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1997 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

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Conference
  
Big Ten Conference

AP
  
No. 12

Offensive coordinator
  
Mike Jacobs (1st year)

Coaches
  
No. 12

1997 record
  
10–3 (6–2 Big Ten)

1997 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

Head coach
  
John Cooper (10th year)

The 1997 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1997 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 10–3 record, including the 1998 Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, Louisiana, where they lost 31–14 to the Florida State Seminoles.

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Coaching staff

  • John Cooper – Head Coach – 10th year
  • Bill Conley – Recruiting Coordinator (10th year)
  • Jim Heacock – Defensive Line (3rd year)
  • Mike Jacobs – Offensive Coordinator (3rd year)
  • Fred Pagac – Defensive Coordinator (16th year)
  • Tim Salem – (1st year)
  • Shawn Simms – Defensive Ends (1st year)
  • Tim Spencer – Running Backs (4th year)
  • Chuck Strobart – Offensive Coordinator (3rd year)
  • Jon Tenuta – Defensive Backs (2nd year)

    • NFL draft

    For the first time since the NFL draft's inception in 1936, no Ohio State players were selected in the 1998 NFL Draft.

    References

    1997 Ohio State Buckeyes football team Wikipedia
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