1969 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1969 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Big Ten co-champion
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 4
1969 record	8–1 (6–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Woody Hayes (19th year)
Captain	Alan Jack
Captain	Dave Whitfield
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium (Capacity: 81,455)

1969 Big Ten football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#4 Ohio State +	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
#9 Michigan +	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
#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 college football season. The Buckeyes compiled an 8–1 record.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 27	1:30 p.m.	TCU*	No. 1	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH		W 62–0	86,412
October 4	4:30 p.m.	at Washington*	No. 1	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA		W 41–14	57,150
October 11	1:30 p.m.	No. 19 Michigan State	No. 1	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH		W 54–21	86,641
October 18	2:30 p.m.	at Minnesota	No. 1	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN		W 34–7	53,016
October 25	1:30 p.m.	Illinois	No. 1	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy)		W 41–0	86,576
November 1	2:30 p.m.	at Northwestern	No. 1	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL		W 35–6	41,279
November 8	1:30 p.m.	Wisconsin	No. 1	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH		W 62–7	86,519
November 15	1:30 p.m.	No. 10 Purdue	No. 1	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	ABC	W 42–14	85,027
November 22	1:00 p.m.	at No. 12 Michigan	No. 1	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (The Game)	ABC	L 12–24	103,588
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Depth chart

Defense

FS
Mike Sensibaugh
⋅

LB	LB
Doug Adams	Phil Strickland
Bob Trapuzzano	Mike Radtke

SS
Jack Tatum
⋅

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

CB
Ted Provost
⋅

Offense

SE
Bruce Jankowski
Jimmie Harris

LT	LG	C	RG	RT
Dave Cheney	Thomas Backhus	Brian Donovan	Alan Jack	Charles Hutchison
Randy Hart	Ted Kurz	Tom DeLeone	⋅	Rick Simon

TE
Jan White
Dick Kuhn

WB
Larry Zelina
Tom Campana

QB
Rex Kern
Ron Maciejowski

FB
Jim Otis
John Brockington

Special Teams

RB
Leo Hayden
Ray Gillian

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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)
David McClain - (1st year)
Lou McCullough - Defensive Coordinator (2nd 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 27
Location: Ohio Stadium
Game start: 1:30 p.m.
Elapsed time: 2:13
Game attendance: 86,412
Game 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 4
Location: 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

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Michigan State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Michigan State	7	7	0	7	21
• Ohio St	27	7	6	14	54

Date: October 11
Location: Ohio Stadium
Game start: 1:31 p.m. EST
Elapsed time: 2:28
Game attendance: 86,641
Game 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

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Attendance: 86,641 (record)
Rex Kern 10/21, 187 Yds, 2 TD, 2 rush TD (left early in 4th)

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Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Ohio St	14	6	0	14	34
Minnesota	0	0	7	0	7

Date: October 18
Location: Memorial Stadium, Minneapolis, MN
Game start: 1:30 p.m.
Elapsed time: 2:18
Game attendance: 53,016
Game 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

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Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Illinois	0	0	0	0	0
• Ohio St	7	14	7	13	41

Date: October 25
Location: Ohio Stadium
Game start: 1:30 p.m. EST
Elapsed time: 2:12
Game attendance: 86,576
Game 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

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Northwestern

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Ohio State	7	14	7	7	35
Northwestern	0	0	0	6	6

Date: November 1
Location: Dyche Stadium, Evanston, IL
Game attendance: 41,279
Game 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

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Wisconsin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wisconsin	0	0	0	7	7
• Ohio State	21	13	7	21	62

Date: November 8
Location: Ohio Stadium
Game start: 1:31p.m. EST
Elapsed time: 2:20
Game attendance: 86,519
Game 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

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Purdue

	1	2	3	4	Total
Purdue	0	7	0	7	14
• Ohio St	6	22	14	0	42

Date: November 15
Location: Ohio Stadium
Game start: 1:30 p.m. EST
Elapsed time: 2:29
Game attendance: 85,027
Game weather: Snow; 23°F; wind 15–20 SW
Television 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

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Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ohio State	6	6	0	0	12
• Michigan	7	17	0	0	24

Date: November 22
Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI
Game start: 1:37p.m. EST
Elapsed time: 2:26
Game attendance: 103,588
Game weather: Clear, 45°F

Scoring summary

Q1	7:38	OSU	Otis 1 yard run (Kick failed)	OSU 6–0

Q1	3:35	MICH	Craw 2 yard run (Titas kick)	MICH 6–7

Q2	14:52	OSU	Kern 22 yard pass to White (Kern run failed)	OSU 12–7

Q2	11:54	MICH	Craw 1 yard run (Titas kick)	MICH 12–14

Q2	10:10	MICH	Craw 2 yard run (Titas kick)	MICH 12–21

Q2	1:15	MICH	Killian 25 yard field goal	MICH 12–24

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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

References

↑ 1970 Ohio State Football Media Guide
↑ Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives. Retrieved 2015-Nov-15.
↑ "Buckeyes rout TCU, 62-0." Eugene-Register Guard. 1969 Sept 28.
↑ "Buckeyes humiliate Huskies." Eugene-Register Guard. 1969 Oct 5.
↑ http://web1.ncaa.org/footballStatsArchive/FootballStats.pdf?id=6024845.0
↑ http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/osu/graphics/pdf/m-footbl/1969/1969-3-MichiganState.pdf
↑ "Buckeyes rip Spartans 54-21 for 17th win." Eugene-Register Guard. 1969 Oct 12.
↑ http://web1.ncaa.org/footballStatsArchive/FootballStats.pdf?id=6024851.0
↑ http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/osu/graphics/pdf/m-footbl/1969/1969-5-Illinois.pdf
↑ http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/osu/graphics/pdf/m-footbl/1969/1969-6-Northwestern.pdf
↑ http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/osu/graphics/pdf/m-footbl/1969/1969-7-Wisconsin.pdf
↑ http://web1.ncaa.org/footballStatsArchive/FootballStats.pdf?id=6024849.0
↑ Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives. Retrieved 2015-Apr-21.
↑ http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/osu/graphics/pdf/m-footbl/1969/1969-9-Michigan.pdf

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