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
Division	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
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The 2015 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. 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.

The Big Ten Conference released the schedule for the 2015 season on June 3, 2013.^[1] Ohio State will face all six Eastern Division opponents Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Penn State and Rutgers.^[1] Ohio State will also face two Western Division opponents: rival Illinois and Minnesota.^[1] 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

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• ‡ New Ohio Stadium attendance record

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.^[3] On January 11, 2015, Ohio State announced the hiring of former Nebraska coach Tim Beck to replace Herman as co-offensive coordinator.^[4] 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.^[5]

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

"Dark Night at the Shoe" – Ohio State wears all-black uniforms for the first time in school history.^[7]

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

In addition, 3 players were signed as undrafted free agents

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