1982 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1982 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Holiday Bowl champion
Holiday Bowl, W 47–17 vs. BYU
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 12
Record	9–3 (7–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Earle Bruce (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Glen Mason (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Bob Tucker (1st season)
MVP	Tim Spencer
Captain	6 Glen Cobb Jerome Foster Joe Lukens Marcus Marek Tim Spencer Gary Williams Pepe Gomez
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium (Capacity: 85,290)

1982 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Michigan $	8	–	1	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
No. 12 Ohio State	7	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Iowa	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Illinois	6	–	3	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Wisconsin	5	–	4	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Indiana	4	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Purdue	3	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Michigan State	2	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Minnesota	1	–	8	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1982 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1982 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 9–3 record, including the 1982 Holiday Bowl in San Diego, California, where they won, 47–17 against the BYU Cougars.

For the second season in a row, Ohio State did not play Iowa, and that potentially cost the Buckeyes a trip to the 1983 Rose Bowl and conference title, the second year in a row that Ohio State could have been a Rose Bowl participant. Had the Buckeyes beaten Iowa, Ohio State would have been the Rose Bowl representative after beating Michigan head to head.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 11	1:30 p.m.	Baylor*	No. 14	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		W 21–14	88,622
September 18	1:00 p.m.	at Michigan State	No. 12	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI		W 31–10	73,483
September 25	12:30 p.m.	Stanford*	No. 13	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ABC	L 20–23	89,436
October 2	1:30 p.m.	Florida State*		Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		L 17–34	89,491
October 9	1:30 p.m.	Wisconsin		Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		L 0–6	88,344
October 16	2:00 p.m.	at No. 15 Illinois		Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (Illibuck Trophy)		W 26–21	73,488
October 23	3:30 p.m.	at Indiana		Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	ABC	W 49–25	52,040
October 30	1:30 p.m.	Purdue		Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		W 38–6	89,341
November 6	1:30 p.m.	Minnesota		Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		W 35–10	87,666
November 13	2:00 p.m.	at Northwestern		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL		W 40–28	30,074
November 20	12:30 p.m.	No. 13 Michigan		Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (rivalry)	CBS	W 24–14	90,252
December 17	9:00 p.m.	vs. BYU*	No. 17	Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA (Holiday Bowl)	ESPN	W 47–17	52,533
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Personnel

1982 Ohio State Buckeyes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class FB 38 Vaughn Broadnax Jr FB 41 Keith Byars Fr TE 89 John Frank Jr OL 64 Jim Lachey So RB 46 Tim Spencer Sr QB 15 Mike Tomczak So WR Gary Williams	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 2 Shaun Gayle Jr DB Garcia Lane	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K Rick Spangler Fr	Head coach Earle Bruce Coordinators/assistant coaches Dom Capers – Defensive Backs Randy Hart – Defensive Line Glen Mason – Offensive Coordinator Bill Myles – Offensive Line Fred Pagac – Linebackers Wayne Stanley – Running Backs Bob Tucker – Defensive Coordinator Fred Zechman – Quarterbacks/Receivers Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Game summaries

Baylor

1 2 3 4 Total Baylor 0 7 7 0 14 • Ohio State 7 7 0 7 21 Date: September 11 Location: Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio

Michigan State

1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio State 3 7 0 21 31 Michigan St 7 0 3 0 10 Date: September 18 Location: Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan

Stanford

1 2 3 4 Total • Stanford 0 0 13 10 23 Ohio State 3 10 0 7 20 Date: September 25 Location: Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio

Scoring summary 1 4:22 OSU Spangler 31-yard field goal OSU 3–0 2 14:58 OSU Broadnax 1-yard run (Spangler kick) OSU 10–0 2 0:13 OSU Spangler 24-yard field goal OSU 13–0 3 10:56 STAN Harmon 23-yard field goal OSU 13–3 3 6:26 STAN Harmon 24-yard field goal OSU 13–6 3 3:30 STAN Dotterer 11-yard pass from John Elway (Harmon kick) Tied 13–13 4 8:47 OSU Spencer 2-yard run (Spangler kick) OSU 20–13 4 4:15 STAN Harmon 47-yard field goal OSU 20–16 4 0:34 STAN Harry 18-yard pass from Elway (Harmon kick) Stanford 23–20

See also: 1982 Stanford Cardinal football team

Florida State

1 2 3 4 Total • Florida St 7 14 0 13 34 Ohio State 10 7 0 0 17 Date: October 2 Location: Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio Game attendance: 89,491

Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 Total • Wisconsin 6 0 0 0 6 Ohio State 0 0 0 0 0 Date: October 9 Location: Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio

Scoring summary 1 Wisconsin John Williams 1 yard run (kick blocked) Wisconsin 6–0

Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio St 7 7 7 5 26 Illinois 0 7 0 14 21 Date: October 16 Location: Memorial Stadium Game attendance: 73,488 Game weather: Clear; 53 °F (12 °C); wind 12–15 mph (19–24 km/h) NW

Indiana

1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio St 14 14 7 14 49 Indiana 0 13 6 6 25 Date: October 23 Location: Memorial Stadium

Purdue

1 2 3 4 Total Purdue 3 3 0 0 6 • Ohio State 14 3 14 7 38 Date: October 30 Location: Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio

