American college football season
1970 Ohio State Buckeyes football Conference Big Ten Conference Coaches No. 2 AP No. 5 1970 record 9–1 (7–0 Big Ten) Head coach Woody Hayes (20th season)Offensive scheme Heavy run Base defense 5-2 MVP Jim Stillwagon Captain Doug Adams, Rex Kern , Jim Stillwagon , Jan White Home stadium Ohio Stadium Seasons
1970 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W
L
T W
L
T
No. 5 Ohio State $
7
–
0
–
0
9
–
1
–
0
No. 9 Michigan
6
–
1
–
0
9
–
1
–
0
Northwestern
6
–
1
–
0
6
–
4
–
0
Iowa
3
–
3
–
1
3
–
6
–
1
Wisconsin
3
–
4
–
0
4
–
5
–
1
Michigan State
3
–
4
–
0
4
–
6
–
0
Minnesota
2
–
4
–
1
3
–
6
–
1
Purdue
2
–
5
–
0
4
–
6
–
0
Illinois
1
–
6
–
0
3
–
7
–
0
Indiana
1
–
6
–
0
1
–
9
–
0
Rankings from AP Poll
The 1970 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1970 Big Ten Conference football season . The Buckeyes compiled a 9–0 regular season record to attain a No. 2 ranking. Ohio State won the Big Ten Conference title and a berth in the 1971 Rose Bowl in Pasadena against the Stanford Indians , ranked No. 12 and champions of the Pac-8 . The Buckeyes went on to lose, 17–27, in their bowl game giving them a 9–1 record.
This was the last year Ohio State played a nine-game regular-season schedule. Many major colleges added an 11th game in 1970, although no Big Ten school did so until the following season.
The Buckeyes were recognized as the 1970 national champion by the National Football Foundation (NFF) giving them their sixth claimed title. The NFF awarded the title before bowl games at the time. This was the fifth and last title that head coach Woody Hayes won for the Buckeyes. The Buckeyes did not win another national championship until 2002.
Most[who? consider the 11–0–1 Nebraska Cornhuskers to be the 1970 national champions as they finished No. 1 in the AP Poll after the bowl games.
Schedule [ ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 26 1:30 p.m. Texas A&M * No. 1 W 56–1385,657 October 3 1:30 p.m. Duke * No. 1 W 34–1086,123 October 10 1:30 p.m. at Michigan State No. 1 Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI W 29–075,511 October 17 1:30 p.m. Minnesota No. 1 W 28–886,667 October 24 2:30 p.m. at Illinois No. 1 Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (Illibuck Trophy )W 48–2946,208 October 31 1:30 p.m. No. 20 Northwestern No. 2 W 24–1086,673 November 7 2:00 p.m. at Wisconsin No. 3 Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI W 24–772,578 November 14 1:00 p.m. at Purdue No. 3 ABC W 10–768,157 November 21 1:00 p.m. No. 4 Michigan No. 5 ABC W 20–987,331 January 1, 1971 5:00 p.m. vs. No. 12 Stanford * No. 2 Rose Bowl Pasadena , CA (Rose Bowl )NBC L 17–27103,839 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Personnel [ ]
1970 Ohio State Buckeyes football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
RB
John Bledsoe
OL
Chuck Bonica
HB
42
John Brockington Sr
WR
Tom Campagna
OL
Dave Cheney
RB
James Coburn
OL
Tom DeLeone
OL
Brian Donovan
QB
Richard Galbos
