1989 Ohio State Football Roster

Season Record: 8-4
Conference Record: 6-2
Home Record: 6-0
Road Record 2-3 (0-1 neutral site)
Final AP Ranking: 24th
1989 Roster: 99 players (67% from Ohio)
1990 NFL Draft Selections: 3

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1989 Roster

#	Player	Position	Height	Weight	Birthday	Hometown	High School	Notes
1	Lance Price	CB, TB	6'1"	190	2/4/1967	Toledo, OH	Scott	-
2	Bernard Edwards	FL	6'5"	195	2/24/1969	Ft. Myers, FL	Ft. Myers	-
3	Greg Beatty	SE	5'11"	175	7/1/1970	Houston, TX	Willowridge	-
4	Kirk Herbstreit	H, QB	6'2"	212	8/19/1969	Centerville, OH	Centerville	-
5	Darrell Lewis	SS	6'2"	180	3/24/1971	San Diego, CA	Samuel F.B. Morse	-
6	Pat O’Morrow	K	5'11"	180	10/24/1967	Radford, VA	Radford	-
7	Vinnie Clark	CB	6'1"	193	1/22/1969	Cincinnati, OH	CAPE	-
8	Bobby Olive	FL	6'1"	165	4/22/1969	Atlanta, GA	Douglass	-
9	Jason Frank	QB	6'3"	225	9/18/1970	Anaheim, CA	Servite	-
10	Derek Isaman	ILB, OLB	6'3"	220	4/3/1967	Fremont, OH	Ross	-
12	Nick Cochran	QB	6'2"	195	12/01/1969	Girard, OH	Girard	-
13	Chico Nelson	CB, FS, SS	6'2"	188	12/25/1969	Sarasota, FL	Sarasota	-
14	Chris Stablein	OLB, QB	6'3"	215	1/6/1968	Erie, PA	McDowell	-
15	Greg Frey	QB	6'2"	195	1/29/1968	Cincinnati, OH	St. Xavier	B1G 2nd TM (UPI)
16	Mike Chancey	OLB, QB	6'4"	245	4/21/1968	Syracuse, OH	Meigs	-
17	John Wagoner	FL, QB, ST, SS	6'3"	207	6/01/1968	High Point, NC	Andrews	-
18	Tim Walton	CB	6'0"	163	3/11/1971	Columbus, GA	Carver	-
19	Aaron Payne	SE	5'8"	165	5/16/1971	Louisville, KY	Holy Cross	-
20	Dante Lee	TB	5'10"	180	10/15/1970	Dayton, OH	Meadowdale	-
21	Zack Dumas	CB, ST, SS	6'2"	192	3/14/1968	Deptford, NJ	Deptford	B1G 2nd TM (UPI)
22	Foster Paulk	CB	5'11"	180	11/22/1970	Sarasota, FL	Riverview	-
23	Tim Williams	K, P	5'9"	180	1/17/1971	Waynesville, OH	Wayne Local	-
23	Marc Hicks	SE, TB, WR	6'2"	205	6/2/1966	Davis, CA	Davis	-
24	Roger Harper	FS	6'4"	224	10/26/1970	Columbus, OH	Independence	-
24	Tim Rutledge	CB, ST	6'1"	190	2/5/1969	Youngstown, OH	East	-
25	Carlos Snow	TB	5'9"	200	10/24/1968	Cincinnati, OH	CAPE	-
26	Jeff Bohlman	P	6'3"	205	11/10/67	Centerville, OH	Centerville	-
27	David Brown	CB, S	6'0"	182	7/7/1966	Utica, NY	Notre Dame	-
28	John Spencer	FB	6'0"	215	11/20/1968	St. Clairsville, OH	St. Clairsville	-
29	Bryan Cook	CB, S	6'3"	190	11/13/1969	Youngstown, OH	Ursuline	-
30	Brent Johnson	ILB, OLB, ST	6'1"	218	6/24/1969	Columbus, OH	Bexley	-
31	Mike Giesler	CB	5'11"	185	-	Woodville, OH	Woodmore	-
32	Jon Berger	K	5'11"	180	6/09/1969	Centerville, OH	Centerville	-
32	Dave Bales	ILB	6'2"	219	-	Eastlake, OH	Willoughby South	-
33	Tony Goodgame	TB	6'2"	230	6/30/1970	Roxbury, NJ	Roxbury	-
34	Raymont Harris	TB	6'2"	220	12/23/1970	Lorain, OH	Admiral King	-
35	Scottie Graham	FB	5'10"	220	3/28/1969	Long Beach, NY	Long Beach	-
36	Judah Herman	ILB	6'1"	225	1/10/1970	Bainbridge, OH	Kenston	-
37	Buster Howe	CB	6'0"	180	8/21/1969	Zanesville, OH	Zanesville	-
38	Chris Boddie	FB	6'2"	240	12/26/1967	Toronto, ON	York Memorial Institute	-
39	Tyrone Harrison	FB, ILB	6'2"	235	5/4/1969	Highland Park, NJ	Highland Park	-
41	Jaymes Bryant	TB	6'0"	215	6/18/1967	Harrisburg, PA	Bishop McDevitt	-
42	William Houston	FB	6'1"	245	3/18/1971	Trotwood, OH	Madison	-
43	John Martin	OLB	6'3"	214	1/11/1970	Watseka, IL	Watseka	-
44	Tony Closson	ILB	5'11"	233	9/11/1968	Delphos, OH	Jefferson	-
