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Greatest Buckeye Players To Ever Wear The Numbers 31-40

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#31 RB/QB/P/K Vic Janowicz(1949-1951)
Accolades:
- 1 Time All American (1950)
- 2 Time All Big 10 (1950-51)
- Big 10 MVP (1950)
- Heisman Trophy Winner (1950)
- College Football Hall of Fame
Records Held:
- Most Extra Points Made in a Game: 10 vs. Iowa (1950)
- Most Extra Points Attempted in a Game: 11 vs. Iowa (1950)
- Most Punt Attempts in a Game: 21 vs. Michigan (1950)
- Most Punt Yards in a Game: 685 vs. Michigan (1950)
Other Notable Accomplishments:
- 151 Passing Yards vs. Pittsburgh (1950) (Tied for 131st All Time)
- 4 TD Passes vs. Pittsburgh (1950) (Tied for 2nd All Time)
- 62 Punt Attempts in 1951 (5th All Time)
- 2,446 Punt Yards in 1951 (10th All Time)
Honorable Mention:
Nobody

#32 CB Jack Tatum (1966-1970)
Accolades:
- 2 Time All American (1969-70)
- 3 Time All Big 10 (1968-70)
- College Football Hall of Fame
- Member of the 1970 National Championship Team
Records Held:
- ?
Other Notable Accomplishments:
- ?
Honorable Mention:
LB Na’il Diggs (1996-1999)
- 1 Time All American (1999)
- 1 Time All Big 10 (1998)
- 4.0 Tackles for a Loss vs. Miami(FL) (1999) (Tied for 2nd All Time)
- 16.0 Tackles for a Loss in 1998 (Tied for 9th All Time)
- 39.0 Career Tackles for a Loss (Tied for 9th All Time)
- 165 Career Tackles for a Loss Yards (8th All Time)
- 3.0 Sacks vs. Minnesota (1998) (Tied for 3rd All Time)
- 18.0 Career Sacks (Tied for 6th All Time)
- 118 Career Sack Yards (Tied for 6th All Time)
G Joseph Gailus (1930-1933)
- 2 Time All American (1932-33)
- 2 Time All Big 10 (1932-33)
- Captain (1933)
LB Rowland Tatum (1980-1983)
- 1 time All Big 10 (1983)
- Captain (1983)
- 156 Tackles in 1983 (Tied for 5th All time)
LB Rick Middleton (1970-1973)
- 1 Time All Big 10 (1973)
- Captain (1973)
- Member of the 1970 National Championship Team

#33 FB Pete Johnson (1973-1976)
Accolades:
- 1 Time Academic All Big 10 (1976)
Records Held:
- Most Rushing TD’s in a Game: 5 vs. North Carolina
(1975) (Tied for 1st All Time)
- Most Rushing TD’s in a Season: 25 (1975)
- Most Career Rushing TD’s: 56
- Most Points Scored in a Game: 30 vs. North Carolina (1975) (Tied for 1st All Time)
- Most Points Scored in a Season: 156 (1975)
Other Notable Accomplishments:
- 150 Rushing Yards vs. Indiana (1975) (Tied for 50th All Time)
- 1,059 Rushing Yards in 1975 (21st All Time)
- 2,308 Career Rushing Yards (14th All Time)
- 348 Career Points Scored (2nd All Time)
Honorable Mention:
C Gomer Jones (1932-1935)
- 1 Time All American (1935)
- 1 Time All Big 10 (1935)
- Captain (1935)
- College Football Hall of Fame
FB Ollie Cline (1942-1945)
- 1 Time All American (1945)
- 1 Time All Big 10 (1945)
- Big 10 MVP (1945)
- Member of the 1942 National Championship Team
- 229 Rushing Yards @ Pittsburgh (1945) (7th All Time)
- 1 Career Game Rushing for 200 Yards (Tied for 3rd All Time)
FB Bob White (1956-1959)
- 1 Time All American (1958)
- 1 Time All Big 10 (1958)
- 3 Time Academic All Big 10 (1957-59)
- Member of the 1957 National Championship Team
- 209 Rushing Yards @ Iowa (1958) (Tied for 11th All Time)
- 1 Career Game Rushing for 200 Yards (Tied for 3rd All Time)
- 24 Points Scored vs. Indiana (1952) (Tied for 3rd All Time)
HB Dean Sensanbaugher (1943, 1947)
- 170 Rushing Yards vs. Illinois (1943) (Tied for 31st All Time)
- 2 Career Kickoff Returns for a TD (Tied for 1st All Time)
- 60.0 Kickoff Return Yards Per Attempt @ Purdue (1947) (Tied for 4th All Time)
- 103 Yard Kickoff Return @ Great Lakes (1943) (1st All Time)
- Started at HB as a Freshman (1 of 2 People in Ohio State History)
C Ralph Wolf (1934-1937)
- 1 Time All American (1937)
- 1 Time All Big 10 (1937)
RB Joe Montgomery (1994-1998)
- 160 Rushing Yards @ Iowa (1998) (Tied for 42nd All Time)
- 80 Yard Run @ Iowa (1998) (Tied for 5th All Time)

