2015 Ohio State Buckeyes Football Team

2015 Ohio State Buckeyes football
2015 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Big Ten East Division co-champion; Fiesta Bowl champion
Fiesta Bowl, W 44–28 vs. Notre Dame
Conference	Big Ten Conference
	East Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 4
Record	12–1 (7–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Urban Meyer (4th season);
Offensive coordinator	Ed Warinner (4th season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Tim Beck (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Luke Fickell (10th; 15th overall season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Chris Ash (2nd season)
Base defense	Multiple
Captain	J. T. Barrett; Jacoby Boren; Joshua Perry; Tyvis Powell
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium
	Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

It was the Buckeyes' 126th season overall, the 103rd as a member of the Big Ten Conference, and second as a member of the Eastern Division. The team was led by Urban Meyer, in his fourth year as head coach, and played its home games at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. They finished the season 12–1, 7–1 in Big Ten play, to finish in a tie for the East Division championship with Michigan State. Due to their head-to-head loss to Michigan State, they did not represent the East Division in the Big Ten Championship Game. They were invited to the Fiesta Bowl where they defeated Notre Dame.

2015 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
No. 6 Michigan State xy$^	7	–	1	12	–	2
No. 4 Ohio State x	7	–	1	12	–	1
No. 12 Michigan	6	–	2	10	–	3
Penn State	4	–	4	7	–	6
Indiana	2	–	6	6	–	7
Rutgers	1	–	7	4	–	8
Maryland	1	–	7	3	–	9
West Division
No. 9 Iowa xy	8	–	0	12	–	2
No. 23 Northwestern	6	–	2	10	–	3
No. 21 Wisconsin	6	–	2	10	–	3
Nebraska	3	–	5	6	–	7
Minnesota	2	–	6	6	–	7
Illinois	2	–	6	5	–	7
Purdue	1	–	7	2	–	10
Championship: Michigan State 16, Iowa 13
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

The Big Ten Conference released the schedule for the 2015 season on June 3, 2013. Ohio State will face all six Eastern Division opponents Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Penn State and Rutgers. Ohio State will also face two Western Division opponents: rival Illinois and Minnesota. Ohio State will play four non-conference games: Virginia Tech of the Atlantic Coast Conference, Hawaii of the Mountain West Conference, and Northern Illinois and Western Michigan of the Mid-American Conference. Ohio State has one bye week during the season between their games against Rutgers and Minnesota.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	8:00 p.m.	at Virginia Tech*	No. 1	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	ESPN	W 42–24	65,632
September 12	3:30 p.m.	Hawaii*	No. 1	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	BTN	W 38–0	107,145
September 19	3:30 p.m.	Northern Illinois*	No. 1	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ABC/ESPN2	W 20–13	104,095
September 26	3:30 p.m.	Western Michigan*	No. 1	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ABC/ESPN2	W 38–12	106,123
October 3	3:30 p.m.	at Indiana	No. 1	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	ABC/ESPN2	W 34–27	52,929
October 10	12:00 p.m.	Maryland	No. 1	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	BTN	W 49–28	107,869
October 17	8:00 p.m.	Penn State	No. 1	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (rivalry)	ABC	W 38–10	108,423
October 24	8:00 p.m.	at Rutgers	No. 1	High Point Solutions Stadium Piscataway, NJ	ABC	W 49–7	53,111
November 7	8:00 p.m.	Minnesota	No. 3	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ABC	W 28–14	108,075
November 14	12:00 p.m.	at Illinois	No. 3	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (Illibuck Trophy)	ABC	W 28–3	51,515
November 21	3:30 p.m.	No. 9 Michigan State	No. 3	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (College GameDay)	ABC	L 14–17	108,975‡
November 28	12:00 p.m.	at No. 10 Michigan	No. 8	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (The Game)	ABC	W 42–13	111,829
January 1, 2016	1:00 p.m.	vs. No. 8 Notre Dame*	No. 7	University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale, AZ (Fiesta Bowl)	ESPN	W 44–28	71,123
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings (after November 3) released prior to game All times are in Eastern time

‡ New Ohio Stadium attendance record

Personnel

Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer was his fourth year as the Buckeye's head coach during the 2015 season. In his previous three seasons with Ohio State, he led the Buckeyes to an overall record of 38 wins and 3 losses (38–3) and the 2014 national championship. On December 16, 2014, offensive coordinator Tom Herman accepted the head coaching position at Houston. On January 11, 2015, Ohio State announced the hiring of former Nebraska coach Tim Beck to replace Herman as co-offensive coordinator. On February 2, 2015, Stan Drayton accepted the running backs coach position with the Chicago Bears, and was replaced by former Notre Dame coach Tony Alford.