Scoring summary 1 OSU Frank 12 yard pass from Tomczak (Spangler kick) OSU 7-0 1 PUR Clark 43 yard field goal OSU 7-3 1 OSU Anderson 33 yard pass from Tomczak (Spangler kick) OSU 14-3 2 OSU Spangler 47 yard field goal OSU 17-3 2 PUR Clark 36 yard field goal OSU 17-6 3 OSU Gayle 13 yard run (Spangler kick) OSU 24-6 3 OSU Spencer 41 yard run (Spangler kick) OSU 31-6 4 OSU Spencer 2 yard run (Spangler kick) OSU 38-6

Minnesota

1 2 3 4 Total Minnesota 0 3 7 0 10 • Ohio St 7 14 14 0 35 Date: November 6 Location: Ohio Stadium Game start: 1:30 EST Elapsed time: 2:50 Game attendance: 87,666 Game weather: Sunny; 42 °F (6 °C); wind 10–20 mph (16–32 km/h) SW Referee: John Nealon

Northwestern

1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio St 13 15 0 12 40 Northwestern 7 7 7 7 28 Date: November 13 Location: Dyche Stadium

Michigan

See also: 1982 Michigan Wolverines football team and Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry

Michigan Wolverines at Ohio State Buckeyes

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Michigan	7	0	7	0	14
Ohio St	0	14	0	10	24

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

• Date: November 20, 1982
• Game time: 12:30 p.m. EST
• Game weather: Rain, 65 °F (18 °C)
• Game attendance: 90,252
• Referee: Tom Quinn
• TV announcers (CBS): Gary Bender and Pat Haden
• Box Score

Game information

First quarter MICH – Lawrence Ricks 1-yard run (Ali Haji-Sheikh kick), 2:11. Michigan 7–0. Drive: 11 plays, 52 yards, 5:43. Second quarter OSU – Vaughn Broadnax 6-yard run (Rick Spangler kick), 6:53. Tie 7–7. Drive: 7 plays, 29 yards, 3:14. OSU – Tim Spencer 2-yard run (Rick Spangler kick), 0:33. Ohio St 14–7. Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards, 1:44. Third quarter MICH – Steve Smith 4-yard run (Ali Haji-Sheikh kick), 2:38. Tie 14–14. Drive: 15 plays, 63 yards, 7:03. Fourth quarter OSU – Tim Spencer 1-yard run (Rick Spangler kick), 6:27. Ohio St 21–14. Drive: 3 plays, 14 yards, 1:13. OSU – Rick Spangler 33-yard field goal, 3:27. Ohio St 24–14. Drive: 4 plays, 3 yards, 2:44. Top passers MICH – Steve Smith – 12/28, 127 yards, 3 INT OSU – Mike Tomczak – 10/17, 159 yards Top rushers MICH – Lawrence Ricks – 27 rushes, 110 yards, TD OSU – Tim Spencer – 27 rushes, 124 yards, 2 TD Top receivers MICH – Anthony Carter – 7 receptions, 78 yards OSU – Gary Williams – 4 receptions, 76 yards

Holiday Bowl

1982 Holiday Bowl

1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio State 3 14 17 13 47 BYU 0 10 0 7 17 Date: December 17 Location: Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego Game attendance: 52,533 TV announcers (ESPN): Fred White & Irv Brown

Scoring summary 1 6:54 OSU Rich Spangler 4 yard field goal OSU 3-0 2 13:56 BYU Neil Belhom 7 yard pass from Steve Young (Gunther kick) BYU 7–3 2 12:55 OSU Tim Spencer (American football) 61 yard run (Spangler kick) OSU 10–7 2 11:14 OSU Mike Tomczak 3 yard run (Spangler kick) OSU 17–7 2 1:43 BYU Kurt Gunther 39 yard field goal OSU 17–10 3 8:57 OSU Vaughn Broadnax 1 yard run (Spangler kick) OSU 24–10 3 7:58 OSU Tim Spencer 18 yard run (Spangler kick) OSU 31–10 3 6:00 OSU Rich Spangler 37 yard field goal OSU 34–10 4 12:58 OSU Jimmie Gayle 1 yard run (Spangler kick) OSU 41–10 4 7:09 BYU Gordon Hudson 13 yard pass from Steve Young (Gunther kick) OSU 41–17 4 2:05 OSU Jimmie Gayle 5 yard run (kick failed) OSU 47–17

Depth chart

Defense
FS Kelvin Bell ⋅		ROLB ILB ILB LOLB Curt Curtis Glen Cobb Marcus Marek Rowland Tatum Byron Lee Larry Kolic ⋅ Orlando Lowry					ROV Doug Hill Lamar Kuechler
CB Shaun Gayle Doyle Lewis		DE NT DE Chris Riehm Spencer Nelms Jerome Foster Dave Morrill Kirk Lowdermilk Dave Crecilius						CB Garcia Lane ⋅
Offense
SE Gary Williams Thad Jemison		LT LG C RG RT William Roberts Scott Zalenski Craig Pack Joe Lukens Jim Carson Mark Krerowicz Jim Lachey Joe Dooley ⋅ Joe Smith					TE John Frank Brad Dwelle	FL Cedric Anderson Ray Myers
				QB Mike Tomczak Brent Offenbecher
				FB Vaughn Broadnax Keith Byars			Special teams PK Rich Spangler P Karl Edwards
				RB Tim Spencer Jimmy Gayle

1983 NFL draftees

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL club
Jerome Foster	5	139	Defensive end	Houston Oilers
Gary Williams	11	304	Wide receiver	Cincinnati Bengals
Joe Lukens	11	306	Guard	Miami Dolphins
Tim Spencer	11	307	Running back	San Diego Chargers