American college football season
The 1984 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1984 Big Ten Conference football season . The Buckeyes compiled a 9–3 record, including the 1985 Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California , where they lost, 20–17, to the USC Trojans .
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 8 12:00 p.m. Oregon State * No. 6 SV W 22–1488,072
September 15 3:30 p.m. Washington State * No. 9 SV W 44–089,297
September 22 1:30 p.m. No. 14 Iowa No. 5 SV W 45–2689,733
September 29 8:00 p.m. at Minnesota No. 3 W 35–2247,543
October 6 2:30 p.m. at Purdue No. 2 L 23–2866,261
October 13 3:30 p.m. Illinois No. 8 CBS , WOSUW 45–3889,937
October 20 1:00 p.m. at Michigan State No. 8 W 23–2075,123
October 27 12:00 p.m. at Wisconsin No. 6 CBS L 14–1678,606
November 3 1:30 p.m. Indiana No. 16 W 50–789,366
November 10 2:30 p.m. at Northwestern No. 13 W 52–331,087
November 17 12:00 p.m. Michigan No. 11 CBS W 21–690,286
January 1, 1985 5:00 p.m. vs. No. 18 USC * No. 6 NBC L 17–20102,594
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Depth chart
Defense
FS
12 Terry White
11 Steve Hill
DE
NT
DE
57 Dave Morrill
59 Tony Giuliani
97 Dave Crecelius
95 Darryl Lee
55 Ray Holliman
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CB
29 Greg Rogan
8 Scott Leach
Offense
TE
80 Ed Taggart
85 Judd Groza
FL
1 Mike Lanese
6 Jamie Holland
QB
15 Mike Tomczak
16 Jim Karsatos
FB
28 Roman Bates
43 Barry Walker
[1]
Coaching staff
Game summaries
Oregon State
1
2 3 4 Total
Oregon State
7
7 0 0
14
• Ohio State
0
3 12 7
22
Date: September 8Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OhioGame start: 12:00 PM EDT Game attendance: 88,297
[2]
Washington State
1
2 3 4 Total
Washington State
0
0 0 0
0
• Ohio State
3
20 0 21
44
Date: September 15Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OhioGame start: 3:30 PM EDT Game attendance: 88,297
[3]
Iowa
1
2 3 4 Total
Iowa
3
17 6 0
26
• Ohio State
10
21 7 7
45
Date: September 22Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OhioGame start: 3:30 PM EDT Game attendance: 89,733
[4]
Minnesota