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Ohio State	Alma mater
Urban Meyer	Head coach	4th	Cincinnati (1986)
Luke Fickell	Co-Defensive coordinator/linebackers	14th	Ohio State (1997)
Chris Ash	Co-defensive coordinator/safeties	2nd	Drake (1995)
Larry Johnson	Assistant head coach/defensive line	2nd	Elizabeth City State (1973)
Kerry Coombs	Special teams coordinator/cornerbacks	4th	Dayton (1983)
Tim Beck	Co-Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks	1st	Central Florida (1988)
Ed Warinner	Co-offensive coordinator/offensive line	4th	Mount Union (1984)
Tony Alford	Assistant head coach/running backs	1st	Colorado State (1992)
Zach Smith	Wide receivers	4th	Florida (2007)
Tim Hinton	Tight ends, fullbacks	4th	Wilmington (1982)
Quinn Tempel	Offensive graduate assistant	1st	Ohio State (2013)
Mickey Marotti	Assistant athletic director for football sports performance	4th	West Liberty (1987)
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Roster

2015 Ohio State Buckeyes football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR, QB	`1`	Braxton Miller	Sr
HB	`2`	Dontre Wilson	Jr
WR	`3`	Michael Thomas	Jr
RB	`4`	Curtis Samuel	So
WR	`5`	Johnnie Dixon	Fr
QB, WR	`6`	Torrance Gibson	Fr
WR	`7`	Jalin Marshall	So
QB	`10`	Joe Burrow	Fr
QB	`11`	Justin Cook	So
QB	`12`	Cardale Jones	Jr
QB	`13`	Stephen Collier	Fr
WR	`14`	K. J. Hill	Fr
RB	`15`	Ezekiel Elliott	Jr
QB	`16`	J. T. Barrett	So
WR	`18`	Kato Mitchell	Sr
WR	`19`	Joe Ramstetter	So
RB	`20`	Mike Weber	Fr
WR	`21`	Parris Campbell	Fr
WR	`23`	Devlin McDaniel	Jr
TE	`24`	Rashod Berry	Fr
RB	`25`	Bri'onte Dunn	Jr
RB	`26`	Patrick Wise	So
RB	`28`	Warren Ball	Jr
WR	`33`	Austin Clutter	Fr
RB	`35`	Jeffie Johnson	Sr
TE	`44`	Guy Ferrelli	Jr
C	`50`	Jacoby Boren	Sr
OL	`51`	Joel Hale	Sr
OL	`54`	Billy Price	So
OL	`56`	Matthew Burrell	Fr
OL	`57`	Chase Farris	Sr
OL	`59`	Isaiah Prince	Fr
OL	`60`	Blake Pfenning	Fr
OL	`62`	Aaron Parry	Jr
OL	`63`	Kevin Woidke	Fr
OL	`65`	Pat Elflein	Jr
OL	`68`	Taylor Decker	Sr
OL	`69`	Brandon Pahl	Fr
OL	`71`	Kyle Trout	Fr
OL	`74`	Jamarco Jones	So
OL	`75`	Evan Lisle	So
OL	`76`	Branden Bowen	Fr
OL	`77`	Kevin Feder	Fr
OL	`78`	Demetrius Knox	Fr
OL	`79`	Brady Taylor	Fr
WR	`80`	Noah Brown	So
TE	`81`	Nick Vannett	Sr
WR	`82`	James Clark	So
WR	`83`	Terry McLaurin	Fr
WR	`84`	Corey Smith	Sr
TE	`85`	Marcus Baugh	So
WR	`87`	Alex Stump	Fr
TE	`88`	A. J. Alexander	Fr
WR	`89`	Jeff Greene	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
S	`1`	Erick Smith	So
CB	`2`	Marshon Lattimore	Fr
CB	`3`	Damon Webb	So
LB	`5`	Raekwon McMillan	So
DE	`6`	Sam Hubbard	Fr
CB	`8`	Gareon Conley	So
DL	`9`	Jashon Cornell	Fr
DL	`10`	Jalyn Holmes	So
S	`11`	Vonn Bell	Jr
CB	`12`	Denzel Ward	Fr
CB	`13`	Eli Apple	So
CB	`14`	Joshua Norwood	Fr
DB	`15`	Cameron Howard	Sr
S	`16`	Cam Burrows	Jr
LB	`17`	Jerome Baker	Fr
S	`18`	Michael Lawless	Jr
CB	`19`	Eric Glover-Williams	Fr
S	`20`	Khaleed Franklin	Jr
CB	`21`	Trevon Forte	So
S	`23`	Tyvis Powell	Jr
S	`24`	Malik Hooker	Fr
CB	`25`	Logan Kelleher	So
S	`26`	Jarrod Barnes	Jr
S	`28`	Michael Cibene	Jr
S	`29`	Mike Maduko	So
LB	`30`	Jared Drake	Fr
CB	`32`	Elijaah Goins	Jr
LB	`33`	Dante Booker	So
LB	`34`	Nick Conner	Fr
LB	`35`	Chris Worley	So
LB	`36`	Zach Turnure	Jr
LB	`37`	Joshua Perry	Sr
LB	`38`	Craig Fada	Jr
LB	`39`	Kyle Berger	Fr
LB	`43`	Darron Lee	So
S	`46`	Cin'Quan Haney	Jr
LB	`47`	Justin Hilliard	Fr
LB	`48`	Joe Burger	Jr
DL	`52`	Donovan Munger	So
DT	`53`	DaVon Hamilton	Fr
LB	`55`	Cam Willams	Sr
DT	`57`	Robert Landers	Fr
DL	`59`	Tyquan Lewis	So
DE	`70`	Chris Fong	Sr
DL	`77`	Michael Hill	So
DL	`86`	Dre'Mont Jones	Fr
DL	`90`	Tommy Schutt	Sr
DL	`92`	Adolphus Washington	Sr
DL	`93`	Tracy Sprinkle	So
DL	`94`	Dylan Thompson	Fr
DL	`97`	Joey Bosa	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`30`	Tyler Durbin	Jr
LS	`41`	Bryce Haynes	Sr
LS	`44`	Aaron Mawhirter	Jr
LS	`49`	Liam McCullough	Fr
P	`95`	Cameron Johnston	Jr
K	`96`	Sean Nuernberger	So
K	`98`	Jack Willoughby	Sr

