1985 Ohio State Football Roster

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1985 Roster

#	Player	Position	Height	Weight	Birthday	Hometown	High School
1	Mike Lanese	FL, ST, TB	6'0"	186	7/6/1964	Mayfield, OH	Mayfield
2	Cris Carter	SE, ST	6'3"	194	11/25/1965	Middletown, OH	Middletown
3	Sean Bell	DB, FS, ST	6'2"	195	12/25/1965	Middletown, OH	Middletown
3	Jeff Doty	QB	6'4"	207	-	Columbus, OH	Hilliard
4	Dino Dawson	FL	6'0"	192	12/12/1965	Middletown, OH	Middletown
5	Everett Ross	FL, SE, ST, TB	5'11"	188	3/6/1966	Columbus, OH	Eastmoor
5	Gary Marcinick	FL	6'0"	172	-	Brooklyn Heights, OH	Cuyahoga Heights
6	Jamie Holland	FL, ST	6'2"	186	2/1/1964	Wake Forest, NC	Rolesville, NC
7	Sonny Gordon	CB, SS	6'0"	192	7/30/1965	Middletown, OH	Middletown
8	Scott Leach	CB, DB, OLB, ST	6'3"	221	9/18/1963	White Plains, NY	Bassick
9	Tom Bolyard	QB	6'3"	192	1/24/1967	Orrville, OH	Orrville
10	Derek Isaman	ILB, OLB	6'3"	220	4/3/1967	Fremont, OH	Ross
10	Rich Spangler	K	6'1"	206	10/29/1963	Geneva, OH	Geneva
11	Steve Hill	CB, DB	6'1"	196	4/21/1964	Ft. Walton Beach, FL	Choctowatchee
12	Terry White	FS	5'9"	174	12/20/1964	Cambridge, OH	Cambridge
13	Scott Powell	H, OLB, QB, TE	6'4"	221	2/19/1966	North Canton, OH	Hoover
14	Eric Kumerow	OLB	6'6"	250	4/17/1965	River Forest, IL	Oak Park
14	Mark Haver	K	6'2"	198	-	Hicksville, OH	Hicksville
15	Rich Lishewski	CB, S	5'11"	188	-	Toledo, OH	St. Francis de Sales
16	Jim Karsatos	QB	6'3"	224	5/26/1963	Fullerton, CA	Sunny Hills
18	Gary Clift	FL, QB, SE	6'2"	195	12/12/1965	Brunswick, OH	Brunswick
19	Tom Tupa	P, QB	6'5"	216	2/6/1966	Brecksville, OH	Brecksville
20	Dwight Smith	CB, S, ST	5'11"	180	9/1/1966	Middletown, OH	Middletown
20	Tim Haller	FL, SE	6'1"	182	-	Columbus, OH	Upper Arlington
21	Kevin Delaney	TB	6'1"	203	5/22/1964	Worthington, OH	Worthington
21	Tim Jones	SE	5'11"	182	-	Canton, OH	Jackson
23	Jeff Compton	K	5'8"	160	5/2/1966	Ottawa, OH	Ottawa-Glandorf
24	Mike Wood	FS, ST	6'0"	190	6/19/1963	Syracuse, NY	Liverpool
25	John Wooldridge	TB	5'10"	191	11/22/1963	Akron, OH	Central-Hower
26	Nate Harris	FL	5'11"	180	5/15/1965	Akron, OH	Central-Hower
27	David Brown	CB, S	6'0"	182	7/7/1966	Utica, NY	Notre Dame
28	Roman Bates	FB, TB	6'0"	207	3/2/1964	Memphis, TN	Hamilton
29	Greg Rogan	CB	5'10"	187	-	Urbana, OH	Urbana
30	Dedrick Howard	OLB	6'3"	222	11/26/1966	Middletown, OH	Middletown
30	Mike Kee	ILB, OLB, ST	6'2"	219	11/30/1963	Columbus, OH	Eastmoor
32	Tom Anderzack	OLB, ST	6'3"	212	12/29/1965	Toledo, OH	Central Catholic
33	Larry Kolic	ILB	6'1"	248	8/31/1963	Smithville, OH	Smithville
35	Joe Jenkins	ILB, ST	6'2"	224	6/7/1965	Chicago, IL	St. Rita
36	Chris Spielman	ILB	6'2"	236	10/11/1965	Massillon, OH	Washington
37	William White	CB	5'10"	192	2/19/1966	Lima, OH	Lima Senior
37	Hayden Humphrey	TB	6'1"	182	-	Worthington, OH	Worthington
39	Reggie Graves	OLB	6'4"	236	12/25/1964	Decatur, GA	Columbia
39	Mark Pfister	FB, ILB	6'2"	232	12/30/1963	Columbus, OH	Upper Arlington
42	Vince Workman	FL, TB	5'11"	195	5/9/1967	Dublin, OH	Dublin
43	Barry Walker	FB, ST, TB	6'0"	217	1/4/1964	Lancaster, OH	Lancaster
44	George Cooper	FB	6'2"	246	12/8/1964	Wyandanch, NY	Wyandanch
47	Ray Jackson	CB, SS	6'0"	190	1/11/1965	Akron, OH	Central-Hower
