1964 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
The 1964 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1964 college football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 7–2 record.
Schedule
Date |
Time |
Opponent# |
Rank# |
Site |
Result |
Attendance |
September 26 |
1:30 p.m. |
SMU* |
No. 5 |
Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH |
W 27–8 |
80,737 |
October 3 |
1:30 p.m. |
Indiana |
No. 5 |
Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH |
W 17–9 |
81,834 |
October 10 |
2:00 p.m. |
at No. 2 Illinois |
No. 4 |
Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Illibuck Trophy) |
W 26–0 |
71,227 |
October 17 |
1:30 p.m. |
USC* |
No. 2 |
Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH |
W 17–0 |
84,315 |
October 24 |
1:30 p.m. |
Wisconsin |
No. 1 |
Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH |
W 28–3 |
84,365 |
October 31 |
2:30 p.m. |
at Iowa |
No. 1 |
Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA |
W 21–19 |
58,700 |
November 7 |
1:30 p.m. |
Penn State* |
No. 2 |
Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Rivalry) |
L 0–27 |
84,279 |
November 14 |
1:30 p.m. |
Northwestern |
No. 7 |
Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH |
W 10–0 |
83,525 |
November 21 |
1:30 p.m. |
No. 6 Michigan |
No. 7 |
Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (The Game) |
L 0–10 |
84,685 |
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Coaching staff
Season summary
SMU
|
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Southern Methodist |
0 |
0 | 0 | 8 |
8 |
• Ohio State |
10 |
3 | 7 | 7 |
27 |
- Date: September 26
- Location: Ohio Stadium
- Game attendance: 80,737
- Game weather: Clear, wind SW 12-20 mph, 80°F
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Scoring summary |
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Q1 |
6:54 | OSU | Funk 39 yard field goal | OSU 3–0 |
|
Q1 |
0:10 | OSU | Barrington 37 yard run (Funk kick) | OSU 10–0 |
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Q2 |
12:19 | OSU | Funk 28 yard field goal | OSU 13–0 |
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Q3 |
13:56 | OSU | Spahr 31 yard interception/fumble recovery (Funk kick) | OSU 20–0 |
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Q4 |
14:18 | OSU | Sander 42 yard run (Funk kick) | OSU 27–0 |
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Q4 |
0:25 | SMU | Oefinger 12 yard pass to Taylor (Oefinger rush) | OSU 27–8 |
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[1]
Indiana
|
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Indiana |
3 |
0 | 0 | 6 |
9 |
• Ohio State |
0 |
10 | 7 | 0 |
17 |
- Date: October 3
- Location: Ohio Stadium
- Game attendance: 81,834
- Game weather: Clear, wind SSW 9 mph (gusts to 15 mph), 67°F
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Scoring summary |
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|
Q1 |
5:58 | IND | Nowatzke 50 yard field goal | IND 0–3 |
|
Q2 |
3:44 | OSU | Unverferth 24 yard pass to Stock (Funk kick) | OSU 7–3 |
|
Q2 |
0:24 | OSU | Funk 25 yard field goal | OSU 10–3 |
|
Q3 |
1:25 | OSU | Rein 3 yard run (Funk kick) | OSU 17–3 |
|
Q4 |
8:04 | IND | Badar 5 yard pass to Kuechenberg (pass intercepted) | OSU 17–9 |
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[2]
Illinois
|
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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• Ohio State |
6 |
10 | 7 | 3 |
26 |
Illinois |
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
0 |
|
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Scoring summary |
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|
Q1 |
10:55 | OSU | Unverferth 24 yard run (kick failed) | OSU 6–0 |
|
Q2 |
8:00 | OSU | Sander 1 yard run (Funk kick) | OSU 13–0 |
|
Q2 |
3:25 | OSU | Funk 29 yard field goal | OSU 16–0 |
|
Q3 |
7:15 | OSU | Sander 4 yard run (Funk kick) | OSU 23–0 |
|
Q4 |
13:35 | OSU | Funk 28 yard field goal | OSU 26–0 |
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[3]
USC
|
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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USC |
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
