1971 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1971 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1971 record	6–4 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Woody Hayes (21st year)
MVP	Tom DeLeone
Captain	Tom DeLeone
Captain	Harry Howard
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium (Capacity: 81,475)

1971 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#6 Michigan $	8	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
Northwestern	6	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Ohio State	5	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Michigan State	5	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Illinois	5	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	1
Minnesota	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Purdue	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Indiana	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Iowa	1	–	8	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1971 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1971 college football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 6–4 record.

The Buckeyes entered the season knowing it could not go to a bowl game, due to the Big Ten's "no repeat" rule, prohibiting conference schools from appearing in the Rose Bowl in consecutive seasons, plus the rule banning schools from playing in any bowl other than the Rose Bowl. The no-repeat rule was rescinded December 9 and went into effect for 1972; the prohibition on playing in bowls other than the Rose was not repealed until 1975.

This was the first season Ohio Stadium had artificial turf. The playing surface was scheduled to be installed in time for the 1970 season, but had been delayed. The AstroTurf field remained in place through the 1989 season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 11	1:30 p.m.	Iowa	No. 11	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH		W 52–21	75,596
September 25	1:30 p.m.	No. 10 Colorado*	No. 6	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH		L 14–20	85,586
October 2	1:30 p.m.	California*	No. 14	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH		W 35–3	86,280
October 9	2:30 p.m.	at Illinois	No. 15	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Illibuck Trophy)		W 24–10	53,555
October 16	1:30 p.m.	at Indiana	No. 13	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN		W 27–7	50,812
October 23	1:30 p.m.	Wisconsin	No. 12	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	ABC	W 31–6	86,559
October 30	2:30 p.m.	at Minnesota	No. 10	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN		W 14–12	36,281
November 6	1:30 p.m.	Michigan State	No. 9	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH		L 10–17	86,616
November 13	1:30 p.m.	Northwestern	No. 16	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH		L 10–14	86,062
November 20	1:30 p.m.	at No. 3 Michigan		Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (The Game)		L 7–10	104,016
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Personnel

