American college football season
1969 Ohio State Buckeyes football Conference Big Ten Conference Coaches No. 5 AP No. 4 1969 record 8–1 (6–1 Big Ten) Head coach Woody Hayes (19th season)MVP Jim Otis Captain Alan Jack, Dave Whitfield Home stadium Ohio Stadium (Capacity: 81,455)Seasons
1969 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 4 Ohio State +
6
–
1
–
0
8
–
1
–
0
No. 9 Michigan +
6
–
1
–
0
8
–
3
–
0
No. 18 Purdue
5
–
2
–
0
8
–
2
–
0
Minnesota
4
–
3
–
0
4
–
5
–
1
Iowa
3
–
4
–
0
5
–
5
–
0
Indiana
3
–
4
–
0
4
–
6
–
0
Northwestern
3
–
4
–
0
3
–
7
–
0
Wisconsin
3
–
4
–
0
3
–
7
–
0
Michigan State
2
–
5
–
0
4
–
6
–
0
Illinois
0
–
7
–
0
0
–
10
–
0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll
The 1969 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1969 Big Ten Conference football season . The defending national champion Buckeyes compiled an 8–1 record.
Top-ranked all season, the Buckeyes lost the rivalry game at Michigan on November 22 and dropped to fourth in the final AP Poll . There was no bowl game for Ohio State, because prior to the 1975 season, the Big Ten and Pac-8 conferences allowed only one postseason participant each, for the Rose Bowl , and prior to 1972, a team could not represent the Big Ten in the Rose Bowl in consecutive seasons.
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 27 1:30 p.m. TCU * No. 1 W 62–086,412
October 4 4:30 p.m. at Washington * No. 1 W 41–1457,150
October 11 1:30 p.m. No. 19 Michigan State No. 1 W 54–2186,641
October 18 2:30 p.m. at Minnesota No. 1 Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN W 34–753,016
October 25 1:30 p.m. Illinois No. 1 Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy ) W 41–086,576
November 1 2:30 p.m. at Northwestern No. 1 Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL ABC W 35–641,279
November 8 1:30 p.m. Wisconsin No. 1 W 62–786,519
November 15 1:30 p.m. No. 10 Purdue No. 1 ABC W 42–1485,027
November 22 1:00 p.m. at No. 12 Michigan No. 1 Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (The Game )ABC L 12–24103,588
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Depth chart [ ]
Defense
LB
LB
Doug Adams
Phil Strickland
Bob Trapuzzano
Mike Radtke
CB
Tim Anderson
Mike Polaski
DE
DT
NT
DT
DE
Mark Debevc
Bill Urbanik
Jim Stillwagon
Paul Schmidlin
Dick Whitfield
Nick Roman
Brad Nielsen
⋅
Ralph Holloway
Ken Luttner
Offense
LT
LG
C
RG
RT
Dave Cheney
Thomas Backhus
Brian Donovan
Alan Jack
Charles Hutchison
Randy Hart
Ted Kurz
Tom DeLeone
⋅
Rick Simon
WB
Larry Zelina
Tom Campana
QB
Rex Kern
Ron Maciejowski
[1]
Coaching staff [ ]
Woody Hayes – Head Coach (19th year)
Earle Bruce – Offense (4th year)
George Chaump – Offense (2nd year)
Hugh Hindman – (7th year)
Rudy Hubbard – Running Backs (2nd year)
Dave McClain – (1st year)
Lou McCullough – Defensive Coordinator (2nd year)
Lou Holtz - Defensive Backs (1st year)
John Mummey – Quarterbacks (1st year)
Dick Walker – Defensive Backs (1st year)
Game summaries [ ]
TCU [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
TCU
0
0 0 0
0
• Ohio St
19
14 14 15
62
Date: September 27Location: Ohio Stadium Game start: 1:30 p.m. Elapsed time: 2:13Game attendance: 86,412Game weather: Rain; 63°F; wind 7 SE
Scoring summary Q1 13:47 OHST Jankowski 58 yard pass from Kern (White kick) OHST 7–0
Q1 8:34 OHST Otis 1 yard run (kick failed) OHST 13–0
Q1 3:32 OHST Brockington 1 yard run (kick blocked) OHST 19–0
Q2 8:15 OHST Otis 8 yard run (White kick) OHST 26–0
Q2 5:35 OHST Brockington 5 yard run (White kick) OHST 33–0