0 |
• Ohio St |
7 |
7 | 0 | 3 |
17 |
- Date: October 17
- Location: Ohio Stadium
- Game attendance: 84,315
- Game weather: Clear, wind N 10 mph, 76°F
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Scoring summary |
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Q1 |
8:12 | OHST | Sander 2 yard run (Funk kick) | Ohio St 7-0 |
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Q2 |
1:03 | OHST | Lashtuka 10 yard pass from Unverferth (Funk kick) | Ohio St 14-0 |
|
Q4 |
6:40 | OHST | Funk 24 yard field goal | Ohio St 17-0 |
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[4]
[5]
Wisconsin
|
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Wisconsin |
0 |
0 | 3 | 0 |
3 |
• Ohio State |
14 |
0 | 0 | 14 |
28 |
- Date: October 24
- Location: Ohio Stadium
- Game attendance: 84,365
- Game weather: Clear, wind SW 12 mph, 55°F
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|
Scoring summary |
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|
Q1 |
9:23 | OSU | Rein 6 yard run (Funk kick) | OSU 7–0 |
|
Q1 |
3:51 | OSU | Sander 1 yard run (Funk kick) | OSU 14–0 |
|
Q3 |
9:47 | WIS | Kaye 28 yard field goal | OSU 14–3 |
|
Q4 |
7:37 | OSU | Sander 1 yard run (Funk kick) | OSU 21–3 |
|
Q4 |
5:49 | OSU | Unverferth 9 yard pass to Lindsey (Funk kick) | OSU 28–3 |
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[6]
Iowa
|
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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• Ohio State |
7 |
7 | 7 | 0 |
21 |
Iowa |
7 |
6 | 0 | 6 |
19 |
|
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Scoring summary |
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|
Q1 |
14:19 | OSU | Dreffer 36 yard interception return (Funk kick) | OSU 0–7 |
|
Q1 |
5:28 | IOWA | Snook 1 yard run (Simpson kick) | TIED 7–7 |
|
Q2 |
6:41 | OSU | Unverferth 2 yard run (Funk kick) | OSU 7–14 |
|
Q2 |
0:57 | IOWA | Snook 30 yard pass to Noonan (kick failed) | OSU 13-14 |
|
Q3 |
14:39 | OSU | Unverferth 23 yard pass to Rein (Funk kick) | OSU 13–21 |
|
Q4 |
0:02 | IOWA | Nourse 1 yard run (run failed) | OSU 19–21 |
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[7]
Penn State
|
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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• Penn State |
7 |
7 | 6 | 7 |
27 |
Ohio State |
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
0 |
- Date: November 7
- Location: Ohio Stadium
- Game weather: Cloudy, 60°F
|
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Scoring summary |
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|
Q1 |
6:36 | PSU | Nye recovered fumble in end zone (Sanker kick) | PSU 0–7 |
|
Q2 |
8:06 | PSU | Wydman 3 yard run (Sanker kick) | PSU 0–14 |
|
Q3 |
0:52 | PSU | Kunit 2 yard run (Sanker kick) | PSU 0–20 |
|
Q4 |
4:34 | PSU | Kunit 5 yard run (Sanker kick) | PSU 0–27 |
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[8]
Northwestern
|
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Northwestern |
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
0 |
• Ohio State |
7 |
3 | 0 | 0 |
10 |
- Date: November 14
- Location: Ohio Stadium
- Game weather: Clear, wind SE 14 mph, 60°F
|
|
Scoring summary |
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|
Q1 |
5:03 | OSU | Sander 5 yard run (Funk kick) | OSU 7–0 |
|
Q2 |
2:47 | OSU | Funk 27 yard field goal | OSU 10–0 |
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[9]
Michigan
|
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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• Michigan |
0 |
7 | 0 | 3 |
10 |
Ohio State |
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
0 |
- Date: November 21
- Location: Ohio Stadium
- Game attendance: 84,685
- Game weather: Clear, wind W 18 mph, 20°F
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Scoring summary |
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Q2 |
0:44 | UM | Timberlake 17 yard pass to Detwiler (Evassheski kick) | UM 0–7 |
|
Q4 |
14:52 | UM | Timberlake 27 yard kick | UM 0–10 |
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[10]
1965 Pro draftees
References
- Win/Loss statistics
- Draft data
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