1984 Ohio State Football Roster

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Season Record: 9-3
Conference Record: 7-2
Home Record: 6-0
Road Record: 3-3 (Rose Bowl vs. USC considered road game)
Final AP Ranking:
1984 Roster: 108 players (69% from Ohio)
1985 NFL Draft Selections: 3

1984 Roster

#	Player	Position	Date of Birth	Height	Weight	Birthday	Hometown	High School
	Jon Hill	C, LS	April 13, 2023	5'11"	216	-	Akron, OH	Ellet
1	Mike Lanese	FL, ST, TB	January 8, 2023	6'0"	186	7/6/1964	Mayfield, OH	Mayfield
2	Cris Carter	SE, ST	December 5, 2022	6'3"	194	11/25/1965	Middletown, OH	Middletown
3	Sean Bell	DB, FS, ST	November 15, 2022	6'2"	195	12/25/1965	Middletown, OH	Middletown
3	Jeff Doty	QB	March 8, 2023	6'4"	207	-	Columbus, OH	Hilliard
3	Jim Palmer	CB, ST	April 9, 2023	5'11"	180	11/23/1962	Williamsburg, VA	Lafayette
4	Dino Dawson	FL	December 6, 2022	6'0"	192	12/12/1965	Middletown, OH	Middletown
4	Kelvin Bell	CB, S	April 2, 2023	6'2"	200	9/12/1963	Richmond, VA	Highland Springs
4	Emmett Keith-Jones	TB	April 13, 2023	6'0"	193	-	Xenia, OH	Xenia
5	Gary Marcinick	FL	March 8, 2023	6'0"	172	-	Brooklyn Heights, OH	Cuyahoga Heights
5	Jeff Cargile	DB, FB, ST	April 2, 2023	6'0"	209	1/15/1964	Cincinnati, OH	Roger Bacon
6	Jamie Holland	FL, ST	December 7, 2022	6'2"	186	2/1/1964	Wake Forest, NC	Rolesville, NC
8	Scott Leach	CB, DB, OLB, ST	December 8, 2022	6'3"	221	9/18/1963	White Plains, NY	Bassick
8	Courtney Gasper	QB	April 13, 2023	6'1"	186	-	Alexandria, VA	Ft. Hunt
9	Gary Alders	OLB, P, QB, ST	April 2, 2023	6'2"	210	1/5/1963	Centerville, OH	Centerville
9	Tim Marsh	K	April 13, 2023	6'1"	180	-	Worthington, OH	Worthington
10	Rich Spangler	K	January 11, 2023	6'1"	206	10/29/1963	Geneva, OH	Geneva
11	Steve Hill	CB, DB	January 2, 2023	6'1"	196	4/21/1964	Ft. Walton Beach, FL	Choctowatchee
11	Keith Key	TB	April 13, 2023	5'11"	186	-	Pittsburgh, PA	Peabody
12	Terry White	FS	December 19, 2022	5'9"	174	12/20/1964	Cambridge, OH	Cambridge
13	Scott Powell	H, OLB, QB, TE	November 17, 2022	6'4"	221	2/19/1966	North Canton, OH	Hoover
14	Eric Kumerow	OLB	November 24, 2022	6'6"	250	4/17/1965	River Forest, IL	Oak Park
15	Rich Lishewski	CB, S	December 23, 2022	5'11"	188	-	Toledo, OH	St. Francis de Sales
15	Mike Tomczak	QB	April 10, 2023	6'1"	192	10/23/1962	Calumet City, IL	Thornton Fractional North
16	Jim Karsatos	QB	December 7, 2022	6'3"	224	5/26/1963	Fullerton, CA	Sunny Hills
18	Gary Clift	FL, QB, SE	November 16, 2022	6'2"	195	12/12/1965	Brunswick, OH	Brunswick
19	Tom Tupa	P, QB	November 27, 2022	6'5"	216	2/6/1966	Brecksville, OH	Brecksville
20	Dwight Smith	CB, S, ST	November 20, 2022	5'11"	180	9/1/1966	Middletown, OH	Middletown
20	Tim Haller	FL, SE	December 23, 2022	6'1"	182	-	Columbus, OH	Upper Arlington
21	Kevin Delaney	TB	December 30, 2022	6'1"	203	5/22/1964	Worthington, OH	Worthington
21	Kevin Richardson	S, ST, TB	April 9, 2023	6'0"	192	5/25/1963	Cleveland, OH	Benedictine
22	Brian Allen	S	April 13, 2023	5'8"	170	-	Steubenville, OH	Central Catholic
