1967 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1967 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	6–3 (5–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Woody Hayes (17th season)
MVP	Dick Worden
Captain	Bill Ray Anders, Sam Elliott
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium (Capacity: 81,109)

1967 Big Ten Conference football standings

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

The 1967 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1967 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 6–3 record.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	1:30 p.m.	Arizona*	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		L 7–14	77,468
October 7	4:30 p.m.	at Oregon*	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR		W 30–0	25,000
October 14	1:30 p.m.	No. 2 Purdue	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		L 6–41	84,069
October 21		at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL		W 6–2	42,812
October 28	1:30 p.m.	Illinois	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy)		L 13–17	83,928
November 4	1:30 p.m.	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (rivalry)		W 21–7	76,235
November 11	1:30 p.m.	Wisconsin	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		W 17–15	65,470
November 18	1:30 p.m.	Iowa	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		W 21–10	72,567
November 25	1:30 p.m.	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	ABC	W 24–14	64,144
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Depth chart

Defense
LB MLB LB James Nein Dirk Worden Mark Stier ⋅ Bob Trapuzzano Mike Radtke ⋅ ⋅ ⋅
CB Ted Provost ⋅ ⋅		DE DT NT DT DE Nick Roman Bill Urbanik Vic Stottlemyer Paul Schmidlin Dick Whitfield ⋅ Brad Nielsen ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅						CB Sam Elliott Mike Polaski ⋅
Offense
SE Bill Anders ⋅ ⋅		LT LG C RG RT Dick Himes John Kelley John Muhlbach Alan Jack Dave Foley ⋅ ⋅ Jim Roman ⋅ Charles Hutchison ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅					TE Rufus Mayes ⋅ ⋅	WB Dave Brungard Ray Gillian ⋅
				QB Bill Long Jerry Ehrsam ⋅
				FB Jim Otis Paul Huff ⋅			Special teams
				RB Rudy Hubbard ⋅ ⋅

Game summaries

Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total • Ariona 0 7 7 0 14 Ohio State 7 0 0 0 7 Date: September 30 Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio Game attendance: 77,468 Game weather: 56°F Wind SW 15-20 mph

Scoring summary Q1 4:59 OSU Brungard 7 yard pass to Ehrsam (Cairns kick) OSU 7–0 Q2 3:40 ARI Edmonds 1 yard rush (Sarnoski kick) TIED 7–7 Q3 10:59 TEAM Lee 9 yard rush (Sarnoski kick) ARI 7–14

Oregon

1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio State 13 3 7 7 30 Oregon 0 0 0 0 0 Date: October 7 Location: Autzen Stadium, Eugene, Oregon Game attendance: 25,000 Game weather: Clear, warm

Scoring summary Q1 12:09 OSU Otis 1 yard run (Cairns kick) OSU 0–7 Q1 8:49 OSU Hubbard 3 yard rush (kick failed) OSU 0–13 Q2 0:00 OSU Cairns 35 yard field goal OSU 0–16 Q3 8:18 OSU Huff 6 yard run (Cairns kick) OSU 0–23 Q4 10:51 TEAM Huff 1 yard run (Cairns kick) OSU 0–30

Purdue

1 2 3 4 Total • Purdue 14 21 6 0 41 Ohio State 0 0 0 6 6 Date: October 14 Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio Game attendance: 84,069 Game weather: Clear, wind W 5 mph, 54°F

Scoring summary Q1 14:02 PUR Cribes 30 yard interception return (Baltzell kick) PUR 0–7 Q1 2:53 PUR Williams 1 yard run (Baltzell kick) PUR 0–14 Q2 4:22 PUR Phipps 5 yard pass to Griffith (Baltzell kick) PUR 0–21 Q2 1:51 PUR Phipps 25 yard pass to Bierne (Baltzell kick) PUR 0–28 Q2 1:11 PUR Keys 21 yard run (Baltzell kick) PUR 0–35 Q3 0:44 PUR Williams 7 yard run (kick failed) PUR 0–41 Q4 0:28 OSU Rusnak 10 yard pass to Anders (kick failed) PUR 6–41

