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1968 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

American college football season

American college football season

FieldValue
year1968
teamOhio State Buckeyes
sportfootball
imageOhio State Buckeyes Logo 1898-1978.png
conferenceBig Ten Conference
short_confBig Ten
CoachRank1
APRank1
record10–0
conf_record7–0
head_coachWoody Hayes
hc_year18th
mvpMark Stier
stadiumOhio Stadium
championConsensus national champion
Big Ten champion
Rose Bowl champion
bowl[Rose Bowl](1969-rose-bowl)
bowl_resultW 27–16 vs. [USC](1968-usc-trojans-football-team)

Big Ten champion Rose Bowl champion The 1968 Ohio State Buckeyes football team is an American football team that represented the Ohio State University in the 1968 Big Ten Conference football season. It is considered one of the strongest in OSU history, fielding 11 All-Americans and six first-round NFL draft picks. With quarterback Rex Kern and running back Jim Otis leading a powerful OSU offense and Jack Tatum on defense, Woody Hayes' Buckeyes capped an undefeated season with a dominating 50–14 victory over archrival Michigan and a come-from-behind 27–16 victory over defending national champion USC in the 1969 Rose Bowl to secure their first consensus national title since 1942. This was also the first year the Buckeye players were awarded Buckeye pride stickers for their helmets, each one a reward for a good play. This would be Ohio State's last outright national championship until 2002. Perhaps the biggest highlight of the year for the Buckeyes was their upset of No. 1 Purdue in their third game.

Schedule

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Game summaries

SMU

;SMU

  • Hixson 37/69, 417 yards, 5 TD, 2 INT
  • Richardson 11 rush, 62 yards
  • Levias 15 rec, 160 yards ;Ohio St
  • Kern 8/14, 139 yards, 2 TD
  • Brungard 14 rush, 101 yards, TD
  • Brockington 2 rec, 54 yards

Oregon

Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH

Game statistics

StatisticOSUORE
Total yards
Passing yards
Rushing yards
Penalties
Turnovers02
Time of possession

Game Leaders

StatisticOSUORE
Passing
Rushing
Receiving

Purdue

Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH

  • Jim Otis 29 rush, 144 yards

Game statistics

StatisticOSUPUR
Total yards
Passing yards
Rushing yards
Penalties
Turnovers02
Time of possession

Game Leaders

StatisticOSUPUR
Passing
RushingJim Otis (144)
Receiving

Northwestern

Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH

  • Rex Kern 20 rush, 121 yards

Game statistics

StatisticOSUNW
Total yards
Passing yards
Rushing yards
Penalties
Turnovers02
Time of possession

Game Leaders

StatisticOSUNW
Passing
RushingRex Kern (121)
Receiving

Illinois

Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL

Game statistics

StatisticOSUILL
Total yards
Passing yards
Rushing yards
Penalties
Turnovers23
Time of possession

Game Leaders

StatisticOSUILL
Passing
Rushing
Receiving

Michigan State

Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH

Game statistics

StatisticOSUMSU
Total yards
Passing yards
Rushing yards
Penalties
Turnovers26
Time of possession

Game Leaders

StatisticOSUMSU
Passing
Rushing
Receiving

Wisconsin

Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI

Game statistics

StatisticOSUWISC
Total yards
Passing yards
Rushing yards
Penalties
Turnovers04
Time of possession

Game Leaders

StatisticOSUWISC
Passing
Rushing
Receiving

Iowa

Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA

Game statistics

StatisticOSUIowa
Total yards
Passing yards
Rushing yards
Penalties
Turnovers23
Time of possession

Game Leaders

StatisticOSUIowa
Passing
Rushing
Receiving

Michigan

Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH

Game statistics

StatisticOSUMICH
Total yards
Passing yards
Rushing yards
Penalties
Turnovers34
Time of possession

Game Leaders

StatisticOSUMICH
Passing
Rushing
Receiving

Rose Bowl

Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA

Game statistics

StatisticOSUUSC
Total yards
Passing yards
Rushing yards
Penalties
Turnovers05
Time of possession

Game Leaders

StatisticOSUUSC
Passing
Rushing
Receiving

Roster

  • Woody Hayes
  • Earle Bruce
  • George Chaump
  • Glenn Ellison
  • Hugh Hindman
  • Lou Holtz
  • Rudy Hubbard
  • Bill Mallory
  • Lou McCullough
  • Esco Sarkkinen
  • Carlin B. Carpenter (GA)

Statistical leaders

  • Scoring: Jim Otis
  • Rushing: Jim Otis
  • Passing: Rex Kern
  • Receiving: Bruce Jankowski

Players in the 1969 NFL draft

Steve Howell10239Tight end[Cincinnati Bengals](1969-cincinnati-bengals-season)

References

References

  1. [http://library.osu.edu/sites/archives/OSUvsMichigan/osunational.htm OSU Football National Championships] {{Webarchive. link. (2008-10-20 , Ohio State University Archives)
  2. (September 29, 1968). "Buckeyes shoot down SMU's aerial circus". The Cincinnati Enquirer.
  3. (October 6, 1968). "Buckeye attack comes alive". The Flint Journal.
  4. (October 13, 1968). "Buckeyes pull stunner". The Kansas City Star.
  5. (October 20, 1968). "Rex Kern guides Ohio State to 45–21 victory". The Times Recorder.
  6. (October 27, 1968). "OSU, near season-wrecking tie, rallies to nip Illini". Springfield News-Sun.
  7. (November 3, 1968). "OSU takes advantage of Spartan errors". The Ironton Tribune.
  8. (November 10, 1968). "Buckeyes bash Wisconsin, 43–8". Detroit Free Press.
  9. (November 17, 1968). "OSU edges Iowa, 33–27". The Saginaw News.
  10. (November 24, 1968). "Buckeyes roll 50–14". The Nashville Tennessean.
  11. (January 2, 1969). "Ohio State rallies for easy win over USC in Rose Bowl". The Los Angeles Times.
  12. . ["Schedule/Results (1968 Ohio State)"](https://stats.ncaa.org/teams/130294). *[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]*.
  13. "Ohio State '68: All the Way to the Top." Greenberg, Steve and Larry Zelina. 1998.
  14. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=mq6pegT_rlEC&dat=19681124&printsec=frontpage&hl=en "Ohio St Shocks Michigan, 50-14." The Palm Beach Post. 1968 Nov 25.]
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