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1995 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

The 1995 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Buckeyes compiled an 11–2 record, including the 1996 Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida, where they lost, 20–14, to the Tennessee Volunteers.

1995 Ohio State Buckeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
APNo. 6
Record11–2 (7–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJoe Hollis (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorBill Young (8th season)
Home stadiumOhio Stadium
(Capacity: 89,841)
Seasons
← 1994
1996 →
1995 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Northwestern $ 8 – 0 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 6 Ohio State 7 – 1 – 0 11 – 2 – 0
No. 13 Penn State 5 – 3 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 17 Michigan 5 – 3 – 0 9 – 4 – 0
Michigan State 4 – 3 – 1 6 – 5 – 1
No. 25 Iowa 4 – 4 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Illinois 3 – 4 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Wisconsin 3 – 4 – 1 4 – 5 – 2
Purdue 2 – 5 – 1 4 – 6 – 1
Minnesota 1 – 7 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Indiana 0 – 8 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 272:00 p.m.vs. No. 22 Boston College*No. 12
ABCW 38–662,711
September 163:30 p.m.No. 18 Washington*No. 10
ABCW 30–2094,104
September 233:30 p.m.at Pittsburgh*No. 8
ABCW 54–1454,917
September 303:30 p.m.No. 15 Notre Dame*No. 7
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
ABCW 45–2695,537
October 712:00 p.m.at No. 12 Penn StateNo. 5
ABCW 28–2596,655
October 143:30 p.m.at No. 21 WisconsinNo. 4
ABCW 27–1679,507
October 2112:30 p.m.PurdueNo. 4
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
ESPNW 28–093,111
October 2812:30 p.m.No. 25 IowaNo. 4
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
ESPNW 56–3593,314
November 47:00 p.m.at MinnesotaNo. 4
ESPN2W 49–2146,418
November 113:30 p.m.IllinoisNo. 2
ABCW 41–392,639
November 1812:30 p.m.IndianaNo. 2
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
ESPNW 42–392,352
November 2512:00 p.m.at No. 18 MichiganNo. 2
ABCL 23–31106,288
January 1, 19961:00 p.m.vs. No. 5 Tennessee*No. 4
ABCL 14–2070,797[1]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Rankings

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See also: 1995 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP1210910875T4 (4)4 (5)4 (5)4 (6)2 (12)2 (13)2 (13)54 T6
Coaches Poll101088765 (2)4 (3)4 (4)4 (4)4 (9)2 (9)2 (11)2 (16)558

