1969 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1969 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Big Ten Co-Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 4
1969 record	8-1 (6-1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Woody Hayes
Captain	Alan Jack
Captain	Dave Whitfield
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium (Capacity: 81,455)
Seasons

1969 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#4/5 Ohio State §	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
#9/8 Michigan §	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
#18/18 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 / Coaches' Poll

The 1969 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the college football season of 1969-1970. The Buckeyes compiled a 8–1 record.

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 27*	TCU	#1	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	W 62-0	86,412
October 4*	at Washington	#1	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 41-14	57,150
October 11	#19 Michigan State	#1	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	W 54-21	86,641
October 18	at Minnesota	#1	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 34-7	53,016
October 25	Illinois	#1	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	W 41-0	86,576
November 1	at Northwestern	#1	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 35-6	41,279
November 8	Wisconsin	#1	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	W 62-7	86,519
November 15	#10 Purdue	#1	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	W 42-14	85,027
November 22	at #12 Michigan	#1	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	L 12-24	103,588
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Depth Chart

Defensive Starters FS Mike Sensibaugh ⋅ WLB SLB Doug Adams Phil Strickland ⋅ Stan White SS Jack Tatum ⋅ CB Tim Anderson ⋅ DE DT NT DT DE Mark Debevc Bill URbanik Jim Stillwagon Paul Schmidlin Dick Whitfield ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ CB Ted Provost ⋅ Offensive Starters SE Bruce Jankowski ⋅ LT LG C RG RT Dave Cheney Thomas Backhus Brian Donovan Alan Jack Charles Hutchison ⋅ ⋅ Tom DeLeone ⋅ ⋅ TE Jan White ⋅ WB Larry Zelina ⋅ QB Rex Kern Ron Maciejowski FB Jim Otis John Brockington Special Teams RB Leo Hayden Ray Gillian

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)
• David McClain - (1st year)
• Lou McCullough - Defensive Coordinator (2nd year)
• John Mummey - Quarterbacks (1st year)
• Dick Walker - Defensive Backs (1st year)

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

References

Win/Loss statistics

• Ohio State Historical Scores

Draft data

• Ohio State Drafted Players