1986 Ohio State Football Roster

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Season Record: 10-3
Conference Record: 7-1
Home Record: 5-1
Road Record: 4-1 (1-1 neutral site)
1986 Roster: 105 players (76% from Ohio)
1987 NFL Draft Selections: 5

1986 Roster

#	Player	Position	Height	Weight	Birthday	Hometown	High School
1	Lance Price	CB, TB	6'1"	190	2/4/1967	Toledo, OH	Scott
2	Cris Carter	SE, ST	6'3"	194	11/25/1965	Middletown, OH	Middletown
3	Sean Bell	DB, FS, ST	6'2"	195	12/25/1965	Middletown, OH	Middletown
4	Wes Siegenthaler	SE	6'0"	172	10/6/1967	Massillon, OH	Washington
4	Dino Dawson	FL	6'0"	192	12/12/1965	Middletown, OH	Middletown
5	Everett Ross	FL, SE, ST, TB	5'11"	188	3/6/1966	Columbus, OH	Eastmoor
5	Jim McNulty	CB	6'0"	190	-	Mentor, OH	Lake Catholic
6	Pat O’Morrow	K	5'11"	180	10/24/1967	Radford, VA	Radford
6	Jamie Holland	FL, ST	6'2"	186	2/1/1964	Wake Forest, NC	Rolesville, NC
7	Sonny Gordon	CB, SS	6'0"	192	7/30/1965	Middletown, OH	Middletown
8	Scott Leach	CB, DB, OLB, ST	6'3"	221	9/18/1963	White Plains, NY	Bassick
9	Mike Morton	K	6'2"	196	3/25/1965	Worthington, OH	Worthington
9	Tom Bolyard	QB	6'3"	192	1/24/1967	Orrville, OH	Orrville
10	Derek Isaman	ILB, OLB	6'3"	220	4/3/1967	Fremont, OH	Ross
11	Bill Matlock	FB, ST	5'9"	220	4/22/1967	Columbus, OH	Beechcroft
13	Scott Powell	H, OLB, QB, TE	6'4"	221	2/19/1966	North Canton, OH	Hoover
14	Eric Kumerow	OLB	6'6"	250	4/17/1965	River Forest, IL	Oak Park
15	Greg Frey	QB	6'2"	195	1/29/1968	Cincinnati, OH	St. Xavier
15	Rich Lishewski	CB, S	5'11"	188	-	Toledo, OH	St. Francis de Sales
16	Mike Chancey	OLB, QB	6'4"	245	4/21/1968	Syracuse, OH	Meigs
16	Jim Karsatos	QB	6'3"	224	5/26/1963	Fullerton, CA	Sunny Hills
17	John Wagoner	FL, QB, ST, SS	6'3"	207	6/01/1968	High Point, NC	Andrews
18	Gary Clift	FL, QB, SE	6'2"	195	12/12/1965	Brunswick, OH	Brunswick
19	Tom Tupa	P, QB	6'5"	216	2/6/1966	Brecksville, OH	Brecksville
19	Joe Canestraro	CB	6'0"	192	-	Steubenville, OH	Catholic Central
20	Dwight Smith	CB, S, ST	5'11"	180	9/1/1966	Middletown, OH	Middletown
20	Tim Haller	FL, SE	6'1"	182	-	Columbus, OH	Upper Arlington
21	Zack Dumas	CB, ST, SS	6'2"	192	3/14/1968	Deptford, NJ	Deptford
22	Tony Cupe	CB, WR	6'0"	190	4/24/1968	Columbus, OH	South
23	Jeff Compton	K	5'8"	160	5/2/1966	Ottawa, OH	Ottawa-Glandorf
25	John Wooldridge	TB	5'10"	191	11/22/1963	Akron, OH	Central-Hower
