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1982 Ohio State

9–⁠3 (7–⁠1 Big Ten), coached by Earle Bruce, finished No. 12 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Ohio State in 1982, game by game: won vs. Baylor 21–14; won at Michigan State 31–10; lost vs. Stanford 20–23; lost vs. Florida State 17–34; lost vs. Wisconsin 0–6; won at No. 15 Illinois 26–21; won at Indiana 49–25; won vs. Purdue 38–6; won vs. Minnesota 35–10; won at Northwestern 40–28; won vs. No. 13 Michigan 24–14; won vs. BYU 47–17+32−17Won 21–14 vs. Baylor+7BaylorWon 31–10 at Michigan State+21Michigan StateLost 20–23 vs. Stanford-3StanfordLost 17–34 vs. Florida State-17Florida StateLost 0–6 vs. Wisconsin-6WisconsinWon 26–21 at No. 15 Illinois+5No. 15 IllinoisWon 49–25 at Indiana+24IndianaWon 38–6 vs. Purdue+32PurdueWon 35–10 vs. Minnesota+25MinnesotaWon 40–28 at Northwestern+12NorthwesternWon 24–14 vs. No. 13 Michigan+10No. 13 MichiganWon 47–17 vs. BYU+30BYU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11vsBaylorW 21–⁠1467%
Sep 18atMichigan StateW 31–⁠1064%
Sep 25vsStanfordL 20–⁠2374%
Oct 2vsFlorida StateL 17–⁠3464%
Oct 9vsWisconsinL 0–⁠668%
Oct 16at15IllinoisW 26–⁠2137%
Oct 23atIndianaW 49–⁠2559%
Oct 30vsPurdueW 38–⁠679%
Nov 6vsMinnesotaW 35–⁠1082%
Nov 13atNorthwesternW 40–⁠2882%
Nov 20vs13MichiganW 24–⁠1447%
Dec 17Bowls & playoffvsBYUHoliday BowlW 47–⁠1742%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat BYU 47–⁠17 in the Holiday Bowl; No. 12 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 43rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 128 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 14
  2. Wk 2: 14
  3. Wk 3: 12
  4. Wk 4: 13
  5. Wk 13: 18
  6. Wk 14: 18
  7. Wk 15: 17
  8. Final: 12

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1982.

Consensus All-AmericanMarcus Marek, LB

Record
9–⁠3
Conference
7–⁠1 2nd in Big Ten
AP final
No. 12 peak No. 12
Points
348–⁠208
Coach
Earle Bruce
Elo
1709 +92 this season
SP+ rating
17.9 No. 17 of 109; offense No. 15, defense No. 31
SRS
16.8 No. 15 of 113 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Glen Mason
Defensive coordinator
Bob Tucker
Captains
Glen Cobb, Jerome Foster, Joe Lukens, Marcus Marek, Tim Spencer and Gary Williams
Most valuable player
Tim Spencer

Drafted in 1983

The 1983 draft
Rd 5Jerome Foster DTHouston Oilers

All-Big Ten

5 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Gary WilliamsWRAP-2; UPI-2
  • William RobertsOTUPI-2
  • Glen CobbLBAP-2; UPI-2
  • Shaun GayleDBUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1982 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1982 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan8–⁠18–⁠4
Ohio State7–⁠19–⁠312
Iowa6–⁠28–⁠4
Illinois6–⁠37–⁠5
Wisconsin5–⁠47–⁠5
Indiana4–⁠55–⁠6
Purdue3–⁠63–⁠8
Northwestern2–⁠73–⁠8
Michigan State2–⁠72–⁠9
Minnesota1–⁠83–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.