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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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

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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).

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