1997 Ohio State Football Roster

Season Record: 10-3
Conference Record: 6-2
Home Record: 7-0
Road Record: 3-2 (0-1 neutral site)
Final AP Ranking: 12th
1997 Roster: 102 players (66 from Ohio: 65% of total)
1998 NFL Draft Selections: 0

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1997 Roster

#	Player	Position	Height	Weight	Birthday	Hometown	High School
1	Gary Berry	DB, FS	6'0"	205	10/24/1977	Columbus, OH	DeSales
2	Rolland Steele	CB, DB	5'11"	160	8/18/1977	Dublin, OH	Scioto
3	David Mitchell	CB, DB	6'1"	195	10/18/1979	Westerville, OH	South
4	Ken-Yon Rambo	WR	6'2"	190	10/04/1978	Cerritos, CA	Long Beach Poly
5	Michael Wiley	TB	6'0"	195	1/15/1978	Spring Valley, CA	Monte Vista
6	Jimmy Redmond	WR	6'0"	165	8/18/1977	Lee's Summit, MO	Blue Springs South
7	Joe Germaine	QB	6'2"	205	11/16/1975	Mesa, AZ	Mountain View
8	Stanley Jackson	QB	6'1"	203	3/24/1975	Paterson, NJ	Catholic
9	David Boston	WR	6'3"	215	8/19/1978	Humble, TX	Humble
10	Joe Cooper	OLB, ST, SS	6'2"	225	1/22/1979	Columbus, OH	Independence
10	Tom Hoying	QB, ST, TE	6'4"	221	2/9/1975	St. Henry, OH	St. Henry
11	Antoine Winfield	CB, ST	5'9"	180	6/24/1977	Akron, OH	Garfield
12	Austin Moherman	QB	6'5"	215	12/02/1977	Mission Viejo, CA	Capistrano Valley
13	Chad Cacchio	WR	5'10"	190	8/10/1978	Columbus, OH	Upper Arlington
13	Steve Gehlert	QB	6'2"	209	-	Worthington, OH	Thomas Worthington
13	Damon Moore	FS, S	5'11"	200	9/15/1976	Fostoria, OH	Fostoria
14	David Priestley	QB	6'4"	200	7/11/1979	Los Alamitos, CA	Brethren Christian
15	Dee Miller	FL, WR	6'1"	200	12/4/1975	Springfield, OH	South
16	Mark Garcia	QB	6'4"	215	5/7/1976	Modesto, CA	Grace Davis
17	Percy King	DB, FS	6'4"	210	1/31/1977	Columbus, OH	Marion-Franklin
17	Andy Stamp	K	6'1"	200	1/6/1977	West Chester, OH	Lakota
18	Tate Johnson	QB	6'5"	214	-	Cincinnati, OH	Lakota
18	Che’ Bryant	DB	6'1"	180	1/8/1975	Canton, OH	McKinley
19	Demetrious Jones	WR	6'1"	181	-	Youngstown, OH	Rayen
19	Ahmed Plummer	CB	6'0"	193	3/26/1976	Wyoming, OH	Wyoming
20	Central McClellion	CB, ST, SS	5'11"	190	9/15/1975	Delray, FL	Boca Raton Olympia
21	Charlie Sanders	FB, TB	5'9"	215	9/22/1976	Rochester Hills, MI	Adams
23	Matt Keller	FB	6'0"	238	12/2/1976	Mason, OH	Moeller
24	Scott Fulton	FB	6'0"	225	2/05/1979	Hyattsville, MD	DeMatha
25	Jermon Jackson	TB	5'11"	205	9/20/1975	Ironton, OH	Ironton
26	Ashanti Webb	CB	5'11"	180	12/13/1978	Tampa, FL	Leon King
