1980 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1980 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Fiesta Bowl, L 31–19 vs. Penn State
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#15
AP	#15
1980 record	9–3 (7–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Earle Bruce
MVP	Calvin Murray
Captain	Doug Donley
Captain	Ray Ellis
Captain	Keith Ferguson
Captain	Calvin Murray
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium (Capacity: 83,112)

1980 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#4 Michigan $	8	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
#15 Ohio State	7	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
#17 Purdue	7	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Iowa	4	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Minnesota	4	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Indiana	3	–	5	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Illinois	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	1
Michigan State	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	0	–	9	–	0			0	–	11	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 9–3 record, including the Fiesta Bowl in Tempe, Arizona, where they lost, 31–19, to the Penn State.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 13	1:30 PM	Syracuse*	#1	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH		W 31–21	86,643
September 20	1:30 PM	Minnesota	#2	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	ABC	W 47–0	87,916
September 27	1:30 PM	#20 Arizona State*	#2	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH		W 38–21	88,097
October 4	1:30 PM	#11 UCLA*	#2	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	ABC	L 0–17	88,084
October 11	2:00 PM	at Northwestern	#9	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL		W 63–0	29,375
October 18	1:30 PM	Indiana	#9	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH		W 27–17	87,957
October 25	2:30 PM	at Wisconsin	#10	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI		W 21–0	79,253
November 1	1:00 PM	at Michigan State	#9	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI		W 48–16	77,153
November 8	1:30 PM	Illinois	#7	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy)		W 49–42	87,952
November 15	2:00 PM	at Iowa	#7	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA		W 41–7	59,890
November 22	12:30 PM	#10 Michigan	#5	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (The Game)	ABC	L 3–9	88,827
December 26	3:00 PM	vs. #10 Penn State*	#11	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ (Fiesta Bowl)	NBC	L 19–31	66,738
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Depth chart

Defense FS Bob Murphy Rod Gorley WLB ILB ILB SLB Al Washington Glen Cobb Marcus Marek Keith Ferguson Mike D'Andrea John Epitropoulos ⋅ Ben Lee ROV Todd Bell Shaun Gayle CB Vince Skillings ⋅ DE NT DE Jerome Foster Mark Sullivan Chris Riehm Reggie Echols Nick Miller Tony Megaro CB Ray Ellis Norm Burrows Offense SE Gary Williams Thad Jemison LT LG C RG RT Joe Smith Scott Burris Jim DeLeone Joe Lukens Luther Henson ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ TE Brad Dwelle Ron Barwig FL Doug Donley Cedric Anderson QB Art Schlichter Bob Atha FB Tim Spencer Vaughn Broadnax Special Teams PK Vlade Janakievski P Tom Orosz LS John Hutchings RB Calvin Murray Jimmy Gayle

Coaching staff

• Earle Bruce - Head Coach - 2nd year
• Dennis Fryzel - Defensive Coordinator (2nd year)
• Glen Mason - Offensive Coordinator (3rd year)
• Bill Myles - Offensive Line (4th year)
• Nick Saban - Defensive Backs (1st year)
• Wayne Stanley - Running Backs (2nd year)
• Steve Szabo - Defensive Line (2nd year)
• Bob Tucker - Defensive Outside Linebackers (2nd year)
• Fred Zechman - Quarterbacks/Receivers (2nd year)

Game notes

Arizona State

1 2 3 4 Total Arizona St 0 0 7 14 21 • Ohio State 3 21 7 7 38 Date: September 27 Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH Game attendance: 88,097 Source: Palm Beach Post

Scoring summary 1 OHST Janakievski 20 yard field goal OHST 3-0 2 OHST Donley 23 yard pass from Schlichter (Janakievski kick) OHST 10-0 2 OHST Spencer 1 yard run (Janakievski kick) OHST 17-0 2 OHST Murray 1 yard run (Janakievski kick) OHST 24-0 3 ASU Weathers 3 yard pass from Pagel (Lewis kick) OHST 24-7 3 OHST Donley 10 yard pass from Schlichter (Janakievski kick) OHST 31-7 4 ASU Caldwell 46 yard blocked punt return (Lewis kick) OHST 31-14 4 OHST Williams 13 yard pass from Schlichter (Janakievski kick) OHST 38-14 4 ASU Mistler 12 yard pass from Pagel (Lewis kick) OHST 38-21

Indiana

Statistics

• Rushing: Calvin Murray 224 yards

Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total • Michigan 0 3 6 0 9 Ohio State 0 3 0 0 3 Date: November 22 Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH Game attendance: 88,827

Scoring summary 2 12:11 OSU Vlade Janakievski 33-yard field goal OSU 3-0 2 MICH Ali Haji-Sheikh 43-yard field goal Tied 3-3 3 MICH Anthony Carter 13-yard pass from John Wangler (kick failed) MICH 9-3

Fiesta Bowl

1980 Fiesta Bowl

1 2 3 4 Total Ohio State 6 13 0 0 19 • Penn State 7 3 7 14 31 Date: December 26 Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, AZ Game attendance: 66,738 Television network: NBC

Scoring summary 1 PSU Curt Warner 64-yard run (Herb Menhardt kick) PSU 7-0 1 OSU Doug Donley 23-yard pass from Art Schlichter (kick failed) PSU 7-6 2 OSU Gary Williams 13-yard pass from Art Schlichter (kick failed) OSU 7-12 2 OSU Doug Donley 19-yard pass from Art Schlichter (Bob Atha kick) OSU 7-19 2 PSU Herb Menhardt 38-field goal OSU 10-19 3 PSU Todd Blackledge 3-yard run (Herb Menhardt kick) OSU 17-19 4 PSU Jonathan Williams 4-yard run (Herb Menhardt kick) PSU 24-19 4 PSU Booker Moore 37-yard run (Herb Menhardt kick) PSU 31-19

References

Win/Loss statistics

• 1980 Ohio State Buckeyes Schedule and Results
• 1980 Ohio State Buckeyes Stats
• 1980 Big Ten Conference Year Summary

Draft data

• Ohio State Drafted Players