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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  <-- 1960 <- 1961 -> 1962 --> 2024
1961 Season Highlights
 Wayne Woody Hayes enters his 11th season as Head Coach at Ohio State.
 The Buckeyes won the Big 10 Conference Championship.
 The Buckeyes won the National Championship.
 
1961 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 30  vs. Texas Christian  7   7   T       
 Sat., Oct. 7  vs. UCLA  13   3   W       
 Sat., Oct. 14  vs. Illinois  44   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 21  @ Northwestern  10   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 28  @ Wisconsin  30   21   W       
 Sat., Nov. 4  vs. Iowa  29   13   W       
 Sat., Nov. 11  @ Indiana  16   7   W       
 Sat., Nov. 18  vs. Oregon  22   12   W       
 Sat., Nov. 25  @ Michigan  50   20   W       
 
1961 Season Totals
  Record8-0 -1
  Points Scored221
  Scoring Average24.6
  Points Allowed83
  Defense Average9.2
  Opponents Record37-46
  Conference Record6-0
  Home Record4-0 -1
  Away Record4-0
1961 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
28-0-1 AP
28-0-1 Coaches
28-0-1 UPI
  
1961 Big 10- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Minnesota 8-216178Won  21-36-112662  Murray Warmath
Indiana 2-796162 0-638132  Phil Dickens
Illinois 0-953289 0-736255  Peter R. Elliot
Ohio State 8-0-122183 6-017961  Wayne Woody Hayes
Michigan State 7-219250 5-214440  Hugh Duffy Daugherty
Purdue 6-314687 4-29453  Kenneth Jack Mollenkopf
Wisconsin 6-3179158 4-3149138  Milton Milt Bruhn
Michigan 6-3212163 3-3117135  Chalmers Bump Elliott
Iowa 5-4215162 2-4110100  Jerry Burns
Northwestern 4-5131105 2-46885  Ara R. Parseghian

1961 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1961 All Big 10 Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


Great Moments in College Football History

The first college football National Champion was Princeton. They received the honor in 1869 and only played two games.