Apologies to those who read this before it went to Blog Heaven.

This is another one game date for Ohio State. Fortunately, the result is a win for the Buckeyes.

BYU entered this contest with the  better record, better ranking and national respect.

BACKGROUND
The Buckeyes entered this game with an 8-3 record and were coming off of a 17-27 defeat against Our Rivals in Ann Arbor. Ohio State's other losses in the regular season were a 7-12 defeat against Wisconsin the week before and 28-31 loss at Illinois in week 4. In week 8 the Buckeyes defeated No. 1 Iowa 22-13 in an all-time great game in the Horseshoe.

BYU was led by quarterback Robbie Bosco and its stingy defense. The Cougars came into this game with an 11-2 record. BYU was riding a five game winning streak and had won 10 of its last 11 games. BYU's biggest win of the season was a 28-21 victory over No. 4 Air Force.

2010 BYU MEDIA GUIDE  

“In what promised to be an offensive showdown between pass-happy BYU (11-2) and rough and tumble Ohio State (8-3), two of the nation’s top defenses took center stage. In fact, the game’s only touchdowns were produced by a noseguard on an interception and a reserve wide receiver on a broken play.

[…]

In the second half, Ohio State noseguard Larry Kolic intercepted Bosco and took it in for a touchdown to give the Buckeyes a 10-7 lead. Leon White and Kyle Whittingham recovered fumbles but Kolic got another interception and Terry White intercepted two in the end zone to stop BYU threats.

[…]

Ohio State was the benefactor of six Cougar turnovers, and the Buckeyes went home the victor.

OHIO STATE PLAYERS

• John Wooldridge rushed for a game-high 92 yards (3.7 ypc).
• Jim Karsatos completed 19/35 passes for 196 yards.
• Cris Carter had a team-high 71 yards receiving (14.2 ypr).
• Larry Kolic. The middle guard had two interceptions. He returned the first interception for Ohio State's only touchdown.

Bosco threw 4 interceptions against Ohio State's stout defense.

BYU PLAYERS

• Robbie Bosco completed 26/50 passes for 261 yards, 1 touchdown and 4 interceptions.
• Mark Bellini led all players with 87 yards receiving (17.4 ypr).
• Peter Tuipuloti led the Cougars with 43 yards rushing (4.8 ypc).

KEY PLAY
Larry Kolic's pick six on the second play of the second half to give Ohio State a 10-7 lead.

THE REST OF THE STORY
Earle Bruce would win one more bowl game with the Buckeyes ('87 Cotton Bowl) as Ohio State's head coach.

After the 1985 Citrus Bowl Bruce went 16-7-1 (.688) in his last two seasons at Ohio State.

Sources
BYU Media Guide
Ohio State Media Guide
Wikipedia- 1985 BYU
Youtube.com