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2014 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

2014 Ohio State Buckeyes football
2013 Ohio State Buckeyes logo.svg
Consensus national champion
Big Ten champion
Big Ten East Division champion
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl (CFP Semifinal)
W 42–35 vs. Alabama
CFP National Championship
W 42–20 vs. Oregon
Conference Big Ten Conference
Division East Division
Ranking
Coaches No. 1
AP No. 1
2014 record 14–1 (8–0 Big Ten)
Head coach Urban Meyer (3rd year)
Offensive coordinator Tom Herman (3rd year)
Co-offensive coordinator Ed Warriner (3rd year)
Offensive scheme Power spread
Co-defensive coordinator Luke Fickell (9th; 14th overall year)
Co-defensive coordinator Chris Ash (1st year)
Base defense 4–3 defense
Captain
Home stadium Ohio Stadium
(Capacity: 104,944)
Seasons
« 2013 2015 »
2014 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
East Division
#1 Ohio State x$#^   8 – 0         14 – 1  
#5T Michigan State   7 – 1         11 – 2  
Maryland   4 – 4         7 – 6  
Rutgers   3 – 5         8 – 5  
Michigan   3 – 5         5 – 7  
Penn State   2 – 6         7 – 6  
Indiana   1 – 7         4 – 8  
West Division
#13 Wisconsin x   7 – 1         11 – 3  
Minnesota   5 – 3         8 – 5  
Nebraska   5 – 3         9 – 4  
Iowa   4 – 4         7 – 6  
Illinois   3 – 5         6 – 7  
Northwestern   3 – 5         5 – 7  
Purdue   1 – 7         3 – 9  
Championship: Ohio State 59, Wisconsin 0
  • # – College Football Playoff champion
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
As of January 13, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll
Spring Game
1 2 3 4 Total
• Gray 3 7 0 7 17
Scarlet 7 0 0 0 7
  • Date: April 12
  • Location: Columbus, Ohio
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m.
  • Elapsed time: 2:01
  • Game attendance: 61,058
  • Game weather: Mostly Sunny, 73 °F (23 °C), Wind: S 17 MPH
  • Referee: Ron Snodgrass
  • TV announcers (BTN): Tom Werme (play-by-play), Glen Mason (color)
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1 2 3 4 Total
• #5 Ohio State 3 3 14 14 34
Navy 0 7 7 3 17
  • Location: Baltimore, Maryland
  • Game start: 12:06 p.m.
  • Elapsed time: 3:19
  • Game attendance: 57,579
  • Game weather: 74°, cloudy, winds SE 7 mph
  • Referee: Mike Cannon
  • TV announcers (CBSSN): Verne Lundquist (play-by-play), Gary Danielson (color), Allie LaForce (sideline)
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1 2 3 4 Total
• Virginia Tech 14 7 0 14 35
#8 Ohio State 7 0 7 7 21
  • Location: Columbus, Ohio
  • Game start: 8:07 p.m.
  • Elapsed time: 3:47
  • Game attendance: 107,517
  • Game weather: 68°, partly cloudy, winds NW 8 mph
  • Referee: Jerry McGinn
  • TV announcers (ESPN): Brad Nessler (play-by-play), Todd Blackledge (color), Holly Rowe (sideline)
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1 2 3 4 Total
Kent State 0 0 0 0 0
• #22 Ohio State 21 24 14 7 66
  • Location: Columbus, Ohio
  • Game start: 12:06 p.m.
  • Elapsed time: 3:24
  • Game attendance: 104,404
  • Game weather: 59°, partly cloudy, winds N 12 mph
  • Referee: John O'Neill
  • TV announcers (ABC/ESPN2): Bob Wischusen (play-by-play), Matt Millen (color), Quint Kessenich (sideline)
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The 2014 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented The Ohio State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the Buckeyes' 125th overall, the 102nd as a member of the Big Ten Conference, and first season as a member of the newly reorganized Eastern Division. The team was led by Urban Meyer, in his third year as head coach, and played their home games at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. They finished the season with a 14 wins and 1 loss (14–1 overall, 8–0 in the Big Ten), as Big Ten champions and as national champions after they defeated Oregon in the inaugural College Football Playoff National Championship Game. Winning 14 games in a season tied the school record set by the Buckeyes' previous national champion team.

After a 12–2 season the previous year, Ohio State signed a highly ranked recruiting class and entered the season ranked No. 5 in the AP poll and No. 6 in the coaches' preseason poll. In the second game of the season, Ohio State was upset by Virginia Tech, 35–21. Following the loss, Ohio State won five consecutive games, including four against Big Ten opponents. In the ninth game of the season, Ohio State defeated Michigan State in a rematch of the previous year's Big Ten Championship Game. After the 49–37 win over the Spartans, the Buckeyes moved into the top ten in all major polls. After a 42–28 win over bitter rival Michigan, Ohio State completed their third consecutive undefeated Big Ten regular season, and earned their second consecutive berth in the Big Ten Championship Game, where they defeated Wisconsin 59–0. In the first season of the College Football Playoff, Ohio State was selected as the No. 4 team, where they defeated Alabama in the Sugar Bowl 42–35. The win advanced the Buckeyes to the 2015 College Football Playoff National Championship Game, where they defeated Oregon 42–20 to capture the 2014 national championship. They were voted consensus national champions as the Associated Press and the Coaches Poll both named them the number one team in their final polls.


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