#34 RB Raymont Harris (1990-1993)
Accolades:
- 1 Time Academic All Big 10 (1990)
Records Held:
- ?
Other Notable Accomplishments:
- 39 Rushing Attempts vs. BYU (1993) (Tied for 4th All Time)
- 273 Rushing Attempts in 1993 (Tied for 5th All Time)
- 235 Rushing Yards vs. BYU (1993) (5th All Time)
- 1,344 Rushing Yards in 1993 (9th All Time)
- 2,649 Career Rushing Yards (8th All Time)
- 1 Career Game Rushing for 200 Yards (Tied for 3rd All Time)
Honorable Mention:
T Charles Hamrick (1933-1936)
- 1 Time All American (1936)
- 1 Time All Big 10 (1936)
FB Jeff Logan (1974-1977)
- 1 Time All Big 10 (1977)
- Captain (1977)
- 175 Rushing Yards vs. Purdue (1976) (Tied for 26th All Time)
- 1,248 Rushing Yards in 1976 (13th All Time)
- 2,026 Career Rushing Yards (19th All Time)

#35 FB Jim Otis (1967-1969)
Accolades:
- 1 Time All American (1969)
- 1 Time All Big 10 (1969)
- Member of the 1968 National Championship Team
Records Held:
- ?
Other Notable Accomplishments:
- 167 Rushing Yards vs. Illinois (1969) (Tied for 34th All Time)
- 1,027 Rushing Yards in 1969 (23rd All Time)
- 2,542 Career Rushing Yards (10th All Time)
- 94.1 Career Rushing Yards Per Game Average (2nd All Time)
- 13 Career Games Rushing for 100 Yards (Tied for 4th All Time)
- 24 Points Scored vs. Michigan (1968) (Tied for 3rd All Time)
- 102 Points Scored in 1968 (Tied for 10th All Time)
- 210 Career Points Scored (Tied for 15th All Time)
Honorable Mention:
LB Matt Wilhelm (1999-2002)
- 1 Time All American (2002)
- 1 Time All Big 10 (2002)
- Member of the 2002 National Championship Team
- 19.5 Tackles for a Loss in 2002 (4th All Time)
- 43.5 Career Tackles for a Loss (6th All Time)
LB Glen Cobb (1979-1982)
- 2 Time Captain (1981-82)
- 143 Tackles in 1982 (11th All Time)
- 336 Career Tackles (9th All Time)
QB Jim McDonald (1934-1937)
- 1 Time All American (1937)
- 1 Time All Big 10 (1937)
- Captain (1937)
LB Jerry Rudzinski (1995-1998)
- 4 Time Academic All Big 10 (1995-98)
- Captain (1998)

