1970 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

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1970 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Buckeyes logo.svg
NFF National Champions
Big Ten Champions
Rose Bowl, L 27–17 vs. Stanford
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches #2
AP #5
1970 record 9–1 (7–0 Big Ten)
Head coach Woody Hayes
Offensive scheme Heavy Run
Captain Doug Adams
Captain Rex Kern
Captain Jim Stillwagon
Captain Jan White
Home stadium Ohio Stadium
(Capacity: 81,455)
Seasons
« 1969 1971 »
1970 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#5 Ohio State $ 7 – 0 – 0     9 – 1 – 0
#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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1970 college football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 9–0 regular season record to attain a #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 #12 and champions of the Pac-8.

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 awarded the 1970 NFF National Championship by the National Football Foundation giving them their sixth claimed title. The NFF would award the title before bowl games at the time. This would be the fifth and last title that legendary head coach Woody Hayes would win for the Buckeyes. The Ohio State Buckeyes would not win another national championship until 2002.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 26 1:30 PM Texas A&M* #1 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 56–13   85,657
October 3 1:30 PM Duke* #1 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 34–10   86,123
October 10 1:30 PM at Michigan State #1 Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI W 29–0   75,511
October 17 1:30 PM Minnesota #1 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 28–8   86,667
October 24 2:30 PM at Illinois #1 Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL W 48–29   46,208
October 31 1:30 PM #20 Northwestern #2 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 24–10   86,673
November 7 2:00 PM at Wisconsin #3 Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI W 24–7   72,578
November 14 1:00 PM at Purdue #3 Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN ABC W 10–7   68,157
November 21 1:00 PM #4 Michigan #5 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (The Game) ABC W 20–9   87,331
January 1 5:00 PM vs. #12 Stanford* #2 Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl) NBC L 17–27   103,839
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Depth chart

Defense
FS
Mike Sensibaugh
⋅


WLB SLB
Stan White Doug Adams
⋅ ⋅
SS
Jack Tatum
⋅
CB
Tim Anderson
⋅


DE DT NT DT DE
Ken Luttner Shad Williams Jim Stillwagon George Hasenohrl Mark Debevc
⋅ Ralph Holloway ⋅ ⋅ ⋅
CB
Harry Howard
⋅
Offense
SE
Bruce Jankowski
⋅
LT LG C RG RT
Dave Cheney Dick Kuhn Tom DeLeone Phil Strickland John Hicks
⋅ Brian Donovan ⋅ ⋅ ⋅
TE
Jan White
⋅
WB
Larry Zelina
Tom Campana
QB
Rex Kern
Ron Maciejowski
FB
John Brockington
⋅
Special Teams





RB
Leo Hayden
Rick Galbos


[1]

Coaching staff

  • Woody Hayes - Head Coach (20th year)
  • Earle Bruce - Offense (5th year)
  • George Chaump - Offense (3rd year)
  • Rudy Hubbard - Running Backs (3rd year)
  • David McClain - (2nd year)
  • Lou McCullough - Defensive Coordinator (3rd year)
  • John Mummey - Quarterbacks (2nd year)
  • Ralph Staub - (1st year)
  • Dick Walker - Defensive Backs (2nd year)

Game notes

Texas A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
Texas A&M 0 7 0 6 13
• Ohio St 21 7 21 7 56
  • Date: September 26
  • Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m.
  • Elapsed time: 2:36
  • Game attendance: 85,657
  • Game weather: 79°F; wind 14–20 S–SW

[2]

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.[3]

Duke

1 2 3 4 Total
Duke 3 0 0 7 10
• Ohio St 0 6 21 7 34
  • Date: October 3
  • Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m.
  • Elapsed time: 2:27
  • Game attendance: 86,123
  • Game weather: Sunny; 63°F; wind 18–30 W–NW

[4]

[5]