46	Jim Peel	ST, SS	5'11"	190	4/15/1968	Beaver Falls, PA	Blackhawk	-
48	Mark “Bo” Pelini	FS	6'2"	195	12/13/1967	Youngstown, OH	Cardinal Mooney	-
49	Andy Gurd	ILB	6'3"	230	3/27/1969	Chagrin Falls, OH	Kenston	-
50	Jeff Davidson	OG, OT	6'6"	300	10/03/1967	Westerville, OH	North	B1G 1st TM (AP); 2nd TM (UPI)
51	Mark Williams	OLB	6'4"	220	5/17/1971	Upper Marlboro, MD	Bishop McNamara	-
52	Len Hartman	OG	6'2"	280	11/10/1969	Leavittsburg, OH	LaBrae	-
54	Tyrone Morrison	OLB	6'3"	220	6/28/1971	San Diego, CA	Samuel F.B. Morse	-
54	Pat Thomas	NG	6'1"	260	6/6/1966	Centerville, OH	Centerville	-
55	Ron Lachey	C, LS	6'0"	205	-	St. Henry, OH	St. Henry	-
56	Orlondo Craig	ILB	6'1"	215	7/12/1967	Detroit, MI	Mackenzie	-
57	Greg Smith	NG	6'2"	255	10/23/1969	Canton, OH	Glen Oak	-
58	Steve Tovar	ILB	6'4"	240	4/25/1970	Elyria, OH	West	-
59	Rod Smith	OG	6'3"	297	4/19/1971	Cleveland, OH	St. Joseph	-
60	Don Davis	ILB	6'4"	237	7/19/1971	Gahanna, OH	Lincoln	-
61	Jack Thrush	C, OT	6'4"	260	9/12/1970	Cincinnati, OH	Moeller	-
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	-
63	Roy Nichols	OG, OT	6'5"	295	1/9/1969	Jeannette, PA	Jeannette	-
64	Mike Kuri	C, LS	6'5"	275	6/10/1967	Martins Ferry, OH	Martins Ferry	-
65	Eric Morgan	OG	6'6"	260	7/26/1971	Lorain, OH	Lorain	-
66	Paul Long	C, DT	6'5"	282	4/9/1969	Highland Heights, OH	Mayfield	-
66	Karl Coles	DT, OG	6'5"	295	2/23/1967	Gahanna, OH	Lincoln	-
67	Alan Kline	OT	6'7"	280	5/25/1971	Tiffin, OH	Columbian	-
68	Jason Winrow	OG, OT	6'5"	300	1/16/1971	Bridgeton, NJ	Cumberland Regional	-
69	John Schilling	OT	6'4"	265	1/14/1970	Clinton, OH	Massillon Washington	-
70	Steve France	OG, OT	6'5"	275	12/27/1966	Lancaster, PA	Catholic	-
71	Mike Huddleston	C, OG	6'5"	285	12/30/1968	Wooster, OH	Wooster	-
72	Corey Pargo	NG	6'3"	280	1/14/1970	Toledo, OH	Rogers	-
73	Paul Sherrick	OT	6'8"	300	11/02/1969	Middletown, OH	Middletown	-
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	B1G 2nd TM (UPI)
77	Dave Monnot	DT, OG	6'5"	261	7/6/1971	Canton, OH	Central Catholic	-
78	Mick Shoaf	OT	6'6"	285	3/10/1969	Orwell, OH	Grand Valley	-
79	Joe Staysniak	OT	6'5"	290	12/08/1966	Elyria, OH	Midview	B1G 1st TM (AP & UPI)
80	Chris Roy	TE	6'3"	245	1/18/1970	Westerville, OH	DeSales	-
81	Tom Lease	ILB	6'5"	230	8/31/1969	Kenton, OH	Kenton	-
82	Jay Koch	FL, OLB, ST, TE	6'2"	220	2/9/1969	Cincinnati, OH	Purcell Marian	-
83	Allen DeGraffenreid	FL	6'3"	197	5/01/1970	Cincinnati, OH	Princeton	-
84	Jeff Graham	FL	6'2"	195	2/14/1969	Dayton, OH	Kettering Alter	-
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	Brian Stablein	SE	6'1"	186	4/14/1970	Erie, PA	McDowell	-
89	Jeff Ellis	TE	6'4"	250	03/04/1968	Louisville, KY	Male	-
90	Rich Frimel	DE, DT	6'3"	250	1/6/1970	North Olmsted, OH	North Olmsted	-
91	Jason Simmons	DE, OLB	6'5"	255	12/20/1970	Akron, OH	St. Vincent-St. Mary	-
92	Ken Coleman	NG	6'2"	260	5/24/1968	Dayton, OH	Meadowdale	-
94	Derrick Foster	DE, OLB	6'5"	250	3/17/1970	Dayton, OH	Patterson	-
96	Srecko Zizakovic	DE, DT, OLB	6'5"	250	8/13/1966	Weston, ON	Weston Collegiate	-
97	Joe Metzger	OLB, TE	6'2"	237	6/24/1969	Centerville, OH	Kettering Alter	-
98	Mark Bean	DE, OG	6'5"	240	10/04/1970	Wichita, KS	Southeast	-
98	Mike Showalter	DT	6'4"	272	6/3/1968	Bay Village, OH	Bay Village	-
99	Alonzo Spellman	DE	6'6"	265	9/27/1971	Mt. Holly, NJ	Rancocas Valley Regional	-

