1997 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1997 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Sugar Bowl, L 14–31 vs. Florida State
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 12
AP No. 12
1997 record 10–3 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach John Cooper (10th year)
Offensive coordinator Mike Jacobs (1st year)
Defensive coordinator Fred Pagac (2nd year)
MVP Antoine Winfield
Captain Winfield Garnett
Stanley Jackson
Home stadium Ohio Stadium
(Capacity: 89,841)
1997 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#1 Michigan $   8 0         12 0  
#12 Ohio State   6 2         10 3  
#16 Penn State   6 2         9 3  
#15 Purdue   6 2         9 3  
Wisconsin   5 3         8 5  
Iowa   4 4         7 5  
Michigan State   4 4         7 5  
Northwestern   3 5         5 7  
Minnesota   1 7         3 9  
Indiana   1 7         2 9  
Illinois   0 8         0 11  
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 10–3 record, including the 1998 Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, Louisiana, where they lost 31–14 to the Florida State Seminoles.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 28 8:00 p.m. Wyoming* No. 9 Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH (BCA Classic) ESPN2 W 24–10   89,122[1]
September 13 1:30 p.m. Bowling Green* No. 9 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 44–13   93,151[1]
September 20 3:30 p.m. Arizona* No. 9 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH ABC W 28–20   91,152[1]
September 27 12:00 p.m. at Missouri* No. 7 Faurot FieldColumbia, MO ABC W 31–10   58,882[1]
October 4 3:30 p.m. No. 11 Iowa No. 7 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH ABC W 23–7   92,536[1]
October 11 3:30 p.m. at No. 2 Penn State No. 7 Beaver StadiumUniversity Park, PA (Rivalry) ABC L 27–31   97,282[1]
October 18 12:30 p.m. Indiana No. 11 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH ESPN2 W 31–0   92,368[1]
October 25 3:30 p.m. Northwestern No. 9 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH ABC W 49–6   92,445[1]
November 1 3:30 p.m. at No. 21 Michigan State No. 9 Spartan StadiumEast Lansing, MI ABC W 37–13   74,903[1]
November 8 4:00 p.m. at Minnesota No. 7 Hubert H. Humphrey MetrodomeMinneapolis, MN W 31–3   47,706[1]
November 15 12:00 p.m. Illinois No. 4 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy) ESPN+ W 41–6   92,008[1]
November 22 12:00 p.m. at No. 1 Michigan No. 4 Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MI (The Game) ABC L 14–20   106,982[1]
January 1, 1998 8:00 p.m. vs. No. 4 Florida State* No. 9 Louisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) ABC L 14–31   67,289[1]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Coaching staff

NFL draft

For the first time since the NFL draft's inception in 1936, no Ohio State players were selected in the 1998 NFL Draft.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Park, Jack (2003). The Official Ohio State Football Encyclopedia. Champaign, IL: Sports Publishing LLC. ISBN 1-58261-695-7.
  2. Ohio State Drafted Players
Win/Loss statistics
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