1964 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 9
Record	7–2 (5–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Woody Hayes (14th season)
Defensive coordinator	Lyal Clark
MVP	Ed Orazen
Captain	Jim Davidson, Tom Kiehfuss, Bill Spahr
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium (Capacity: 81,109)
Seasons ← 1963 1965 →

1964 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Michigan $	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Ohio State	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Purdue	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Illinois	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Minnesota	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Michigan State	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Wisconsin	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Iowa	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Indiana	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1964 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1964 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 7–2 record.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	1:30 p.m.	SMU*	No. 5	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 27–8	80,737	^[1]
October 3	1:30 p.m.	Indiana	No. 5	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 17–9	81,834	^[2]
October 10	2:00 p.m.	at No. 2 Illinois	No. 4	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (Illibuck Trophy)	W 26–0	71,227	^[3]
October 17	1:30 p.m.	USC*	No. 2	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 17–0	84,315	^[4]
October 24	1:30 p.m.	Wisconsin	No. 1	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 28–3	84,365	^[5]
October 31	2:30 p.m.	at Iowa	No. 1	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 21–19	58,700	^[6]
November 7	1:30 p.m.	Penn State*	No. 2	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (rivalry)	L 0–27	84,279	^[7]
November 14	1:30 p.m.	Northwestern	No. 7	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 10–0	83,525	^[8]
November 21	1:30 p.m.	No. 6 Michigan	No. 7	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (The Game)	L 0–10	84,685	^[9]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Coaching staff

Woody Hayes – Head coach – 14th year

Season summary

SMU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Southern Methodist	0	0	0	8	8
• Ohio State	10	3	7	7	27

Date: September 26
Location: Ohio Stadium
Game attendance: 80,737
Game weather: Clear, wind SW 12-20 mph, 80 °F (27 °C)

Scoring summary

Q1	6:54	OSU	Funk 39 yard field goal	OSU 3–0

Q1	0:10	OSU	Barrington 37 yard run (Funk kick)	OSU 10–0

Q2	12:19	OSU	Funk 28 yard field goal	OSU 13–0

Q3	13:56	OSU	Spahr 31 yard interception/fumble recovery (Funk kick)	OSU 20–0

Q4	14:18	OSU	Sander 42 yard run (Funk kick)	OSU 27–0

Q4	0:25	SMU	Oefinger 12 yard pass to Taylor (Oefinger rush)	OSU 27–8

Indiana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Indiana	3	0	0	6	9
• Ohio State	0	10	7	0	17

Date: October 3
Location: Ohio Stadium
Game attendance: 81,834
Game weather: Clear, wind SSW 9 mph (gusts to 15 mph), 67 °F (19 °C)

Scoring summary

Q1	5:58	IND	Nowatzke 50 yard field goal	IND 0–3

Q2	3:44	OSU	Unverferth 24 yard pass to Stock (Funk kick)	OSU 7–3

Q2	0:24	OSU	Funk 25 yard field goal	OSU 10–3

Q3	1:25	OSU	Rein 3 yard run (Funk kick)	OSU 17–3

Q4	8:04	IND	Badar 5 yard pass to Kuechenberg (pass intercepted)	OSU 17–9

Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Ohio State	6	10	7	3	26
Illinois	0	0	0	0	0

Date: October 10
Location: Memorial Stadium, Champaign, Illinois
Game attendance: 71,227
Game weather: Clear, calm, 48 °F (9 °C)

Scoring summary

Q1	10:55	OSU	Unverferth 24 yard run (kick failed)	OSU 6–0

Q2	8:00	OSU	Sander 1 yard run (Funk kick)	OSU 13–0

Q2	3:25	OSU	Funk 29 yard field goal	OSU 16–0

Q3	7:15	OSU	Sander 4 yard run (Funk kick)	OSU 23–0

Q4	13:35	OSU	Funk 28 yard field goal	OSU 26–0

USC

	1	2	3	4	Total
USC	0	0	0	0	0
• Ohio St	7	7	0	3	17

Date: October 17
Location: Ohio Stadium
Game attendance: 84,315
Game weather: Clear, wind N 10 mph, 76 °F (24 °C)

Scoring summary

Q1	8:12	OHST	Sander 2 yard run (Funk kick)	Ohio St 7-0

Q2	1:03	OHST	Lashtuka 10 yard pass from Unverferth (Funk kick)	Ohio St 14-0

Q4	6:40	OHST	Funk 24 yard field goal	Ohio St 17-0

^[10]

Wisconsin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wisconsin	0	0	3	0	3
• Ohio State	14	0	0	14	28

Date: October 24
Location: Ohio Stadium
Game attendance: 84,365
Game weather: Clear, wind SW 12 mph, 55 °F (13 °C)