Head coach

Urban Meyer

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Ed Warinner (Offensive coordinator / offensive line)
Tim Beck (Co-offensive coordinator / quarterbacks)
Tony Alford (Assistant head coach / running backs)
Tim Hinton (Tight ends / Fullbacks)
Zack Smith (Wide receivers)
Luke Fickell (Co-defensive coordinator / linebackers)
Chris Ash (Co-defensive coordinator / safeties)
Larry Johnson (Assistant head coach / defensive line)
Kerry Coombs (Special teams coordinator / cornerbacks)
Mickey Marotti (Assistant athletic director for football sports performance)
Vince Okruch (Quality control coach – kicking game / defense)
Matt Thurin (Quality control coach – Defense)
Bill Busch (Quality control coach – Defense)
Jim Cordle (Graduate assistant – offense)
Brian Mason (Graduate assistant – defense)
Matt Merritt (Graduate assistant – offense)
Vince Oghobaase (Graduate assistant – defense)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 5, 2016

Depth chart

Defense

FS
11 Vonn Bell
1 Erick Smith

WLB	MLB	SLB
37 Joshua Perry	5 Raekwon McMillan	43 Darron Lee
33 Dante Booker	55 Cam Williams	35 Chris Worley

SS
23 Tyvis Powell
24 Malik Hooker

CB
13 Eli Apple
3 Damon Webb

DE	DT	DT	DE
97 Joey Bosa	92 Adolphus Washington	90 Tommy Schutt	59 Tyquan Lewis
6 Sam Hubbard	77 Michael Hill	51 Joel Hale	10 Jalyn Holmes

CB
19 Gareon Conley
2 Marshon Lattimore

Offense

WR
3 Michael Thomas
84 Corey Smith

H-Back
1 Braxton Miller
4 Curtis Samuel

LT	LG	C	RG	RT
68 Taylor Decker	54 Billy Price	50 Jacoby Boren	65 Pat Elflein	57 Chase Farris
74 Jamarco Jones	78 Demetris Knox	79 Brady Taylor	75 Evan Lisle	59 Isaiah Prince

TE
81 Nick Vannett
85 Marcus Baugh

WR
17 Jalin Marshall
2 Dontre Wilson

QB
16 J. T. Barrett
12 Cardale Jones

Special teams

RB
15 Ezekiel Elliott
4 Bri'onten Dunn

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	1 (61)	1 (61)	1 (61)	1 (59)	1 (42)	1 (45)	1 (38)	1 (27)	1 (28)	1 (39)	2 (26)	3 (23)	8	6	7	4
Coaches	1 (62)	1 (62)	1 (63)	1 (62)	1 (61)	1 (61)	1 (50)	1 (47)	1 (48)	1 (49)	1 (34)	2 (32)	8	6	5	4
CFP	Not released									3	3	3	8	6	7	Not released

Game summaries

Virginia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #1 Ohio State	14	0	14	14	42
Virginia Tech	0	17	0	7	24

Location: Blacksburg, Virginia
Game start: 8:00 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:30
Game attendance: 65,632
TV announcers (ESPN): Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit

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Hawaii

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawaii	0	0	0	0	0
• #1 Ohio State	7	7	3	21	38