26	Nate Harris	FL	5'11"	180	5/15/1965	Akron, OH	Central-Hower
26	Brian Tuffin	CB	6'0"	202	-	Shaker Heights, OH	Shaker Heights
27	David Brown	CB, S	6'0"	182	7/7/1966	Utica, NY	Notre Dame
28	Anthony Woodford	LS	6'0"	178	-	Columbus, OH	Eastmoor
29	Greg Rogan	CB	5'10"	187	-	Urbana, OH	Urbana
30	Dedrick Howard	OLB	6'3"	222	11/26/1966	Middletown, OH	Middletown
30	Mike Kee	ILB, OLB, ST	6'2"	219	11/30/1963	Columbus, OH	Eastmoor
32	Tom Anderzack	OLB, ST	6'3"	212	12/29/1965	Toledo, OH	Central Catholic
33	Steve Gresock	FB	5'10"	220	3/5/1962	Boardman, OH	Boardman
35	Joe Jenkins	ILB, ST	6'2"	224	6/7/1965	Chicago, IL	St. Rita
36	Chris Spielman	ILB	6'2"	236	10/11/1965	Massillon, OH	Washington
37	William White	CB	5'10"	192	2/19/1966	Lima, OH	Lima Senior
37	Hayden Humphrey	TB	6'1"	182	-	Worthington, OH	Worthington
38	Chris Boddie	FB	6'2"	240	12/26/1967	Toronto, ON	York Memorial Institute
39	Reggie Graves	OLB	6'4"	236	12/25/1964	Decatur, GA	Columbia
41	Jaymes Bryant	TB	6'0"	215	6/18/1967	Harrisburg, PA	Bishop McDevitt
42	Vince Workman	FL, TB	5'11"	195	5/9/1967	Dublin, OH	Dublin
43	Ceroy Robinson	CB	5'10"	185	5/16/1968	Bethesda, MD	Chevy Chase
43	Barry Walker	FB, ST, TB	6'0"	217	1/4/1964	Lancaster, OH	Lancaster
44	George Cooper	FB	6'2"	246	12/8/1964	Wyandanch, NY	Wyandanch
46	Jim Peel	ST, SS	5'11"	190	4/15/1968	Beaver Falls, PA	Blackhawk
47	Ray Jackson	CB, SS	6'0"	190	1/11/1965	Akron, OH	Central-Hower
48	Mark “Bo” Pelini	FS	6'2"	195	12/13/1967	Youngstown, OH	Cardinal Mooney
50	Jeff Davidson	OG, OT	6'6"	300	10/03/1967	Westerville, OH	North
51	Greg Zackeroff	OG	6'5"	265	4/15/1966	Warren, OH	Harding
52	Tom Moore	C, LS, ST	6'3"	227	2/19/1966	Orrville, OH	Orrville
53	Rich Morris	C	6'4"	252	1/3/1965	Wheaton, IL	North
54	Pat Thomas	NG	6'1"	260	6/6/1966	Centerville, OH	Centerville
55	Ray Holliman	DT	6'4"	262	11/16/1965	Holland, MI	West Ottawa
56	Orlondo Craig	ILB	6'1"	215	7/12/1967	Detroit, MI	Mackenzie
57	John Sullivan	ILB	6'0"	237	10/27/1965	Timberlake, OH	Lake Catholic
58	Tom Scholl	C	6'1"	220	-	Columbus, OH	Watterson
58	Ed Soltis	ILB, ST	6'3"	224	-	Youngstown, OH	Austintown Fitch
59	Matt Closson	OLB	6'2"	223	8/12/1967	Delphos, OH	Jefferson
61	Ken Voll	C, OG	6'3"	270	6/15/1968	Lakewood, OH	Lakewood
62	Tony Moore	DT, OT	6'4"	296	1/30/1968	Amherst, OH	Steele
62	Dan Hirneise	C	6'3"	290	10/1/1966	Marion, OH	Pleasant
62	Charlie Keenan	NG, OLB, ST	6'2"	220	10/2/1966	Steubenville, OH	Steubenville
