1969 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

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

Depth chart

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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)

Game summaries

TCU

• 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

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Michigan State

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

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Minnesota

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Illinois

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Northwestern

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Wisconsin

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Purdue

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Michigan

#1 Ohio State Buckeyes (8–0) at #12 Michigan Wolverines (7–2)

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
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1970 NFL draftees

References

1. 1970 Ohio State Football Media Guide
2. "Game: 6901, Date: Sept. 27, 1969" (PDF). Ohio State Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2017. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
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.