49	Doug Smith	S, SE	6'1"	212	2/4/1963	Atlanta, GA	Fulton
50	Tim Odom	C	6'3"	250	2/22/1964	Villa Hills, KY	Moeller
51	Greg Zackeroff	OG	6'5"	265	4/15/1966	Warren, OH	Harding
52	Tom Moore	C, LS, ST	6'3"	227	2/19/1966	Orrville, OH	Orrville
53	Rich Morris	C	6'4"	252	1/3/1965	Wheaton, IL	North
54	Pat Thomas	NG	6'1"	260	6/6/1966	Centerville, OH	Centerville
55	Ray Holliman	DT	6'4"	262	11/16/1965	Holland, MI	West Ottawa
56	Jim Gilmore	C, DT, OG	6'5"	262	12/19/1962	Philadelphia, PA	Northeast Catholic
57	John Sullivan	ILB	6'0"	237	10/27/1965	Timberlake, OH	Lake Catholic
58	Ed Soltis	ILB, ST	6'3"	224	-	Youngstown, OH	Austintown Fitch
59	Dennis Gossett	OLB	6'2"	225	2/28/1967	Ambridge, PA	Ambridge
62	Dan Hirneise	C	6'3"	290	10/1/1966	Marion, OH	Pleasant
62	Charlie Keenan	NG, OLB, ST	6'2"	220	10/2/1966	Steubenville, OH	Steubenville
64	Mike Kuri	C, LS	6'5"	275	6/10/1967	Martins Ferry, OH	Martins Ferry
65	Tom Glancey	OG	6'4"	264	8/1/1964	North Palm Beach, FL	Cardinal Newman
66	Karl Coles	DT, OG	6'5"	295	2/23/1967	Gahanna, OH	Lincoln
66	Mike Madigan	C, OT	6'4"	267	2/20/1966	Wapakoneta, OH	Wapakoneta
67	Mike Sullivan	ILB, NG, ST	6'0"	241	10/27/1965	Timberlake, OH	Lake Catholic
68	Jeff Uhlenhake	C, DT, OG	6'4"	270	1/28/1966	Newark, OH	Newark Catholic
68	Tim James	OG	6'1"	271	10/17/1965	Cincinnati, OH	Elder
69	Jay Shaffer	OT	6'7"	288	11/17/1964	Lakeside, OH	Boardman
70	Steve France	OG, OT	6'5"	275	12/27/1966	Lancaster, PA	Catholic
71	Bob Maggs	C, OT	6'5"	287	11/29/1963	Youngstown, OH	Cardinal Mooney
72	Henry Brown	DT, OT	6'4"	262	1/27/1965	New York, NY	Andrew Jackson
72	Larry Kotterman	OT	6'7"	284	8/17/1964	Crestline, OH	Ontario
74	Tim Moxley	OT	6'7"	310	3/6/1967	Barnesville, OH	Barnesville
75	Rory Graves	OT	6'6"	280	7/21/1963	Decatur, GA	Columbia
76	Dan Bachorski	OT	6'5"	282	1/15/1964	Bridgeville, PA	Chartiers
77	Jim Davidson	C, DT, OG, OLB, ST	6'5"	245	12/8/1965	Westerville, OH	Westerville North
77	Ron Paulsen	OG, OT	6'5"	258	1/31/1964	Long Beach, CA	Artesia
78	Mike Durham	OG, OT	6'6"	266	1/6/1966	Evanston, IL	Loyola Academy
79	Joe Staysniak	OT	6'5"	290	12/08/1966	Elyria, OH	Midview
79	Joe Garber	DT	6'3"	242	-	Columbus, OH	Bishop Watterson
79	Mike Bloemer	OT	6'4"	255	10/1/1965	Cincinnati, OH	Aiken
80	Ed Taggart	Quarterback	6'3"	223	12/19/1964	Akron, OH	St. Vincent-St. Mary
81	John Hutchinson	OLB, ST, TE	6'3"	232	12/1/1963	Atwater, OH	Waterloo
82	Byron Lee	OLB	6'3"	226	9/8/1964	Columbus, OH	Eastmoor
83	Frank Hoak	ST, TE	6'2"	222	5/1/1966	Richeyville, PA	Beth Center
83	Jim McConville	DT	6'4"	248	3/16/1963	Cleveland, OH	St. Edwards
85	Jim Palmer	TE	6'5"	250	9/5/1966	Loudonville, OH	Loudonville
87	Jim Carroll	Center, TE	6'4"	233	1/18/1966	Brook Park, OH	Berea
88	Alex Higdon	DT, ST, TE	6'5"	251	9/9/1966	Cincinnati, OH	Princeton
90	Fred Ridder	DT, ILB, NG	6'2"	230	9/29/1965	Eaton, OH	Eaton
95	Darryl Lee	DT, NG	6'3"	264	9/12/1963	Columbus, OH	Marion-Franklin
95	Brian Stukey	Center, TE	6'4"	210	-	Belpre, OH	Belpre
96	Srecko Zizakovic	DE, DT, OLB	6'5"	250	8/13/1966	Weston, ON	Weston Collegiate
98	Thomas “Pepper” Johnson	ILB, ST	6'3"	248	7/29/1964	Detroit, MI	Mackenzie
99	Michael McCray	OLB, ST	6'3"	230	6/23/1965	Dayton, OH	Dunbar
99	Brent Niswander	FL	5'11"	168	-	Findlay, OH	Findlay

