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1951 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1951 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1951 record 4–3–2 (2–3–2 Big Ten)
Head coach Woody Hayes (1st season)
MVP Vic Janowicz
Captain Robert Heid
Home stadium Ohio Stadium
(Capacity: 78,677)
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Big Nine football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#4 Illinois $ 5 0 1     9 0 1
Purdue 4 1 0     5 4 0
#8 Wisconsin 5 1 1     7 1 1
Michigan 4 2 0     4 5 0
Ohio State 2 2 2     4 3 2
Northwestern 2 4 0     5 4 0
Minnesota 1 4 1     2 6 1
Indiana 1 5 0     2 7 0
Iowa 0 5 1     2 5 2
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1951 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 4–3–2 record in their first season with Woody Hayes as head coach. The Buckeyes outscored their opponents, 109–104, but fell to Michigan, 7–0, in the season finale.

The only score in Woody Hayes' debut as Ohio State's head coach came in the second quarter on a 21-yard scoring pass.

Tony Curcillo threw four touchdown passes and ran for two more to give Woody Hayes his first conference victory. Curcillo finished 10 of 14 for 292 yards.


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