1988 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

The 1988 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the first season for head coach John Cooper. The Buckeyes played their home games in Ohio Stadium. The team finished the season with a win–loss record of 4–6–1, and a Big Ten Conference record of 2–5–1.

1988 Ohio State Buckeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record4–6–1 (2–5–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJim Colletto (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorBill Young (1st season)
MVPJeff Uhlenhake
Home stadiumOhio Stadium
Seasons
← 1987
1989 →
1988 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Michigan $ 7 0 1 9 2 1
Michigan State 6 1 1 6 5 1
Illinois 5 2 1 6 5 1
Iowa 4 1 3 6 4 3
No. 20 Indiana 5 3 0 8 3 1
Purdue 3 5 0 4 7 0
Ohio State 2 5 1 4 6 1
Northwestern 2 5 1 2 8 1
Wisconsin 1 7 0 1 10 0
Minnesota 0 6 2 2 7 2
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 103:30 p.m.Syracuse*ABCW 26–989,768
September 177:00 p.m.at Pittsburgh*No. 18ESPNL 10–4256,500
September 243:30 p.m.No. 7 LSU*
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
ABCW 36–3390,584[1]
October 11:30 p.m.Illinois
L 12–3190,274
October 83:30 p.m.at IndianaABCL 7–4152,133
October 151:30 p.m.Purdue
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
L 26–3190,970
October 228:00 p.m.MinnesotaW 13–644,221
October 2912:00 p.m.at Michigan StateL 10–2077,111
November 51:30 p.m.Wisconsin
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 34–1290,032
November 1212:00 p.m.at IowaT 24–2467,700
November 1912:00 p.m.No. 12 Michigan
ABCL 31–3490,176
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Personnel edit

1988 Ohio State Buckeyes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
C 76 Dan Beatty   So
WR 88 Greg Beatty Fr
FB 38 Chris Boddie   So
FB 41 James Bryant Jr
FL 18 Gary Clift Sr
QB 12 Nick Cochran Fr
OT 66 Karl Coles   Jr
TE 81 Anthony Cook   So
G 50 Jeff Davidson Jr
SE 27 John Dawson   Fr
FL 2 Bernard Edwards   Fr
TE 89 Jeff Ellis So
FL 47 Tony Fenstermaker   So
QB 9 Jason Frank Fr
G 70 Steve France   Jr
QB 15 Greg Frey   So
RB 33 Tony Goodgame Fr
SE 84 Jeff Graham So
FB 35 Scottie Graham   Fr
G 65 Erik Grimm   So
OL 77 Len Hartman Fr
QB 19 Kirk Herbstreit Fr
RB 23 Marc Hicks Jr
C 60 Dan Hirneise   So
RB 29 Buster Howe Fr
C 71 Mike Huddleston Fr
TE 87 Rich Huffman   So
RB 30 Brent Johnson Fr
FL 82 David Menges So
OT 64 Mike Kuri   Jr
C 62 Travis Lutz   Fr
FB 11 Bill Matlock Sr
QB 21 David McAllister   Jr
OT 74 Tim Moxley   Jr
G 63 Roy Nichols   Fr
FL 37 Bobby Olive So
TE 85 Jim Palmer   Jr
OT 75 John Peterson   So
QB 13 Scott Powell   Sr
TB 1 Lance Price   So
SE 5 Everett Ross Sr
TE 80 Chris Roy Fr
TE 91 Scott St. John   So
OT 69 John Schilling Fr
C 53 Tom Scholl   Sr
OT 73 Paul Sherrick Fr
OT 78 Mike Shoaf   Fr
SE 4 Wes Siegenthaler   So
TB 25 Carlos Snow So
TB 28 John Spencer So
QB 14 Chris Stablein   So
OT 79 Joe Staysniak   Jr
C 68 Jeff Uhlenhake (C)   Sr
G 61 Ken Voll   So
QB 17 John Wagoner   So
TB 42 Vince Workman (C) Sr
G 51 Greg Zackeroff   Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 32 Dave Bals Fr
S 3 Sean Bell   Sr
ILB 91 Brian Benio   So
S 27 David Brown   Jr
LB 58 Joe Carpenter   So
OLB 16 Mike Chancey   So
CB 7 Vince Clark So
LB 44 Tony Closson Fr
DT 92 Ken Coleman   So
DB 83 Bryan Cook Fr
ILB 56 Orlondo Craig Jr
CB 22 Tony Cupe   So
DB 17 Doug Dinan   Jr
CB 21 Zack Dumas Jr
LB 94 Derrick Foster Fr
DT 90 Rich Frimel Fr
CB 11 Mike Giesler   So
ILB 49 Andrew Gurd So
LB 39 Tyrone Harrison So
LB 36 Judah Herman Fr
DB 18 Troy Hilsenroth   Fr
OLB 95 John Kacherski So
LB 62 Charles Keenan   Jr
LB 35 Kristofer Kostival   Fr
OLB 81 Tom Lease Fr
ILB 86 Gary Lickovitch   So
DT 53 Paul Long Fr
DT 93 Derek MacCready Sr
LB 43 John Martin Fr
OLB 99 Michael McCray (C) Sr
LB 34 Joe Metzger Fr
DT 97 Tony Moore   So
DB 25 Chris Ntukgou   So
DT 72 Corey Pargo Fr
S 46 Jim Peel   So
S 48 Mark Pelini   So
DB 33 Trevor Poole   So
S 13 Brady Pugh   Fr
DT 66 Stephen Robbins   So
OLB 47 Patrick Rogan Fr
CB 24 Tim Rutledge So
DT 98 Mike Showalter Jr
CB 20 Dwight Smith   Sr
ILB 57 John Sullivan Sr
NG 67 Mike Sullivan (C) Sr
OLB 30 Otto Susec   So
NG 54 Pat Thomas   Jr
OLB 55 Jason Warner   Fr
OLB 96 Srecko Zizakovic   Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 26 Jeff Bohlman   So
PK 41 Brian Eisenberg   Fr
PK 28 Bob Hoyt   So
LS 52 Tom Moore Sr
PK 6 Pat O'Morrow Jr
PK 42 Scott Osborne   Fr
P 8 Mark Smith   Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2016-Dec-02