Coaching Staff:

Head Coach: Earle Bruce
Offensive Coordinator / Tackles & Tight Ends: Glen Mason
Defensive Coordinator: Gary Blackney
Quarterbacks & Wide Receivers: Jim Tressel
Running Backs: Lenny Willis
Interior Offensive Line: Steve Devine
Outside Linebackers: Fred Pagac
Inside Linebackers: Bill Conley
Defensive Line: Randy Hart
Defensive Backfield: Chuck Heater

1985 Ohio State Football Statistics

1985 Ohio State Passing Stats

Player	Comp	Pass Att	Cmp %	Pass Yds	Pass TD	Pass Int
Jim Karsatos	177	289	61.2	2311	19	8
Tom Tupa	7	13	53.8	68	0	0
Cris Carter	1	2	50.0	26	1	0
Scott Powell	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Doug Smith	0	1	0.0	0	0	0

1985 Ohio State Rushing Stats

Player	Rush Att	Rush Yds	Rush Avg	Rush TD	Fum	Lost	FR
John Wooldridge	174	820	4.7	7	1	0	1
George Cooper	129	581	4.5	3	3	2	1
Vince Workman	68	321	4.7	3	1	1	1
Jim Karsatos	65	39	0.6	2	8	2	3
Keith Byars	55	213	3.9	4	0	0	0
Roman Bates	15	49	3.3	1	1	1	0
Barry Walker	6	22	3.7	0	1	1	0
Tom Tupa	4	11	2.8	0	0	0	0
Nate Harris	4	15	3.8	0	0	0	0
Mike Lanese	3	17	5.7	0	0	0	0
Doug Smith	2	0	0.0	0	1	0	1
Cris Carter	1	1	1.0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Delaney	1	7	7.0	0	0	0	0
Hayden Humphrey	1	2	2.0	0	0	0	0