Previous Year: 1988 Ohio State Football Roster
Next Year: 1990 Ohio State Football Roster

Coaching Staff:

Head Coach: John Cooper
Offensive Coordinator & Assistant Head Coach: Jim Colletto
Defensive Coordinator: Bill Young
Wide Receivers: Gene Huey
Quarterbacks: Ron Hudson
Interior Offensive Line: Bob Palcic
Running Backs: Bobby Turner
Inside Linebackers: Gary Blackney
Outside Linebackers: Fred Pagac
Defensive Backs: Ron Zook

1989 Ohio State Football Statistics

1989 Ohio State Passing Stats

Player	Comp	Pass Att	Cmp %	Pass Yds	Pass TD	Pass Int
Greg Frey	144	246	58.5	2132	13	8
Kirk Herbstreit	4	9	44.4	48	0	1
Jaymes Bryant	0	1	0.0	0	0	1

1989 Ohio State Rushing Stats

Player	Rush Att	Rush Yds	Rush Avg	Rush TD	FR
Carlos Snow	190	990	5.2	11	2
Scottie Graham	183	977	5.3	10	1
Dante Lee	83	503	6.1	6	0
Greg Frey	51	-92	-1.8	2	0
Jaymes Bryant	34	186	5.5	1	0
Tyrone Harrison	15	57	3.8	0	0
Kirk Herbstreit	10	6	0.6	0	0
Jeff Graham	3	41	13.7	0	1
Zack Dumas	2	44	22.0	0	1

1989 Ohio State Receiving Stats

Player	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec Avg	Rec TD
Jeff Graham	32	608	19.0	3
Jim Palmer	28	308	11.0	3
Bobby Olive	23	379	16.5	1
Carlos Snow	16	184	11.5	2
Scottie Graham	11	115	10.5	1
Bernard Edwards	10	130	13.0	1
Greg Beatty	9	159	17.7	0
Brian Stablein	7	104	14.9	1
Dante Lee	4	47	11.8	0
Jaymes Bryant	4	69	17.3	1
Jeff Ellis	2	39	19.5	0
Tyrone Harrison	1	10	10.0	0
Rich Huffman	1	28	28.0	0

1989 Ohio State Defensive Statistics

Player	Position	Tkl	Solo	Asst	TFL	TFL Yds	Sacks	Sack Yds	FF	FR	Int	Int Yds	PBU	Blk	Def TD
Derek Isaman	ILB, OLB	88	45	43	7.5	14	1	6	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
Zack Dumas	CB, ST, SS	75	40	35	6	38	1	12	3	1	1	0	4	1	0
Judah Herman	ILB	65	36	29	3	4	0	0	1	1	1	40	0	0	0
Vinnie Clark	CB	59	38	21	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	64	4	0	0
Pat Thomas	NG	59	28	31	4	14	2	11	1	2	0	0	1	0	0
Steve Tovar	ILB	58	27	31	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mark “Bo” Pelini	FS	54	29	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	14	5	0	0
Srecko Zizakovic	DE, DT, OLB	50	30	20	10	65	7	54	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Alonzo Spellman	DE	49	29	20	10	45	4	33	2	0	0	0	2	0	0
David Brown	CB, S	48	28	20	1	6	0	0	0	1	4	66	7	0	1
Rich Frimel	DE, DT	40	25	15	3.5	16	1	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Tom Lease	ILB	33	24	9	6	15	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jay Koch	FL, OLB, ST, TE	33	19	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jim Peel	ST, SS	30	15	15	1.5	12	1.5	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Foster Paulk	CB	28	16	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	3	0	0
Mike Showalter	DT	26	9	17	1.5	6	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Ken Coleman	NG	21	10	11	2	12	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bryan Cook	CB, S	19	8	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
Orlondo Craig	ILB	18	8	10	0.5	4	0.5	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Tony Closson	ILB	17	8	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darrell Lewis	SS	16	6	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Derrick Foster	DE, OLB	14	6	8	2	12	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brent Johnson	ILB, OLB, ST	11	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Lance Price	CB, TB	8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Rich Huffman	ST, TE	6	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Bohlman	P	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Stablein	OLB, QB	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Smith	NG	3	0	3	0.5	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Metzger	OLB, TE	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Long	C, DT	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pat O’Morrow	K	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Corey Pargo	NG	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1989 Ohio State Kicking and Punting Statistics

