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1970 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1970 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Buckeyes logo.svg
NFF national champion
Big Ten champion
Rose Bowl, L 17–27 vs. Stanford
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 2
AP No. 5
1970 record 9–1 (7–0 Big Ten)
Head coach Woody Hayes (20th year)
Offensive scheme Heavy Run
MVP Jim Stillwagon
Captain Doug Adams, Rex Kern, Jim Stillwagon, Jan White
Home stadium Ohio Stadium
(Capacity: 81,455)
Seasons
← 1969
1971 →
1970 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#5 Ohio State $ 7 – 0 – 0     9 – 1 – 0
#9 Michigan 6 – 1 – 0     9 – 1 – 0
Northwestern 6 – 1 – 0     6 – 4 – 0
Iowa 3 – 3 – 1     3 – 6 – 1
Wisconsin 3 – 4 – 0     4 – 5 – 1
Michigan State 3 – 4 – 0     4 – 6 – 0
Minnesota 2 – 4 – 1     3 – 6 – 1
Purdue 2 – 5 – 0     4 – 6 – 0
Illinois 1 – 6 – 0     3 – 7 – 0
Indiana 1 – 6 – 0     1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1 2 3 4 Total
Texas A&M 0 7 0 6 13
• Ohio St 21 7 21 7 56
  • Date: September 26
  • Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m.
  • Elapsed time: 2:36
  • Game attendance: 85,657
  • Game weather: 79°F; wind 14–20 S–SW
1 2 3 4 Total
Duke 3 0 0 7 10
• Ohio St 0 6 21 7 34
  • Date: October 3
  • Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m.
  • Elapsed time: 2:27
  • Game attendance: 86,123
  • Game weather: Sunny; 63°F; wind 18–30 W–NW
1 2 3 4 Total
• Ohio St 9 0 7 13 29
Michigan St 0 0 0 0 0
  • Date: October 10
  • Location: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m.
  • Elapsed time: 2:33
  • Game attendance: 75,511
  • Game weather: Partly sunny; 50°F; wind 15 SSW
  • Referee: Howard Wirtz
1 2 3 4 Total
Minnesota 0 0 0 8 8
• Ohio St 21 7 0 0 28
  • Date: October 17
  • Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m.
  • Elapsed time: 2:30
  • Game attendance: 86,667
  • Game weather: Sunny; 52°F; wind 12 W

The 1970 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1970 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 9–0 regular season record to attain a #2 ranking. Ohio State won the Big Ten Conference title and a berth in the 1971 Rose Bowl in Pasadena against the Stanford Indians, ranked #12 and champions of the Pac-8. The Buckeyes would go on to lose 27-17 in their bowl game giving them a 9-1 record.

This was the last year Ohio State played a nine-game regular season schedule. Many major colleges added an 11th game in 1970, although no Big Ten school did so until the following season.

The Buckeyes were recognized as the 1970 national champion by the National Football Foundation (NFF) giving them their sixth claimed title. The NFF awarded the title before bowl games at the time. This was the fifth and last title that legendary head coach Woody Hayes would win for the Buckeyes. The Ohio State Buckeyes would not win another national championship until 2002. Most consider the 11-0-1 Nebraska Cornhuskers to be the 1970 National Champions as they won the AP vote after the bowl games.








Top-ranked Ohio State rolled up 513 yards of offense and scored touchdowns off five Texas A&M turnovers in a 56-13 rout. Fullback John Brockington scored twice and six other players accounted for touchdowns. The Buckeyes' defense forced three fumbles and an interception which led to four scores in an eight-minute span in the third quarter even though head coach Woody Hayes pulled the starters a little after halftime.

Woody Hayes received a congratulatory phone call from President Richard Nixon after the game and then asked to speak to Fred Schram, who made the game-winning field goal. Fullback John Brockington carried the ball 24 times for 138 yards and Leo Hayden added 64 yards on 16 carries.


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