Location: Columbus, Ohio
Game start: 3:30 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:28
Game attendance: 107,145
Game weather: Sunny
TV announcers (BTN): Kevin Kugler, Matt Millen, and Lisa Byington

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Northern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Northern Illinois	7	3	0	3	13
• #1 Ohio State	3	7	10	0	20

Location: Columbus, Ohio
Game start: 3:30 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:28
Game attendance: 104,095
Game weather: Cloudy, Light Rain
TV announcers (ABC/ESPN2): Mike Patrick and Ed Cunningham

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Western Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Western Michigan	0	6	6	0	12
• #1 Ohio State	7	17	7	7	38

Location: Columbus, Ohio
Game start: 3:30 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:25
Game attendance: 106,123
Game weather: Cloudy
TV announcers (ABC/ESPN2): Adam Amin and Kelly Stouffer

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Indiana

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #1 Ohio State	0	6	14	14	34
Indiana	3	7	7	10	27

Location: Bloomington, Indiana
Game start: 3:30 p.m.
Elapsed time: 4:10
Game attendance: 52,929
Game weather: Cloudy, Light Rain
TV announcers (ABC/ESPN2): Mike Patrick and Ed Cunningham

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Maryland

	1	2	3	4	Total
Maryland	7	7	7	7	28
• #1 Ohio State	7	14	14	14	49

Location: Columbus, Ohio
Game start: 12:00 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:30
Game attendance: 107,869
Game weather: Sunny
TV announcers (BTN): Eric Collins, Glen Mason

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Penn State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Penn State	3	0	7	0	10
• #1 Ohio State	0	21	0	17	38

Location: Columbus, Ohio
Game start: 8:00 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:45
Game attendance: 108,423
Game weather: Partly Cloudy
TV announcers (ABC): Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Heather Cox

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"Dark Night at the Shoe" – Ohio State wears all-black uniforms for the first time in school history.

Rutgers

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #1 Ohio State	7	14	21	7	49
Rutgers	0	0	0	7	7

Location: Piscataway, New Jersey
Game start: 8:00 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:30
Game attendance: 53,111
Game weather: Clear
TV announcers (ABC): Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Heather Cox

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Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minnesota	0	0	0	14	14
• #1 Ohio State	0	14	7	7	28

Location: Columbus, Ohio
Game start: 8:00 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:35
Game weather: Clear
TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe

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Illinois

Illibuck

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #2 Ohio State	7	7	7	7	28
Illinois	0	3	0	0	3

Location: Champaign, Illinois
Game start: 12:00 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:35
Game attendance: 51,515
Game weather: Sunny
TV announcers (ABC): Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman, Todd McShay

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Michigan State

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #9 Michigan State	0	7	0	10	17
#2 Ohio State	0	7	7	0	14

Location: Columbus, Ohio
Game start: 3:30 p.m.
TV announcers (ABC): Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, and Heather Cox

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Michigan

The Game

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #8 Ohio State	7	7	14	14	42
#12 Michigan	0	10	0	3	13

Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Game start: 12:00 p.m.
Game attendance: 111,829
Game weather: Mostly cloudy
Referee: Jerry McGinn
TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge, and Holly Rowe

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Notre Dame–Fiesta Bowl

BattleFrog Fiesta Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
#8 Notre Dame	0	14	7	7	28
• #7 Ohio State	14	14	7	9	44

Location: Glendale, AZ
Game start: 1:07 p.m. EST
Elapsed time: 3:31
Game attendance: 71,123
Game weather: None (Indoor Stadium)
Referee: Hubert Owens (SEC)
TV announcers (ESPN): Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman, & Todd McShay (ESPN) Adam Amin, Kelly Stouffer, & Olivia Harlan (ESPN Radio)

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2016 NFL Draft

The Buckeyes had 12 players (5 in the first round) in the 2016 NFL Draft.

Round	Pick Number	NFL Team	Player	Position
1	3	San Diego Chargers	Joey Bosa	DE
1	4	Dallas Cowboys	Ezekiel Elliott	RB
1	10	New York Giants	Eli Apple	CB
1	16	Detroit Lions	Taylor Decker	OT
1	20	New York Jets	Darron Lee	OLB
2	47	New Orleans Saints	Michael Thomas	WR
2	61	New Orleans Saints	Vonn Bell	S
3	80	Buffalo Bills	Adolphus Washington	DT
3	85	Houston Texans	Braxton Miller	WR
3	94	Seattle Seahawks	Nick Vannett	TE
4	102	San Diego Chargers	Joshua Perry	OLB
4	139	Buffalo Bills	Cardale Jones	QB

In addition, 3 players were signed as undrafted free agents

Position	Player	NFL Team
OL	Chase Farris	Detroit Lions
WR	Jalin Marshall	New York Jets
S	Tyvis Powell	Seattle Seahawks

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References

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