Q3 OHST Kern 17 yard run (White kick) OHST 40–0
Q3 OHST Kern 5 yard run (White kick) OHST 47–0
Q4 7:21 OHST Brockington 2 yard run (Brockington run) OHST 55–0
Q4 :16 OHST Campagna 62 yard pass from Rusnak (White kick) OHST 62–0
Jim Otis 27 Rush, 121 Yds[2]
Ohio State's biggest win since 1957 versus Indiana and most points scored in a game since 1950 versus Iowa.[3]
Washington [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Ohio St
14
7 14 6
41
Washington
0
7 0 7
14
Date: October 4Location: Husky Stadium , Seattle, WA Game attendance: 58,000
Scoring summary Q1 OHST Kern 64 yard run (White kick) OHST 7–0
Q1 OHST Otis 1 yard run (White kick) OHST 14–0
Q2 OHST Otis 3 yard run (White kick) OHST 21–0
Q2 WASH Willis 1 yard run (Volbrecht kick) OHST 21–7
Q3 OHST Otis 1 yard run (White kick) OHST 28–7
Q3 OHST Kern 4 yard run (White kick) OHST 35–7
Q4 OHST Maciejowski 5 yard run (kick failed) OHST 41–7
Q4 WASH Kennamer 6 yard run (Warner kick) OHST 41–14
[4]
Michigan State [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Michigan State
7
7 0 7
21
• Ohio St
27
7 6 14
54
Date: October 11Location: Ohio Stadium Game start: 1:31 p.m. EST Elapsed time: 2:28Game attendance: 86,641Game weather: Cloudy 74°F
Scoring summary Q1 12:42 OHST Debevc 14 yard interception (White kick) OHST 7–0
Q1 8:54 OHST Kern 1 yard rush (White kick) OHST 14–0
Q1 6:45 OHST Zelina 73 punt return (Kick failed) OHST 20–0
Q1 5:47 MSU Triplett 76 yard pass to Foreman (Boyce kick) OHST 20–7
Q1 1:40 OHST Kern 4 yard rush (White kick) OHST 27–7
Q2 3:14 MSU Triplett 40 yard pass to Foreman (Boyce kick) OHST 27–14
Q2 0:30 OHST Kern 24 yard pass to White (White kick) OHST 34–14
Q3 4:10 OHST Kern 14 yard pass toJankowski (Kick failed) OHST 40–14
Q4 12:31 MSU Highsmith 3 yard rush (Boyce kick) OHST 42–21
Q4 11:18 OHST Kern 29 yard pass to Campana (White kick) OHST 49–21
Q4 0:40 OHST Kern 5 yard pass to Campana (White kick) OHST 54–21
[5]
[6]
Attendance: 86,641 (record)
Rex Kern 10/21, 187 Yds, 2 TD, 2 rush TD (left early in 4th)
[7]
Minnesota [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Ohio St
14
6 0 14
34
Minnesota
0
0 7 0
7
Date: October 18Location: Memorial Stadium , Minneapolis Game start: 1:30 p.m. Elapsed time: 2:18Game attendance: 53,016Game weather: 55 degrees, windy 20 mph SW
Scoring summary Q1 OHST Otis 8 yard run (kick failed) OHST 6–0
Q1 OHST Otis 2 yard run (Kern pass to Zelina) OHST 14–0
Q2 OHST Rusnak 25 yard pass to Jankowski (kick failed) OHST 20–0
Q3 MINN Carter 6 yard run (Nygren kick) OHST 20–7
Q4 OHST Hayden 7 yard run (White kick) OHST 27–7
Q4 OHST Gillian 1 yard run (Warner kick) OHST 34–7
[8]
Illinois [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Illinois
0
0 0 0
0
• Ohio St
7
14 7 13
41
Date: October 25Location: Ohio Stadium Game start: 1:30 p.m. EST Elapsed time: 2:12Game attendance: 86,576Game weather: Sunny, 56°F
Scoring summary Q1 7:17 OHST Otis 1 yard run (White kick) OHST 7–0
Q2 8:22 OHST Kern 10 yard pass to White (White kick) OHST 14–0
Q2 1:09 OHST Kern 15 yard pass to White (White kick) OHST 21–0
Q3 0:50 OHST Kern 4 yard run (White kick) OHST 28–0
Q4 9:16 OHST Brockington 2 yard run (White kick) OHST 35–0
Q4 3:47 OHST Brockington 1 yard trun (Kick failed) OHST 41–0
[9]
Northwestern [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Ohio State
7
14 7 7
35
Northwestern
0
0 0 6
6
Date: November 1Location: Dyche Stadium , Evanston, Illinois Game attendance: 41,279Game weather: Cloudy
Scoring summary Q1 0:42 OSU Otis 1 yard run (White kick) OSU 7–0
