American college football season
1970 Ohio State Buckeyes football |
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NFF co-national champion Big Ten champion |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
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Ranking |
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Coaches | No. 2 |
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AP | No. 5 |
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Record | 9–1 (7–0 Big Ten) |
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Head coach | - Woody Hayes (20th season)
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Offensive scheme | Heavy run |
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Base defense | 5–2 |
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MVP | Jim Stillwagon |
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Captains | - Doug Adams
- Rex Kern
- Jim Stillwagon
- Jan White
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Home stadium | Ohio Stadium |
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The 1970 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the Big Ten Conference during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. The Buckeyes won all nine games in the regular season and were ranked second in both major polls. Ohio State won the Big Ten title and a berth in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on New Year's Day against the Stanford Indians, ranked No. 12 and champions of the Pac-8. The Buckeyes were upset, 27–17, and finished with a 9–1 record.
This was the last year Ohio State played a nine-game regular-season schedule (the Big Ten first allowed a 10th regular season game in 1965). Many major colleges added an eleventh game in 1970, although no Big Ten school did so until the following season.
The Buckeyes were recognized as co-national champions, along with Texas, by the National Football Foundation at the end of the regular season. The teams were jointly awarded the MacArthur Bowl.[1]
This was the fifth and last national title that head coach Woody Hayes won for the Buckeyes; they did not win another national championship until 2002.
Both Ohio State and Texas would go on to lose their bowl games; the 11–0–1 Nebraska Cornhuskers won the AP national championship when they finished No. 1 in final post-bowl AP Poll.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 26 | 1:30 p.m. | Texas A&M* | No. 1 | | | W 56–13 | 85,657 | |
October 3 | 1:30 p.m. | Duke* | No. 1 | | | W 34–10 | 86,123 | [2] |
October 10 | 1:30 p.m. | at Michigan State | No. 1 | | | W 29–0 | 75,511 | |
October 17 | 1:30 p.m. | Minnesota | No. 1 | | | W 28–8 | 86,667 | |
October 24 | 2:30 p.m. | at Illinois | No. 1 | | | W 48–29 | 46,208 | |
October 31 | 1:30 p.m. | No. 20 Northwestern | No. 2 | | | W 24–10 | 86,673 | |
November 7 | 2:00 p.m. | at Wisconsin | No. 3 | | | W 24–7 | 72,578 | |
November 14 | 1:00 p.m. | at Purdue | No. 3 | | ABC | W 10–7 | 68,157 | |
November 21 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 4 Michigan | No. 5 | | ABC | W 20–9 | 87,331 | |
January 1, 1971 | 5:00 p.m. | vs. No. 12 Stanford* | No. 2 | | NBC | L 17–27 | 103,839 | |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries
Texas A&M
Texas A&M Aggies (2–0) at Ohio State Buckeyes (0–0)
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Texas A&M | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
Ohio State | 21 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 56 |
at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
- Date: September 26
- Game time: 1:30 p.m.
- Game weather: Cloudy, 80 °F (27 °C)
- Game attendance: 85,657
- Box Score
Game information |
First quarter - OSU – Rex Kern 6-yard run (Frank Schram kick), 11:45. Ohio State 7–0. Drive:
- OSU – John Brockington 2-yard run (Frank Schram kick), 7:27. Ohio State 14–0. Drive:
- OSU – Leo Hayden 3-yard run (Frank Schram kick), 3:13. Ohio State 21–0. Drive:
Second quarter - A&M – Homer May 29-yard pass from Lex James (Pat McDermott kick), Ohio State 21–7. Drive:
- OSU – John Brockington 1-yard run (Frank Schram kick), 0:16. Ohio State 28–7. Drive:
Third quarter - OSU – Jan White 5-yard pass from Ron Maciejowski (Frank Schram kick), 6:10. Ohio State 35–7. Drive:
- OSU – Larry Zelina 11-yard run (Frank Schram kick), 5:23. Ohio State 42–7. Drive:
- OSU – James Coburn 7-yard run (Frank Schram kick), 2:47. Ohio State 49–7. Drive:
Fourth quarter - OSU – Ron Maciejowski 1-yard run (Frank Schram kick), 13:15. Ohio State 56–7. Drive:
- A&M – Homer May 22-yard pass from Lex James (kick failed), 5:17. Ohio State 56–13. Drive:
| - Top passers
- A&M – Lex James – 18/30, 271 yards, 2 TD, INT
- OSU – Rex Kern – 4/6, 71 yards
- Top rushers
- A&M – Steve Burks – 7 rushes, 28 yards
- OSU – Leo Hayden – 14 rushes, 89 yards, TD
- Top receivers
- A&M – Hugh McElroy – 4 receptions, 71 yards
- OSU – Leo Hayden – 3 receptions, 37 yards
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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 (17 °C); wind 18 to 30 mph (29 to 48 km/h) W–NW
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Scoring summary |
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| 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 (10 °C); wind 15 mph (24 km/h) SSW
- Referee: Howard Wirtz
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Scoring summary |
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| 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 (11 °C); wind 12 mph (19 km/h) W
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Scoring summary |
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| 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 (16 °C); wind 4 to 10 mph (6.4 to 16.1 km/h) SE
- Referee: Dwight Wilkey
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Scoring summary |
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| 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 (16 °C); wind 10 mph (16 km/h) SW
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Scoring summary |
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| 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 (7 °C); wind 5 to 10 mph (8.0 to 16.1 km/h) W
- Referee: Dwight Wilkey
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Scoring summary |
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| 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
Game information |
First quarter - OSU – John Brockington 26-yard run (Fred Schram kick), 2:13. Ohio St 7–0. Drive: 6 plays, 71 yards.