Roster

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1995 Ohio State Buckeyes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
OT 67 Brooks Burris   Fr
FB 39 Matt Calhoun   Jr
SE 1 DeWayne Carter   Sr
G 57 LeShun Daniels   Jr
FL 87 Robbie Davis   Sr
TE 80 Rickey Dudley   Sr
OL 78 Drew Elford Fr
FB 24 Carmie Elmore   So
QB 7 Joe Germaine So
OL 66 Dan Gibbons   Fr
WR 83 Terry Glenn   Sr
RB 27 Eddie George (C) Sr
OT 50 Eric Gohlstin So
G 60 Terry Harris   So
TB 16 Andre Hatcher   So
FL 97 Brian Heinen   So
LB 53 Darron Hester So
LB 36 Terry Homa Fr
TE 88 Bob Houser Fr
QB 14 Bobby Hoying (C)   Sr
QB 10 Tom Hoying   So
C 61 Kevin Hyme   Jr
RB 25 Jermon Jackson So
QB 8 Stanley Jackson   So
FL 81 Matt Jacobs   Jr
FB 44 Josh Jenkins   Jr
RB 23 Matt Keller Fr
C 62 Jason Kozar   Fr
C 76 Dean Kreuzer   Jr
G 74 Greg Kuszmaul   Sr
TE 85 John Lumpkin   Fr
RB 33 Joe Montgomery So
SE 15 Dee Miller   Fr
OL 56 Rob Murphy Fr
OT 75 Orlando Pace So
RB 29 Pepe Pearson So
C 65 Juan Porter   Jr
WR 6 Jimmy Redmond Fr
RB 21 Charlie Sanders Fr
SE 98 Alonzo Shavers Sr
OL 76 Eric Smith Fr
WR 3 Dimitrious Stanley Jr
FB 37 Nicky Sualua   So
G 72 Jamie Sumner Sr
SE 12 Buster Tillman   Jr
OT 79 Larry Waldon   So
TE 84 Steve Wisniewski Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
FS 9 Steve Baird   Fr
MLB 61 Matt Baker So
OLB 16 Dave Becker   Fr
DE 95 Jim Bell   So
ILB 30 Greg Bellisari Jr
DT 70 Matt Bonhaus (C)   Jr
FS 18 Che' Bryant   Fr
LB 63 Jason Cook   Jr
FS 5 Dan Colson   Jr
MLB 55 Will Connery   Sr
NG 62 Shane Clark   Jr
DE 97 John Day   So
LB 51 Roedell Dupree So
DE 96 Tony Eisenhard Fr
NG 99 Luke Fickell   Jr
DE 92 Matt Finkes Jr
DT 68 Winfield Garnett So
CB 42 Kevin Griffin   Fr
FS 26 Anthony Gwinn Jr
CB 2 Ty Howard   Jr
DE 93 Rick Huntzinger Sr
OLB 52 Kevin Johnson Jr
SS 34 Rob Kelly   Jr
DB 17 Percy King Fr
LB 44 Chris Kirk Fr
SS 19 Heath Knisley   Jr
LB 48 Matt LaVrar Fr
SS 28 Jason Louis   Sr
CB 20 Central McClellion   Fr
OLB 43 Ryan Miller   Jr
SS 13 Damon Moore   Fr
DB 19 Ahmed Plummer Fr
DE 58 James Ross   So
OLB 35 Jerry Rudzinski   Fr
NG 98 Marcus Spriggs   Fr
CB 24 Shawn Springs   Jr
OLB 32 Obie Stillwell   Jr
DE 54 Brian Stoughton   Sr
DE 94 Mike Vrabel Jr
OLB 46 Marc Willis Jr
DE 91 Jeff Wilson   Fr
CB 11 Antoine Winfield Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 4 Josh Jackson   Jr
P 41 Brent Bartholomew Fr
K/P 41 Patrick Doyle   Fr
K/P 38 Mike Malfatt   So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Game summaries

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Boston College

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See also: 1995 Boston College Eagles football team
#12 Ohio State Buckeyes vs #22 Boston College Eagles
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Ohio State 7 14 10738
Boston College 0 3 306

at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

  • Date: August 27, 1995
  • Game time: 3:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: Partly Sunny, 88 °F (31 °C), no wind
  • Game attendance: 62,711
Game information

Washington

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See also: 1995 Washington Huskies football team
#18 Washington Huskies at #10 Ohio State Buckeyes
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Washington 7 0 01320
Ohio State 9 14 7030

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

  • Date: September 16, 1995
  • Game time: 3:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: Overcast, 68 °F (20 °C), Wind SSW 10-15
  • Game attendance: 94,104
  • Referee: Jim Kemerling
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Pitt

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See also: 1995 Pitt Panthers football team
#8 Ohio State Buckeyes at Pitt Panthers
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Ohio State 14 6 211354
Pitt 7 7 0014

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Date: September 23, 1995
  • Game time: 3:30 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: Partly Sunny, Cool, 58 °F (14 °C); Wind N 12
  • Game attendance: 54,917
  • Referee: David Witvoet
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Notre Dame

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See also: 1995 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
#15 Notre Dame Fighting Irish at #7 Ohio State Buckeyes
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Notre Dame 0 17 3626
Ohio State 0 14 141745

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

  • Date: September 30, 1995
  • Game time: 3:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: Clear, 80 °F (27 °C), Wind 10-15 SSE
  • Game attendance: 95,537
  • Referee: John Nealon
Game information

Penn State

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See also: 1995 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
#5 Ohio State Buckeyes at #12 Penn State Nittany Lions
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Ohio State 0 14 7728
Penn State 10 0 8725

at Beaver Stadium, State College, Pennsylvania

  • Date: October 7, 1995
  • Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: Partly Cloudy, 70 °F (21 °C); Wind WNW 10-20
  • Game attendance: 96,655
  • Referee: Jim Kemerling
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Wisconsin