23	Jeff Compton	K	December 6, 2022	5'8"	160	5/2/1966	Ottawa, OH	Ottawa-Glandorf
24	Mike Wood	FS, ST	January 31, 2023	6'0"	190	6/19/1963	Syracuse, NY	Liverpool
25	John Wooldridge	TB	December 19, 2022	5'10"	191	11/22/1963	Akron, OH	Central-Hower
26	Nate Harris	FL	November 23, 2022	5'11"	180	5/15/1965	Akron, OH	Central-Hower
28	Roman Bates	FB, TB	December 4, 2022	6'0"	207	3/2/1964	Memphis, TN	Hamilton
28	Dane Bartley	OLB	April 13, 2023	6'0"	195	-	Waverly, OH	Waverly
29	Greg Rogan	CB	November 24, 2022	5'10"	187	-	Urbana, OH	Urbana
30	Mike Kee	ILB, OLB, ST	December 8, 2022	6'2"	219	11/30/1963	Columbus, OH	Eastmoor
32	Tom Anderzack	OLB, ST	November 22, 2022	6'3"	212	12/29/1965	Toledo, OH	Central Catholic
33	Larry Kolic	ILB	January 8, 2023	6'1"	248	8/31/1963	Smithville, OH	Smithville
34	Jay Holland	SE	April 5, 2023	5'11"	181	11/30/1962	Columbus, OH	Mifflin
35	Joe Jenkins	ILB, ST	December 7, 2022	6'2"	224	6/7/1965	Chicago, IL	St. Rita
36	Chris Spielman	ILB	November 22, 2022	6'2"	236	10/11/1965	Massillon, OH	Washington
37	William White	CB	November 27, 2022	5'10"	192	2/19/1966	Lima, OH	Lima Senior
39	Reggie Graves	OLB	December 22, 2022	6'4"	236	12/25/1964	Decatur, GA	Columbia
39	Mark Pfister	FB, ILB	January 11, 2023	6'2"	232	12/30/1963	Columbus, OH	Upper Arlington
39	Tim Coleman	CB	April 13, 2023	5'9"	177	-	Buffalo, NY	McKinley
41	Keith Byars	FB, TB	March 8, 2023	6'2"	236	10/14/1963	Dayton, OH	Roth
42	Tony Cooper	FB	April 2, 2023	6'2"	232	12/13/1963	Circleville, OH	Circleville
43	Barry Walker	FB, ST, TB	December 19, 2022	6'0"	217	1/4/1964	Lancaster, OH	Lancaster
46	Ken Blair	FB	April 2, 2023	5'11"	217	1/20/1962	Newbury, OH	Newbury
47	Ray Jackson	CB, SS	November 24, 2022	6'0"	190	1/11/1965	Akron, OH	Central-Hower
49	Doug Smith	S, SE	January 11, 2023	6'1"	212	2/4/1963	Atlanta, GA	Fulton
50	Tim Odom	C	January 11, 2023	6'3"	250	2/22/1964	Villa Hills, KY	Moeller
51	Greg Zackeroff	OG	November 20, 2022	6'5"	265	4/15/1966	Warren, OH	Harding
52	Doug Whitmer	LS	April 10, 2023	6'0"	200	11/14/1961	Kettering, OH	Fairmont West
53	Rich Morris	C	December 11, 2022	6'4"	252	1/3/1965	Wheaton, IL	North
55	Ray Holliman	DT	November 23, 2022	6'4"	262	11/16/1965	Holland, MI	West Ottawa
56	Jim Gilmore	C, DT, OG	December 30, 2022	6'5"	262	12/19/1962	Philadelphia, PA	Northeast Catholic
57	Dave Morrill	DT	April 8, 2023	6'3"	258	4/27/1963	Centerville, OH	Centerville
58	Dennis Hueston	OLB	April 13, 2023	6'1"	210	12/20/1963	Toledo, OH	South
59	Anthony Giuliani	NG	April 4, 2023	6'0"	248	11/2/1962	Westerville, OH	Westerville South
60	Bill Harvey	ILB	April 4, 2023	6'2"	233	12/31/1962	Springfield, VA	West Springfield
61	John Sullivan	DT, OG	April 9, 2023	6'4"	253	4/28/1963	Chicago, IL	DeSales
62	Tom McCormick	OG, OT	April 7, 2023	6'6"	253	6/9/1963	Rocky River, OH	Lakewood St. Edward
63	Kirk Lowdermilk	C, NG, OG	April 7, 2023	6'3"	262	4/10/1963	Salem, OH	Salem
63	Bill Krill	OLB	April 13, 2023	5'11"	203	-	Bryan, OH	Bryan
64	Jim Lachey	OG	April 7, 2023	6'6"	274	6/4/1963	St. Henry, OH	St. Henry
