#9 Ohio State Buckeyes

1972 Roster

NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
Mike Bartoszek M. Bartoszek	TE	6'4"	206	SO
Brian Baschnagel B. Baschnagel	RB
Thomas Battista T. Battista		6'3"	183	SR
Charles Baxter C. Baxter	TE	6'2"	222	JR
Charles Beecroft C. Beecroft		6'3"	224	SR
Eari Belgrave E. Belgrave		6'5"	257	SR
John Bledsoe J. Bledsoe	FB	6'1"	212	SR
Charles Bonica C. Bonica	OL	6'3"	256	SR
Brian Bowers B. Bowers	LB	6'0"	219	SO
William Boyle W. Boyle	QB	6'0"	180	JR
Morris Bradshaw M. Bradshaw		6'2"	200	JR
Cornelius Colzie C. Colzie		6'0"	194	SO
Blair Conway B. Conway	K	5'7"	155	JR
James Cope J. Cope		6'2"	205	SO
Randall Cowman R. Cowman	DB	6'0"	191	SR
Jim Cramer J. Cramer	LB
John Cummings J. Cummings		6'2"	254	SR
Peter Cusick P. Cusick		6'2"	242	SO
Daniel Cutillo D. Cutillo		6'1"	231	JR
Scott Dannelley S. Dannelley		6'3"	229	SO
Jeff Davis J. Davis		5'10"	185	JR
Van DeCree V. DeCree		6'1"	216	SO
Joe DeFillippo J. DeFillippo		6'3"	198	SO
Brendan Donovan B. Donovan		5'10"	180	SO
Bruce Elia B. Elia	LB
Billy Ezzo B. Ezzo	WR	5'8"	146	SO
Richard Ferko R. Ferko	LB	5'11"	204	SR
Kevin Fletcher K. Fletcher	LB	6'1"	221	SR
Doug France D. France		6'6"	265	SO
Mike Gaffney M. Gaffney		6'2"	203	JR
Richard Galbos R. Galbos		6'0"	211	SR
Rick Gales R. Gales	RB
Randy Gradishar R. Gradishar	LB	6'3"	238	JR
Cornelius Greene C. Greene	QB
Archie Griffin A. Griffin	RB
Greg Hare G. Hare	QB	6'3"	198	JR
George Hasenohri G. Hasenohri		6'1"	262	SR
Dave Hazel D. Hazel		6'1"	188	JR
Champ Henson C. Henson	RB
Harold Henson H. Henson	FB	6'4"	225	SO
John Hicks J. Hicks		6'3"	254	JR
Tim Holycross T. Holycross		5'11"	188	SO
John Hughes J. Hughes	DB	6'1"	194	JR
John Husband J. Husband		6'2"	212	JR
Arnold Jones A. Jones	LB	5'11"	222	SO
Scott Jones S. Jones	WR	6'3"	209	JR
Randy Keith R. Keith	FB	5'11"	210	JR
Carl Kern C. Kern		6'0"	190	JR
Victor Koegel V. Koegel	LB	6'1"	216	JR
James Kregel J. Kregel		6'2"	234	JR
Gary Lego G. Lego	P	6'2"	229	SR
Gary Lillvis G. Lillvis		6'2"	230	SO
Elmer Lippert E. Lippert		5'7"	183	JR
Steven Luke S. Luke	OL	6'2"	195	SO
Richard Mack R. Mack		6'0"	215	SO
Thomas Marendt T. Marendt		6'1"	220	JR
Lou Mathis L. Mathis	DB	6'0"	207	JR
Tom McBrayer T. McBrayer	K	6'0"	185	SO
Rick Middleton R. Middleton	LB	6'3"	214	JR
Steve Morrison S. Morrison	QB	6'3"	204	SO
Robert Murphy R. Murphy	WR	6'2"	197	SR
Steven Myers S. Myers	OL	6'2"	234	SO
Thomas Nixon T. Nixon	OL	6'1"	221	SR
Larry O'Rourke L. O'Rourke		6'0"	230	SO
Fred Pagac F. Pagac		6'1"	208	JR
Richard Parsons R. Parsons	DB	5'11"	184	SO
Fred Pisanelli F. Pisanelli		6'2"	208	SR
Anthony Pitstick A. Pitstick		6'3"	223	SR
Douglas Plank D. Plank		5'11"	185	SO
Ted Powell T. Powell	TE	6'2"	225	JR
Dave Purdy D. Purdy	QB	6'3"	188	SO
Rocco Rich R. Rich	LB	5'11"	222	JR
Michael Scannell M. Scannell		6'2"	207	SR
Kurt Schumacher K. Schumacher		6'4"	244	SO
Daniel Scott D. Scott		6'3"	260	JR
Richard Seifert R. Seifert	DB	6'1"	186	SR
John Smurda J. Smurda	TE	6'1"	214	JR
Mark Straka M. Straka	TE	6'5"	220	JR
Mervin Teague M. Teague		6'5"	221	SR
Monty Thompson M. Thompson	DB	6'1"	185	JR
Edwin Trepanier E. Trepanier		6'4"	250	JR
Timothy Wersel T. Wersel		6'2"	215	SR
Lawrence Wiggins L. Wiggins		6'0"	229	SO
Dwight Wilkins D. Wilkins	LB	5'10"	228	SO
Shad Williams S. Williams		6'3"	238	SR

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Florida International	3	3	.500
4	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
5	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
6	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
7	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
8	Missouri State	1	4	.200
9	Sam Houston	1	4	.200
10	Delaware	2	4	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333