#36 LB Chris Spielman (1984-1987)
Accolades:
- 2 Time All American (1986-87)
- 3 Time All Big 10 (1985-87)
- Captain (1987)
- Lombardi Trophy Winner (1987)
Records Held:
- Most Tackles in a Game: 29 vs. Michigan (1986) (Tied for 1st All Time)
- Most Solo Tackles in a Season: 105 (1986)
- Most Career Solo Tackles: 283
Other Notable Accomplishments:
- 205 Tackles in 1986 (2nd All Time)
- 546 Career Tackles (3rd All Time)
- 14 Solo Tackles vs. Michigan (1987) (Tied for 2nd All Time)
- 19 Assisted Tackles vs. Michigan (1986) (2nd All Time)
- 100 Assisted Tackles in 1986 (Tied for 2nd All Time)
- 263 Career Assisted Tackles (3rd All Time)
- 118 Interception Yards in 1986 (5th All Time)
Honorable Mention:
LB Tom Cousineau (1975-1978)
- 2 Time All American (1977-78)
- 3 Time All Big 10 (1976-78)
- Captain (1978)
- 29 Tackles vs. Penn State (1978) (Tied for 1st All Time)
- 211 Tackles in 1978 (1st All Time)
- 569 Career Tackles (2nd All Time)
- 16 Solo Tackles vs. SMU (1978) (1st All Time)
- 101 Solo Tackles in 1978 (2nd All Time)
- 259 Career Solo Tackles (2nd All Time)
- 20 Assisted Tackles vs. Penn State (1978) (1st All Time)
- 110 Assisted Tackles in 1978 (1st All Time)
- 310 Career Assisted Tackles (2nd All Time)
LB Marcus Marek (1979-1982)
- 1 Time All American (1982)
- 3 Time All Big 10 (1980-82)
- Captain (1982)
- 21 Tackles vs. Michigan (1982) (Tied for 6th All Time)
- 178 Tackles in 1982 (3rd All Time)
- 572 Career Tackles (1st All Time)
- 256 Career Solo Tackles (3rd All Time)
- 15 Assisted Tackles vs. Stanford (1982) (Tied for 4th All Time)
- 100 Assisted Tackles in 1982 (Tied for 2nd All Time)
- 316 Career Assisted Tackles (1st All Time)
HB/LB Galen Cisco (1954-1957)
- Captain (1957)
- Member of the 1954 National Championship Team
- Member of the 1957 National Championship Team
- 160 Rushing Yards vs. Indiana (1956) (Tied for 42nd All Time)
HB/DB Joe Whisler (1945-1948)
- 123 Rushing Yards @ Illinois (1946) (Tied for 77th All Time)

#37 DB William White (1984-1987)
Accolades:
- 1 Time All Big 10 (1987)
- Captain (1987)
Records Held:
- Most Interceptions in a Game: 3 vs. West Virginia (1987) (Tied for 1st All Time)
- Most Interceptions Returned for a TD in a Career: 2 (Tied for 1st All Time)
Other Notable Accomplishments:
- 16 Career Interceptions (Tied for 3rd All Time)
Honorable Mention:
DE Kelton Dansler (1975-1978)
- 2 Time All Big 10 (1977-78)
- 316 Career Tackles (12th All Time)
CB Dustin Fox (2001-2004)
- 3 Time Academic All Big 10 (2002-04)
- Captain (2004)
- Member of the 2002 National Championship Team
FB Nicky Sualua (1992-1995)
- ?

#38 FB Harold “Champ” Henson (1971-1974)
Accolades:
- ?
Records Held:
- Most Rushing Attempts in a Game: 44 @ Northwestern (1972)
Other Notable Accomplishments:
- 153 Rushing Yards @ Northwestern (1972) (Tied for 47th All Time)
- 20 Rushing TD’s in 1972 (Led the Nation in Scoring)
- 36 Career Rushing TD’s (Tied for 4th All Time)
- 24 Points Scored @ Northwestern (1972) (Tied for 3rd All Time)
- 120 Points Scored in 1972 (Tied for 5th All Time)
- 216 Career Points Scored (13th All Time)
Honorable Mention:
Nobody

#39 FB Jamar Martin (1998-2001)
Accolades:
- Captain (2001)
Records Held:
- ?
Other Notable Accomplishments:
- ?
Honorable Mention:
FB Matt Calhoun (1993-1996)
- ?