64	Ed Schaefer	OLB	April 13, 2023	6'0"	209	-	Columbus, OH	Westland
65	Tom Glancey	OG	December 30, 2022	6'4"	264	8/1/1964	North Palm Beach, FL	Cardinal Newman
66	Mike Madigan	C, OT	January 10, 2023	6'4"	267	2/20/1966	Wapakoneta, OH	Wapakoneta
68	Tim James	OG	January 8, 2023	6'1"	271	10/17/1965	Cincinnati, OH	Elder
69	Jay Shaffer	OT	November 26, 2022	6'7"	288	11/17/1964	Lakeside, OH	Boardman
71	Bob Maggs	C, OT	December 9, 2022	6'5"	287	11/29/1963	Youngstown, OH	Cardinal Mooney
72	Henry Brown	DT, OT	November 22, 2022	6'4"	262	1/27/1965	New York, NY	Andrew Jackson
72	Larry Kotterman	OT	December 8, 2022	6'7"	284	8/17/1964	Crestline, OH	Ontario
72	Ray Conlin	DT	April 13, 2023	6'1"	241	-	Turnersville, NJ	Washington Township
73	Mark Krerowicz	OT	April 7, 2023	6'4"	282	3/1/1963	Toledo, OH	St. John's
73	Tom Foster	OLB	April 13, 2023	6'3"	220	-	Worthington, OH	Worthington
74	Scott Zalenski	OG	April 10, 2023	6'5"	257	6/12/1962	Bethel Park, PA	Bethel Park
75	Rory Graves	OT	December 31, 2022	6'6"	280	7/21/1963	Decatur, GA	Columbia
76	Dan Bachorski	OT	December 24, 2022	6'5"	282	1/15/1964	Bridgeville, PA	Chartiers
77	Jim Davidson	C, DT, OG, OLB, ST	November 23, 2022	6'5"	245	12/8/1965	Westerville, OH	Westerville North
77	Ron Paulsen	OG, OT	January 11, 2023	6'5"	258	1/31/1964	Long Beach, CA	Artesia
78	Mike Durham	OG, OT	December 6, 2022	6'6"	266	1/6/1966	Evanston, IL	Loyola Academy
79	Joe Garber	DT	December 22, 2022	6'3"	242	-	Columbus, OH	Bishop Watterson
79	Mike Bloemer	OT	December 24, 2022	6'4"	255	10/1/1965	Cincinnati, OH	Aiken
80	Ed Taggart	Quarterback	December 15, 2022	6'3"	223	12/19/1964	Akron, OH	St. Vincent-St. Mary
81	John Hutchinson	OLB, ST, TE	December 7, 2022	6'3"	232	12/1/1963	Atwater, OH	Waterloo
82	Byron Lee	OLB	January 8, 2023	6'3"	226	9/8/1964	Columbus, OH	Eastmoor
83	Frank Hoak	ST, TE	November 23, 2022	6'2"	222	5/1/1966	Richeyville, PA	Beth Center
83	Jim McConville	DT	January 10, 2023	6'4"	248	3/16/1963	Cleveland, OH	St. Edwards
85	Judd Groza	TE	April 4, 2023	6'2"	234	9/14/1961	Berea, OH	Berea
86	Paul Allen	K	April 2, 2023	5'10"	178	8/25/1963	New York, NY	Hewlett
86	Gene Longo	OLB	April 13, 2023	6'3"	214	-	Canal Winchester, OH	Canal Winchester
87	Jim Carroll	Center, TE	December 24, 2022	6'4"	233	1/18/1966	Brook Park, OH	Berea
88	Alex Higdon	DT, ST, TE	November 23, 2022	6'5"	251	9/9/1966	Cincinnati, OH	Princeton
90	Fred Ridder	DT, ILB, NG	November 25, 2022	6'2"	230	9/29/1965	Eaton, OH	Eaton
91	Jim Klohn	NG	April 6, 2023	6'2"	243	11/15/1964	Ravenna, OH	Ravenna
94	Rob Selvaggio	Center	April 13, 2023	6'4"	217	-	Eagan, MN	Sibley
95	Darryl Lee	DT, NG	December 9, 2022	6'3"	264	9/12/1963	Columbus, OH	Marion-Franklin
95	Brian Stukey	Center, TE	March 8, 2023	6'4"	210	-	Belpre, OH	Belpre
96	Tom Bose	OLB	April 2, 2023	6'3"	234	1/24/1964	Stow, OH	Stow
97	Dave Crecelius	DT	April 4, 2023	6'5"	252	10/31/1962	Ashland, OH	Ashland
98	Thomas “Pepper” Johnson	ILB, ST	January 8, 2023	6'3"	248	7/29/1964	Detroit, MI	Mackenzie
99	Michael McCray	OLB, ST	November 15, 2022	6'3"	230	6/23/1965	Dayton, OH	Dunbar

