The 1977 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best publ ...
in the
1977 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 9–3 record, including the
1978 Sugar Bowl
The 1978 Sugar Bowl was the 44th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Monday, January 2. Part of the 1977–78 bowl game season, it matched the third-ranked Alabama Cri ...
in
, where they lost 35–6 to the
Alabama Crimson Tide
The Alabama Crimson Tide refers to the intercollegiate athletic varsity teams that represent the University of Alabama, located in Tuscaloosa. The Crimson Tide teams compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I as a me ...
.
Schedule
Roster
Depth chart
[1978 Ohio State Football Media Guide]
Game summaries
Miami (FL)
*Ron Springs 27 Rush, 114 Yds
Minnesota
*Ron Springs 27 Rush, 147 Yds
Oklahoma
at SMU
Purdue
Iowa
at Northwestern
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
[''Eugene Register-Guard''. November 13, 1977.]
Michigan
Sugar Bowl
1978 NFL draftees
References
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Ohio State
The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best public ...
Ohio State Buckeyes football seasons
Big Ten Conference football champion seasons
Ohio State Buckeyes football
The Ohio State Buckeyes football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing Ohio State University in the East Division of the Big Ten Conference. Ohio State has played their home games at Ohio Stadium in ...