Player	Pt	Pt Yds	Punt Avg	TB	I20	Pt Blkd	XP	XPA	XP %	FG	FGA	FG %
Jeff Bohlman	41	1651	40.3	4	14	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Pat O’Morrow	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39	40	97.5	8	15	53.3

1989 Ohio State Kick and Punt Return Stats

Player	KR	KR Yds	KR Avg	PR	PR Yds	PR Avg	PR TD
Bobby Olive	14	245	17.5	7	67	9.6	0
Carlos Snow	9	260	28.9	0	0	0.0	0
Dante Lee	7	161	23.0	0	0	0.0	0
Scottie Graham	5	135	27.0	0	0	0.0	0
Tyrone Harrison	4	47	11.8	0	0	0.0	0
Jay Koch	2	7	3.5	0	0	0.0	0
Rich Huffman	2	4	2.0	0	0	0.0	0
Greg Beatty	1	18	18.0	0	0	0.0	0
Jim Palmer	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
Jeff Graham	0	0	0.0	17	201	11.8	1

1989 Ohio State Football Schedule & Results

The 1989 Ohio State football team finished the year 8-4. They scored a combined 325 points (27.1 ppg), while allowing 266 (22.2 ppg). OSU spent six weeks ranked and finished the year 24th in the final AP Poll. Ohio State lost to all four ranked teams they played and were outscored 135-49 in those games. The highlight of OSU’s 1989 season was a six-game winning streak in-conference, which included the largest comeback in school history, a 31-point margin against Minnesota (OSU trailed 31-0 and won 41-37).

1989 Ohio State Schedule & Results

Date	Game	Result	Stadium	Attendance	Line	Over/Under
1989-09-16 00:00:27September 16, 1989	Oklahoma State @ Ohio State - Sept. 16, 1989	37 - 13	Ohio Stadium	86,670	tOSU -6	-
1989-09-23 00:00:56September 23, 1989	Ohio State @ USC - Sept. 23, 1989	3 - 42	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	69,876	USC -8.5	-
1989-09-30 00:00:27September 30, 1989	Boston College @ Ohio State - Sept. 30, 1989	34 - 29	Ohio Stadium	88,936	OSU -8	-
1989-10-07 00:00:20October 7, 1989	Ohio State @ Illinois - Oct. 7, 1989	14 - 34	University of Illinois Memorial Stadium	69,088	Ill -4	-
1989-10-14 00:00:35October 14, 1989	Indiana @ Ohio State - Oct. 14, 1989	35 - 31	Ohio Stadium	89,750	OSU -2	-
1989-10-21 00:00:20October 21, 1989	Purdue @ Ohio State - October 21, 1989	21 - 3	Ohio Stadium	89,091	OSU -22	-
1989-10-28 00:00:03October 28, 1989	Ohio State @ Minnesota - Oct. 28, 1989	41 - 37	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	33,945	OSU -7	-
1989-11-04 00:00:57November 4, 1989	Ohio State @ Northwestern - Nov. 4, 1989	52 - 27	Dyche Stadium	28,238	OSU -12	-
1989-11-11 00:00:21November 11, 1989	Iowa @ Ohio State - Nov. 11, 1989	28 - 0	Ohio Stadium	89,536	OSU -6.5	-
1989-11-18 00:00:30November 18, 1989	Wisconsin @ Ohio State - Nov. 18, 1989	42 - 22	Ohio Stadium	89,626	OSU -20	-
1989-11-25 00:00:40November 25, 1989	Ohio State @ Michigan - November 25, 1989	18 - 28	Michigan Stadium	106,134	UM -13.5	-
1990-01-01 00:00:12January 1, 1990	Ohio State vs. Auburn (Hall of Fame Bowl) - Jan. 1, 1990	14 - 31	Tampa Stadium	52,535	Aub -8	-

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