Record: 7-4-1, .625 W-L% (54th of 138)
Conference: Big Ten
(Schedule and Results)
Coach: Woody Hayes (7-4-1)
PS/G: 28.2 (15th of 138) ▪ PA/G: 18.0 (51st of 138)
SRS: 12.99 (22nd of 138) ▪ SOS: 6.40 (41st of 138)
Bowl Game: Lost Gator Bowl 17-15 versus Clemson
| Passing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate |
| 1 | Art Schlichter | 87 | 175 | 49.7 | 1250 | 7.1 | 2.2 | 4 | 21 | 93.3 |
| 2 | Greg Castignola | 5 | 13 | 38.5 | 72 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 85.0 |
| 3 | Rod Gerald | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 12 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 150.4 |
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Art Schlichter | 157 | 590 | 3.8 | 13 | 157 | 590 | 3.8 | 13 | ||||
| 2 | Paul Campbell | 142 | 591 | 4.2 | 9 | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 0 | 147 | 625 | 4.3 | 9 |
| 3 | Ron Springs | 124 | 585 | 4.7 | 2 | 13 | 78 | 6.0 | 0 | 137 | 663 | 4.8 | 2 |
| 4 | Ricardo Volley | 80 | 439 | 5.5 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 0 | 85 | 467 | 5.5 | 2 |
| 5 | Calvin Murray | 64 | 414 | 6.5 | 2 | 6 | 80 | 13.3 | 0 | 70 | 494 | 7.1 | 2 |
| 6 | Ricky Johnson | 63 | 317 | 5.0 | 3 | 6 | 43 | 7.2 | 0 | 69 | 360 | 5.2 | 3 |
| 7 | Greg Castignola | 33 | 144 | 4.4 | 3 | 33 | 144 | 4.4 | 3 | ||||
| 8 | Ty Hicks | 27 | 134 | 5.0 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 30 | 158 | 5.3 | 1 |
| 9 | Joel Payton | 27 | 71 | 2.6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 28 | 77 | 2.8 | 1 |
| 10 | Rod Gerald | 9 | 7 | 0.8 | 1 | 16 | 314 | 19.6 | 1 | 25 | 321 | 12.8 | 2 |
| 11 | Mike Strahine | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | Cliff Belmer | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | Doug Donley | 24 | 510 | 21.3 | 3 | 24 | 510 | 21.3 | 3 | ||||
| 14 | Ron Barwig | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 0 | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | Chuck Hunter | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 0 | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | Jimmy Moore | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 0 | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 0 | ||||