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The 1998 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the college football season of 1998-1999. The team's head football coach was John Cooper. The Buckeyes played their home games in Ohio Stadium. The team finished the season with a win-loss record of 11 and 1, and a Big Ten Conference record of 7-1. They finished tri-champions in the Big Ten Conference with the Wisconsin Badgers and the Michigan Wolverines and played in one of the premiere Bowl Championship Series bowl games in the 1999 Sugar Bowl.
Led by senior quarterback Joe Germaine, the Buckeyes were the preseason number one throughout the majority of the season. The Buckeyes only loss came late in the season to the Michigan State Spartans. The team blew a late 15 point lead late in the game to fall short 28-24.
Because of the late loss, Ohio State was kept out of the National Championship Game, the 1999 Fiesta Bowl. Their regular season "miss" of not playing fellow tri-champion Wisconsin also cost the Bucks a trip to the 1999 Rose Bowl because Ohio State was the last to play in the Rose Bowl in 1997, Wisconsin last played in 1994.
While the Buckeyes politicked for a share of the national title, their poor second half performance in the second half of the Sugar Bowl and #1 Tennessee's victory over #2 Florida State in the Fiesta Bowl, forced the Bucks to settle for a number two finish in both polls.
Schedule
September 5at No. 11 West Virginia*No. 1
CBSW 34-17 September 12Toledo*No. 1
ESPNW 49-0 September 19No. 21 Missouri*No. 1
- Ohio Stadium
- Columbus, Ohio
ABCW 35-14 October 3No. 7 Penn StateNo. 1
- Ohio Stadium
- Columbus, Ohio
ABCW 28-9 October 10at IllinoisNo. 1
ESPNW 41-0 October 17MinnesotaNo. 1
- Ohio Stadium
- Columbus, Ohio
ESPNW 45-15 October 24at NorthwesternNo. 1
ESPN 2W 36-10 October 31at IndianaNo. 1
ABCW 38-7 November 7Michigan StateNo. 1
- Ohio Stadium
- Columbus, Ohio
ABCL 24-28 November 14at IowaNo. 7
ABCW 45-14 November 21No. 11 MichiganNo. 7
- Ohio Stadium
- Columbus, Ohio
ABCW 31-16 January 1vs. No. 8 Texas A&M*No. 3
ABCW 24-14
Game notes
West Virginia
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeyes | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
| Mountaineers | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
Toledo
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buckeyes | 21 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 49 |
Missouri
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tigers | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Buckeyes | 7 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 35 |
Penn State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nittany Lions | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| Buckeyes | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
Illinois
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeyes | 10 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 41 |
| Fighting Illini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Minnesota
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Gophers | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| Buckeyes | 14 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 45 |
Northwestern
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeyes | 17 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 36 |
| Wildcats | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Indiana
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeyes | 14 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 38 |
| Hooisers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Michigan State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spartans | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 28 |
| Buckeyes | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
Iowa
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeyes | 14 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 45 |
| Hawkeyes | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Michigan
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverines | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| Buckeyes | 14 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 31 |
Texas A&M
See also: 1999 Sugar Bowl| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggies | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Buckeyes | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
References
- "Big Ten". Retrieved 2008-06-12.
- "A case for No. 1". Retrieved 2008-06-12.