1971 Ohio State Buckeyes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class SE 23 Battista, TomTom Battista Jr OG 68 Baxter, CharlesCharles Baxter So OT 78 Beecroft, CharlesCharles Beecroft Jr OT 77 Belgrave, EarlEarl Belgrave Jr FB 34 Bledsoe, JohnJohn Bledsoe Jr OG 58 Bonica, CharlesCharles Bonica Jr QB 15 Boyle, BillBill Boyle So HB 25 Bradshaw, MorrisMorris Bradshaw So HB 24 Campagna, TomTom Campagna Sr OG 64 Conley, BillBill Conley Sr OT 45 Cummings, JohnJohn Cummings Jr HB 16 Davis, JeffJeff Davis So C 52 DeLeone, TomTom DeLeone (C) Sr TE 98 Doll, JohnJohn Doll Jr FB 37 Eggers, PatPat Eggers So HB 46 Gaffney, MichaelMichael Gaffney So HB 33 Galbos, RichardRichard Galbos Jr HB 22 Gales, RichardRichard Gales So OG 66 Graf, LarryLarry Graf Jr QB 18 Hare, GregGreg Hare So SE 85 Harris, Jimmie LeeJimmie Lee Harris Sr SE 82 Hazel, DavidDavid Hazel So OT 75 Hicks, JohnJohn Hicks Jr OG 57 Houser, TomTom Houser Sr OG 61 Husband, JohnJohn Husband So SE 84 Jones, ScottScott Jones So FB 38 Keith, RandalRandal Keith So OG 63 Kregel, JimJim Kregel So QB 19 Lamka, DonDon Lamka Sr HB 47 Lippert, ElmerElmer Lippert So OT 74 Long, DavidDavid Long Sr C 54 Meckstroth, JamesJames Meckstroth So TE 32 Middleton, RichardRichard Middleton So QB 12 Moore, RossRoss Moore Jr OT 72 Mountz, GregGreg Mountz Sr C 56 Nixon, TomTom Nixon Jr TE 80 Pagac, FredFred Pagac So OG 50 Pistick, TonyTony Pistick Jr OT 76 Scott, DanDan Scott So OT 73 Simon, RichardRichard Simon Sr TE 96 Smurda, JohnJohn Smurda So TE 89 Straka, MarkMark Straka So TE 90 Teague, MervinMervin Teague Jr OG 60 Vecanski, MilanMilan Vecanski Sr SE 91 Wakefield, DickDick Wakefield Sr DB 49 Wendorff, BillBill Wendorff So OG 65 Wersel, TimTim Wersel Jr OT 71 Willard, BobBob Willard So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 99 Baxa, TomTom Baxa Jr DE 93 Brown, JeffJeff Brown Jr CB 29 Cameron, LouisLouis Cameron So DE 86 Cappell, RichardRichard Cappell Sr CB 11 Cowman, RandallRandall Cowman Jr DB 8 Cunnigham, DanDan Cunnigham Sr DT 69 Cutillo, DanDan Cutillo So LB 51 Dixon, KenKen Dixon Jr LB 39 Ferko, RichardRichard Ferko Jr MG 55 Fletcher, KevinKevin Fletcher Jr LB 53 Gradishar, RandyRandy Gradishar So DT 70 Hasenhorl, GeorgeGeorge Hasenhorl Jr CB 28 Howard, HarryHarry Howard (C) Sr DB 44 Hughes, JohnJohn Hughes Jr DB 14 Kelly, RobertRobert Kelly So DB 21 Kern, CarlCarl Kern So CB 20 Kinsey, MarvinMarvin Kinsey Jr LB 62 Koegel, VictorVictor Koegel So S 17 Lucki, MartinMartin Lucki Jr DE 87 Luttner, KenKen Luttner Sr DE 81 Marendt, TomTom Marendt So MG 36 Mason, GlenGlen Mason Sr CB 30 Mathis, LouisLouis Mathis So DE 95 Patton, RandallRandall Patton So LB 59 Pisanelli, FredFred Pisanelli Jr MG 35 Rich, RoccoRocco Rich So LB 27 Rossetti, JohnJohn Rossetti So DT 71 Sapanaro, RobertRobert Sapanaro Sr DE 83 Scannell, MikeMike Scannell Jr DT 97 Sciulli, JoeJoe Sciulli Sr S 41 Seifert, RichardRichard Seifert Jr DB 26 Sharpp, WarrenWarren Sharpp So DB 5 Sivinski, DanielDaniel Sivinski Jr DE 94 Strong, TerryTerry Strong Jr DT 67 Szabo, TomTom Szabo So DB 6 Thompson, MontyMonty Thompson So S 3 Whatley, RandyRandy Whatley So LB 88 White, StanStan White Sr DT 78 Williams, ShadShad Williams Jr DB 7 Zeune, RogerRoger Zeune Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK 2 Johnston, PaulPaul Johnston Sr P 92 Lago, GaryGary Lago Jr PK 4 Rice, ElliottElliott Rice Jr PK 1 Schram, FredFred Schram Sr	Head coach Woody Hayes Coordinators/assistant coaches Earle Bruce George Chaump Charles Clausen George Hill Rudy Hubbard John Mummey Esco Sarkkinen Ralph Staub Richard Walker Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2016-Oct-18

Game summaries

Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Iowa 0 7 7 7 21 • Ohio St 17 7 14 14 52 Date: September 11 Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio Game start: 1:32p.m. EST Elapsed time: 2:36 Game attendance: 75,596 Game weather: Rain, 67°F

Scoring summary Q1 13:07 OHST Schram 39-yard field goal Ohio St 3–0 Q1 5:39 OHST Bledsoe 3-yard run (Schram kick) Ohio St 10–0 Q1 4:55 OHST Lamka 21-yard run (Schram kick) Ohio St 17–0 Q2 11:37 IOWA Holmes 1-yard run (Kokolus kick) Ohio St 17–7 Q2 7:41 OHST Bledsoe 11-yard run (Schram kick) Ohio St 24–7 Q3 13:26 IOWA Cabalka 10-yard pass from Sunderman (Kokolus kick) Ohio St 24–14 Q3 10:42 OHST Lamka 19-yard run (Schram kick) Ohio St 31–14 Q3 5:20 OHST Lamka 6-yard run (Schram kick) Ohio St 38–14 Q4 12:14 OHST Lamka 1-yard run (Schram kick) Ohio St 45–14 Q4 6:55 OHST Lippert 10-yard run (Schram kick) Ohio St 52–14 Q4 3:02 IOWA Mitchell 6-yard run (Kokolus kick) Ohio St 52–21

Don Lamka, who spent the last two seasons as a reserve defensive back, made his debut at quarterback with 211 total yards and four touchdowns. ^{[1] [2]}

Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total • Colorado 6 7 0 7 20 Ohio State 0 0 0 14 14 Date: September 25 Location: Ohio Stadium Game start: 1:31p.m. EST Elapsed time: 2:29 Game attendance: 85,586 Game weather: Cloudy, 64°F

Scoring summary Q1 6:51 COLO Johnson 6 yard run (Kick failed) COLO 0–6 Q2 10:49 COLO Branch 68 yard punt return (Dean kick) COLO 0–13 Q4 4:28 OSU Lamka 1 yard rush (Schram kick) COLO 7–13 Q4 3:30 COLO Johnson 39 yard run (Dean kick) COLO 7–20 Q4 2:11 OSU Lamka 14 yard pass to Middleton (Schram kick) COLO 14–20

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California

1 2 3 4 Total California 0 3 0 0 3 • Ohio St 14 0 0 21 35 Date: October 2 Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio Game start: 1:32p.m. EST Elapsed time: 2:28 Game attendance: 86,280 Game weather: Clear, 85°F

Scoring summary Q1 6:17 OHST Lamka 4 yard run (Schram kick) OHST 7–0 Q1 1:50 OHST Bradshaw 12 yard run (Schram kick) OHST 14–0 Q2 7:20 CAL Wersching 47 yard field goal OHST 14–3 Q4 13:02 OHST Hare 40 yard run (Schram kick) OHST 21–3 Q4 9:39 OHST Bradshaw 4 yard run (Schram kick) OHST 28–3 Q4 0:33 OHST Eggers 1 yard run (Schram kick) OHST 35–3

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Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio St 14 0 10 0 24 Illinois 0 3 0 7 10 Date: October 9 Location: Memorial Stadium, Champaign, IL Game start: 1:32p.m. CST Elapsed time: 2:32 Game attendance: 53,555 Game weather: Mostly cloudy, NE wind 10 mph, 53°F

Scoring summary Q1 11:58 OHST Keith 1 yard run (Schram kick) OHST 7–0 Q1 10:09 OHST Keith 2 yard run (Schram kick) OHST 14–0 Q2 9:52 ILL Wells 37 yard field goal OHST 14–3 Q3 9:47 OHST Hare 3 yard run (Schram kick) OHST 21–3 Q3 6:12 OHST Schram 26 yard field goal OHST 24–3 Q4 8:22 ILL Navarro 1 yard run (Wells kick) OHST 24–10

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Indiana

1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio State 7 3 3 14 27 Indiana 0 0 7 0 7 Date: October 16 Location: Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, IN Game start: 1:30p.m. EST Elapsed time: 3:35 Game attendance: 50,812 Game weather: Overcast, 74°F

Scoring summary Q1 11:06 OHST Keith 3 yard run (Schram kick) OHST 7–0 Q2 0:10 OHST Schram 31 yard field goal OHST 10–0 Q3 12:24 IND St. Pierre 21 yard run (Garner kick) OHST 10–7 Q3 10:23 OHST Schram 40 yard field goal OHST 13–7 Q4 13:15 OHST Keith 1 yard run (Schram kick) OHST 20–7 Q4 0:47 OHST Lamka 25 yard run (Schram kick) OHST 27–7

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Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 Total Wisconsin 0 0 0 6 6 • Ohio St 0 17 0 14 31 Date: October 23 Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio Game start: 2:00p.m. EST Elapsed time: 2:40 Game attendance: 86,559 Game weather: Rainy, 62°F

Scoring summary Q2 12:45 OHST Lippert 48 yard run (Schram kick) OHST 7–0 Q2 10:37 OHST Bradshaw 88 yard run (Schram kick) OHST 14–0 Q2 0:44 OHST Schram 41 yard field goal OHST 17–0 Q4 13:49 OHST Galbos 1 yard run (Schram kick) OHST 24–0 Q4 1:07 WIS Lund 12 yard run (pass failed) OHST 24–6 Q4 0:55 OHST Bradshaw 88 yard kickoff return (Schram kick) OHST 31–6

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Minnesota

1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio St 0 0 7 7 14 Minnesota 0 6 0 6 12 Date: October 30 Location: Memorial Stadium, Minneapolis, Minnesota Game start: 1:30 CST Elapsed time: 2:25 Game attendance: 36,281 Game weather: Rain, windy E(20-25 mph), 50°F

