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1981 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1981 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Buckeyes logo.svg
Big Ten co-champion
Liberty Bowl champion
Liberty Bowl, W 31–28 vs. Navy
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 12
AP No. 15
1981 record 9–3 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach Earle Bruce (3rd year)
MVP Art Schlichter
Captain Glen Cobb
Captain Art Schlichter
Home stadium Ohio Stadium
(Capacity: 83,112)
Seasons
« 1980 1982 »
1981 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#15 Ohio State + 6 – 2 – 0     9 – 3 – 0
#18 Iowa + 6 – 2 – 0     8 – 4 – 0
#12 Michigan 6 – 3 – 0     9 – 3 – 0
Illinois 6 – 3 – 0     7 – 4 – 0
Wisconsin 6 – 3 – 0     7 – 5 – 0
Minnesota 4 – 5 – 0     6 – 5 – 0
Michigan State 4 – 5 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Purdue 3 – 6 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Indiana 3 – 6 – 0     3 – 8 – 0
Northwestern 0 – 9 – 0     0 – 11 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
1 2 3 4 Total
• Ohio State 0 17 7 0 24
Stanford 3 3 0 13 19
  • Date: September 26
  • Location: Stanford Stadium • Palo Alto, CA
  • Television network: ESPN
1 2 3 4 Total
• Florida St 10 13 13 0 36
Ohio State 7 14 0 6 27
  • Date: October 3
  • Location: Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
  • Television network: USA
1 2 3 4 Total
• Ohio State 0 7 0 7 14
Michigan 3 0 6 0 9
  • Date: November 21
  • Location: Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI
  • Game attendance: 106,043
  • TV announcers (ABC): Al Michaels
1981 Liberty Bowl
1 2 3 4 Total
• Ohio State 10 7 7 7 31
Navy 7 6 7 8 28
  • Date: December 30
  • Location: Liberty Bowl • Memphis, TN

The 1981 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1981 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 9–3 record, including the 1981 Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tennessee, where they won, 31–28, against the Navy Midshipmen.

Several Ohio State players ranked among the Big Ten leaders, including the following:







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