Game summaries edit

Syracuse edit

1 234Total
Syracuse 3 303 9
Ohio St 0 1763 26

[2]

Pittsburgh edit

1 234Total
Ohio St 3 007 10
• Pittsburgh 14 14014 42

LSU edit

1 234Total
LSU 3 101010 33
• Ohio St 0 14319 36

[3]

Illinois edit

1 234Total
• Illinois 7 3021 31
Ohio St 0 336 12
  • Date: October 1
  • Location: Ohio Stadium

Indiana edit

1 234Total
Ohio St 0 070 7
• Indiana 14 1476 41

Purdue edit

Purdue Boilermakers (2–3) at Ohio State Buckeyes (2–3)
Period 1 2 34Total
Purdue 0 7 141031
Ohio St 7 10 3626

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

  • Date: October 15
  • Game time: 1:30 p.m. CDT
  • Game weather: Partly sunny, 62 °F (17 °C)
  • Game attendance: 90,970
  • Referee: Jim Kemerling
  • TV: WCMH
Game information

Minnesota edit

1 234Total
• Ohio St 3 730 13
Minnesota 3 300 6

Michigan State edit

1 234Total
Ohio St 7 300 10
• Michigan St 7 3100 20

Wisconsin edit

1 234Total
Wisconsin 6 600 12
• Ohio St 3 2137 34
  • Date: November 5
  • Location: Ohio Stadium

Iowa edit

1 234Total
Ohio St 7 773 24
Iowa 14 703 24
  • Date: November 12
  • Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa
  • Game start: 12:15 p.m. EST
  • Elapsed time: 3:20
  • Game attendance: 67,700
  • Game weather: Rain; 40 °F (4 °C); wind 10–12 mph (16–19 km/h) SE
  • Referee: Gil Marchman

[4][5]

Michigan edit

Michigan Wolverines at Ohio State Buckeyes
Period 1 2 34Total
Michigan 10 10 01434
Ohio St 0 0 141731

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

  • Date: November 19, 1988
  • Game time: 12:10 p.m.
  • Game weather: Overcast, 44 °F (7 °C)
  • Game attendance: 90,176
  • Referee: John Nealow
Game information

1989 NFL draftees edit

Player Round Pick Position NFL club
Jeff Uhlenhake 5 121 Center Miami Dolphins
Vince Workman 5 127 Running back Green Bay Packers
Derek MacCready 9 226 Defensive end Detroit Lions
Everett Ross 12 335 Wide receiver Minnesota Vikings

[6]

References edit

  1. ^ "Buckeye comeback drops LSU". The Cincinnati Enquirer. September 25, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Gainesville Sun. 1988 Sept 11.
  3. ^ Gainesville Sun. 1988 Sept 25.
  4. ^ Ohio State Official Athletic Site Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Sep-30.
  5. ^ "Iowa ties Ohio State on last-minute field goal". Chicago Tribune. November 13, 1988. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  6. ^ "1989 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.