1966 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

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1966 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Michigan State $	7	–	0	–	0			9	–	0	–	1
No. 7 Purdue	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Michigan	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Illinois	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Minnesota	3	–	3	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Ohio State	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	4	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Wisconsin	2	–	4	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Indiana	1	–	5	–	1			1	–	8	–	1
Iowa	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1966 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the college football season of 1966-1967. The Buckeyes compiled a 4–5 record.

Schedule

September 241:30 PMTCU*

• Ohio Stadium
• Columbus, OH

W 14–775,375 October 11:30 PMWashington*

• Ohio Stadium
• Columbus, OH

L 22–3880,241 October 81:30 PMat Illinois

• Memorial Stadium
• Champaign, IL (Illibuck Trophy)

L 9–1051,069 October 151:30 PMNo. 1 Michigan State

• Ohio Stadium
• Columbus, OH

L 8–1184,282 October 221:30 PMWisconsin

• Ohio Stadium
• Columbus, OH

W 24–1384,265 October 292:30 PMat Minnesota

• Memorial Stadium
• Minneapolis, MN

L 7–1749,489 November 51:30 PMIndiana

• Ohio Stadium
• Columbus, OH

W 7–080,834 November 122:30 PMat Iowa

• Iowa Stadium
• Iowa City, IA

W 14–1044,677 November 191:30 PMMichigan

• Ohio Stadium
• Columbus, OH

L 3–1783,403

Coaching staff

• Woody Hayes - Head Coach - 16th year

Game summaries

TCU

1 2 3 4 Total TCU 0 0 7 0 7 • Ohio St 7 0 0 7 14 Date: September 24 Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH Game attendance: 75,375 Game weather: Sunny; 66°F; wind 8–10 W

Scoring summary Q1 10:10 OHST Hudson 2 yard run (Cairns kick) OHST 7–0 Q3 8:41 TCU Shabay 2 yard run (Alford kick) Tie 7–7 Q4 12:31 OHST Hudson 18 yard run (Cairns kick) OHST 14–7

Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 Total Wisconsin 0 6 7 0 13 • Ohio St 7 0 3 14 24 Date: October 22 Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH Game attendance: 84,265 Game weather: Clear; 65°F; wind 25 SW

Scoring summary Q1 1:55 OHST Hudson 2 yard run (Cairns kick) OHST 7–0 Q2 11:54 WIS Schinke 40 yard field goal OHST 7–3 Q2 :22 WIS Schinke 47 yard field goal OHST 7–6 Q3 7:11 OHST Cairns 27 yard field goal OHST 10–6 Q3 3:06 WIS Jankowski 5 yard pass from Boyajian (Schinke kick) WIS 13–10 Q4 4:19 OHST Hudson 7 yard run (Cairns kick) OHST 17–13 Q4 :38 OHST Hudson 8 yard run (Cairns kick) OHST 24–13

Indiana

1 2 3 4 Total Indiana 0 0 0 0 0 • Ohio St 0 0 7 0 7 Date: November 5 Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH Game attendance: 80,834 Game weather: Rain; 40°F; wind 15 S

Scoring summary Q3 9:39 OHST Hubbard 9 yard pass from Long (Cairns kick) OHST 7–0

Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio St 0 7 0 7 14 Iowa 0 3 0 7 10 Date: November 12 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA Game attendance: 44,677 Game weather: Sunny; 38°F; wind 8 SE

Scoring summary Q2 10:42 IOWA Anderson 42 yard field goal IOWA 3–0 Q2 5:02 OHST Hudson 4 yard run (Cairns kick) OHST 7–3 Q4 13:51 IOWA Crees 12 yard pass from Podolak (Anderson kick) IOWA 10–7 Q4 5:20 OHST Rein 2 yard pass from Long (Cairns kick) OHST 14–10

Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total • Michigan 3 7 7 0 17 Ohio St 0 3 0 0 3 Date: November 19 Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH Game attendance: 83,403 Game weather: Cloudy; 36°F

Scoring summary Q1 2:57 MICH Sygar 24 yard field goal MICH 3–0 Q2 3:50 OHST Cairns 26 yard field goal Tie 3–3 Q2 1:11 MICH Detwiler 7 yard run (Sygar kick) MICH 10–3 Q3 9:04 MICH Wilhite 28 yard pass from Vidmer (Sygar kick) MICH 17–3

1967 NFL draftees

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL Club
Mike Current	3	58	Tackle	Denver Broncos
Bo Rein	7	179	Flanker	Baltimore Colts
Ron Sepic	12	300	End	Washington Redskins

References

Win/Loss statistics

• Ohio State Historical Scores

Draft data

• Ohio State Drafted Players