27	Jerry Westbrooks	DB, FB, OLB, ST, TB	6'2"	235	8/27/1977	Boca Raton, FL	Pope John Paul II
28	Mike Burden	DB, ST, SS	6'1"	205	9/21/1976	Palatine, IL	Palatine
28	Leandre Liggins	CB	6'2"	183	3/20/1970	Cleveland, OH	John Marshall
29	Pepe Pearson	TB	5'10"	206	12/11/1975	Euclid, OH	Euclid
30	Brent Johnson	ILB, OLB, ST	6'1"	218	6/24/1969	Columbus, OH	Bexley
30	Jason Ott	MLB	6'4"	240	1/23/1979	Cincinnati, OH	Elder
32	Na’il Diggs	OLB	6'4"	235	7/8/1978	Los Angeles, CA	Dorsey
33	Joe Montgomery	TB	5'11"	216	6/8/1976	Robbins, IL	Oak Lawn Richards
34	Greg Simpson	DB, FS	6'1"	205	12/31/1978	Worthington, OH	Dublin Scioto
35	Jerry Rudzinski	ILB, OLB	6'1"	220	7/16/1975	Centerville, OH	Kettering Alter
36	Sean Penny	FB, TB	6'2"	215	11/13/1978	Youngstown, OH	Ursuline
37	Nick Goings	RB	6'0"	205	1/26/1978	Dublin, OH	Scioto
41	Keith Walker	DB	5'11"	180	-	Martins Ferry, OH	Martins Ferry
41	Brent Bartholomew	P	6'2"	210	10/22/1976	Apopka, FL	Apopka
42	Kevin Griffin	CB, SE, ST, TB	5'10"	183	2/8/1976	Redmond, WA	Kirkland Juanita
43	Derek Combs	TB	6'2"	197	2/28/1979	Grove City, OH	Grove City
44	Chris Kirk	ILB	6'3"	235	11/9/1976	Westerville, OH	South
44	Collins Huitger	FB	6'2"	211	-	Columbus, OH	Bishop Watterson
45	Andy Katzenmoyer	ILB	6'4"	255	12/2/1977	Westerville, OH	Westerville South
46	Marcel Willis	OLB, ST	6'3"	235	5/12/1975	Phoenix, AZ	South Mountain
47	Dan Stultz	K, P	6'0"	205	6/16/1978	Orrville, OH	Orrville
48	Matt LaVrar	DE, OLB	6'3"	270	10/4/1976	Maumee, OH	Maumee
49	Tim Cheatwood	DB, OLB, ST, TE	6'4"	250	11/08/1978	Cleveland, OH	Benedictine
50	Eric Gohlstin	OG, OT	6'4"	305	10/29/1975	Cleveland, OH	St. Ignatius
52	Kevin N. Johnson	OLB	6'2"	220	12/27/1973	Athens, GA	Clark Central
53	Sean Colosimo	ILB	5'11"	225	-	Las Vegas, NV	Eldorado
55	Tam Hopkins	OG, OT	6'5"	305	3/22/1978	Winter Park, FL	Lake Howell
56	Rob Murphy	OG	6'5"	300	1/18/1977	Cincinnati, OH	Moeller
58	Courtland Bullard	OLB	6'3"	227	9/02/1978	Miami, FL	Southridge
59	Paris Long	DT, OG	6'5"	320	8/27/1978	Columbus, OH	Beechcroft
61	Kevin Loadman	LS, OG	6'1"	245	10/13/1976	Worthington, OH	Bishop Watterson
62	Jason Kozar	C	6'0"	270	-	Amherst, OH	Steele
63	Kurt Murphy	C	6'4"	290	4/27/1978	Columbus, OH	DeSales
64	Ben Gilbert	OG	6'5"	295	6/5/1978	Lancaster, OH	Lancaster
65	Mike Gurr	OG, TE	6'7"	290	8/1/1977	Hamilton, OH	Hamilton