TE
Jimmie Harris
HB
22
Leo Hayden Sr
OL
John Hicks
WR
82
Bruce Jankowski Sr
QB
10
Rex Kern Sr
DL
Dick Kuhn
QB
Ron Maciejowski
QB
Ross Moore
OL
Phil Strickland
TE
80
Jan White Sr
WR
Larry Zelina
Defense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
LB
63
Doug Adams Sr
CB
26
Tim Anderson Sr
DL
Tom Debevc
DL
George Hasenonhrl
DL
Ralph Holloway
DB
Harry Howard
DL
Ken Luttner
S
3
Mike Sensibaugh Sr
DB
Bruce Smith
MG
68
Jim Stillwagon Sr
S
32
Jack Tatum Sr
LB
Stan White
DL
Shad Williams
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
K
1
Fred Schram
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Earle Bruce George Chaump Rudy Hubbard (RB)Dave McClain Lou McCullough (DC)
John Mummey (QB)
Ralph Staub Dick Walker (DB)Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible
Depth chart [ ]
Defense
WLB
SLB
88 Stan White
63 Doug Adams
⋅
⋅
DE
DT
NT
DT
DE
87 Ken Luttner
79 Shad Williams
68 Jim Stillwagon
70 George Hasenohrl
83 Mark Debevc
⋅
67 Ralph Holloway
⋅
⋅
⋅
Offense
LT
LG
C
RG
RT
75 Dave Cheney
57 Dick Kuhn
52 Tom DeLeone
62 Phil Strickland
65 John Hicks
⋅
53 Brian Donovan
⋅
⋅
⋅
WB
16 Larry Zelina
24 Tom Campana
QB
10 Rex Kern
18 Ron Maciejowski
Special Teams
PK
[1]
Game summaries [ ] Texas A&M [ ]
Texas A&M Aggies (2–0) at Ohio State Buckeyes (0–0)
1
2
3 4 Total
Texas A&M
0
7
0 6 13
Ohio State 21
7
21 7 56
at Ohio Stadium , Columbus, Ohio
Date : September 26Game time : 1:30 p.m.Game weather : Cloudy, 80 °F (27 °C)Game attendance : 85,657Box Score
Game information
First quarter
OSU – Rex Kern 6-yard run (Frank Schram kick), 11:45. Ohio State 7–0. Drive:
OSU – John Brockington 2-yard run (Frank Schram kick), 7:27. Ohio State 14–0. Drive:
OSU – Leo Hayden 3-yard run (Frank Schram kick), 3:13. Ohio State 21–0. Drive: Second quarter
A&M – Homer May 29-yard pass from Lex James (Pat McDermott kick), Ohio State 21–7. Drive:
OSU – John Brockington 1-yard run (Frank Schram kick), 0:16. Ohio State 28–7. Drive: Third quarter
OSU – Jan White 5-yard pass from Ron Maciejowski (Frank Schram kick), 6:10. Ohio State 35–7. Drive:
OSU – Larry Zelina 11-yard run (Frank Schram kick), 5:23. Ohio State 42–7. Drive:
OSU – James Coburn 7-yard run (Frank Schram kick), 2:47. Ohio State 49–7. Drive: Fourth quarter
OSU – Ron Maciejowski 1-yard run (Frank Schram kick), 13:15. Ohio State 56–7. Drive:
A&M – Homer May 22-yard pass from Lex James (kick failed), 5:17. Ohio State 56–13. Drive:
Top passers A&M – Lex James – 18/30, 271 yards, 2 TD, INT
OSU – Rex Kern – 4/6, 71 yards Top rushers A&M – Steve Burks – 7 rushes, 28 yards
OSU – Leo Hayden – 14 rushes, 89 yards, TD Top receivers A&M – Hugh McElroy – 4 receptions, 71 yards
OSU – Leo Hayden – 3 receptions, 37 yards
Top-ranked Ohio State rolled up 513 yards of offense and scored touchdowns off five Texas A&M turnovers in a 56-13 rout. Fullback John Brockington scored twice and six other players accounted for touchdowns. The Buckeyes' defense forced three fumbles and an interception which led to four scores in an eight-minute span in the third quarter even though head coach Woody Hayes pulled the starters a little after halftime.[2]
