1969 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1969 Ohio State Buckeyes football
National champion (MGR) Big Ten co-champion
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 4
Record	8–1 (6–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Woody Hayes (19th season)
MVP	Jim Otis
Captains	Alan Jack Dave Whitfield
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium

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

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	1:30 p.m.	TCU*	No. 1	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		W 62–0	86,412
October 4	4:30 p.m.	at Washington*	No. 1	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA		W 41–14	57,150
October 11	1:30 p.m.	No. 19 Michigan State	No. 1	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		W 54–21	86,641
October 18	2:30 p.m.	at Minnesota	No. 1	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN		W 34–7	53,016
October 25	1:30 p.m.	Illinois	No. 1	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy)		W 41–0	86,576
November 1	2:30 p.m.	at Northwestern	No. 1	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	ABC	W 35–6	41,279
November 8	1:30 p.m.	Wisconsin	No. 1	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		W 62–7	86,519
November 15	1:30 p.m.	No. 10 Purdue	No. 1	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ABC	W 42–14	85,027
November 22	1:00 p.m.	at No. 12 Michigan	No. 1	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	ABC	L 12–24	103,588
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

TCU

1 2 3 4 Total TCU 0 0 0 0 0 • Ohio St 19 14 14 15 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 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
• Ohio State's biggest win since 1957 versus Indiana and most points scored in a game since 1950 versus Iowa.

Washington

1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio St 14 7 14 6 41 Washington 0 7 0 7 14 Date: October 4 Location: Husky Stadium, Seattle, WA Game attendance: 58,000

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

Michigan State

1 2 3 4 Total Michigan State 7 7 0 7 21 • Ohio St 27 7 6 14 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 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

• Attendance: 86,641 (record)
• Rex Kern 10/21, 187 Yds, 2 TD, 2 rush TD (left early in 4th)

Minnesota

1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio St 14 6 0 14 34 Minnesota 0 0 7 0 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 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

Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total Illinois 0 0 0 0 0 • Ohio St 7 14 7 13 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 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

Northwestern

1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio State 7 14 7 7 35 Northwestern 0 0 0 6 6 Date: November 1 Location: Dyche Stadium, Evanston, Illinois Game attendance: 41,279 Game weather: Cloudy

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

Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 Total Wisconsin 0 0 0 7 7 • Ohio State 21 13 7 21 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 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

Purdue

1 2 3 4 Total Purdue 0 7 0 7 14 • Ohio St 6 22 14 0 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 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

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)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Ohio St	6	6	0	0	12
Michigan	7	17	0	0	24

at Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Date: November 22
• Game time: 1:30 p.m.
• Game weather: Sunny • 45 °F (7 °C)
• Game attendance: 103,588
• Referee: Jerry Markbreit
• TV announcers (ABC): Bill Flemming and Lee Grosscup

Game information
Ohio St Rex Kern 6/17, 88 Yds, TD, 4 INT Jim Otis 28 Rush, 144 Yds, TD Jan White 3 Rec, 62 Yds, TD Michigan Don Moorhead 10/20, 108 Yds, INT Billy Taylor 23 Rush, 84 Yds Jim Mandich 6 Rec, 78 Yds

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

Personnel

Coaching staff

• Woody Hayes – Head Coach (19th year)
• Earle Bruce – Offense (4th year)
• George Chaump – Offense (2nd year)
• Hugh Hindman – (7th year)
• Rudy Hubbard – Running Backs (2nd year)
• Dave McClain – (1st year)
• Lou McCullough – Defensive Coordinator (2nd year)
• John Mummey – Quarterbacks (1st year)
• Dick Walker – Defensive Backs (1st year)

Depth chart

Defense
FS Mike Sensibaugh ⋅		LB LB Doug Adams Phil Strickland Bob Trapuzzano Mike Radtke					SS Jack Tatum ⋅
CB Tim Anderson Mike Polaski		DE DT NT DT DE Mark Debevc Bill Urbanik Jim Stillwagon Paul Schmidlin Dave Whitfield Nick Roman Brad Nielsen ⋅ Ralph Holloway Ken Luttner						CB Ted Provost ⋅
Offense
SE Bruce Jankowski Jimmie Harris		LT LG C RG RT Dave Cheney Thomas Backhus Brian Donovan Alan Jack Charles Hutchison Randy Hart Ted Kurz Tom DeLeone ⋅ Rick Simon					TE Jan White Dick Kuhn	WB Larry Zelina Tom Campana
				QB Rex Kern Ron Maciejowski
				FB Jim Otis John Brockington			Special teams
				RB Leo Hayden Ray Gillian

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