#40 RB Howard “Hopalong” Cassady (1952-1955)
Accolades:
- 2 Time All American (1954-55)
- 2 time All Big 10 (1954-55)
- Big 10 MVP (1955)
- Heisman Trophy Winner (1955)
- Maxwell Trophy Winner (1955)
- College Football Hall of Fame
- Member of the 1954 National Championship Team
Records Held:
- ?
Other Notable Accomplishments:
- 170 Rushing Yards vs. Nebraska (1955) (Tied for 31st All Time)
- 2,466 Career Rushing Yards (11th All Time)
- 88 Interception Yards vs. Wisconsin (1954) (2nd All Time)
- 88 Yard Interception Return vs. Wisconsin (1954) (3rd All Time)
- 230 Career Interception Yards (2nd All Time)
- 5 Kickoff Returns vs. Illinois (1953) (Tied for 3rd All Time)
- 42 Career Kickoff Returns (4th All Time)
- 148 Kickoff Return Yards vs. Illinois (1953) (3rd All Time)
- 981 Career Kickoff Return Yards (4th All Time)
- 31.3 Kickoff Return Yards Per Attempt in 1955 (2nd All Time)
- 90 Points Scored in 1955 (Tied for 15th All Time)
- 222 Career Points Scored (11th All Time)
Honorable Mention:
E Bob Shaw (1939-1942)
- 1 Time All American (1942)
- 1 Time All Big 10 (1942)
- Member of the 1942 National Championship Team
 
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Tough call on #33, between Johnson, Cline, and Jones. Cline won the Big 10 MVP, while Johnson led the nation in scoring in 1975.

I'll nominate a #38. Champ Henson led the nation in scoring in 1972, with 20 TD's.

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#33 was very hard to pick, as well as #36 for me, as I wasn't able to watch any of these guys play.
I'll nominate a #38. Champ Henson led the nation in scoring in 1972, with 20 TD's.
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Good find, I was unware of Harold "Champ" Henson, and when you first mentioned him, I thought of Luther "Champ" Henson, I had to go look it up to make sure it wasn't the same guy and that I didn't have the wrong # for Champ Henson!
 
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msj2487 said:
#33 was very hard to pick, as well as #36 for me, as I wasn't able to watch any of these guys play.
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Guys wearing #36 made a hell of a lot of tackles between 1975 and 1987! Even though Cousineau was the #1 player taken in the NFL draft, and Marek is #1 in total career tackles at tOSU, I think most Buckeye fans would agreee that you made the right call in Spiels.

Champ Henson carried the ball on the last legal snap of the 1974 game in East Lansing. Too bad there was no replay back then, he appeared to have the ball over the goal line on pictures the Lantern published a couple days after the game. The refs ruled him short, and then Sparty had some guys laying on the pile and stalling. Brian Baschnagel talked about the play on a BN radio interview a couple of weeks ago. On the next play, Basch picked up a fumble and had the ball in the end zone, which would have won the game, but the backfield wasn't set on the play. It took the refs and Big 10 commish Wayne Duke over a half hour to officially determine who won the game. tOSU was #1 at the time, and it was the team's only regular season loss in the 3-year period of 1973 to 1975. It was 13-16, and Woody didn't want the FG since there was no OT back then, and a 10-10 tie at Ann Arbor the year before had cost tOSU the NC, and Oklahoma and Alabama were also still undefeated. That game ruined my birthday that year.

Once again, msj, this is an excellent topic, and thanks for a solid effort in putting this together.

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BB73,

Thanks for the kind words as well as the history lesson! I always enjoy hearing the buckeye stories whether heartbreaking or simply amazing feats that we have accomplished! Thats one of the reason's that I love the book, What It Means To Be A Buckeye. Have you read that?

That MSU game, though, is one that I've only heard about briefly, I didn't know about Basch's fumble or how long it actually took to decide the winner of the game! Thats just crazy and still in my opinion one of the biggest screw ups refs have made in a game. Too bad it happened on your b-day, but at least since then your b-day is 3-0!!

NFBuck,

I also agree that Wilhelm will go down as one of the less appreciated buckeyes ever. I so wanted to put him as the best at a certain number, if only he'd have been #34, then I might have given it to him over Raymont.
 
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msj2487 said:
BB73,

Thanks for the kind words as well as the history lesson! I always enjoy hearing the buckeye stories whether heartbreaking or simply amazing feats that we have accomplished! Thats one of the reason's that I love the book, What It Means To Be A Buckeye. Have you read that?

That MSU game, though, is one that I've only heard about briefly, I didn't know about Basch's fumble or how long it actually took to decide the winner of the game! Thats just crazy and still in my opinion one of the biggest screw ups refs have made in a game. Too bad it happened on your b-day, but at least since then your b-day is 3-0!!
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That's on my reading list, haven't got it yet.

And actually, tOSU is 4-0 on my birthday since then. '85, '91, '96, and the game that finally made up that MSU debacle: Holy Buckeye in 2002!
 
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