Northwestern

1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio State 0 0 6 0 6 Northwestern 0 0 0 2 2 Date: October 21 Location: Dyche Stadium, Evanston, Illinois Game attendance: 42,812 Game weather: Fair

Scoring summary Q3 11:17 OSU Brungard 2 yard run (kick blocked) OSU 0–6 Q4 NW Ehrsam intentional safety due to grounding OSU 2–6

Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total • Illinois 0 10 0 7 17 Ohio State 0 0 6 7 13 Date: October 28 Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio Game attendance: 83,928 Game weather: Cloudy, 40°F

Scoring summary Q2 5:24 ILL Jackson 14 yard run (McKissic kick) ILL 0–7 Q2 0:07 ILL McKissic 31 yard field goal ILL 0–10 Q3 13:37 OSU Brungard 67 yard run (pass failed) ILL 6–10 Q4 6:13 OSU Long 9 yard pass to Anders (Cairns kick) OSU 13–10 Q4 0:34 ILL Jackson 1 yard run (McKissic kick) ILL 13–17

Michigan State

1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio State 14 0 0 7 21 Mich. State 0 7 0 0 7 Date: November 4 Location: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, Michigan Game attendance: 76,235 Game weather: Cold, snowy

Scoring summary Q1 6:13 OSU Huff 1 yard run (Cairns kick) OSU 7–0 Q1 0:56 OSU Long 4 yard run (Cairns kick) OSU 14–0 Q2 5:43 MSU Doe xx yard pass/run to Doe (Doe kick) OSU 14–7 Q4 10:58 OSU Doe xx yard pass/run to Doe (Doe kick) OSU 21–7

Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 Total Wisconsin 6 0 9 0 15 • Ohio State 3 7 0 7 17 Date: November 11 Location: Ohio Stadium Game attendance: 65,470 Game weather: Rain, wind S 20-25, 49°F

Scoring summary Q1 8:16 OSU Cairns 19 yard field goal OSU 3–0 Q1 3:38 WIS Boyajian 4 yard pass to Reddick (kick failed) WIS 3–6 Q2 0:04 OSU Long 14 yard run (Cairns kick) OSU 10–6 Q3 6:47 WIS Schinle 43 yard field goal OSU 10–9 Q3 2:43 WIS Boyajian 51 yard pass to Schumitsch (pass failed) WIS 10–15 Q4 11:00 OSU Long 4 yard run (Cairns kick) OSU 17–15

Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Iowa 0 10 0 0 10 • Ohio State 6 6 6 3 21 Date: November 18 Location: Ohio Stadium Game attendance: 72,567 Game weather: Cloudy, wind SW 25-35 mph, 42°F

Scoring summary Q1 9:21 OSU Otis 7 yard run (kick failed) OSU 6–0 Q2 4:20 IOWA McKinnie 1 yard run (Anderson kick) IOWA 6–7 Q2 1:09 OSU Long 3 yard run (pass failed) OSU 12–7 Q2 0:19 IOWA Anderson 42 yard field goal OSU 12–10 Q3 8:35 OSU Long 10 yard pass to Anders (pass failed) OSU 18–10 Q4 0:56 OSU Cairns 20 yard field goal OSU 21–10

Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio State 14 7 0 3 24 Michigan 0 7 0 7 14 Date: November 25 Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan Elapsed time: 2:18 Game attendance: 64,144

Scoring summary Q1 9:55 OSU Hubbard 22 yard run (Cairns kick) OSU 7–0 Q1 4:54 OSU Hubbard 12 yard run (Cairns kick) OSU 14–0 Q2 8:20 OSU Long 1 yard run (Cairns kick) OSU 21–0 Q2 0:49 UM Brown 6 yard pass to Berline (Titas kick) OSU 21–7 Q4 7:27 UM Brown 13 yard pass to Gabler (Titas kick) OSU 21–14 Q4 1:59 OSU Cairns 37 yard field goal OSU 24–14

Coaching staff

• Woody Hayes – Head Coach – 17th year

1968 NFL draftees

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL Club
Dick Himes	3	81	Tackle	Green Bay Packers

References

Win/Loss statistics

• Ohio State Historical Scores

Draft data

• Ohio State Drafted Players