This all started because I was texting my friends (One a Ravens fan one a Chiefs fan) after the Ravens lost and I made some joke that the Chiefs could not possibly beat the Titans if they were to matchup in the AFC Championship because they only had 1 Buckeye, Darron Lee, compared to the Titans 2 Buckeyes, Vrabel and Coombs. This was all just me trying to rile them up but then I got to thinking how many Super Bowls in the past 2 decades had an Ohio State player on the WINNING team. I am not sure if you will find this interesting but I though it would be cool to see how we are represented on the games biggest stage. I would also like to apologize for the long post but this was the only way I could get it to look neat.
All rosters found using https://www.pro-football-reference.com/
January 30, 2000: St. Louis 23 - Tennessee 16: QB Joe Germaine, T Orlando Pace, LB Lorenzo Styles
January 28, 2001: Baltimore 34 - New York Giants 7: None
February 3, 2002: New England 20 - St Louis 17: WR Terry Glenn, LB Mike Vrabel
January 26, 2003: Tampa Bay 48 - Oakland 21: TE Rickey Dudley, P Tom Tupa
February 1, 2004: New England 32 - Carolina 29: LB Mike Vrabel
February 6, 2005: New England 24 - Philadelphia 21: LB Mike Vrabel
February 5, 2006: Pittsburgh 21 - Seattle 10: None
February 4, 2007: Indianapolis 29 - Chicago 17: S Mike Doss
February 3, 2008: New York Giants 17 - New England 14: None
February 1, 2009: Pittsburgh 27 - Arizona 23: WR Santonio Holmes
February 7, 2010: New Orleans 31 - Indianapolis 17: S Malcolm Jenkins, DE Will Smith
February 6, 2011: Green Bay 31- Pittsburgh 25: LB AJ Hawk, DE Ryan Pickett, LB Matt Wilhelm
February 5, 2012: New York Giants 21 - New England 17: TE Jake Ballard, C Jim Cordle
February 3, 2013: Baltimore 34 - San Francisco 31: None
February 2, 2014: Seattle 43 - Denver 8: None
February 1, 2015: New England 28 - Seattle 24: S Nate Ebner
February 7, 2016: Denver 24 - Carolina 10: CB Bradley Roby
February 5, 2017: New England 34 - Atlanta 28: S Nate Ebner
February 4, 2018: Philadelphia 41 - New England 33: S Malcolm Jenkins
February 3, 2019: New England 13 - Los Angeles 3: S Nate Ebner, DE John Simon
Over the past 20 Super Bowls there has been an Ohio State player on the winning team a whopping 15 times. All remaining Playoff teams have a Buckeye on their roster except for Green Bay so unless they win it all the number will be 16/21. I hope you guys found this interesting like I did, just seeing how a Buckeye always seems to find his way onto a championship team is awesome!
