| Season |
Bowl |
Date |
Bowl Matchup |
| 2024 | Playoff1 | 12/21/2024 | Tennessee - Ohio State |
| 2023 | Cotton Bowl | 12/29/2023 | Missouri 14-3 Ohio State |
| 2022 | Peach Bowl | 12/31/2022 | Georgia 42-41 Ohio State |
| 2021 | Rose Bowl | 1/1/2022 | Ohio State 48-45 Utah |
| 2020 | Sugar | 1/1/2021 | Ohio State 49-28 Clemson |
| 2019 | Fiesta | 12/28/2019 | Clemson 29-23 Ohio State |
| 2018 | Rose | 1/1/2019 | Ohio State 28-23 Washington |
| 2017 | Cotton | 12/29/2017 | Ohio State 24-7 Southern California |
| 2016 | Fiesta | 12/31/2016 | Clemson 31-0 Ohio State |
| 2015 | Fiesta | 1/1/2016 | Ohio State 44-28 Notre Dame |
| 2014 | Sugar | 1/1/2015 | Ohio State 42-35 Alabama |
| 2013 | Orange | 1/3/2014 | Clemson 40-35 Ohio State |
| 2011 | Gator | 1/2/2012 | Florida 24-17 Ohio State |
| 2010 | Sugar | 1/4/2011 | Ohio State 31-26 Arkansas |
| 2009 | Rose Bowl | 1/1/2010 | Ohio State 26-17 Oregon |
| 2007 | BCS | 1/7/2008 | Louisiana State 38-24 Ohio State |
| 2006 | BCS | 1/8/2007 | Florida 41-14 Ohio State |
| 2005 | Fiesta | 1/2/2006 | Ohio State 34-20 Notre Dame |
| 2004 | Alamo | 12/29/2004 | Ohio State 33-7 Oklahoma State |
| 2003 | Fiesta | 1/2/2004 | Ohio State 35-28 Kansas State |
| 2002 | Fiesta | 1/3/2003 | Ohio State 31-24 Miami |
| 2001 | Outback | 1/1/2002 | South Carolina 31-28 Ohio State |
| 2000 | Outback | 1/1/2001 | South Carolina 24-7 Ohio State |
| 1998 | Sugar | 1/1/1999 | Ohio State 24-14 Texas A&M |
| 1997 | Sugar | 1/1/1998 | Florida State 31-14 Ohio State |
| 1996 | Rose | 1/1/1997 | Ohio State 20-17 Arizona State |
| 1995 | Capital One | 1/1/1996 | Tennessee 20-14 Ohio State |
| 1994 | Capital One | 1/2/1995 | Alabama 24-17 Ohio State |
| 1993 | Holiday | 12/30/1993 | Ohio State 28-21 Brigham Young |
| 1992 | Capital One | 1/1/1993 | Georgia 21-14 Ohio State |
| 1991 | Outback | 1/1/1992 | Syracuse 24-17 Ohio State |
| 1990 | Liberty | 12/27/1990 | Air Force 23-11 Ohio State |
| 1989 | Outback | 1/1/1990 | Auburn 31-14 Ohio State |
| 1986 | Cotton | 1/1/1987 | Ohio State 28-12 Texas A&M |
| 1985 | Capital One | 12/28/1985 | Ohio State 10-7 Brigham Young |
| 1984 | Rose | 1/1/1985 | Southern California 20-17 Ohio State |
| 1983 | Fiesta | 1/2/1984 | Ohio State 28-23 Pittsburgh |
| 1982 | Holiday | 12/17/1982 | Ohio State 47-17 Brigham Young |
| 1981 | Liberty | 12/30/1981 | Ohio State 31-28 Navy |
| 1980 | Fiesta | 12/26/1980 | Penn State 31-19 Ohio State |
| 1979 | Rose | 1/1/1980 | Southern California 17-16 Ohio State |
| 1978 | Gator | 12/29/1978 | Clemson 17-15 Ohio State |
| 1977 | Sugar | 1/2/1978 | Alabama 35-6 Ohio State |
| 1976 | Orange | 1/1/1977 | Ohio State 27-10 Colorado |
| 1975 | Rose | 1/1/1976 | UCLA 23-10 Ohio State |
| 1974 | Rose | 1/1/1975 | Southern California 18-17 Ohio State |
| 1973 | Rose | 1/1/1974 | Ohio State 42-21 Southern California |
| 1972 | Rose | 1/1/1973 | Southern California 42-17 Ohio State |
| 1970 | Rose | 1/1/1971 | Stanford 27-17 Ohio State |
| 1968 | Rose | 1/1/1969 | Ohio State 27-16 Southern California |
| 1957 | Rose | 1/1/1958 | Ohio State 10-7 Oregon |
| 1954 | Rose | 1/1/1955 | Ohio State 20-7 Southern California |
| 1949 | Rose | 1/2/1950 | Ohio State 17-14 California |
| 1920 | Rose | 1/1/1921 | California 28-0 Ohio State |
