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1977 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

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Conference
  
Big Ten Conference

AP
  
No. 11

Defensive coordinator
  
George Hill

Coaches
  
No. 12

1977 record
  
9–3 (7–1 Big Ten)

1977 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

Head coach
  
Woody Hayes (27th year)

The 1977 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 9–3 record, including the 1978 Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, Louisiana, where they lost 35–6 to the Alabama Crimson Tide.

Contents

Coaching staff

  • Woody Hayes - Head Coach (27th year)
  • George Chaump - Offense (10th year)
  • George Hill (American football coach) - Defensive Coordinator (7th year)
  • Dave Adolph - Defense (1st year)
  • Alex Gibbs - Offensive Coordinator/ Offensive Line (3rd year)
  • Mickey Jackson - (4th year)
  • Bill Myles - Offensive Line (1st year)
  • Gary Tranquill - Defensive Backs (1st year)

    • Oklahoma

    European Soccer style kicker drilled a 50+ yard field goal to give the Sooners the win as time expired

    References

    1977 Ohio State Buckeyes football team Wikipedia
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