Prior Year: 1983 Ohio State Football Roster
Next Year: 1985 Ohio State Football Roster

Coaching Staff:

Head Coach: Earle Bruce
Offensive Coordinator: Glen Mason
Offensive Backfield: Jim Tressel
Tackles and Tight Ends: Bill Myles
Guards and Centers: Steve Devine
Defensive Coordinator: Bob Tucker
Outside Linebackers: Fred Pagac
Tackles and Nose Guards: Randy Hart
Defensive Backfield: Gary Blackney
Inside Linebackers: Bill Conley

1984 Ohio State Football Statistics

1984 Ohio State Passing Stats

Player	Comp	Pass Att	Cmp %	Pass Yds	Pass TD	Pass Int
Mike Tomczak	145	244	59.4	1952	10	11
Jim Karsatos	23	38	60.5	334	2	2
Keith Byars	1	1	100.0	35	1	0

1984 Ohio State Rushing Stats

Player	Rush Att	Rush Yds	Rush Avg	Rush TD	Fum	Lost	FR
Keith Byars	336	1764	5.3	22	3	2	2
John Wooldridge	108	633	5.9	4	1	0	1
Mike Tomczak	44	-1	0.0	1	11	3	7
Roman Bates	35	152	4.3	2	1	1	0
Barry Walker	30	154	5.1	1	0	0	0
Tim Coleman	11	37	3.4	0	0	0	0
George Cooper	11	49	4.5	0	0	0	0
Jim Karsatos	10	15	1.5	1	1	0	1
Kevin Delaney	7	30	4.3	2	0	0	0
Mike Lanese	6	59	9.8	2	3	2	1
Jamie Holland	3	7	2.3	0	1	0	1
Tom Tupa	3	-23	-7.7	0	0	0	0
Dino Dawson	2	7	3.5	0	0	0	0
Ken Blair	2	2	1.0	0	0	0	0

1984 Ohio State Receiving Stats

Player	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec Avg	Rec TD
Keith Byars	42	479	11.4	2
Mike Lanese	41	618	15.1	1
Cris Carter	41	648	15.8	8
Ed Taggart	14	139	9.9	0
John Wooldridge	9	120	13.3	0
Doug Smith	9	119	13.2	0
Dino Dawson	4	129	32.3	2
Barry Walker	4	28	7.0	0
Jamie Holland	2	20	10.0	0
Kevin Delaney	1	7	7.0	0
Judd Groza	1	2	2.0	0
Alex Higdon	1	12	12.0	0

