1963 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

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1963 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Illinois $	5	–	1	–	1			8	–	1	–	1
No. 9 Michigan State	4	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
Ohio State	4	–	1	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Purdue	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Michigan	2	–	3	–	2			3	–	4	–	2
Iowa	2	–	3	–	1			3	–	3	–	2
Minnesota	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Indiana	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1963 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1963 college football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 5–3–1 record.

Schedule

September 281:30 PMTexas A&M*

• Ohio Stadium
• Columbus, OH

W 17–081,241 October 51:30 PMat Indiana

• Seventeenth Street Football Stadium
• Bloomington, IN

W 21–043,000 October 121:30 PMIllinoisNo. 8

• Ohio Stadium
• Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy)

T 20–2084,712 October 193:30 PMat USC*No. 4

• Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
• Los Angeles, CA

L 3–3261,883 October 262:30 PMat Wisconsin

• Camp Randall Stadium
• Madison, WI

W 13–1065,319 November 21:30 PMIowaNo. 9

• Ohio Stadium
• Columbus, OH

W 7–383,163 November 92:00 PMPenn State*No. 10

• Ohio Stadium
• Columbus, OH

L 7–1083,519 November 161:30 PMNorthwestern

• Ohio Stadium
• Columbus, OH

L 8–1783,988 November 301:30 PMat Michigan

• Michigan Stadium
• Ann Arbor, MI (The Game)

W 14–1036,424

Coaching staff

• Woody Hayes - Head Coach - 13th year
• Lyal Clark
• Glenn Ellison
• Frank Ellwood
• Hugh Hindman
• Lou McCullough
• Harry Strobel
• Max Urick

Game summaries

Texas A&M

1 2 3 4 Total Texas A&M 0 0 0 0 0 • Ohio St 7 0 7 3 17 Date: September 28 Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH Game attendance: 81,241 Game weather: Cloudy; 82°F

Scoring summary Q1 3:11 OHST Snell 1 yard run (Van Raaphorst kick) OHST 7–0 Q3 2:29 OHST Snell 1 yard run (Van Raaphorst kick) OHST 14–0 Q4 12:44 OHST Van Raaphorst 37 yard field goal OHST 17–0

Indiana

1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio St 9 0 0 12 21 Indiana 0 0 0 0 0 Date: October 5 Location: Seventeenth Street Football Stadium, Bloomington, IN Game attendance: 42,296

Scoring summary Q1 3:32 OHST Van Raaphorst 48 yard field goal OHST 3–0 Q1 :56 OHST Lashutka 24 yard pass from Unverferth (kick failed) OHST 9–0 Q4 11:07 OHST Van Raaphorst 19 yard field goal OHST 12–0 Q4 9:12 OHST Safety, Malinchak tackled in end zone OHST 14–0 Q4 4:12 OHST Warfield 4 yard pass from Unverferth (Van Raaphorst kick) OHST 21–0

Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total Illinois 7 0 0 13 20 Ohio St 0 3 14 3 20 Date: October 12 Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH Game attendance: 84,712 Game weather: Sunny; 68°F

Scoring summary Q1 4:50 ILL Price 1 yard run (Plankenhorn kick) ILL 7–0 Q2 3:29 OHST Van Raaphorst 27 yard field goal ILL 7–3 Q3 6:52 OHST Snell 1 yard run (Van Raaphorst kick) OHST 10–7 Q3 3:54 OHST Sander 1 yard run (Van Raaphorst kick) OHST 17–7 Q4 11:28 ILL Russell 2 yard pass from Taliaferro (run failed) OHST 17–13 Q4 7:22 ILL Warren 5 yard run (Plankenhorn kick) ILL 20–17 Q4 1:53 OHST Van Raaphorst 49 yard field goal Tie 20–20

Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio St 3 3 0 7 13 Wisconsin 3 0 7 0 10 Date: October 26 Location: Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, WI Game attendance: 65,319 Game weather: Sunny; 77°F; wind 14 SW

Scoring summary Q1 10:07 OHST Van Raaphorst 26 yard field goal OHST 3–0 Q1 2:37 WIS Froenk 25 yard field goal Tie 3–3 Q2 :06 OHST Van Raaphorst 45 yard field goal OHST 6–3 Q3 4:22 WIS Silvestri 12 yard run (Froenk kick) WIS 10–6 Q4 2:13 OHST Snell 2 yard run (Van Raaphorst kick) OHST 13–10

Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Iowa 0 0 3 0 3 • Ohio St 0 0 7 0 7 Date: November 2 Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH Game attendance: 83,163 Game weather: Cloudy; 44°F; wind 25–35 WNW

Scoring summary Q3 10:08 IOWA Roberts 34 yard field goal IOWA 3–0 Q3 :47 OHST Snell 3 yard run (Van Raaphorst kick) OHST 7–3

Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio St 0 7 0 7 14 Michigan 3 7 0 0 10 Date: November 30 Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI Game attendance: 36,424 Game weather: Flurries

Scoring summary Q1 11:23 MICH Timberlake 28 yard field goal MICH 3–0 Q2 8:00 MICH Rindfuss 2 yard run (Timberlake kick) MICH 10–0 Q2 :41 OHST Warfield 35 yard pass from Unverferth (Van Raaphorst kick) MICH 10–7 Q4 7:20 OHST Unverferth 5 yard run (Van Raaphorst kick) OHST 14–10

1964 Pro draftees

Player	Draft	Round	Pick	Position	NFL Club
Matt Snell	AFL	1	3	Running Back	New York Jets
Matt Snell	NFL	4	49	Running Back	New York Giants
Paul Warfield	NFL	1	11	Wide Receiver	Cleveland Browns
Paul Warfield	AFL	4	28	Wide Receiver	Buffalo Bills
Dick Van Raaphorst	NFL	10	138	Kicker	Cleveland Browns
Tom Jenkins	NFL	14	191	Guard	Pittsburgh Steelers

References

Win/Loss statistics

• Ohio State Historical Scores

Draft data

• Ohio State Drafted Players