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Ohio State Buckeyes
Miami Trace. He was just as good in high school as he was in college, as a quarterback from 1978 to 1981.
Lou Holtz. Lou Holtz beat Ohio State in the 2001 Outback Bowl. The final score was 21-7 with Holtz's South Carolina Gamecocks winning. Holtz was assistant for 5 years.
Clifton. He was born there, but he did not live there long. He coached at Ohio State for 27 years, from 1951 to 1978.
4. Under Woody Hayes, Ohio State won four national championships and 13 Big Ten titles. In 1970, he and the Buckeyes were in it, but did not win.
Charlie Bauman. This was the deciding factor in the firing of Woody Hayes, a sad day in Ohio State history.
314. This game was during one of the few night games that Ohio State has ever played in Ohio Stadium. He did this in 1997, and broke Archie Griffin's record.
Keith Byars. Doug Flutie, from Boston College, ended up winning the Heisman for his miracle hail mary pass.
Mike Tomzak. He quarterbacked the buckeyes in the defeat to USC 20-17, later he was picked up in the NFL by the Bears as a free agent in 1986.
Andy Katzenmoyer. Andy Katzenmoyer won the Butkus award as a Sophmore and left for the NFL after his Junoir season.
Joe Germaine. Joe Germaine didn't start in the Rose Bowl, but still led Ohio State to a 20-17 victory and the bowl MVP award.
Art Schlicter set an OSU single game record for passing yardage with 458 yards in 1981 against which team? | Ohio State Football
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Florida State. Schlicter completed 31 of 52 passes in a 36-27 loss. Schlicter was the nation's top high school football prospect in 1978, graduating from Miami (OH) Trace High.
What fullback set a Ohio State single season record for most touchdowns scored, with 26 accomplished his junior year in 1975? | Ohio State Football
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Pete Johnson. Pete went on to play in the NFL with the Cincinnati Bengals.
Ohio State went 27-2 from 1968-1970, losing only to Michigan and what other team? | Ohio State Football
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Stanford. They lost to Stanford 27-17 in the 1971 Rose Bowl.
Jim and Kirk Herbstreit. Kirk was Ohio State's MVP in 1992, while Jim co-captained the 1960 squad.
Ohio State's first national title came in 1942, led by what legendary coach? | Ohio State Football
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Paul Brown. Upon leading the Bucks to a 9-1 record in 1942, Brown left Ohio State after the 1943 campaign and entered military service with a commission with the U.S. Navy.
Who coached defensive backs on Ohio State's 1968 National Championship team? | Ohio State Football
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Lou Holtz. Lou went on to a successful head coaching career both in the NFL and college ranks.
Joe Germaine. Germaine set a school record in throwing for 3330 yards, leading the Buckeyes to a Rose Bowl victory over Arizona State, and a #2 national ranking.
Coach Jim Tressel's father Lee was a legendary coach with division III Baldwin-Wallace in Ohio. He won his only division III national title in which year? | Ohio State Football
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1978. Jim played quarterback for his father at Baldwin-Wallace.
In his 1995 Heisman Trophy winning season, Eddie George set a school record in rushing for how many yards against Illinois? | Ohio State Football
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314. The Buckeyes defeated the Illini 48-14, in which George's performance
solidified his status as the Heisman trophy front-runner.
Archie Griffin. He was a running back for Ohio State that won it back to back in 1974-75.
John Cooper. Cooper coached for 13 years. He was known to lose many big games.
Les Horvath. Bob White came in 4th, but never won it. Janowicz came 6 years after Horvath, who won it in 1944.
1919. It was first built in 1919 with a capacity of around 12,000. It was renovated in 1922 to seat up to 50,000.
Michigan. The song performed during Script Ohio is called La Regiment. It's a French song.
OSU: 31 Miami: 24. The Buckeyes won in double OT.
Earle Bruce. He was a good coach, but not as good as Woody Hayes. He had a record of 81-26-1.
Alexander S. Lilley. Lilley coached from 1890 to 1891. He had a record of 3-5-0.
The Best Damn Band In The Land. They are one of the biggest all brass and percussion bands in the world.
Todd Boeckman. Troy Smith was the quarterback in 2006. Rory Nichol is a tight end, and Brian Robiskie is a WR (wide receiver).
Jim Tressel. Jim Tressel was a coach at Youngstown State University until he moved to Ohio State in 2001. He played quarterback for Baldwin-Wallace college from 1971-1974.
Michigan. Michigan is commonly referred to as "the team up north". Their rivalry game often decides the matchup for the Rose Bowl, or even the National Championship.
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