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1977 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1977 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Buckeyes logo.svg
Big Ten co-champion
Sugar Bowl, L 6–35 vs. Alabama
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 12
AP No. 11
1977 record 9–3 (7–1 Big Ten)
Head coach Woody Hayes (27th year)
Defensive coordinator George Hill
MVP Dave Adkins
Captain Aaron Brown
Captain Ray Griffin
Captain Jeff Logan
Captain Chris Ward
Home stadium Ohio Stadium
(Capacity: 83,112)
Seasons
← 1976
1978 →
1977 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#9 Michigan + 7 – 1 – 0     10 – 2 – 0
#11 Ohio State + 7 – 1 – 0     9 – 3 – 0
Michigan State 6 – 1 – 1     7 – 3 – 1
Indiana 4 – 3 – 1     5 – 5 – 1
Minnesota 4 – 4 – 0     7 – 5 – 0
Purdue 3 – 5 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Iowa 3 – 5 – 0     4 – 7 – 0
Wisconsin 3 – 6 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Illinois 2 – 6 – 0     3 – 8 – 0
Northwestern 1 – 8 – 0     1 – 10 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
1 2 3 4 Total
Miami (FL) 0 0 0 0 0
• Ohio St 0 10 0 0 10
  • Date: September 10
  • Location: Ohio Stadium
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m.
  • Game attendance: 86,287
  • Game weather: 78°F; wind 10–15 WNW
1 2 3 4 Total
Purdue 0 0 0 0 0
• Ohio St 29 10 7 0 46
  • Date: October 8
  • Location: Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio
  • Game weather: 87,707
1 2 3 4 Total
• Ohio St 0 7 21 7 35
Illinois 0 0 0 0 0
1 2 3 4 Total
Indiana 7 0 0 0 7
• Ohio St 7 0 21 7 35

The 1977 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1977 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 9–3 record, including the 1978 Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, Louisiana, where they lost 35–6 to the Alabama Crimson Tide.






European Soccer style kicker drilled a 50+ yard field goal to give the Sooners the win as time expired




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