64	Mike Kuri	C, LS	6'5"	275	6/10/1967	Martins Ferry, OH	Martins Ferry
65	Erik Grimm	OG	6'4"	260	8/23/1968	Sisterville, WV	Sisterville
66	Karl Coles	DT, OG	6'5"	295	2/23/1967	Gahanna, OH	Lincoln
67	Mike Sullivan	ILB, NG, ST	6'0"	241	10/27/1965	Timberlake, OH	Lake Catholic
68	Jeff Uhlenhake	C, DT, OG	6'4"	270	1/28/1966	Newark, OH	Newark Catholic
69	Jay Shaffer	OT	6'7"	288	11/17/1964	Lakeside, OH	Boardman
70	Steve France	OG, OT	6'5"	275	12/27/1966	Lancaster, PA	Catholic
71	Bob Maggs	C, OT	6'5"	287	11/29/1963	Youngstown, OH	Cardinal Mooney
72	Henry Brown	DT, OT	6'4"	262	1/27/1965	New York, NY	Andrew Jackson
72	Larry Kotterman	OT	6'7"	284	8/17/1964	Crestline, OH	Ontario
73	Jeff Kuczek	OG	6'4"	254	10/11/1967	Boardman, OH	Boardman
74	Tim Moxley	OT	6'7"	310	3/6/1967	Barnesville, OH	Barnesville
75	John Peterson	OG	6'4"	292	3/20/1968	Middletown, OH	Middletown
76	Dan Beatty	C, DT	6'4"	285	9/18/1967	East Liverpool, OH	East Liverpool
76	John Grubb	C, LS	5'11"	190	-	Whitehall, OH	Whitehall
77	Jim Davidson	C, DT, OG, OLB, ST	6'5"	245	12/8/1965	Westerville, OH	Westerville North
78	Mike Durham	OG, OT	6'6"	266	1/6/1966	Evanston, IL	Loyola Academy
79	Joe Staysniak	OT	6'5"	290	12/08/1966	Elyria, OH	Midview
79	Joe Garber	DT	6'3"	242	-	Columbus, OH	Bishop Watterson
80	Ed Taggart	Quarterback	6'3"	223	12/19/1964	Akron, OH	St. Vincent-St. Mary
81	John Hutchinson	OLB, ST, TE	6'3"	232	12/1/1963	Atwater, OH	Waterloo
83	Frank Hoak	ST, TE	6'2"	222	5/1/1966	Richeyville, PA	Beth Center
85	Jim Palmer	TE	6'5"	250	9/5/1966	Loudonville, OH	Loudonville
86	Gary Lickovitch	TE	6'3"	245	10/28/1966	Solon, OH	Solon
87	Rich Huffman	ST, TE	6'3"	240	11/21/1967	Salem, OH	Salem
88	Alex Higdon	DT, ST, TE	6'5"	251	9/9/1966	Cincinnati, OH	Princeton
89	Chris Skipper	OLB	6'2"	220	8/28/1967	Middletown, OH	Middletown
90	Fred Ridder	DT, ILB, NG	6'2"	230	9/29/1965	Eaton, OH	Eaton
90	Don Morris	Center	6'0"	208	-	Xenia, OH	Xenia
91	Brian Benio	ILB	6'2"	230	3/2/1968	Roswell, GA	Roswell
92	Ken Coleman	NG	6'2"	260	5/24/1968	Dayton, OH	Meadowdale
93	Ty Jones	DT	6'0"	233	-	Akron, OH	Ellet
95	Darryl Lee	DT, NG	6'3"	264	9/12/1963	Columbus, OH	Marion-Franklin
96	Srecko Zizakovic	DE, DT, OLB	6'5"	250	8/13/1966	Weston, ON	Weston Collegiate
98	Mike Showalter	DT	6'4"	272	6/3/1968	Bay Village, OH	Bay Village
99	Michael McCray	OLB, ST	6'3"	230	6/23/1965	Dayton, OH	Dunbar

