1967 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1967 Big Ten Conference football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; Rankings from AP Poll

1967 Ohio State Buckeyes football
1967 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1967 record	6–3 (5–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Woody Hayes (17th season);
MVP	Dick Worden
Captain	Bill Ray Anders, Sam Elliott
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium; (Capacity: 81,109)
	Seasons ← 1966 1968 →

The 1967 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1967 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 6–3 record.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	1:30 p.m.	Arizona*	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		L 7–14	77,468
October 7	4:30 p.m.	at Oregon*	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR		W 30–0	25,000
October 14	1:30 p.m.	No. 2 Purdue	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		L 6–41	84,069
October 21		at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL		W 6–2	42,812
October 28	1:30 p.m.	Illinois	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy)		L 13–17	83,928
November 4	1:30 p.m.	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI		W 21–7	76,235
November 11	1:30 p.m.	Wisconsin	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		W 17–15	65,470
November 18	1:30 p.m.	Iowa	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		W 21–10	72,567
November 25	1:30 p.m.	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	ABC	W 24–14	64,144	^[1]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Depth chart[]

Defense

LB	MLB	LB
James Nein	Dirk Worden	Mark Stier
⋅	Bob Trapuzzano	Mike Radtke
⋅	⋅	⋅

CB
Ted Provost
⋅
⋅

DE	DT	NT	DT	DE
Nick Roman	Bill Urbanik	Vic Stottlemyer	Paul Schmidlin	Dick Whitfield
⋅	Brad Nielsen	⋅	⋅	⋅
⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅

CB
Sam Elliott
Mike Polaski
⋅

Offense

SE
Bill Anders
⋅
⋅

LT	LG	C	RG	RT
Dick Himes	John Kelley	John Muhlbach	Alan Jack	Dave Foley
⋅	⋅	Jim Roman	⋅	Charles Hutchison
⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅

TE
Rufus Mayes
⋅
⋅

WB
Dave Brungard
Ray Gillian
⋅

QB
Bill Long
Jerry Ehrsam
⋅

FB
Jim Otis
Paul Huff
⋅

Special Teams

RB
Rudy Hubbard
⋅
⋅

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Game summaries[]

Arizona[]

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Oregon[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Ohio State	13	3	7	7	30
Oregon	0	0	0	0	0

Date: October 7
Location: Autzen Stadium, Eugene, Oregon
Game attendance: 25,000
Game weather: Clear, warm

^[4]

Purdue[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Purdue	14	21	6	0	41
Ohio State	0	0	0	6	6

Date: October 14
Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
Game attendance: 84,069
Game weather: Clear, wind W 5 mph, 54°F

^[5]

Northwestern[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Ohio State	0	0	6	0	6
Northwestern	0	0	0	2	2

Date: October 21
Location: Dyche Stadium, Evanston, Illinois
Game attendance: 42,812
Game weather: Fair

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Illinois[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Illinois	0	10	0	7	17
Ohio State	0	0	6	7	13

Date: October 28
Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
Game attendance: 83,928
Game weather: Cloudy, 40°F

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Michigan State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Ohio State	14	0	0	7	21
Mich. State	0	7	0	0	7

Date: November 4
Location: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, Michigan
Game attendance: 76,235
Game weather: Cold, snowy

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Wisconsin[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wisconsin	6	0	9	0	15
• Ohio State	3	7	0	7	17

Date: November 11
Location: Ohio Stadium
Game attendance: 65,470
Game weather: Rain, wind S 20-25, 49°F

Iowa[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Iowa	0	10	0	0	10
• Ohio State	6	6	6	3	21

Date: November 18
Location: Ohio Stadium
Game attendance: 72,567
Game weather: Cloudy, wind SW 25-35 mph, 42°F

Michigan[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Ohio State	14	7	0	3	24
Michigan	0	7	0	7	14

Date: November 25
Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Elapsed time: 2:18
Game attendance: 64,144

Coaching staff[]

Woody Hayes – Head Coach – 17th year

1968 NFL draftees[]

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL Club
Dick Himes	3	81	Tackle	Green Bay Packers

References[]

^ Si Burick (November 26, 1967). "Bucks' Hubbard Saves Best Till Last, Shreds Michigan". Dayton Daily News. pp. 1D, 3D – via Newspapers.com.
^ 1968 Ohio State football media guide
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Win/Loss statistics

Ohio State Historical Scores

Draft data

Ohio State Drafted Players

[1] Si Burick (November 26, 1967). "Bucks' Hubbard Saves Best Till Last, Shreds Michigan". Dayton Daily News. pp. 1D, 3D – via Newspapers.com.

[RecordBook-2] 1968 Ohio State football media guide

[3] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-28. Retrieved 2016-11-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-28. Retrieved 2016-11-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[5] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-28. Retrieved 2016-11-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[6] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-28. Retrieved 2016-11-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[7] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-28. Retrieved 2016-11-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[8] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-28. Retrieved 2016-11-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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1967 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Indiana +	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Minnesota +	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
No. 9 Purdue +	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Ohio State	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Illinois	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Michigan	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Michigan State	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Iowa	0	–	6	–	1	1	–	8	–	1
Wisconsin	0	–	6	–	1	0	–	9	–	1

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll