1969 Ohio State Buckeyes football
National champion (MGR)
Big Ten co-champion
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 4
Record8–1 (6–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPJim Otis
Captains
  • Alan Jack
  • Dave Whitfield
Home stadiumOhio Stadium
Seasons
← 1968
1970 →
1969 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Ohio State + 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
No. 9 Michigan + 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
No. 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 Big Ten Conference football season. The defending national champion Buckeyes compiled an 8–1 record.

Top-ranked all season, the Buckeyes lost the rivalry game at Michigan on November 22 and dropped to fourth in the final AP Poll. There was no bowl game for Ohio State, because prior to the 1975 season, the Big Ten and Pac-8 conferences allowed only one postseason participant each, for the Rose Bowl, and prior to 1972, a team could not represent the Big Ten in the Rose Bowl in consecutive seasons.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 271:30 p.m.TCU*No. 1
W 62–086,412
October 44:30 p.m.at Washington*No. 1
W 41–1457,150
October 111:30 p.m.No. 19 Michigan StateNo. 1
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 54–2186,641
October 182:30 p.m.at MinnesotaNo. 1
W 34–753,016
October 251:30 p.m.IllinoisNo. 1
W 41–086,576
November 12:30 p.m.at NorthwesternNo. 1
ABCW 35–641,279
November 81:30 p.m.WisconsinNo. 1
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 62–786,519
November 151:30 p.m.No. 10 PurdueNo. 1
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
ABCW 42–1485,027
November 221:00 p.m.at No. 12 MichiganNo. 1
ABCL 12–24103,588
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Depth chart

[1]

Coaching staff

Game summaries

TCU

1 234Total
TCU 0 000 0
• Ohio St 19 141415 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 (17 °C); wind 7 mph SE
Scoring summary
Q113:47OHSTJankowski 58 yard pass from Kern (White kick)OHST 7–0
Q18:34OHSTOtis 1 yard run (kick failed)OHST 13–0
Q13:32OHSTBrockington 1 yard run (kick blocked)OHST 19–0
Q28:15OHSTOtis 8 yard run (White kick)OHST 26–0
Q25:35OHSTBrockington 5 yard run (White kick)OHST 33–0
Q3OHSTKern 17 yard run (White kick)OHST 40–0
Q3OHSTKern 5 yard run (White kick)OHST 47–0
Q47:21OHSTBrockington 2 yard run (Brockington run)OHST 55–0
Q4:16OHSTCampagna 62 yard pass from Rusnak (White kick)OHST 62–0

Washington

1 234Total
• Ohio St 14 7146 41
Washington 0 707 14
Scoring summary
Q1OHSTKern 64 yard run (White kick)OHST 7–0
Q1OHSTOtis 1 yard run (White kick)OHST 14–0
Q2OHSTOtis 3 yard run (White kick)OHST 21–0
Q2WASHWillis 1 yard run (Volbrecht kick)OHST 21–7
Q3OHSTOtis 1 yard run (White kick)OHST 28–7
Q3OHSTKern 4 yard run (White kick)OHST 35–7
Q4OHSTMaciejowski 5 yard run (kick failed)OHST 41–7
Q4WASHKennamer 6 yard run (Warner kick)OHST 41–14

[4]

Michigan State

1 234Total
Michigan State 7 707 21
• Ohio St 27 7614 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 (23 °C)
Scoring summary
Q112:42OHSTDebevc 14 yard interception (White kick)OHST 7–0
Q18:54OHSTKern 1 yard rush (White kick)OHST 14–0
Q16:45OHSTZelina 73 punt return (Kick failed)OHST 20–0
Q15:47MSUTriplett 76 yard pass to Foreman (Boyce kick)OHST 20–7
Q11:40OHSTKern 4 yard rush (White kick)OHST 27–7
Q23:14MSUTriplett 40 yard pass to Foreman (Boyce kick)OHST 27–14
Q20:30OHSTKern 24 yard pass to White (White kick)OHST 34–14
Q34:10OHSTKern 14 yard pass toJankowski (Kick failed)OHST 40–14
Q412:31MSUHighsmith 3 yard rush (Boyce kick)OHST 42–21
Q411:18OHSTKern 29 yard pass to Campana (White kick)OHST 49–21
Q40:40OHSTKern 5 yard pass to Campana (White kick)OHST 54–21

[5] [6]

[7]

Minnesota

1 234Total
• Ohio St 14 6014 34
Minnesota 0 070 7
  • Date: October 18
  • Location: Memorial Stadium, Minneapolis
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m.
  • Elapsed time: 2:18
  • Game attendance: 53,016
  • Game weather: 55 degrees, windy 20 mph SW
Scoring summary
Q1OHSTOtis 8 yard run (kick failed)OHST 6–0
Q1OHSTOtis 2 yard run (Kern pass to Zelina)OHST 14–0
Q2OHSTRusnak 25 yard pass to Jankowski (kick failed)OHST 20–0
Q3MINNCarter 6 yard run (Nygren kick)OHST 20–7
Q4OHSTHayden 7 yard run (White kick)OHST 27–7
Q4OHSTGillian 1 yard run (Warner kick)OHST 34–7