Previous Year: 1985 Ohio State Football Roster
Next Year: 1987 Ohio State Football Roster

Coaching Staff:

Head Coach: Earle Bruce
Defensive Coordinator: Gary Blackney
Quarterbacks & Wide Receivers: Tom Lichtenberg
Running Backs: Lenny Willis
Interior Offensive Line: Steve Devine
Tackles & Tight Ends: Bob Palcic
Outside Linebackers: Fred Pagac
Inside Linebackers: Bill Conley
Defensive Line: Randy Hart
Defensive Backs: Chuck Heater

1986 Ohio State Football Statistics

1986 Ohio State Passing Stats

Player	Comp	Pass Att	Cmp %	Pass Yds	Pass TD	Pass Int
Jim Karsatos	145	272	53.3	2122	13	10
Tom Tupa	30	49	61.2	398	3	2
Vince Workman	1	2	50.0	10	1	0
Everett Ross	0	1	0.0	0	0	1

1986 Ohio State Rushing Stats

Player	Rush Att	Rush Yds	Rush Avg	Rush TD	FR
Vince Workman	210	1030	4.9	8	0
Jaymes Bryant	141	656	4.7	3	0
George Cooper	113	467	4.1	6	0
Jim Karsatos	47	128	2.7	3	2
Tom Tupa	23	18	0.8	0	0
John Wooldridge	10	30	3.0	0	0
Barry Walker	9	35	3.9	0	0
Jamie Holland	8	3	0.4	1	1
Steve Gresock	5	14	2.8	0	0
Everett Ross	3	16	5.3	0	1
Bill Matlock	3	9	3.0	0	0
Ceroy Robinson	3	18	6.0	0	0
Alex Higdon	3	22	7.3	0	1
Nate Harris	2	7	3.5	0	0
Cris Carter	1	6	6.0	0	3

1986 Ohio State Receiving Stats

Player	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec Avg	Rec TD
Cris Carter	69	1127	16.3	11
Nate Harris	30	496	16.5	2
Vince Workman	19	157	8.3	1
George Cooper	16	156	9.8	0
Everett Ross	15	291	19.4	2
Ed Taggart	12	109	9.1	0
Jamie Holland	8	142	17.8	1
Jaymes Bryant	5	34	6.8	0
Dino Dawson	2	18	9.0	0

1986 Ohio State Defensive Statistics

Player	Position	Tkl	Solo	Asst	TFL	TFL Yds	Sacks	Sack Yds	FF	FR	Int	Int Yds	PBU	Blk	Def TD
Chris Spielman	ILB	205	105	100	9	26	2	13	1	0	6	118	2	0	1
Sonny Gordon	CB, SS	94	54	40	7	31	1	17	2	4	7	39	0	0	0
Mike Kee	ILB, OLB, ST	93	48	45	7	20	0	0	3	1	2	52	2	0	1
Greg Rogan	CB	79	49	30	5	16	0	0	4	1	5	39	3	0	1
David Brown	CB, S	70	39	31	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	117	2	0	1
Eric Kumerow	OLB	66	42	24	9	62	6	54	1	1	1	3	6	0	0
Scott Leach	CB, DB, OLB, ST	63	24	39	5	20	1	8	1	1	0	0	4	0	0
Darryl Lee	DT, NG	52	16	36	4	29	3	28	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Derek Isaman	ILB, OLB	46	16	30	3	3	1	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0
Mike Sullivan	ILB, NG, ST	45	22	23	2	12	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Fred Ridder	DT, ILB, NG	42	24	18	7	25	2	12	2	1	1	13	2	0	0
John Sullivan	ILB	40	15	25	3	21	2	18	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
William White	CB	38	18	20	1	5	0	0	1	1	2	35	3	0	0
Henry Brown	DT, OT	27	14	13	2	9	1	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Ray Jackson	CB, SS	23	14	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
Zack Dumas	CB, ST, SS	13	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Showalter	DT	13	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Michael McCray	OLB, ST	13	5	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dwight Smith	CB, S, ST	10	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Reggie Graves	OLB	9	3	6	2	9	1	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Sean Bell	DB, FS, ST	7	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Pat Thomas	NG	7	3	4	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Holliman	DT	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Higdon	DT, ST, TE	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Jenkins	ILB, ST	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Hoak	ST, TE	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Srecko Zizakovic	DE, DT, OLB	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Orlondo Craig	ILB	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	0	0	0
John Hutchinson	OLB, ST, TE	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cris Carter	SE, ST	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jamie Holland	FL, ST	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ceroy Robinson	CB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Moore	C, LS, ST	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Tupa	P, QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Maggs	C, OT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1986 Ohio State Kicking and Punting Statistics