1984 Ohio State Defensive Stats

Player	Position	Tkl	Solo	Asst	TFL	TFL Yds	Sacks	Sack Yds	FF	FR	Int	Int Yds	PBU	Blk	Def TD
Thomas “Pepper” Johnson	ILB, ST	140	77	63	5	18	1	9	3	4	3	40	5	0	0
Dave Morrill	DT	77	40	37	8	33	4	24	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Larry Kolic	ILB	74	40	34	2	10	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	1
Terry White	FS	71	41	30	3	15	1	11	0	0	4	35	5	0	0
Anthony Giuliani	NG	68	37	31	8	52	4	41	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Sonny Gordon	CB, SS	64	41	23	2	3	0	0	1	1	4	46	4	0	0
Greg Rogan	CB	59	37	22	2	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0
Byron Lee	OLB	50	23	27	5	61	4	60	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
William White	CB	48	31	17	1	2	0	0	0	2	3	23	7	0	1
Dave Crecelius	DT	47	28	19	4	32	3	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Spielman	ILB	45	24	21	2	10	1	7	1	1	0	0	2	0	0
Eric Kumerow	OLB	36	20	16	5	28	3	22	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Dennis Hueston	OLB	35	14	21	3	14	2	13	1	0	0	0	3	0	0
Mark Pfister	FB, ILB	28	14	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Ridder	DT, ILB, NG	23	12	11	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Leach	CB, DB, OLB, ST	18	9	9	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0
Steve Hill	CB, DB	17	6	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0
Darryl Lee	DT, NG	14	9	5	5	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Cargile	DB, FB, ST	8	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Richardson	S, ST, TB	8	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Joe Jenkins	ILB, ST	8	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
Gary Alders	OLB, P, QB, ST	7	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Harvey	ILB	7	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Palmer	CB, ST	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
John Wooldridge	TB	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Holliman	DT	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Kee	ILB, OLB, ST	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Sullivan	DT, OG	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Lanese	FL, ST, TB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kelvin Bell	CB, S	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Roman Bates	FB, TB	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Whitmer	LS	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Lachey	OG	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Conlin	DT	2	2	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Higdon	DT, ST, TE	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1984 Ohio State Kicking and Punting Stats

Player	Pt	Pt Yds	Punt Avg	TB	I20	Pt Blkd	XP	XPA	XP %	FG	FGA	FG %
Tom Tupa	45	2118	47.1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Rich Spangler	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	45	47	95.7	14	19	73.7

1984 Ohio State Kick and Punt Return Stats

Player	KR	KR Yds	KR Avg	PR	PR Yds	PR Avg
John Wooldridge	10	198	19.8	0	0	0.0
Keith Byars	8	198	24.8	0	0	0.0
Cris Carter	2	23	11.5	0	0	0.0
Mike Lanese	1	17	17.0	13	78	6.0
Jamie Holland	1	17	17.0	0	0	0.0
Barry Walker	1	6	6.0	0	0	0.0
Dino Dawson	0	0	0.0	6	22	3.7
Steve Hill	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Terry White	0	0	0.0	3	7	2.3
Kevin Richardson	0	0	0.0	1	7	7.0
Jay Holland	0	0	0.0	4	20	5.0

1984 Ohio State Football Schedule & Results

Date	Game	Result	Stadium	Attendance	Line	Over/Under
1984-09-08 10:05:58September 8, 1984	Oregon State @ #6 Ohio State	14 - 22	Ohio Stadium	88,072	NL	-
1984-09-15 10:17:07September 15, 1984	Washington State @ #9 Ohio State	0 - 44	Ohio Stadium	88,297	OSU -9	-
1984-09-22 10:03:29September 22, 1984	#14 Iowa @ #5 Ohio State	26 - 45	Ohio Stadium	89,733	OSU -2.5	-
1984-09-29 10:09:52September 29, 1984	#3 Ohio State @ Minnesota	35 - 22	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	47,543	OSU -27	-
1984-10-06 10:14:29October 6, 1984	#2 Ohio State @ Purdue	23 - 28	Ross-Ade Stadium	66,261	OSU -9	-
1984-10-13 10:23:45October 13, 1984	Illinois @ #8 Ohio State	38 - 45	Ohio Stadium	89,937	OSU -6.5	-
1984-10-20 10:41:40October 20, 1984	#8 Ohio State @ Michigan State	23 - 20	Spartan Stadium	75,123	OSU -8	-
1984-10-27 10:48:42October 27, 1984	#6 Ohio State @ Wisconsin	14 - 16	Camp Randall Stadium	78,606	OSU -8.5	-
1984-11-03 10:52:54November 3, 1984	Indiana @ #16 Ohio State	7 - 50	Ohio Stadium	89,366	OSU -21.5	-
1984-11-10 10:56:28November 10, 1984	#13 Ohio State @ Northwestern	52 - 3	Dyche Stadium	31,087	OSU -25	-
1984-11-17 10:59:58November 17, 1984	Michigan @ #11 Ohio State	6 - 21	Ohio Stadium	90,286	OSU -8	-
1985-01-01 11:04:18January 1, 1985	#18 USC vs. #6 Ohio State - Rose Bowl	20 - 17	Rose Bowl	102,594	OSU -4	-

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1984 Ohio State Football Schedule & Results

1984 Ohio State Football Schedule & Results