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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  <-- 1969 <- 1970 -> 1971 --> 2024
1970 Season Highlights
 Wayne Woody Hayes enters his 20th season as Head Coach at Ohio State.
 The Buckeyes won the Big 10 Conference Championship.
 The Buckeyes won the National Championship.
 
1970 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 26  vs. Texas A&M  56   13   W       
 Sat., Oct. 3  vs. Duke  34   10   W       
 Sat., Oct. 10  @ Michigan State  29   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 17  vs. Minnesota  28   8   W       
 Sat., Oct. 24  @ Illinois  48   29   W       
 Sat., Oct. 31  vs. Northwestern  24   10   W       
 Sat., Nov. 7  @ Wisconsin  24   7   W       
 Sat., Nov. 14  @ Purdue  10   7   W       
 Sat., Nov. 21  vs. Michigan  20   9   W       
 Fri., Jan. 1   Stanford  17   27   L    @ Pasadena, CA   Rose Bowl
 
1970 Season Totals
  Record9-1
  Points Scored290
  Scoring Average29.0
  Points Allowed120
  Defense Average12.0
  Opponents Record50-52
  Conference Record7-0
  Home Record5-0
  Away Record4-0
1970 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
5 9-1-0 AP
29-0-0 Coaches
29-0-0 UPI
  
1970 Big 10- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Minnesota 3-6-1180237 2-4-1109161  Murray Warmath
Illinois 3-7165279 1-6109240  Jim Valek
Indiana 1-9102300 1-669212  John Pont
Ohio State 9-1290120Lost  17-277-018370  Wayne Woody Hayes
Michigan 9-128890 6-123768  Glenn Bo Schembechler
Northwestern 6-4233161 6-119293  Alex Agase
Michigan State 4-6190215 3-4146130  Hugh Duffy Daugherty
Wisconsin 4-5-1198195 3-4148144  John Jardine
Iowa 3-6-1129259 3-3-1105173  Raymond R. Ray Nagel
Purdue 4-6161189 2-5120127  Bob DeMoss

1970 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1970 All Big 10 Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


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