Scoring summary

Q1	9:23	OSU	Rein 6 yard run (Funk kick)	OSU 7–0

Q1	3:51	OSU	Sander 1 yard run (Funk kick)	OSU 14–0

Q3	9:47	WIS	Kaye 28 yard field goal	OSU 14–3

Q4	7:37	OSU	Sander 1 yard run (Funk kick)	OSU 21–3

Q4	5:49	OSU	Unverferth 9 yard pass to Lindsey (Funk kick)	OSU 28–3

Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Ohio State	7	7	7	0	21
Iowa	7	6	0	6	19

Date: October 31
Location: Iowa Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa
Game attendance: 58,700
Game weather: Clear, wind SSW 15 mph, 65 °F (18 °C)

Scoring summary

Q1	14:19	OSU	Dreffer 36 yard interception return (Funk kick)	OSU 0–7

Q1	5:28	IOWA	Snook 1 yard run (Simpson kick)	TIED 7–7

Q2	6:41	OSU	Unverferth 2 yard run (Funk kick)	OSU 7–14

Q2	0:57	IOWA	Snook 30 yard pass to Noonan (kick failed)	OSU 13-14

Q3	14:39	OSU	Unverferth 23 yard pass to Rein (Funk kick)	OSU 13–21

Q4	0:02	IOWA	Nourse 1 yard run (run failed)	OSU 19–21

Penn State

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Penn State	7	7	6	7	27
Ohio State	0	0	0	0	0

Date: November 7
Location: Ohio Stadium
Game weather: Cloudy, 60 °F (16 °C)

Scoring summary

Q1	6:36	PSU	Nye recovered fumble in end zone (Sanker kick)	PSU 0–7

Q2	8:06	PSU	Wydman 3 yard run (Sanker kick)	PSU 0–14

Q3	0:52	PSU	Kunit 2 yard run (Sanker kick)	PSU 0–20

Q4	4:34	PSU	Kunit 5 yard run (Sanker kick)	PSU 0–27

Northwestern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Northwestern	0	0	0	0	0
• Ohio State	7	3	0	0	10

Date: November 14
Location: Ohio Stadium
Game weather: Clear, wind SE 14 mph, 60 °F (16 °C)

Scoring summary

Q1	5:03	OSU	Sander 5 yard run (Funk kick)	OSU 7–0

Q2	2:47	OSU	Funk 27 yard field goal	OSU 10–0

Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Michigan	0	7	0	3	10
Ohio State	0	0	0	0	0

Date: November 21
Location: Ohio Stadium
Game attendance: 84,685
Game weather: Clear, wind W 18 mph, 20 °F (−7 °C)

Scoring summary

Q2	0:44	UM	Timberlake 17 yard pass to Detwiler (Evassheski kick)	UM 0–7

Q4	14:52	UM	Timberlake 27 yard kick	UM 0–10

1965 pro draftees

Player	Draft	Round	Pick	Position	NFL club
Jim Davidson	AFL	1	8	Tackle	Buffalo Bills
Bo Scott	NFL	3	32	Running back	Cleveland Browns
Bo Scott	AFL	20	155	Running back	Oakland Raiders
Ed Orazen	NFL	19	265	Guard	Cleveland Browns

References

^ "Buckeyes Bash SMU In Grid Debut, 27-8". The Cincinnati Enquirer. September 27, 1964. p. 4D – via Newspapers.com.
^ "OSU Air Artistry Surprises: Bucks Biff Indiana, 17-9". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 4, 1964. p. 1F – via Newspapers.com.
^ Dick Forbes (October 11, 1964). "OSU Pulverizes Illini, 26-0". The Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 1E – via Newspapers.com.
^ Al Heim (October 18, 1964). "Buckeyes Bid For No. 1 As Sanders Piledrives By Southern Cal, 17-0". The Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 2H – via Newspapers.com.
^ Jim Schottelkotte (October 25, 1964). "Top-Ranked Ohio State Bombards Badgers, 28-3". The Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 2E – via Newspapers.com.
^ Maury White (November 1, 1964). "Iowa Misses Last-Second Tie! No. 1 Ohio Escapes, 21-19, as Hawkeyes' 2-Point Run Falls Foot Short". The Des Moines Register. p. Sports 1, 7 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Penn State Dumps OSU From Unbeaten Ranks, 27-0". The Sunday Times Recorder. November 8, 1964. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Ohio State Clips Northwestern 10-0 For 7th Win". The Sunday Times Recorder. November 15, 1964. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Michigan Stops Ohio State 10-0 For Big Ten Title". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 22, 1964. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
^ Palm Beach Post. 1964 Oct 18.

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