Scoring summary Q2 1:27 MINN Kingsriter 31 yard pass from Curry (kick failed) MINN 6–0 Q3 7:42 OHST Wakefield 4 yard pass from Lamka (Schram kick) OHST 7–6 Q4 4:00 OHST Galbos 4 yard run (Schram kick) OHST 14–6 Q4 0:39 MINN Curry 2 yard run (run failed) OHST 14–12

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Michigan State

1 2 3 4 Total • Michigan State 0 10 0 7 17 Ohio State 0 10 0 0 10 Date: November 6 Location: Ohio Stadium Game start: 1:29p.m. EST Elapsed time: 2:20 Game attendance: 86,616 Game weather: Rain/Snow, 35°F

Scoring summary Q2 14:12 MSU Shlapak 47 yard field goal MSU 0–3 Q2 9:55 OSU Bradshaw 11 yard run (Schram kick) OSU 7–3 Q2 5:54 MSU Allen 5 yard run (Shlapak kick) MSU 7–10 Q2 2:32 OSU Shram 30 yard field goal TIED 10–10 Q4 14:21 MSU Allen 1 yard run (Shlapak kick) MSU 17–10

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Northwestern

1 2 3 4 Total • Northwestern 7 0 0 7 14 Ohio State 7 3 0 0 10 Date: November 13 Location: Ohio Stadium Game start: 1:32p.m. EST Elapsed time: 2:18 Game attendance: 86,062 Game weather: Clear, 60°F

Scoring summary Q1 4:19 OSU Lamka 7 run (Schram kick) OSU 7–0 Q1 4:05 NW Strunk 93 yard kick-off return (Planisek kick) TIED 7–7 Q2 5:13 OSU Schram 27 yard field goal OSU 10–7 Q4 7:25 NW Anderson 1 yard run (Planisek kick) NW 10–14

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Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total Ohio State 0 0 7 0 7 • Michigan 0 3 0 7 10 Date: November 20 Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI Game start: 1:30p.m. EST Elapsed time: 2:22 Game attendance: 104,016 Game weather: Overcast to Sunny, winds gusty 17 mph, 32°F

Scoring summary Q2 5:19 MICH Coin 32 yard field goal MICH 3–0 Q3 2:07 OSU Campana 85 yard punt return (Schram kick) OSU 3–7 Q4 2:07 MICH Taylor 21 yard run (Coin kick) MICH 10–7

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1972 NFL draftees

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL Club
Tom DeLeone	5	106	Center	Cincinnati Bengals
Harry Howard	9	225	Defensive Back	Los Angeles Rams
Jimmy Harris	12	312	Wide Receiver	Dallas Cowboys
Tom Campana	13	316	Defensive Back	St. Louis Cardinals
Dick Wakefield	16	409	Wide Receiver	Cleveland Browns
Stan White	17	438	Linebacker	Baltimore Colts

References

1. "Buckeyes Romp Past Iowa." Ocala Star-Banner. 1971 Sept 12.
2. http://web1.ncaa.org/footballStatsArchive/FootballStats.pdf?id=6028686.0
3. http://web1.ncaa.org/footballStatsArchive/FootballStats.pdf?id=6028685.0
4. "Bucks Batter Bears." Palm Beach Post. 1971 Oct 3.
5. http://web1.ncaa.org/footballStatsArchive/FootballStats.pdf?id=6028684.0
6. Eugene Register-Guard. 1971 Oct 10.
7. http://web1.ncaa.org/footballStatsArchive/FootballStats.pdf?id=6028690.0
8. Eugene Register-Guard. 1971 Oct 16.
9. http://web1.ncaa.org/footballStatsArchive/FootballStats.pdf?id=6028691.0
10. "Buckeyes Win." Palm Beach Post. 1971 Oct 24.
11. http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/osu/graphics/pdf/m-footbl/1971/1971-06-Wisconsin.pdf
12. "Ohio State Rallies." Palm Beach Post. 1971 Oct 31.
13. http://web1.ncaa.org/footballStatsArchive/FootballStats.pdf?id=6028693.0
14. http://web1.ncaa.org/footballStatsArchive/FootballStats.pdf?id=6028687.0
15. http://web1.ncaa.org/footballStatsArchive/FootballStats.pdf?id=6028688.0
16. http://web1.ncaa.org/footballStatsArchive/FootballStats.pdf?id=6028692.0

Win/Loss statistics

• Ohio State Historical Scores

Draft data

• Ohio State Drafted Players