The team set a school record with 2,704 rushing yards, a total that was later eclipsed by the 1987 team. The team played its home games at Ball State Stadium in Muncie, Indiana. In its sixth season under head coach Dave McClain, the team compiled an 8–3 record (4–1 against conference opponents) and won the school's first MAC championship. The Buckeyes returned to the Orange Bowl in January 2014 through December 2019, this remains their only victory.Ĭolorado did not return for thirteen years, until consecutive appearances in 19, winning the latter for the a share of the national championship.The 1976 Ball State Cardinals football team was an American football team that represented Ball State University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. Ohio State climbed to sixth in the final AP poll and Colorado fell to sixteenth. Ohio State – Rod Gerald 4-yard run (Skladany kick), 0:45.Ohio State – Skladany 20-yard field goal, 2:30.Ohio State – Pete Johnson 3-yard run (Skladany kick), 0:24.Ohio State – Skladany 28-yard field goal, 9:33.Ohio State – Jeff Logan 36-yard run ( Tom Skladany kick), 3:11.Colorado – Emery Moorehead 11-yard pass from Jeff Knapple (Zetterberg kick), 3:54.Colorado – Mark Zetterberg 26-yard field goal, 9:04.Ohio State committed six turnovers (four fumbles, two interceptions), but its defense responded. Gerald ended the scoring with a four-yard run in the game's final minute and was named the outstanding player of the game on offense sophomore linebacker Tom Cousineau took the defensive honor.Ĭolorado had two turnovers (both interceptions), but made only five first downs. Skladany added another short field goal in the third quarter. That capped a 99-yard drive after a blocked Colorado field goal attempt, and gave Ohio State the lead for good. The Buckeyes scored on their next two possessions with a 28-yard field goal by Tom Skladany and Pete Johnson's three-yard run with 24 seconds remaining before halftime. Ohio State was on the scoreboard with 3:11 to go in the first quarter. Gerald rushed 14 times for 81 yards, including 17 on his first carry setting up a 36-yard scoring run by Jeff Logan. Ohio State sophomore quarterback Rod Gerald, who had not played since the seventh game of the season due to a bone chip in his lower back, relieved starter Jim Pacenta late in the first quarter and led the Buckeyes to victory. Underdog Colorado scored quickly, jumping out to an early 10–0 lead. Colorado was making its third Orange Bowl appearance the last was fifteen years earlier, and they had not been to a major bowl since. They were co-champions of the Big Eight Conference, gaining the Miami berth with victories over the other two teams at 5–2, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. The Buffaloes lost their opener at Texas Tech and also dropped games to Nebraska and at Missouri. Main article: 1976 Colorado Buffaloes football team Poly-Turf, similar to AstroTurf, was installed for the 1970 season, replaced in 1972, and removed in early 1976, following Super Bowl X. It was the first Orange Bowl played on natural grass in seven years, since January 1970. The night before, Nebraska won the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, and Oklahoma took the Fiesta Bowl a week earlier. This was the only Orange Bowl between 19 without Oklahoma, and the only one from 1976 through 1989 without either the Sooners or Nebraska (the 1979 game matched both). Behind early, favored Ohio State won 27–10. Part of the 1976–77 bowl game season, it matched the eleventh-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes of the Big Ten Conference and the #12 Colorado Buffaloes of the Big Eight Conference. The 1977 Orange Bowl was the 43rd edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Saturday, January 1.
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