1970 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1970 Ohio State Buckeyes football

NFF national champion Big Ten champion
Rose Bowl, L 17–27 vs. Stanford
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 5
1970 record	9–1 (7–0 Big Ten)
Head coach	Woody Hayes (20th year)
Offensive scheme	Heavy Run
Captain	Doug Adams
Captain	Rex Kern
Captain	Jim Stillwagon
Captain	Jan White
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium (Capacity: 81,455)

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 p.m.	Texas A&M*	No. 1	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH		W 56–13	85,657
October 3	1:30 p.m.	Duke*	No. 1	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH		W 34–10	86,123
October 10	1:30 p.m.	at Michigan State	No. 1	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI		W 29–0	75,511
October 17	1:30 p.m.	Minnesota	No. 1	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH		W 28–8	86,667
October 24	2:30 p.m.	at Illinois	No. 1	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Illibuck Trophy)		W 48–29	46,208
October 31	1:30 p.m.	No. 20 Northwestern	No. 2	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH		W 24–10	86,673
November 7	2:00 p.m.	at Wisconsin	No. 3	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI		W 24–7	72,578
November 14	1:00 p.m.	at Purdue	No. 3	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	ABC	W 10–7	68,157
November 21	1:00 p.m.	No. 4 Michigan	No. 5	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (The Game)	ABC	W 20–9	87,331
January 1, 1971	5:00 p.m.	vs. No. 12 Stanford*	No. 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
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WLB	SLB
Stan White	Doug Adams
⋅	⋅

SS
Jack Tatum
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CB
Tim Anderson
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DE	DT	NT	DT	DE
Ken Luttner	Shad Williams	Jim Stillwagon	George Hasenohrl	Mark Debevc
⋅	Ralph Holloway	⋅	⋅	⋅

CB
Harry Howard
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Offense

SE
Bruce Jankowski
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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
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Special Teams

RB
Leo Hayden
Rick Galbos

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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

Scoring summary

Q1	11:45	OHST	Kern 6-yard run (Schram kick)	OHST 7–0

Q1	7:27	OHST	Brockington 2-yard run (Schram kick)	OHST 14–0

Q1	3:13	OHST	Hayden 3-yard run (Schram kick)	OHST 21–0

Q2	12:48	TA&M	May 29-yard pass from James (McDermott kick)	OHST 21–7

Q2	:16	OHST	Brockington 1-yard run (Schram kick)	OHST 28–7

Q3	6:10	OHST	White 5-yard pass from Maciejowski (Schram kick)	OHST 35–7

Q3	5:23	OHST	Zelina 11-yard run (Schram kick)	OHST 42–7

Q3	2:47	OHST	Coburn 7-yard run (Schram kick)	OHST 49–7

Q4	13:15	OHST	Maciejowski 1-yard run (Schram kick)	OHST 56–7

Q4	5:17	TA&M	May 22-yard pass from James (kick failed)	OHST 56–13

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

	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

Scoring summary

Q1	2:13	OHST	Brockington 26-yard run (Schram kick)	OHST 7–0

Q1	2:01	PUR	Brown 96-yard kickoff return (Jones kick)	Tie 7–7

Q4	2:04	OSU	Schram 30-yard field goal	OHST 10–7

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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

Date: November 21
Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH
Game attendance: 87,331
Game weather: 44°F; wind 12 S

Scoring summary

Q1	12:18	OHST	Schram 28-yard field goal	OHST 3–0

Q2	14:57	MICH	Coin 31-yard field goal	Tie 3–3

Q2	1:18	OHST	Jankowski 26-yard pass from Kern (Schram kick)	OHST 10–3

Q3	8:30	MICH	Staroba 13-yard pass from Moorhead (kick failed)	OHST 10–9

Q4	10:49	OHST	Schram 27-yard field goal	OHST 13–9

Q4	8:14	OHST	Hayden 4-yard run (Schram kick)	OHST 20–9

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Stanford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ohio State	7	7	3	0	17
• Stanford	10	0	3	14	27

Date: January 1, 1971
Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA
Game start: 2:05p.m. PST
Elapsed time: 2:59
Game attendance: 103,839
Game weather: Clear, 70°F
TV 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

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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

↑ 1971 Ohio State Media Guide"
↑ Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives. Retrieved 2015-Mar-07.
↑ Eugene Register-Guard. 1970 September 26.
↑ Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives. Retrieved 2015-Mar-09.
↑ Palm Beach Post. 1970 October 4.
↑ Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives. Retrieved 2015-Mar-09.
↑ "Ohio State Drubs Spartans." Palm Beach Post. 1970 Oct 11.
↑ Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives. Retrieved 2015-Mar-09.
↑ Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives. Retrieved 2015-Mar-15.
↑ Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives. Retrieved 2015-Mar-15.
↑ Ocala Star-Banner. 1970 Nov 1.
↑ Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives. Retrieved 2015-Mar-16.
↑ Ocala Star-Banner. 1970 Nov 8.
↑ Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives. Retrieved 2015-Mar-16.
↑ "Notre Dame, Ohio State Survive 10-7 Heartstoppers." Palm Beach Post. 1970 Nov 15.
↑ Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives. Retrieved 2015-Mar-16.
↑ "Revenge and Roses: Buckeyes win, 20-9." Palm Beach Post. 1970 Nov 22.
↑ http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/osu/graphics/pdf/m-footbl/1970/1971-10-Stanford.pdf

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1970 Ohio State Buckeyes football—NFF national champions

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