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1977 Season Stats
Series History
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Final
Ohio State
7
14
7
7
35
Southern Methodist
0
0
0
7
7
Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER
TD
Jeff Logan
16 yard run (
Vlade Janakievski
kick)
7
0
SECOND QUARTER
TD
Rod Gerald
33 yard run (
Vlade Janakievski
kick)
14
0
TD
Joel Payton
2 yard run (
Vlade Janakievski
kick)
21
0
THIRD QUARTER
TD
Joel Payton
44 yard run (
Vlade Janakievski
kick)
28
0
FOURTH QUARTER
TD
Paul Campbell
1 yard run (
Vlade Janakievski
kick)
35
0
TD
Arthur Whittington
1 yard run (
John Dunlop
kick)
35
7
Team Stats
OSU
SMU
1st Downs
25
14
Rushing 1st Downs
20
2
Passing 1st Downs
5
12
Penalty
0
0
Rushing
360
17
Rushing Attempts
76
22
Yards Gained Rushing
385
45
Yards Lost Rushing
25
28
TDs Rushing
5
1
Passing
88
273
Passes Attempted
9
37
Passes Completed
5
19
Intercepted
1
7
TDs Passing
0
0
Pass Efficiency
115.47
75.49
Total Offensive Plays
85
59
Total Net Yards
448
290
Average Gain Per Play
5.27
4.92
Fumbles - Lost
3 - 2
1 - 0
Penalties - Yards
4 - 20
1 - 15
Interceptions - Yards
7 - 27
1 - 8
Punts - Yards
3 - 86
6 - 240
Average Per Punt
28.67
40.00
Punt Returns - Yards
2 - 2
1 - 12
Kickoff Returns - Yards
1 - 28
5 - 88
Game Info
Stadium
Cotton Bowl
Location
Dallas, Texas
Date
Oct 1, 1977
Time
7:30 pm
Attendance
51,970
Temperature
93°F
Weather
Partly Cloudy
Conference
OSU: Big Ten
SMU: Southwest
Head Coach
OSU:
Woody Hayes
SMU:
Ron Meyer
AP Rank
OSU: 6
SMU: NR
Final AP Rank
OSU: 11
SMU: NR
Season Record
OSU: 9-3
SMU: 4-7
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Ohio State Scoring
TD
FG
XP
2pt
DXP
Saf
Points
Joel Payton
2
0
0
0
0
0
12
Jeff Logan
1
0
0
0
0
0
6
Paul Campbell
1
0
0
0
0
0
6
Rod Gerald
1
0
0
0
0
0
6
Vlade Janakievski
0
0
5
0
0
0
5
TOTALS
5
0
5
0
0
0
35
Southern Methodist Scoring
TD
FG
XP
2pt
DXP
Saf
Points
Arthur Whittington
1
0
0
0
0
0
6
John Dunlop
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
TOTALS
1
0
1
0
0
0
7
Ohio State Passing
C-Att-Int
Yards
Y/A
Lng
TD
Effic
Rod Gerald
5-8-1
88
11.0
31
0
129.90
Gregory Castignola
0-1-0
0
0.0
0
0
0.00
TOTALS
5-9-1
88
9.8
31
0
115.47
Ohio State Rushing
No
Gain
Loss
Net
Avg
Lng
TD
Paul Campbell
20
93
1
92
4.6
13
1
Joel Payton
12
91
0
91
7.6
44
2
Ron Springs
15
50
6
44
2.9
6
0
Rod Gerald
7
49
9
40
5.7
33
1
Ricky Johnson
6
31
0
31
5.2
11
0
Jeff Logan
5
30
0
30
6.0
16
1
Michael Schneider
5
17
0
17
3.4
6
0
Ricardo Volley
3
15
0
15
5.0
9
0
James Harrell
1
9
0
9
9.0
9
0
Gregory Castignola
1
0
2
-2
-2.0
0
0
TEAM
1
0
7
-7
-7.0
0
0
TOTALS
76
385
25
360
4.7
44
5
Ohio State Receiving
No
Yds
Avg
Lng
TD
James Harrell
2
25
12.5
13
0
Jimmy Moore
1
31
31.0
31
0
Paul Campbell
1
20
20.0
20
0
Joel Payton
1
12
12.0
12
0
TOTALS
5
88
17.6
31
0
Ohio State Interceptions
No
Yds
TD
Michael Guess
3
27
0
Ray Griffin
1
0
0
David Adkins
1
0
0
Eddie Beamon
1
0
0
Kelton Dansler
1
0
0
TOTALS
7
27
0
Ohio State Defense
Total
Solo
Ast
TFL/Y
PBU
Aaron Brown
7
4
3
Leonard Mills
6
4
2
David Adkins
5
4
1
Eddie Beamon
5
4
1
1/1
Kelton Dansler
4
3
1
Joe Allegro
3
3
0
1
Michael Guess
3
3
0
Paul Ross
3
1
2
2/12
Tom Roche
2
2
0
1
Ray Griffin
2
2
0
Duncan Griffin
2
1
1
Byron Cato
2
1
1
1/6
James Laughlin
1
1
0
Terry Vogler
1
1
0
Thomas Blinco
1
1
0
Mark Sullivan
1
1
0
1/1
William Jaco
1
0
1
Alvin Washington
1
0
1
TOTALS
50
36
14
5/20
2
Ohio State Kick Returns
No
Yds
Avg
TD
Ray Griffin
1
26
26.0
0
TOTALS
1
26
26.0
0
Ohio State Punt Returns
No
Yds
Avg
TD
Ray Griffin
2
2
1.0
0
TOTALS
2
2
1.0
0
Ohio State Kicking
FG
Pct
XP
Pts
Vlade Janakievski
0-1
0.0%
5-5
5
TOTALS
0-1
0.0%
5-5
5
Ohio State Punting
No
Yds
Avg
Lng
David McKee
2
86
43.0
47
TEAM
1
0
0.0
0
TOTALS
3
86
28.7
47
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