Three best individual seasons in Ohio State football history
By Ryan Stano
Archie Griffin is not just the greatest player in Ohio State football history, but college football history. He is the only player to win the Heisman Trophy twice. His first Heisman season is the greatest performance for any individual Buckeye in history though.
Griffin led the NCAA in rushing, amassing 1,695 yards in 12 games of play, adding 12 touchdowns. He was the focal point of the Woody Hayes led Buckeyes and was someone who could be counted on day in and day out. He helped lead the Buckeyes to a Big Ten Championship that year.
Ohio State was one of the top teams in the country in 1974. Having Griffin run for a whopping 6.6 yards per rush helped them to a 10-2 record and a Rose Bowl berth. Because he was able to lead the country in rushing, he won his first Heisman trophy.
While Eddie George‘s 1995 season is statistically better, Griffin’s season is the best of all-time because it started his legacy. This is the season where he announced to the college football world just how good he is. It was able to catapult him into superstardom.
Griffin was able to follow up this incredible season with another great one in 1975. He led the country in rushing that season too and won the Heisman yet again. But his 1974 season was better than that, so that’s the Heisman-winning season that gets the nod.
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Like I said, this was an incredibly tough list to put together. There are plenty of other great seasons that can be argued for as well. But these are the three that stick out in my mind as the absolute best.