[8]

Illinois

1 234Total
Illinois 0 000 0
• Ohio St 7 14713 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 (13 °C)
Scoring summary
Q17:17OHSTOtis 1 yard run (White kick)OHST 7–0
Q28:22OHSTKern 10 yard pass to White (White kick)OHST 14–0
Q21:09OHSTKern 15 yard pass to White (White kick)OHST 21–0
Q30:50OHSTKern 4 yard run (White kick)OHST 28–0
Q49:16OHSTBrockington 2 yard run (White kick)OHST 35–0
Q43:47OHSTBrockington 1 yard trun (Kick failed)OHST 41–0

[9]

Northwestern

1 234Total
• Ohio State 7 1477 35
Northwestern 0 006 6
Scoring summary
Q10:42OSUOtis 1 yard run (White kick)OSU 7–0
Q26:09OSUKern 21 yard pass to White (White kick)OSU 14–0
Q22:00OSUOtis 1 yard run (White kick)OSU 21–0
Q310:23OSUHayden 33 yard run (White kick)OSU 28–0
Q16:13OSUMaciejowski 12 yard pass to Otis (White kick)OSU 35–0
Q43:57NWHudson 10 yard run (Kick failed)OSU 35–6

[10]

Wisconsin

1 234Total
Wisconsin 0 007 7
• Ohio State 21 13721 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 (9 °C); Wind NE 12-15 mph
Scoring summary
Q19:54OSUMaciejowski 31 yard pass to Jankowski (White kick)OSU 7–0
Q11:12OSUOtis 1 yard run (White kick)OSU 14–0
Q10:24OSUMaciejowski 19 yard pass to Kuhn (White kick)OSU 21–0
Q29:33OSUOtis 1 yard run (Kick failed)OSU 27–0
Q20:26OSUOtis 1 yard run (White kick)OSU 34–0
Q35:53OSURusnak 5 yard pass to Kuhn (White kick)OSU 41–0
Q414:21OSURusnak 5 yard pass to Campana (White kick)OSU 48–0
Q46:56OSUBrockington 1 yard run (White kick)OSU 55–0
Q44:51WISLosse 14 yard pass to Reddick (Yaeger kick)OSU 55–7
Q41:22OSUColburn 5 yard run (Johnston kick)OSU 62–7

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Purdue

1 234Total
Purdue 0 707 14
• Ohio St 6 22140 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 (−5 °C); wind 15–20 mph SW
  • TV announcers (ABC): Chris Schenkel, Bud Wilkinson
Scoring summary
Q12:56OHSTKern 6 yard run (kick blocked)OHST 6–0
Q29:47OHSTWhite 33 yard field goalOHST 9–0
Q25:32OHSTOtis 5 yard run (kick failed)OHST 15–0
Q23:44OHSTKern 1 yard run (White kick)OHST 22–0
Q2:52OHSTJankowski 38 yard pass from Kern (kick blocked)OHST 28–0
Q2:39PURBrown 98 yard kickoff return (Jones kick)OHST 28–7
Q313:08OHSTHayden 4 yard run (White kick)OHST 35–7
Q310:58OHSTZelina 57 yard punt return (White kick)OHST 42–7
Q41:12PURBell 3 yard pass from Phipps (Jones kick)OHST 42–14

[13]

Michigan

Main article: 1969 Ohio State vs. Michigan football game

See also: 1969 Michigan Wolverines football team
#1 Ohio State Buckeyes (8–0) at #12 Michigan Wolverines (7–2)
Period 1 2 34Total
Ohio St 6 6 0012
Michigan 7 17 0024

at Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan

Game information

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

  1. ^ 1970 Ohio State Football Media Guide
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  3. ^ "Buckeyes rout TCU, 62-0." Eugene-Register Guard. 1969 Sept 28.
  4. ^ "Buckeyes humiliate Huskies." Eugene-Register Guard. 1969 Oct 5.
  5. ^ "Summary of Football Game Statistics, Ohio State v. Michigan State, 10/11/1969" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  6. ^ "Game: 6903, Date: Oct. 11, 1969" (PDF). Ohio State Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2017.
  7. ^ "Buckeyes rip Spartans 54-21 for 17th win." Eugene-Register Guard. 1969 Oct 12.
  8. ^ "Summary of Football Game Statistics, Minnesota v. Ohio State, 10/18/69" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  9. ^ "Game: 6905, Date: Oct. 25, 1969" (PDF). Ohio State Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2017.
  10. ^ "Game: 6906, Date: Nov. 1, 1969" (PDF). Ohio State Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2017.
  11. ^ "Game: 6907, Date: Nov. 8, 1969" (PDF). Ohio State Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2017.
  12. ^ "Summary of Football Game Statistics, Ohio State v. Wisconsin, 11/08/69" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 28, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  13. ^ "Game: 6908, Date: Nov 15, 1969" (PDF). Ohio State Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2017. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  14. ^ "Game: 6909, Date: Nov. 22, 1969" (PDF). Ohio State Athletics. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 31, 2018.
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