1991 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

The 1991 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Buckeyes compiled an 8–4 record, including the 1992 Hall of Fame Bowl in Tampa, Florida, where they lost, 24–17, to the Syracuse Orangemen.

1991 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Hall of Fame Bowl, L 17–24 vs. Syracuse
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1991 record	8–4 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Cooper (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Elliot Uzelac (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Bill Young (4th season)
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium (Capacity: 91,470)

1991 Big Ten Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Michigan $	8	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 10 Iowa	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	1
Ohio State	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Indiana	5	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	1
Illinois	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
Purdue	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Michigan State	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Wisconsin	2	–	6	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Minnesota	1	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

For the game against Northwestern, Ohio State played away against Northwestern in Cleveland.[1][2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	3:30 p.m.	Arizona*	No. 22	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ABC	W 38–14	92,743[3]
September 14	12:30 p.m.	Louisville*	No. 19	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ESPN	W 23–15	91,734[3]
September 21	1:30 p.m.	Washington State*	No. 16	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		W 33–19	92,687[3]
October 5	12:30 p.m.	Wisconsin	No. 14	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		W 31–16	94,221[3]
October 12	3:30 p.m.	at No. 20 Illinois	No. 11	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (Illibuck)	ABC	L 7–10	70,125[3]
October 19	1:05 p.m.	at Northwestern	No. 18	Cleveland Stadium Cleveland, OH		W 34–3	73,830[3]
October 26	3:30 p.m.	Michigan State	No. 14	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (rivalry)	ABC	W 27–17	94,341[3]
November 2	3:30 p.m.	No. 11 Iowa	No. 13	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ABC	L 9–16	95,357[3]
November 9	12:30 p.m.	at Minnesota	No. 19	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	ESPN	W 35–6	30,145[3]
November 16	12:30 p.m.	Indiana	No. 19	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ESPN	W 20–16	93,417[3]
November 23	12:00 p.m.	at No. 4 Michigan	No. 18	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (The Game)	ABC	L 3–31	106,156[3]
January 1, 1992	1:00 p.m.	vs. No. 16 Syracuse*	No. 25	Tampa Stadium Tampa, FL (Hall of Fame Bowl)	NBC	L 17–24	57,789[3]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1991 Ohio State Buckeyes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 11 Kent Graham Jr RB 34 Raymont Harris So WR 88 Brian Stablein Jr RB 26 Robert Smith So	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 92 John Kacherski Sr DE 99 Alonzo Spellman Jr LB 58 Steve Tovar Jr DT 72 Dan Wilkinson Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach John Cooper Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Game summaries

Iowa

Iowa at Ohio State

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 11 Hawkeyes 0 13 3 0 16 No. 13 Buckeyes 0 9 0 0 9 Date: November 2 Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio Game start: 3:30 PM EST Game attendance: 95,357 TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger and Dick Vermeil

Scoring summary 2 IOWA Rodgers 1-yard run (Skillett kick) IOWA 7–0 2 OSU Carlos Snow 2-yard run (kick) Tied 7–7 2 IOWA Alan Cross 61-yard pass from Rodgers (kick blocked) IOWA 13-7 2 OSU Simmons 85-yard blocked PAT return IOWA 13-9 3 0:27 IOWA Skillett 30-yard field goal IOWA 16–9

See also: 1991 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
34–12–3	1990	W 27–26

[4][5]

Coaching staff

• John Cooper - Head Coach (4th year)
• Bobby April - Defensive Backs (1st year)
• Larry Coyer - Defensive Backs (3rd year)
• Joe Hollis - Offensive Line (1st year)
• Ron Hudson - Quarterbacks (4th year)
• Gene Huey - Offensive Wide Receivers (4th year)
• Bob Palcic - Offensive Line (6th year)
• Fred Pagac - Defensive Linebackers (10th year)
• Elliot Uzelac - Offensive Coordinator (1st year)
• Bill Young - Defensive Coordinator (4th year)

1992 NFL draftees

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL Club
Alonzo Spellman	1	22	Defensive End	Chicago Bears
Scottie Graham	7	188	Running Back	Pittsburgh Steelers
Kent Graham	8	211	Quarterback	New York Giants

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References

1. Jauss, Bill (August 21, 1991). "For NU, `Home` Football Games Are $weet". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
2. Deneen, Mike (September 24, 2013). "The Strange Story of "The Modell Bowl"". SB Nation. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
3. Park, Jack (2003). The Official Ohio State Football Encyclopedia. Champaign, IL: Sports Publishing LLC. ISBN 1-58261-695-7.
4. "Iowa Wins It 'for People Back Home'". Los Angeles Times. November 3, 1991. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
5. "Roses Are Red, Columbus Is Angry". The New York Times. November 3, 1991. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
6. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1992.htm

Win/Loss statistics

• Ohio State Historical Scores

Draft data

• Ohio State Drafted Players