Duke [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Duke
3
0 0 7
10
• Ohio St
0
6 21 7
34
Date: October 3Location: Ohio Stadium , Columbus, OH Game start: 1:30 p.m. Elapsed time: 2:27Game attendance: 86,123Game weather: Sunny; 63°F; wind 18–30 W–NW Scoring summary Q1 2:04 DUKE Pugh 38-yard field goal DUKE 3–0 Q2 :13 OHST Luttner 45-yard blocked punt return (kick blocked) OHST 6–3 Q3 10:52 OHST Zelina 11-yard pass from Kern (Schram kick) OHST 13–3 Q3 4:24 OHST Kern 3-yard run (Schram kick) OHST 20–3 Q3 1:27 OHST Brockington 3-yard run (Schram kick) OHST 27–3 Q4 5:51 OHST Galbos 3-yard run (Schram kick) OHST 34–3 Q4 1:23 DUKE Jones 2-yard run (Pugh kick) OHST 34–10
[3]
[4]
Michigan State [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Ohio St
9
0 7 13
29
Michigan St
0
0 0 0
0
Date: October 10Location: Spartan Stadium , East Lansing, MI Game start: 1:30 p.m. Elapsed time: 2:33Game attendance: 75,511Game weather: Partly sunny; 50°F; wind 15 SSWReferee: Howard Wirtz Scoring summary Q1 8:17 OHST Brockington 2-yard run (kick failed) OHST 6–0 Q1 1:36 OHST Schram 33-yard field goal OHST 9–0 Q3 5:15 OHST Maciejowski 2-yard run (Schram kick) OHST 16–0 Q4 7:46 OHST Maciejowski 1-yard run (Schram kick) OHST 23–0 Q4 4:39 OHST Brockington 25-yard run (kick failed) OHST 29–0
[5]
[6]
Minnesota [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Minnesota
0
0 0 8
8
• Ohio St
21
7 0 0
28
Date: October 17Location: Ohio Stadium , Columbus, OH Game start: 1:30 p.m. Elapsed time: 2:30Game attendance: 86,667Game weather: Sunny; 52°F; wind 12 W Scoring summary Q1 11:14 OHST Kern 7-yard run (Schram kick) OHST 7–0 Q1 5:00 OHST Brockington 1-yard run (Schram kick) OHST 14–0 Q1 1:57 OHST Brockington 62-yard run (Schram kick) OHST 21–0 Q2 8:40 OHST Kern 10-yard run (Schram kick) OHST 28–0 Q4 6:09 MINN Hamm 12-yard pass from Curry (Cook pass from Curry) OHST 28–8
[7]
Illinois [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Ohio St
7
7 13 21
48
Illinois
7
13 3 6
29
Date: October 24Location: Memorial Stadium , Champaign, IL Game start: 1:30 p.m. Elapsed time: 2:39Game attendance: 46,208Game weather: 60°F; wind 4–10 SEReferee: Dwight Wilkey Scoring summary Q1 10:12 OHST Brockington 2-yard run (Schram kick) OHST 7–0 Q1 4:17 ILL Lewis 18-yard run (Wells kick) Tie 7–7 Q2 12:10 ILL Dieken 11-yard pass from Wells (Wells kick) ILL 14–7 Q2 11:53 OHST Kern 76-yard run (Schram kick) Tie 14–14 Q2 2:34 ILL Robinson 1-yard run (kick failed) ILL 20–14 Q3 11:48 OHST White 43-yard pass from Kern (Schram kick) OHST 21–20 Q3 6:27 ILL Wells 30-yard field goal ILL 23–21 Q3 3:59 OHST Brockington 5-yard run (kick failed) OHST 27–23 Q4 14:56 OHST Brockington 11-yard run (Schram kick) OHST 34–23 Q4 9:30 OHST Hayden 31-yard run (Schram kick) OHST 41–23 Q4 4:19 OHST Coburn 1-yard run (Schram kick) OHST 48–23 Q4 :37 ILL Dieken 4-yard pass from Wells (pass failed) OHST 48–29
