1974Ohio State Buckeyes football
Big Ten co-champion
Rose Bowl, L 17–18 vs.USC
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 4
Record	10–2 (7–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Woody Hayes (24th season)
Defensive coordinator	George Hill (4th season)
MVP	Archie Griffin
Captains	Neal Colzie Pete Cusick Archie Griffin Arnold Jones Steve Myers
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium
Seasons ← 1973 1975 →

The1974 Ohio State Buckeyes football team was anAmerican football team that represented theOhio State University in the1974 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 10–2 record, including the1975 Rose Bowl inPasadena, California, where they lost, 18–17, to theUSC Trojans.

1974 was the first season in which Ohio State played an 11-game regular season schedule. TheNational Collegiate Athletic Association (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.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 14	2:30 p.m.	atMinnesota	No. 4	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN		W 34–19	45,511	[1]
September 21	1:30 p.m.	Oregon State*	No. 2	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		W 51–10	86,383	[2]
September 28	1:30 p.m.	SMU*	No. 1	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		W 28–9	87,487	[3]
October 5	4:30 p.m.	vs.Washington State*	No. 1	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA		W 42–7	50,000	[4]
October 12	1:30 p.m.	Wisconsin	No. 1	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		W 52–7	87,717	[5]
October 19	1:30 p.m.	Indiana	No. 1	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		W 49–9	87,671	[6]
October 26	2:30 p.m.	atNorthwestern	No. 1	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL		W 55–7	42,337	[7]
November 2	1:30 p.m.	Illinois	No. 1	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (Illibuck)		W 49–7	87,813	[8]
November 9	12:30 p.m.	atMichigan State	No. 1	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ABC	L 13–16	78,533	[9]
November 16	2:30 p.m.	atIowa	No. 4	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA		W 35–10	48,700	[10]
November 23	1:00 p.m.	No. 2Michigan	No. 3	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (rivalry)	ABC	W 12–10	88,243	[11]
January 1, 1975	5:00 p.m.	vs. No. 5USC*	No. 3	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	NBC	L 17–18	106,721	[12][13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game All times are inEastern time

Archie Griffin sets school career rushing record

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Ohio State fans still insist that Brian Baschnagel scored from one yard out on the final play at Michigan State onNovember 9. The game officials ruled otherwise, and the Buckeyes suffered a 16-13 loss that cost them the no.1 ranking. Ohio State entered the game at 8-0 and the Spartans were 4-3-1. The frantic, final play occurred after Champ Henson was stopped within inches of the goal line with 13 seconds remaining. Ohio State was out of timeouts, and Michigan State's players were slow getting off the pile. The Buckeyes scrambled and snapped the ball, but it went through QB Cornelius Greene's legs. Baschnagel picked it up and ran into the end zone. Head linesmanEd Scheck signaled touchdown, but field judgeRobert Dagenhardt ruled that time had run out before the play began. Fans of each school climbed atop the goalposts, uncertain which team had won. 46 minutes later, with about 40,000 of the 78,533 fans still in the stadium, the public address announcer told the half-empty stadium that Big Ten commissionerWayne Duke had decided the officials were correct in ruling that time has expired. RefereeGene Calhoun also said the Buckeyes would have been penalized if time had not run out because they didn't come to a one-second set before the snap of the ball.

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• Woody Hayes – head coach (24th year)
• George Chaump – offensive coordinator (7th year)
• George Hill – defensive coordinator (4th year)
• Joe Bugel – offensive guards (1st year)
• Charles Clausen – defensive line (4th year)
• Mickey Jackson – (1st year)
• John Mummey – quarterbacks (6th year)
• Ralph Staub – tackles, tight ends (5th year)
• Dick Walker – defensive backs (6th year)
• Blair Conway – place kicker, punter (1st year)
• Jeff Kaplan - director of counseling, 'brain coach' (2nd year)

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• Archie Griffin, Heisman Trophy^[15]

• Game program: Ohio State vs. Washington State at Seattle – October 5, 1974

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