1983: Michigan 24 Ohio State 21

The final seconds of the TV broadcast for this game were blacked out for technical difficulties so unfortunaely, OSU's final play and the students rushing the field are not included.

Game played on November 19, 1983 in Ann Arbor.

1983 Michigan Wolverines Starting Lineups...

OFFENSE:

Split End - Vince Bean
Left Tackle - Clay Miller
Left Guard - Jerry Diorio
Center - Tom Dixon
Right Guard - Stefan Humphries
Right Tackle - Doug James
Tight End - Sim Nelson
Flanker - Triando Markray
Flanker - Gilvanni Johnson
Flanker - Ken Higgins
Quarterback - Steve Smith
Fullback - Eddie Garrett
Fullback - Greg Armstrong
Fullback - Dan Rice
Tailback - Rick Rogers
Tailback - Kerry Smith

DEFENSE:

Defensive Tackle - Vince DeFelice
Defensive Tackle - Mike Hammerstein
Middle Guard - Al Sincich
Defensive Tackle - Kevin Brooks
Outside Linebacker - Tom Hassel
Outside Linebacker - Carlton Rose
Outside Linebacker - Rodney Lyles
Outside Linebacker - Jim Scarcelli
Inside Linebacker - Tim Anderson
Inside Linebacker - Mike Boren
Inside Linebacker - Mike Reinhold
Inside Linebacker - Mike Mallory
WS Cornerback - John Lott
SS Cornerback - Bradley Cochran
Strong Safety - Evan Cooper
Strong Safety - Rich Hewlett
Free Safety - Tony Gant
Free Safety - Evan Cooper

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[ggoblue]

on the last play tomczak [inexplicably] couldnt bring himself to heave it down the field and instead scrambled out of bounds on the OSU sideline.

[WolverineHistorian]

@ggoblue Good to know. I was 3 when this game was played. No personal memories of it.

[810steveo]

I believe at the 17 minute mark was the infamous fumbleroskie that blew up on Ohio later in Orange bowl Nebraska used it against Miami with better sucess

[LOKISlog7]

My FAVE Wolverines unis ( with the white socks combo)

[TheAntihero6212]

@WolverineHistorian Oh, so THAT'S how he got players like QBs Jack Trudeau, Tony Eason, and prolific WR David Williams, all whom went on to start in the NFL. ;-D

As for the 9-0 thing, with the Big Ten going to a nine-game conference schedule starting in 2014 (Or it could start next year, I honestly don't know), maybe Hoke will get his chance to accomplish something that Bo never did. ;-d.

[Ooftyman]

Why don't we ever see flying toilet paper these days at the Big House? =( Hahhaha...

[WolverineHistorian]

@TheAntihero6212 Illinois was coached by Mike White who ran one of the dirtiest programs in Big Ten history. He had gotten caught cheating at Cal and when he got busted for cheating at Illinois (which put them on probation) he bolted for the NFL.

This was the only year Bo lost to Illinois leaving us second in the conference. There was just a 3 year period in the early 80's where all the Big Ten teams played each other. Several of Bo's teams would have gone 9-0 if given the chance.

[TheAntihero6212]

@GoongalaGoongala Oh, and that wasn't the last time that the Bruins upset a Big Ten team with national title aspirations in the Rose Bowl. Two years later they upset Iowa, 45-28.

[TheAntihero6212]

@GoongalaGoongala Illinois did. They went 9-0 in conference, the only time that that has ever happened, and defeated #4 Iowa, #6 Ohio State, and #8 Michigan along the way. Unfortunately, they were upset by Rick Neuheisel, Karl Dorrell, and UCLA 45-9 in the Rose Bowl, a loss that probably cost the Illini the national title considering what happened later that night........

[GoongalaGoongala]

Its interesting that Michigan had the number 1 defense in the Big 10, yet didn't win the conference. Who won that Big 10 in 1983?