[8]
Northwestern [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Northwestern
7
3 0 0
10
• Ohio St
0
3 14 7
24
Date: October 31Location: Ohio Stadium , Columbus, OH Game start: 1:30 p.m. Elapsed time: 2:31Game attendance: 86,673Game weather: Sunny; 60°F; wind 10 SW Scoring summary Q1 2:58 NW Adamle 1-yard run (Planisek kick) NW 7–0 Q2 12:13 OHST Schram 32-yard field goal NW 7–3 Q2 1:22 NW Planisek 29-yard field goal NW 10–3 Q3 11:27 OHST Kern 6-yard run (Schram kick) Tie 10–10 Q3 4:01 OHST Brockington 8-yard run (Schram kick) OHST 17–10 Q4 4:14 OHST Kern 3-yard run (Schram kick) OHST 24–10
[9]
[10]
Wisconsin [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Ohio St
3
7 14 0
24
Wisconsin
0
7 0 0
7
Date: November 7Location: Camp Randall Stadium , Madison, WI Game start: 1:00 p.m. Elapsed time: 2:33Game attendance: 72,758Game weather: Sunny; 45°F; wind 5–10 WReferee: Dwight Wilkey Scoring summary Q1 3:00 OHST Schram 23-yard field goal OHST 3–0 Q2 14:27 OHST Brockington 11-yard run (Schram kick) OHST 10–0 Q2 1:17 WIS Mialik 15-yard pass from Graff (Jaeger kick) OHST 10–7 Q3 8:31 OHST Brockington 4-yard run (Schram kick) OHST 17–7 Q3 5:58 OHST Brockington 1-yard run (Schram kick) OHST 24–7
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Purdue [ ] See also: 1970 Purdue Boilermakers football team
Ohio State Buckeyes (7–0) at Purdue Boilermakers
1
2
3 4 Total
Ohio St 7
0
0 3 10
Purdue 7
0
0 0 7
at Ross–Ade Stadium , West Lafayette, Indiana
Date : November 14, 1970Game time : 1:00 p.m.Game weather : Overcast, 37 °F (3 °C)Game attendance : 68,157Box Score
Game information
First quarter
OSU – John Brockington 26-yard run (Fred Schram kick), 2:13. Ohio St 7–0. Drive: 6 plays, 71 yards.
PUR – Stan Brown 96-yard kickoff return (Jeff Jones kick), 2:01. Tie 7–7. Fourth quarter
OSU – Fred Schram 30-yard field goal, 2:04. Ohio St 10–7. Drive: 7 plays, 66 yards.
Top passers OSU – Ron Maciejowski – 1/3, 52 yards
PUR – Gary Danielson – 2/12, 17 yards, 2 INT Top rushers OSU – John Brockington – 24 rushes, 136 yards, TD
PUR – Otis Armstrong – 20 rushes, 94 yards Top receivers OSU – Bruce Jankowski – 1 reception, 52 yards
PUR – Stan Brown – 1 reception, 9 yards
Woody Hayes received a congratulatory phone call from President Richard Nixon after the game and then asked to speak to Fred Schram, who made the game-winning field goal. John Brockington carried the ball for 136 yards and Leo Hayden added 64 yards on 16 carries.[13]
Michigan [ ]
Michigan Wolverines at Ohio State Buckeyes (8–0)
1
2
3 4 Total
Michigan 0
3
6 0 9
Ohio St 3
7
0 10 20
at Ohio Stadium , Columbus, Ohio
Date : November 21, 1970Game weather : 44 °F (7 °C)Game attendance : 87,331Referee : Ross DeanTV announcers (ABC) : Bill Flemming and Lee Grosscup Box Score
Game information
First quarter
OSU – Fred Schram 28-yard field goal, 12:18. Ohio St 3–0. Drive: 6 plays, 15 yards. Second quarter
MICH – Dana Coin 31-yard field goal, 14:57. Tie 3–3. Drive: 4 plays, 3 yards.
