1982 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

American college football season

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)
Seasons ← 1981 1983 →

1982 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Michigan Wolverines at Ohio State Buckeyes

Period	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

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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

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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

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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

References

^ "College Football Belt - 1982 Ohio State at Michigan State". Archived from the original on April 28, 2012. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
^ "College Football Belt - 1982 Stanford at Ohio State". Archived from the original on October 16, 2014. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
^ "Florida State University Official Athletic Site - Football". Archived from the original on April 27, 2014. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
^ "The Salina Journal from Salina, Kansas on October 10, 1982 · Page 30".
^ Gainesville Sun. 1982 Oct 31.
^ Ohio State Football Archives. Retrieved 2018-Nov-27.
^ "Ohio St. Capitalizes on Michigan Errors." Gainesville Sun. 1982 Nov 21.
^ "Ohio State Spring Football Media Guide" (PDF). 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 28, 2020.
^ 1983 Ohio State Football Media Guide

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