1983: Ohio State v. Oklahoma (Drive-Thru)

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The return leg of the two-game series. The first game in 1977 sucked. This one, pitting the no. 2 ranked Sooners in Norman against the no. 6 ranked Buckeyes, would not.

OFFENSE

QB: Mike Tomczak (Calumet City, IL)
FB: Vaughn Broadnax (Xenia, OH)
TB: Keith Byars (Dayton, OH)
FL: Cedric Anderson (Apopka, FL)
SE: Thad Jemison (Cincinnati, OH)
TE: John Frank (Mt. Lebanon, PA)
LT: William Roberts (Miami, FL)
LG: Kirk Lowdermilk (Salem, OH)
C: Joe Dooley (Cincinnati, OH)
RG: Scott Zalenski (Bethel Park, PA)
RT: Mark Krerowicz (Toledo, OH)

DEFENSE

DT: Dave Crecelius (Ashland, OH)
MG: Spencer Nelms (Decatur, GA)
DT: Dave Morrill (Centerville, OH)
LB: Orlando Lowry (Shaker Heights, OH)
LB: Clark Backus (Maitland, FL)
LB: Curt Curtis (Potomac, MD)
LB: Rowland Tatum (Inglewood, CA)
CB: Garcia Lane (Youngstown, OH)
CB: Shaun Gayle (Hampton, VA)
S: Kelvin Bell (Richmond, VA)
S: Doug Hill (Miami, FL)

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• Buckeyes
• 1983
• Oklahoma
• Sooners
• Earle
• Bruce
• Barry
• Switzer

[JaydeeinCali]

A great video!

[TheOusooner56]

the beginning of the end for Marcus Dupree

[Drybones195]

@duffymustapha he fumbled the football

[killcasualfan]

After the game, notice how Switzer congragulates buckeye QB, whereas after the Sooners won the classic Top 5 matchup in 1977, woody hayes slaps a Sooner water boy. Switzer has class, woody is a bully

[hazelwood55]

@BIGBUCK20 I was in the same chemistry class as John Frank and when he came in Monday morning after this game the class appauded him. The next game the Bucks lost. I think the players tended to lose focus after a big win like this. But I guess thats the coach's job to keep them on task.

[kenouman]

I was at this game. Ohio's O-line pushed the Sooners around all day long.

Tomczak played a great game.

But the greatest athlete on the field that day was Buster Rhymes. When Buster had the ball everyone else seemed to be playing in slow motion. Too bad he screwed his career.

[duffymustapha]

Would Marcus Dupree have made a major difference? Though injured, I think he was overweight by this time and was inconsistent from game to game in '83. Think it was shortly after this one that he fizzled out (maybe after the Texas game).

[misteratheist1]

Frank Broyles.

To those of us of a certain age (I'm 39) the Jackson/Broyles team is the "old school" college football broadcasting team.

[duffymustapha]

I appreciate Frank's contribution to my 49ers success. Interesting to see how the offenses were different compared to the '77 game. Showed how the option was going out of style (with the exception of its resurgence at OU from '85- '88). Who's the Southern dude in the booth with Keith Jackson?

[profoak1]

ohio state=10-2 and big 10 champs; #8 in rank

Oklahoma=7-5, no big 12 championship this year, and no rank