OSU – Bruce Jankowski 26-yard pass from Rex Kern (Fred Schram kick), 1:18. Ohio St 10–3. Drive: 11 plays, 47 yards. Third quarter
MICH – Paul Staroba 13-yard pass from Don Moorhead (kick blocked), 8:30. Ohio St 10–9. Drive: 12 plays, 52 yards. Fourth quarter
OSU – Fred Schram 27-yard field goal, 10:49. Ohio St 13–9. Drive: 15 plays, 64 yards.
OSU – Leo Hayden 4-yard run (Fred Schram kick), 8:14. Ohio St 20–9. Drive: 3 plays, 9 yards.
Top passers MICH – Don Moorhead – 12/26, 118 yards, TD, INT
OSU – Rex Kern – 8/10, 87 yards, TD, INT Top rushers MICH – Billy Taylor – 15 rushes, 31 yards
OSU – Leo Hayden – 28 rushes, 117 yards, TD Top receivers MICH – Paul Staroba – 6 receptions, 56 yards, TD
OSU – Bruce Jankowski – 2 receptions, 37 yards, TD
Ohio State clinched a Big Ten title, a Rose Bowl berth and some measure of revenge for the 1969 upset.
Stanford [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Ohio State
7
7 3 0
17
• Stanford
10
0 3 14
27
Date: January 1, 1971Location: Rose Bowl , Pasadena, CA Game start: 2:05p.m. PST Elapsed time: 2:59Game attendance: 103,839Game weather: Clear, 70°FTV announcers (NBC ): Curt Gowdy , Kyle Rote Scoring summary Q1 10:20 STAN Brown 4 yard run (Horowitz kick) STAN 7–0 Q1 6:50 STAN Horowitz 37 yard field goal STAN 10–0 Q1 3:45 OSU Brockington 1 yard run (Schram kick) STAN 10–7 Q2 14:24 OSU Brockington 1 yard run (Schram kick) OSU 10–14 Q3 12:29 STAN Horowitz 48 yard field goal OSU 13–14 Q3 8:33 OSU Schram 32 yard field goal OSU 13–17 Q4 10:03 STAN Brown 1 yard run (Horowitz kick) STAN 20–14 Q4 8:18 STAN Plunkett 10 yard pass to Vataha (Horowitz kick) STAN 27–14
New Year's Day [ ] In the Cotton Bowl in Dallas , top-ranked and defending national champion Texas was upset 24-11 by #6 Notre Dame , ending the Longhorns' 30-game winning streak.
Heavily-favored Ohio State could claim their second outright national title in three years that afternoon with a Rose Bowl victory over Stanford in Pasadena. Stanford (8-3) was led by quarterback Jim Plunkett , the 1970 Heisman Trophy winner. The Indians had climbed to a 6-0 conference record and 8-1 overall, but lost their final two regular season games, to Sugar Bowl -bound Air Force and arch-rival California . Stanford lost earlier in the season at home to Purdue , a team OSU defeated on the road.
The Buckeyes led Stanford by four points after three quarters, but were outscored 14-0 in the fourth quarter and lost 27-17. Later that night, #3 Nebraska won the Orange Bowl 17-12 over #5 LSU in Miami to claim the top spot in the AP writers poll.
1971 NFL draftees [ ]
Player Round Pick Position NFL Club
John Brockington 1
9
Running Back
Green Bay Packers
Jack Tatum 1
19
Defensive Back
Oakland Raiders
William Anderson 1
23
Defensive Back
San Francisco 49ers
Leo Hayden 1
24
Running Back
Minnesota Vikings
Jan White 2
29
Tight End
Buffalo Bills
Jim Stillwagon 5
124
Linebacker
Green Bay Packers
Doug Adams 7
165
Linebacker
Denver Broncos
Mike Sensibaugh 8
191
Defensive Back
Kansas City Chiefs
8
196
Running Back
Cleveland Browns
Bruce Jankowski 10
250
Wide Receiver
Kansas City Chiefs
Rex Kern 10
260
Defensive Back
Baltimore Colts
15
376
Quarterback
Chicago Bears
16
405
Linebacker
Cincinnati Bengals
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