67	Brooks Burris	OG, OT	6'7"	286	10/31/1975	Logan, OH	Logan
68	Winfield Garnett	DT	6'6"	305	7/24/1976	Riverdale, IL	Thornton Township
68	Nick Spiess	OT	6'5"	265	-	Columbus, OH	Bishop Watterson
69	Jim Massey	OT	6'5"	290	9/01/1979	Brecksville, OH	St. Ignatius
70	William Pawlikowski	C	6'3"	251	-	Elyria, OH	Elyria
71	John Bates	OG, OT	6'4"	279	9/12/1978	Cherry Hill, NJ	East
71	Ben Pulfer	DT, OT	6'6"	270	11/03/1978	Sidney, OH	Sidney
72	Marcus Perez	DE	6'3"	250	12/8/1977	Medina, OH	Medina
73	Joe Brown	DE, DT	6'7"	285	3/5/1977	Tucson, AZ	Catalina Foothills
74	Eric Smith	OT	6'6"	330	11/13/1976	Columbus, OH	Walnut Ridge
75	Henry Fleming	OT	6'7"	305	7/25/1978	Manning, SC	Manning
76	Jefferson Kelley	OT	6'6"	305	9/18/1977	Cincinnati, OH	Colerain
77	Tyson Walter	OT	6'5"	300	3/17/1978	Chagrin Falls, OH	Kenston
78	Drew Elford	C, OG, OT	6'5"	300	4/2/1977	Garfield, NJ	St. Mary's
79	Larry Waldon	OT	6'6"	340	2/4/1975	Detroit, MI	MacKenzie
80	Reggie Germany	WR	6'1"	195	3/19/1978	Hazelwood, MO	East
81	Darik Warnke	DB, ST, WR	6'1"	196	9/12/1977	Cuyahoga Falls, OH	Walsh Jesuit
82	Mike Furrey	SE, ST	6'0"	170	5/12/1977	Hilliard, OH	Hilliard
83	Vanness Provitt	WR	6'3"	200	1/20/1977	Warren, OH	Warren G. Harding
84	Steve Wisniewski	TE	6'6"	265	7/16/1977	Timberlake, OH	Eastlake North
85	John Lumpkin	TE	6'8"	260	12/31/1975	Dayton, OH	Trotwood-Madison
86	Mike Pulsfort	K	5'11"	170	-	Dublin, OH	Bishop Watterson
87	Kevin Houser	DE, LS, TE	6'4"	250	8/23/1977	Westlake, OH	Westlake
89	Darnell Sanders	TE	6'6"	265	3/16/1979	Warrensville Heights, OH	Warrensville Heights
90	Clinton Wayne	DE, DT, NG, OLB	6'4"	275	5/17/1977	Brampton, Ontario	Centennial
91	Jeff Wilson	DE	6'3"	255	1/14/1975	Deerfield Beach, FL	Deerfield Beach
92	Paul Breed	DT	6'7"	305	8/08/1975	San Francisco, CA	Galileo
93	Randy Homa	DT, ILB, NG	6'2"	285	12/24/1975	Pottsvile, PA	Pottsville Area
94	Rodney Bailey	DE	6'5"	260	10/07/1979	Cleveland, OH	St. Edward
95	Scott Simindinger	FL	6'3"	185	-	Spencerville, OH	Spencerville
95	Jim Bell	DE, DT, NG, OLB	6'5"	251	11/20/1973	Liberty, OH	Ursuline
96	Tony Eisenhard	DE, ST, TE	6'7"	265	10/28/1976	Tiffin, OH	Columbian
97	John Day	DE, DT	6'3"	265	5/20/1975	Independence, OH	St. Ignatius
98	Kevin Johnson	DE	6'7"	240	6/1/1977	Washington, DC	Dunbar
98	Mike Collins	DT	6'4"	290	1/19/1978	Newark, OH	Newark
99	Heath Queen	DT	6'5"	275	2/06/1979	Medina, OH	Lodi-Cloverleaf