Player	Pt	Pt Yds	Punt Avg	I20	Pt Blkd	XP	XPA	XP %	FG	FGA	FG %
Tom Tupa	56	2391	42.7	18	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Pat O’Morrow	0	0	0.0	0	0	12	14	85.7	4	9	44.4
Matt Frantz	0	0	0.0	0	0	26	26	100.0	15	20	75.0

1986 Ohio State Kick and Punt Return Stats

Player	KR	KR Yds	KR Avg	KR TD	PR	PR Yds	PR Avg
Jamie Holland	24	503	21.0	0	0	0	0.0
Everett Ross	8	141	17.6	0	35	296	8.5
Vince Workman	7	162	23.1	23.1	1	7	7.0
Mike Sullivan	3	22	7.3	0	0	0	0.0
Cris Carter	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0

1986 Ohio State Football Schedule & Results

Date	Game	Result	Stadium	Attendance	Line	Over/Under
1986-08-27 00:00:39August 27, 1986	Ohio State vs. Alabama (Kickoff Classic) - Aug. 27, 1986	10 - 16	Giants Stadium	68,296	Bama -4.5	-
1986-09-13 00:00:40September 13, 1986	Ohio State @ Washington - Sept. 13, 1986	7 - 40	Husky Stadium	61,071	OSU -1.5	-
1986-09-20 00:00:49September 20, 1986	Colorado @ Ohio State - Sept. 20, 1986	10 - 13	Ohio Stadium	88,404	OSU -15	-
1986-09-27 00:00:44September 27, 1986	Utah @ Ohio State - Sept. 27, 1986	6 - 64	Ohio Stadium	89,645	OSU -18.5	-
1986-10-04 00:00:25October 4, 1986	Illinois @ Ohio State - October 4, 1986	0 - 14	Ohio Stadium	90,030	OSU -17	-
1986-10-11 00:00:03October 11, 1986	Ohio State @ Indiana - Oct. 11, 1986	24 - 22	Memorial Stadium	51,641	OSU -6.5	-
1986-10-18 00:00:08October 18, 1986	Ohio State @ Purdue - October 18, 1986	39 - 11	Ross-Ade Stadium	68,737	OSU -16	-
1986-10-25 00:00:15October 25, 1986	Minnesota @ Ohio State - Oct. 25, 1986	0 - 33	Ohio Stadium	89,936	OSU -12.5	-
1986-11-01 00:00:39November 1, 1986	Ohio State @ Iowa - Nov. 1, 1986	31 - 10	Kinnick Stadium	67,640	Iowa -3.5	-
1986-11-08 00:00:20November 8, 1986	Northwestern @ Ohio State - Nov. 8, 1986	9 - 30	Ohio Stadium	89,808	OSU -31.5	-
1986-11-15 00:00:21November 15, 1986	Ohio State @ Wisconsin - Nov. 15, 1986	30 - 17	Camp Randall Stadium	62,020	OSU -19.5	-
1986-11-22 00:00:14November 22, 1986	Michigan @ Ohio State - Nov. 22, 1986	26 - 24	Ohio Stadium	90,674	UM -2.5	-
1987-01-01 00:00:52January 1, 1987	Texas A&M vs. Ohio State - Jan. 1, 1987	12 - 28	Cotton Bowl	74,188	TAMU -2.5	-

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1986 Ohio State Football Schedule & Results

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