American college football season
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 [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 27 1:30 p.m. TCU * No. 1 W 62–086,412 October 4 4:30 p.m. at Washington * No. 1 W 41–1457,150 October 11 1:30 p.m. No. 19 Michigan State No. 1 W 54–2186,641 October 18 2:30 p.m. at Minnesota No. 1 W 34–753,016 October 25 1:30 p.m. Illinois No. 1 W 41–086,576 November 1 2:30 p.m. at Northwestern No. 1 ABC W 35–641,279 November 8 1:30 p.m. Wisconsin No. 1 W 62–786,519 November 15 1:30 p.m. No. 10 Purdue No. 1 ABC W 42–1485,027 November 22 1:00 p.m. at No. 12 Michigan No. 1 ABC L 12–24 103,588 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Depth chart [ edit ] Defense
LB LB Doug Adams Phil Strickland Bob Trapuzzano Mike Radtke
DE DT NT DT DE Mark Debevc Bill Urbanik Jim Stillwagon Paul Schmidlin Dave Whitfield Nick Roman Brad Nielsen ⋅ Ralph Holloway Ken Luttner
Offense
WB Larry Zelina Tom Campana
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Coaching staff [ edit ] Game summaries [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total TCU 0 0 0 0 0 • Ohio St 19 14 14 15 62
Date: September 27Location: Ohio Stadium Game start: 1:30 p.m. Elapsed time: 2:13Game attendance: 86,412Game weather: Rain; 63 °F (17 °C); wind 7 mph 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 [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio St 14 7 14 6 41 Washington 0 7 0 7 14
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 [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Michigan State 7 7 0 7 21 • Ohio St 27 7 6 14 54
Date: October 11Location: Ohio Stadium Game start: 1:31 p.m. EST Elapsed time: 2:28Game attendance: 86,641Game weather: Cloudy 74 °F (23 °C) 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) [7]
Minnesota [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio St 14 6 0 14 34 Minnesota 0 0 7 0 7
Date: October 18Location: Memorial Stadium , Minneapolis Game start: 1:30 p.m. Elapsed time: 2:18Game attendance: 53,016Game 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 [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Illinois 0 0 0 0 0 • Ohio St 7 14 7 13 41
Date: October 25Location: Ohio Stadium Game start: 1:30 p.m. EST Elapsed time: 2:12Game attendance: 86,576Game weather: Sunny, 56 °F (13 °C) 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 [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio State 7 14 7 7 35 Northwestern 0 0 0 6 6
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 [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Wisconsin 0 0 0 7 7 • Ohio State 21 13 7 21 62
Date: November 8Location: Ohio Stadium Game start: 1:31p.m. EST Elapsed time: 2:20Game attendance: 86,519Game weather: Cloudy, 48 °F (9 °C); 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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1 2 3 4 Total Purdue 0 7 0 7 14 • Ohio St 6 22 14 0 42
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 [ edit ] Scoring summary Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP OSU MICH 1 7:38 5 16 Ohio St Otis 1-yard touchdown run, S. White kick no good 6 0 1 3:35 10 55 Michigan Craw 2-yard touchdown run, Titas kick good 6 7 2 14:52 10 74 Ohio St J. White 22-yard touchdown reception from Rex Kern , 2-point run failed 12 7 2 11:54 9 77 Michigan Craw 1-yard touchdown run, Titas kick good 12 14 2 10:10 2 3 Michigan Moorhead 2-yard touchdown run, Titas kick good 12 21 2 1:15 16 72 Michigan 25-yard field goal by Killian 12 24 "TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football . 12 24
References [ edit ] ^ 1970 Ohio State Football Media Guide ^ "Game: 6901, Date: Sept. 27, 1969" (PDF) . Ohio State Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2017. Retrieved November 15, 2015 . ^ "Buckeyes rout TCU, 62-0." Eugene-Register Guard. 1969 Sept 28. ^ "Buckeyes humiliate Huskies." Eugene-Register Guard. 1969 Oct 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 . ^ "Game: 6903, Date: Oct. 11, 1969" (PDF) . Ohio State Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2017. ^ "Buckeyes rip Spartans 54-21 for 17th win." Eugene-Register Guard. 1969 Oct 12. ^ "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 . ^ "Game: 6905, Date: Oct. 25, 1969" (PDF) . Ohio State Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2017. ^ "Game: 6906, Date: Nov. 1, 1969" (PDF) . Ohio State Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2017. ^ "Game: 6907, Date: Nov. 8, 1969" (PDF) . Ohio State Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2017. ^ "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 . ^ "Game: 6908, Date: Nov 15, 1969" (PDF) . Ohio State Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2017. Retrieved April 21, 2015 . ^ "Game: 6909, Date: Nov. 22, 1969" (PDF) . Ohio State Athletics. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 31, 2018.
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