Q2 6:09 OSU Kern 21 yard pass to White (White kick) OSU 14–0
Q2 2:00 OSU Otis 1 yard run (White kick) OSU 21–0
Q3 10:23 OSU Hayden 33 yard run (White kick) OSU 28–0
Q1 6:13 OSU Maciejowski 12 yard pass to Otis (White kick) OSU 35–0
Q4 3:57 NW Hudson 10 yard run (Kick failed) OSU 35–6
[10]
Wisconsin [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Wisconsin
0
0 0 7
7
• Ohio State
21
13 7 21
62
Date: November 8Location: Ohio Stadium Game start: 1:31p.m. EST Elapsed time: 2:20Game attendance: 86,519Game weather: Cloudy, 48°F; Wind NE 12-15 mph
Scoring summary Q1 9:54 OSU Maciejowski 31 yard pass to Jankowski (White kick) OSU 7–0
Q1 1:12 OSU Otis 1 yard run (White kick) OSU 14–0
Q1 0:24 OSU Maciejowski 19 yard pass to Kuhn (White kick) OSU 21–0
Q2 9:33 OSU Otis 1 yard run (Kick failed) OSU 27–0
Q2 0:26 OSU Otis 1 yard run (White kick) OSU 34–0
Q3 5:53 OSU Rusnak 5 yard pass to Kuhn (White kick) OSU 41–0
Q4 14:21 OSU Rusnak 5 yard pass to Campana (White kick) OSU 48–0
Q4 6:56 OSU Brockington 1 yard run (White kick) OSU 55–0
Q4 4:51 WIS Losse 14 yard pass to Reddick (Yaeger kick) OSU 55–7
Q4 1:22 OSU Colburn 5 yard run (Johnston kick) OSU 62–7
[11]
[12]
Purdue [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Purdue
0
7 0 7
14
• Ohio St
6
22 14 0
42
Date: November 15Location: Ohio Stadium Game start: 1:30 p.m. EST Elapsed time: 2:29Game attendance: 85,027Game weather: Snow; 23°F; wind 15–20 SWTelevision network: ABC
Scoring summary Q1 2:56 OHST Kern 6 yard run (kick blocked) OHST 6–0
Q2 9:47 OHST White 33 yard field goal OHST 9–0
Q2 5:32 OHST Otis 5 yard run (kick failed) OHST 15–0
Q2 3:44 OHST Kern 1 yard run (White kick) OHST 22–0
Q2 :52 OHST Jankowski 38 yard pass from Kern (kick blocked) OHST 28–0
Q2 :39 PUR Brown 98 yard kickoff return (Jones kick) OHST 28–7
Q3 13:08 OHST Hayden 4 yard run (White kick) OHST 35–7
Q3 10:58 OHST Zelina 57 yard punt return (White kick) OHST 42–7
Q4 1:12 PUR Bell 3 yard pass from Phipps (Jones kick) OHST 42–14
[13]
Michigan [ ]
See also: 1969 Michigan Wolverines football team
#1 Ohio State Buckeyes (8–0) at #12 Michigan Wolverines (7–2)
1
2
3 4 Total
Ohio St
6
6
0 0 12
Michigan
7
17
0 0 24
at Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date : November 22Game time : 1:30 p.m.Game weather : Sunny • 45°FGame attendance : 103,588Referee : Jerry Markbreit TV announcers (ABC) : Bill Flemming and Lee Grosscup Ohio State Football Archives
Game information
Ohio St
Rex Kern 6/17, 88 Yds, TD, 4 INT
Jim Otis 28 Rush, 144 Yds, TD
Jan White 3 Rec, 62 Yds, TD
Michigan
Don Moorhead 10/20, 108 Yds, INT
Billy Taylor 23 Rush, 84 Yds
Jim Mandich 6 Rec, 78 Yds
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
OSU
MICH
1
7:38
5
16
Ohio St
Otis 1-yard touchdown run, S. White kick no good
6
0
1
3:35
10
55
Michigan
Craw 2-yard touchdown run, Titas kick good
6
7
2
14:52
10
74
Ohio St
J. White 22-yard touchdown reception from Rex Kern , 2-point run failed
12
7
2
11:54
9
77
Michigan
Craw 1-yard touchdown run, Titas kick good
12
14
2
10:10
2
3
Michigan
Moorhead 2-yard touchdown run, Titas kick good
12
21
2
1:15
16
72
Michigan
25-yard field goal by Killian
12
24
"TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football .
12
24
1970 NFL draftees [ ]
Player
Round
Pick
Position
NFL Club
Chuck Hutchison
2
38
Guard
St. Louis Cardinals
Ted Provost
7
162
Defensive back
Los Angeles Rams
Jim Otis
9
218
Running back
New Orleans Saints
Nick Roman
10
241
Defensive end
Cincinnati Bengals
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