Prior Year: 1996 Ohio State Football Roster
Next Year: 1998 Ohio State Football Roster

Coaching Staff:

Head Coach: John Cooper
Offensive Coordinator: Mike Jacobs
Defensive Coordinator: Fred Pagac
Tight Ends: Bill Conley
Defensive Tackles & Nose Guards: Jim Heacock
Quarterbacks: Tim Salem
Defensive Ends: Shawn Simms
Running Backs: Tim Spencer
Wide Receivers: Chuck Stobart
Defensive Backs: Jon Tenuta

1997 Ohio State Football Statistics

1997 Ohio State Passing Stats

Player	Comp	Pass Att	Cmp %	Pass Yds	Pass TD	Pass Int
Joe Germaine	129	210	61.4	1847	16	9
Stanley Jackson	81	135	60.0	1055	8	3
Mark Garcia	9	23	39.1	175	1	1
Michael Wiley	3	4	75.0	69	1	0

1997 Ohio State Rushing Stats

Player	Rush Att	Rush Yds	Rush Avg	Rush TD	FR
Pepe Pearson	192	869	4.5	10	0
Michael Wiley	105	588	5.6	6	0
Stanley Jackson	81	217	2.7	2	0
Matt Keller	59	257	4.4	0	0
Joe Germaine	32	-132	-4.1	0	0
Joe Montgomery	30	105	3.5	0	0
Derek Combs	25	82	3.3	0	0
Sean Penny	9	54	6.0	0	0
Nick Goings	9	24	2.7	0	0
Mark Garcia	4	-23	-5.8	0	0
Ken-Yon Rambo	2	0	0.0	0	0
Charlie Sanders	2	15	7.5	0	0
Jerry Rudzinski	2	44	22.0	0	2
David Boston	1	7	7.0	0	0
Steve Gehlert	1	7	7.0	0	0
Dee Miller	1	19	19.0	0	0

1997 Ohio State Receiving Stats

Player	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec Avg	Rec TD
David Boston	73	970	13.3	14
Dee Miller	58	981	16.9	5
Matt Keller	19	139	7.3	0
John Lumpkin	17	320	18.8	3
Steve Wisniewski	12	175	14.6	2
Michael Wiley	9	83	9.2	0
Pepe Pearson	9	104	11.6	0
Ken-Yon Rambo	7	145	20.7	1
Vanness Provitt	6	56	9.3	0
Nick Goings	3	70	23.3	0
Joe Montgomery	2	7	3.5	0
Kevin Griffin	2	18	9.0	0
Darik Warnke	2	20	10.0	0
Tom Hoying	1	29	29.0	0
Sean Penny	1	12	12.0	0
Reggie Germany	1	17	17.0	0

1997 Ohio State Defensive Statistics

Player	Position	Tkl	Solo	Asst	TFL	TFL Yds	Sacks	Sack Yds	FF	FR	Int	Int Yds	PBU	Blk	Def TD
Antoine Winfield	CB, ST	100	82	18	8	40	3	30	1	0	2	25	12	0	0
Andy Katzenmoyer	ILB	97	80	17	13	30	2	13	1	0	2	25	4	0	1
Kevin N. Johnson	OLB	81	52	29	10	30	2	13	1	1	1	8	0	0	0
Damon Moore	FS, S	67	52	15	5	24	1	12	0	2	3	38	6	0	0
Jerry Rudzinski	ILB, OLB	65	39	26	9	47	4	37	2	2	0	0	2	0	0
Gary Berry	DB, FS	48	38	10	2	10	1	8	2	1	5	166	7	0	1
Winfield Garnett	DT	47	33	14	10	44	4	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ahmed Plummer	CB	42	30	12	1	30	1	30	1	0	5	83	6	0	1
Marcel Willis	OLB, ST	35	27	8	2	8	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
Jim Bell	DE, DT, NG, OLB	32	20	12	6	34	5	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Central McClellion	CB, ST, SS	28	18	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Na’il Diggs	OLB	28	21	7	8	39	6	36	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Matt LaVrar	DE, OLB	25	20	5	1	5	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Brown	DE, DT	23	15	8	2	9	1	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0
Kevin Griffin	CB, SE, ST, TB	22	20	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rodney Bailey	DE	19	14	5	4	12	3	11	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
Chris Kirk	ILB	18	13	5	2	8	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Eisenhard	DE, ST, TE	18	12	6	3	12	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
David Mitchell	CB, DB	16	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
Percy King	DB, FS	14	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
Courtland Bullard	OLB	11	9	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clinton Wayne	DE, DT, NG, OLB	11	8	3	1	5	0	0	1	0	1	38	0	0	1
Rolland Steele	CB, DB	9	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	1	0	0
Jeff Wilson	DE	9	2	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Breed	DT	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Hoying	QB, ST, TE	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Goings	RB	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
David Boston	WR	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Houser	DE, LS, TE	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Randy Homa	DT, ILB, NG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Redmond	WR	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Keller	FB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Stultz	K, P	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marcus Perez	DE	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ken-Yon Rambo	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dee Miller	FL, WR	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Westbrooks	DB, FB, OLB, ST, TB	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Montgomery	TB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Derek Combs	TB	1	1	0	1	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brent Johnson	DE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Gilbert	OG	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tyson Walter	OT	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reggie Germany	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darik Warnke	DB, ST, WR	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Wisniewski	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Day	DE, DT	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1997 Ohio State Kicking and Punting Statistics

Player	Pt	Pt Yds	Punt Avg	TB	I20	Pt Blkd	XP	XPA	XP %	FG	FGA	FG %
Brent Bartholomew	72	3252	45.2	12	20	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Dan Stultz	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	47	48	97.9	15	25	60.0

1997 Ohio State Kick and Punt Return Stats

Player	KR	KR Yds	KR Avg	KR TD	PR	PR Yds	PR Avg	PR TD
Michael Wiley	13	344	26.5	1	0	0	0.0	0
Ken-Yon Rambo	4	100	25.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
Matt Keller	2	27	13.5	0	0	0	0.0	0
Steve Wisniewski	2	9	4.5	0	0	0	0.0	0
John Lumpkin	1	-2	-2.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
Gary Berry	0	0	0.0	0	3	17	5.7	1
David Boston	0	0	0.0	0	47	392	8.3	0
Jerry Rudzinski	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
Marcel Willis	0	0	0.0	0	1	34	34.0	0

1997 Ohio State Football Schedule & Results

Date	Game	Result	Stadium	Attendance	Line	Over/Under
1997-08-28 02:30:15August 28, 1997	Wyoming @ Ohio State - Aug. 28, 1997	10 - 24	Ohio Stadium	89,112	OSU -30	-
1997-09-13 03:30:39September 13, 1997	Bowling Green @ Ohio State - Sept. 13, 1997	13 - 44	Ohio Stadium	93,151	OSU -38	-
1997-09-20 11:57:39September 20, 1997	Arizona @ Ohio State - Sept. 20, 1997	20 - 28	Ohio Stadium	91,152	OSU -17	-
1997-09-27 19:59:13September 27, 1997	Ohio State @ Missouri - Sept. 27, 1997	31 - 10	Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium	58,882	OSU -15.5	-
1997-10-04 23:23:35October 4, 1997	Iowa @ Ohio State - Oct. 4, 1997	7 - 23	Ohio Stadium	92,536	OSU -4	-
1997-10-11 01:53:24October 11, 1997	Ohio State @ Penn State - Oct. 11, 1997	27 - 31	Beaver Stadium	97.282	PSU -7	-
1997-10-18 02:35:11October 18, 1997	Indiana @ Ohio State - Oct. 18, 1997	0 - 31	Ohio Stadium	92,368	OSU -34	-
1997-10-25 03:05:06October 25, 1997	Northwestern @ Ohio State - Oct. 25, 1997	6 - 49	Ohio Stadium	92,445	OSU -21	-
1997-11-01 03:30:49November 1, 1997	Ohio State @ Michigan State - Nov. 1, 1997	37 - 13	Spartan Stadium	74,903	OSU -6	-
1997-11-08 04:07:43November 8, 1997	Ohio State @ Minnesota - Nov. 8, 1997	31 - 3	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	47,706	OSU -23	-
1997-11-15 11:49:40November 15, 1997	Illinois @ Ohio State - Nov. 15, 1997	6 - 41	Ohio Stadium	92,008	OSU -39	-
1997-11-22 10:41:16November 22, 1997	Ohio State @ Michigan - Nov. 22, 1997	14 - 20	Michigan Stadium	106,982	UM -3.5	-
1998-01-01 11:14:47January 1, 1998	Florida State vs. Ohio State - Sugar Bowl - Jan. 1, 1998	31 - 14	Superdome	67,298	FSU -6.5	48

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1997 Ohio State Football Schedule & Results

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