1985 Ohio State Receiving Stats

Player	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec Avg	Rec TD	Fum	Lost
Cris Carter	58	950	16.4	8	0	0
Mike Lanese	31	552	17.8	5	0	0
Ed Taggart	31	327	10.5	3	1	1
John Wooldridge	24	231	9.6	2	1	0
George Cooper	16	130	8.1	1	3	2
Vince Workman	8	70	8.8	0	1	1
Keith Byars	7	44	6.3	0	0	0
Doug Smith	3	52	17.3	1	1	0
John Hutchinson	3	24	8.0	0	0	0
Barry Walker	2	9	4.5	0	1	1
Roman Bates	1	11	11.0	0	1	1
Jim Carroll	1	5	5.0	0	0	0

1985 Ohio State Defensive Stats

Player	Position	Tkl	Solo	Asst	TFL	TFL Yds	Sacks	Sack Yds	FF	FR	Int	Int Yds	PBU	Blk	Def TD
Thomas “Pepper” Johnson	ILB, ST	141	74	67	5	24	2	19	1	2	0	0	1	0	0
Chris Spielman	ILB	140	76	64	9	31	1	13	2	0	3	8	3	0	0
Byron Lee	OLB	72	37	35	8	43	4	34	1	1	1	7	4	0	0
Terry White	FS	71	43	28	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	33	9	0	0
Sonny Gordon	CB, SS	68	38	30	3	7	0	0	1	1	3	37	3	1	0
Greg Rogan	CB	67	40	27	2	3	0	0	0	3	2	12	5	0	0
Eric Kumerow	OLB	54	32	22	10	46	6	38	1	1	1	0	3	0	0
William White	CB	51	29	22	2	2	0	0	2	3	6	10	4	0	0
Larry Kolic	ILB	46	27	19	5	14	1	3	0	0	2	23	4	0	1
Steve Hill	CB, DB	37	22	15	1	9	1	9	2	0	0	0	2	0	0
Darryl Lee	DT, NG	37	18	19	4	16	2	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Scott Leach	CB, DB, OLB, ST	34	16	18	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Ridder	DT, ILB, NG	27	10	17	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Kee	ILB, OLB, ST	25	7	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Holliman	DT	25	13	12	3	24	3	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Derek Isaman	ILB, OLB	23	5	18	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Mike Sullivan	ILB, NG, ST	18	11	7	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Sullivan	ILB	13	11	2	1	9	1	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Henry Brown	DT, OT	11	3	8	1	6	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sean Bell	DB, FS, ST	8	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Ray Jackson	CB, SS	8	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Mike Wood	FS, ST	7	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Jenkins	ILB, ST	7	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Barry Walker	FB, ST, TB	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Davidson	C, DT, OG, OLB, ST	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Everett Ross	FL, SE, ST, TB	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Higdon	DT, ST, TE	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cris Carter	SE, ST	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Moore	C, LS, ST	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dwight Smith	CB, S, ST	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Michael McCray	OLB, ST	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Lanese	FL, ST, TB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rich Spangler	K	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
George Cooper	FB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rory Graves	OT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Hutchinson	OLB, ST, TE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1985 Ohio State Kicking and Punting Stats

Player	Pt	Pt Yds	Punt Avg	TB	I20	Pt Blkd	XP	XPA	XP %	FG	FGA	FG %
Rich Spangler	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	38	39	97.4	13	19	68.4
Tom Tupa	50	2092	41.8	0	17	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0

1985 Ohio State Kick and Punt Return Stats

Player	KR	KR Yds	KR Avg	KR TD	PR	PR Yds	PR Avg
Vince Workman	9	195	21.7	21.7	0	0	0.0
Everett Ross	3	43	14.3	0	2	20	10.0
John Wooldridge	3	66	22.0	0	0	0	0.0
Dino Dawson	2	26	13.0	0	0	0	0.0
Ed Taggart	2	19	9.5	0	0	0	0.0
Mike Sullivan	1	8	8.0	0	0	0	0.0
Mike Lanese	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0
Sonny Gordon	0	0	0.0	0	1	5	5.0

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