ANDREWS Sideline Reporter

Ohio State football broadcasts can be heard on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio if you are traveling outside the state of Ohio. Visit www.siriusxm.com for weekly channel assignments for Ohio State games. All OSU games, the Urban Meyer Show and Buckeye Roundtable can also be heard at OhioStateBuckeyes.com

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