- PUR – Stan Brown 96-yard kickoff return (Jeff Jones kick), 2:01. Tie 7–7.
Fourth quarter - OSU – Fred Schram 30-yard field goal, 2:04. Ohio St 10–7. Drive: 7 plays, 66 yards.
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- OSU – Ron Maciejowski – 1/3, 52 yards
- PUR – Gary Danielson – 2/12, 17 yards, 2 INT
- Top rushers
- Top receivers
- OSU – Bruce Jankowski – 1 reception, 52 yards
- PUR – Stan Brown – 1 reception, 9 yards
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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. John Brockington carried the ball for 136 yards and Leo Hayden added 64 yards on 16 carries.[14]
Michigan
Game information |
First quarter - OSU – Fred Schram 28-yard field goal, 12:18. Ohio St 3–0. Drive: 6 plays, 15 yards.
Second quarter - MICH – Dana Coin 31-yard field goal, 14:57. Tie 3–3. Drive: 4 plays, 3 yards.
- OSU – Bruce Jankowski 26-yard pass from Rex Kern (Fred Schram kick), 1:18. Ohio St 10–3. Drive: 11 plays, 47 yards.
Third quarter Fourth quarter - OSU – Fred Schram 27-yard field goal, 10:49. Ohio St 13–9. Drive: 15 plays, 64 yards.
- OSU – Leo Hayden 4-yard run (Fred Schram kick), 8:14. Ohio St 20–9. Drive: 3 plays, 9 yards.
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- Top rushers
- MICH – Billy Taylor – 15 rushes, 31 yards
- OSU – Leo Hayden – 28 rushes, 117 yards, TD
- Top receivers
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Ohio State clinched a Big Ten title, a Rose Bowl berth and some measure of revenge for the 1969 upset.
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 (21 °C)
- TV announcers (NBC): Curt Gowdy, Kyle Rote
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Scoring summary |
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| 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 | |
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.
Personnel
Roster
1970 Ohio State Buckeyes football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense | Defense | Special teams Pos. | # | Name | Class | K | 1 | Fred Schram | | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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- Source:[15]
Depth chart
Defense | | WLB | SLB | 88 Stan White | 63 Doug Adams | ⋅ | ⋅ | | | | | | | | Offense | | | LT | LG | C | RG | RT | 75 Dave Cheney | 57 Dick Kuhn | 52 Tom DeLeone | 62 Phil Strickland | 65 John Hicks | ⋅ | 53 Brian Donovan | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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1971 NFL draftees
References
- ^ "MacArthur Winners". The News–Messenger. Fremont, Ohio. December 9, 1970. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
Ohio State football Coach Woody Hayes and Texas coach Darrell Royal accept the MacArthur Bowl which was awarded jointly to their teams as the best of 1970 at the award dinner of the National Football Foundation
- ^ "Buckeyes awaken to rip Duke, 34–10". Chicago Tribune. October 4, 1970. Retrieved January 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Eugene Register-Guard. 1970 September 26.
- ^ Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Mar-09.
- ^ Palm Beach Post. 1970 October 4.
- ^ Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Mar-09.
- ^ "Ohio State Drubs Spartans." Palm Beach Post. 1970 Oct 11.
- ^ Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Mar-09.
- ^ Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Mar-15.
- ^ Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Mar-15.
- ^ Ocala Star-Banner. 1970 Nov 1.
- ^ Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Mar-16.
- ^ Ocala Star-Banner. 1970 Nov 8.
- ^ "Notre Dame, Ohio State Survive 10-7 Heartstoppers." Palm Beach Post. 1970 Nov 15.
- ^ "Rose Bowl rosters". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. January 1, 1971. p. 34.
- ^ 1971 Ohio State Media Guide"
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