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See also: 1995 Wisconsin Badgers football team
#4 Ohio State Buckeyes at #21 Wisconsin Badgers
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Ohio State 0 7 61427
Wisconsin 3 6 7016

at Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, Wisconsin

  • Date: October 14, 1995
  • Game time: 3:30 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: Cloudy, 45 °F (7 °C); Wind NW 20
  • Game attendance: 79,507
  • Referee: Tom Quinn
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Purdue

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See also: 1995 Purdue Boilermakers football team
Purdue Boilermakers at #4 Ohio State Buckeyes
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Purdue 0 0 000
Ohio State 7 7 14028

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

  • Date: October 21, 1995
  • Game time: 12:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: Overcast, Some Rain 40 °F (4 °C), Wind S 10-15
  • Game attendance: 93,111
  • Referee: Dick Honig
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Iowa

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See also: 1995 Iowa Hawkeyes football team
#25 Iowa Hawkeyes at #4 Ohio State Buckeyes
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Iowa 0 7 72135
Ohio State 28 28 0056

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

  • Date: October 28, 1995 [3]
  • Game time: 12:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: Overcast, Some Rain 55 °F (13 °C), Wind SSE 10-20
  • Game attendance: 93,314
  • Referee: Jim Kemerling
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Minnesota

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See also: 1995 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
#4 Ohio State Buckeyes at Minnesota Golden Gophers
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Ohio State 7 28 14049
Minnesota 14 0 0721

at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota

  • Date: November 4, 1995
  • Game time: 7:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: Cool, 72 °F (22 °C), No Wind (indoors)
  • Game attendance: 46,418
  • Referee: Tom Quinn
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Illinois

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See also: 1995 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
Illinois Fighting Illini at #2 Ohio State Buckeyes
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Illinois 0 0 303
Ohio State 14 3 21341

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

  • Date: November 11
  • Game time: 3:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: Overcast, 37 °F (3 °C)
  • Game attendance: 92,639
  • Referee: Steve Pamon
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Indiana

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See also: 1995 Indiana Hoosiers football team
Indiana Hoosiers at #2 Ohio State Buckeyes
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Indiana 3 0 003
Ohio State 14 7 71442

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

  • Date: November 18
  • Game time: 12:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: Overcast, 46 °F (8 °C), Wind SW 3-10
  • Game attendance: 92,352
  • Referee: Dick Honig
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Michigan

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See also: 1995 Michigan Wolverines football team
#2 Ohio State Buckeyes at #18 Michigan Wolverines
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Ohio State 3 6 6823
Michigan 7 3 71431

at Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

  • Date: November 25, 1995
  • Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: Mostly Sunny, Cool, 45 °F (7 °C), Wind 15-20
  • Game attendance: 106,228
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1996 Citrus Bowl

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See also: 1995 Tennessee Volunteers football team
#5 Ohio State Buckeyes vs #4 Tennessee Volunteers
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Ohio State 7 0 0714
Tennessee 0 7 7620

at Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida

  • Date: January 1, 1996
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: Cloudy, Occasional Rain, 70 °F (21 °C), Wind SW 10-15
  • Game attendance: 70,797
  • Referee: Steve Useschek

Coaching staff

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Depth chart

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Awards and honors

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  • Eddie George, Heisman Memorial Trophy
  • Eddie George, Walter Camp Player of the Year Award
  • Eddie George, Doak Walker Award
  • Eddie George, Maxwell Award
  • Terry Glenn, Fred Biletnikoff Award
  • Orlando Pace, Vince Lombardi Award

1996 NFL draftees

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Player Round Pick Position NFL club
Terry Glenn 1 7 Wide receiver New England Patriots
Rickey Dudley 1 9 Tight end Oakland Raiders
Eddie George 1 14 Running back Houston Oilers
Bobby Hoying 3 85 Quarterback Philadelphia Eagles

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References

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  1. ^ "Vols upstage Buckeyes with big plays, defense". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. January 2, 1996. Retrieved February 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Park, Jack (2003). The Official Ohio State Football Encyclopedia. Champaign, Illinois: Sports Publishing LLC. ISBN 1-58261-695-7.
  3. ^ "Ohio St. 56, Iowa 35 - UPI Archives". UPI. October 28, 1995. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  4. ^ Ohio State, 1995 Football Media Guide
  5. ^ 1986 Ohio State Football Media Guide
  6. ^ "1996 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.
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