The 1986 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
1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 10–3 record, including the
1987 Cotton Bowl Classic in
Dallas
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, where they won 28–12 against the
Texas A&M Aggies
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.
Schedule
Personnel
Depth chart
[1987 Ohio State Football Media Guide]
Game summaries
vs. Alabama
at Washington
Colorado
Utah
Illinois
at Indiana
at Purdue
Dave Brown's interception return set a Big Ten record for longest in a single game.
[Eugene Register-Guard. 1986 Oct 19. Retrieved 2019-Sep-23.]
Minnesota
Iowa
Northwestern
Wisconsin
Michigan
Matt Frantz missed a 45-yard field goal that would have given Ohio State the lead with 1:01 remaining in the game.
Chris Spielman
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had 29 tackles in defeat.
vs. Texas A&M (Cotton Bowl)
1987 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
Cotton Bowl Classic 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 i ...