Michigan State

1 2 3 4 Total
• Ohio St 9 0 7 13 29
Michigan St 0 0 0 0 0
  • Date: October 10
  • Location: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m.
  • Elapsed time: 2:33
  • Game attendance: 75,511
  • Game weather: Partly sunny; 50°F; wind 15 SSW
  • Referee: Howard Wirtz

[6]

[7]

Minnesota

1 2 3 4 Total
Minnesota 0 0 0 8 8
• Ohio St 21 7 0 0 28
  • Date: October 17
  • Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m.
  • Elapsed time: 2:30
  • Game attendance: 86,667
  • Game weather: Sunny; 52°F; wind 12 W

[8]

Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
• Ohio St 7 7 13 21 48
Illinois 7 13 3 6 29
  • Date: October 24
  • Location: Memorial Stadium, Champaign, IL
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m.
  • Elapsed time: 2:39
  • Game attendance: 46,208
  • Game weather: 60°F; wind 4–10 SE
  • Referee: Dwight Wilkey

[9]

Northwestern

1 2 3 4 Total
Northwestern 7 3 0 0 10
• Ohio St 0 3 14 7 24
  • Date: October 31
  • Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m.
  • Elapsed time: 2:31
  • Game attendance: 86,673
  • Game weather: Sunny; 60°F; wind 10 SW

[10]

[11]

Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 Total
• Ohio St 3 7 14 0 24
Wisconsin 0 7 0 0 7
  • Date: November 7
  • Location: Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, WI
  • Game start: 1:00 p.m.
  • Elapsed time: 2:33
  • Game attendance: 72,758
  • Game weather: Sunny; 45°F; wind 5–10 W
  • Referee: Dwight Wilkey

[12]

[13]

Purdue

1 2 3 4 Total
• Ohio St 7 0 0 3 10
Purdue 7 0 0 0 7
  • Date: November 14
  • Location: Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN
  • Game start: 1:00 p.m.
  • Elapsed time: 2:50
  • Game attendance: 68,157
  • Game weather: Overcast; 37°F; wind 16 ENE

[14]

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. Fullback John Brockington carried the ball 24 times for 138 yards and Leo Hayden added 64 yards on 16 carries.[15]

Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total
Michigan 0 3 6 0 9
• Ohio St 3 7 0 10 20

[16]

[17]

Rose Bowl

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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
Larry Zelina 8 196 Running Back Cleveland Browns
Bruce Jankowski 10 250 Wide Receiver Kansas City Chiefs
Rex Kern 10 260 Defensive Back Baltimore Colts
Ron Maciejowski 15 376 Quarterback Chicago Bears
Mark Debevc 16 405 Linebacker Cincinnati Bengals

References

  1. ↑ 1971 Ohio State Media Guide"
  2. ↑ Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives. Retrieved 2015-Mar-07.
  3. ↑ Eugene Register-Guard. 1970 September 26.
  4. ↑ Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives. Retrieved 2015-Mar-09.
  5. ↑ Palm Beach Post. 1970 October 4.
  6. ↑ Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives. Retrieved 2015-Mar-09.
  7. ↑ "Ohio State Drubs Spartans." Palm Beach Post. 1970 Oct 11.
  8. ↑ Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives. Retrieved 2015-Mar-09.
  9. ↑ Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives. Retrieved 2015-Mar-15.
  10. ↑ Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives. Retrieved 2015-Mar-15.
  11. ↑ Ocala Star-Banner. 1970 Nov 1.
  12. ↑ Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives. Retrieved 2015-Mar-16.
  13. ↑ Ocala Star-Banner. 1970 Nov 8.
  14. ↑ Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives. Retrieved 2015-Mar-16.
  15. ↑ "Notre Dame, Ohio State Survive 10-7 Heartstoppers." Palm Beach Post. 1970 Nov 15.
  16. ↑ Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives. Retrieved 2015-Mar-16.
  17. ↑ "Revenge and Roses: Buckeyes win, 20-9." Palm Beach Post. 1970 Nov 22.
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