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Ohio State Football Team History


Ohio State Buckeyes
Ohio State University
 Columbus, OH
Founded: 1870
Stadium: Ohio Stadium
Capacity: 101,568
Colors: Scarlet & Gray
Coach: Wayne Woody Hayes
Conference: Big 10-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1889  <-- 1972 <- 1973 -> 1974 --> 2024
1973 Season Highlights
 Wayne Woody Hayes enters his 23rd season as Head Coach at Ohio State.
 The Buckeyes won the Big 10 Conference Championship.
 
1973 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 15  vs. Minnesota  56   7   W       
 Sat., Sep. 29  vs. Texas Christian  37   3   W       
 Sat., Oct. 6  vs. Washington State  27   3   W       
 Sat., Oct. 13  @ Wisconsin  24   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 20  @ Indiana  37   7   W       
 Sat., Oct. 27  vs. Northwestern  60   0   W       
 Sat., Nov. 3  @ Illinois  30   0   W       
 Sat., Nov. 10  vs. Michigan State  35   0   W       
 Sat., Nov. 17  vs. Iowa  55   13   W       
 Sat., Nov. 24  @ Michigan  10   10   T       
 Tue., Jan. 1   Southern California  42   21   W    @ Pasadena, CA   Rose Bowl
 
1973 Season Totals
  Record10-0 -1
  Points Scored413
  Scoring Average37.5
  Points Allowed64
  Defense Average5.8
  Opponents Record54-66
  Conference Record7-0
  Home Record6-0
  Away Record3-0 -1
1973 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
210-0-1 AP
39-0-1 Coaches
39-0-1 UPI
  
1973 Big 10- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Minnesota 7-4260295 6-2193199  Cal Stoll
Illinois 5-6164157 4-4127109  Robert L. Bob Blackman
Indiana 2-9151271 0-896228  Lee Corso
Michigan 10-0-133068 7-0-124558  Glenn Bo Schembechler
Ohio State 10-0-141364Won  42-217-0-130737  Wayne Woody Hayes
Michigan State 5-6114164 4-469108  Dennis E. Denny Stolz
Purdue 5-6200213 4-4147162  Alex Agase
Northwestern 4-7188299 4-4162220  John Pont
Wisconsin 4-7216237 3-5138161  John Jardine
Iowa 0-11140401 0-894296  Frank X. Lauterbur

1973 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1973 All Big 10 Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


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