1974 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

The 1974 Ohio State Buckeyes football team was an American football team that represented the Ohio State University in the 1974 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 102 record, including the 1975 Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, where they lost, 1817, to the USC Trojans.

1974 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Big Ten co-champion
Rose Bowl, L 1718 vs. USC
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 4
Record102 (71 Big Ten)
Head coach
  • Woody Hayes (24th season)
MVPArchie Griffin
CaptainNeal Colzie
Pete Cusick
Archie Griffin
Arnold Jones
Steve Myers
Home stadiumOhio Stadium
1974 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Ohio State + 7 1 010 2 0
No. 3 Michigan + 7 1 010 1 0
No. 12 Michigan State 6 1 17 3 1
Wisconsin 5 3 07 4 0
Illinois 4 3 16 4 1
Purdue 3 5 04 6 1
Minnesota 2 6 04 7 0
Iowa 2 6 03 8 0
Northwestern 2 6 03 8 0
Indiana 1 7 01 10 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

1974 was the first season in which Ohio State played an 11-game regular season schedule. The NCAA allowed teams to schedule 11 regular season games beginning in 1970, but the Buckeyes played only nine regular season games in 1970, their last nine-game regular season. Ohio State played 10 regular season games in 1971, '72 and '73.

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