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1964 Ohio State

7–⁠2 (5–⁠1 Big Ten), coached by Woody Hayes, finished No. 9 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Ohio State in 1964, game by game: won vs. SMU 27–8; won vs. Indiana 17–9; won at No. 2 Illinois 26–0; won vs. USC 17–0; won vs. Wisconsin 28–3; won at Iowa 21–19; lost vs. Penn State 0–27; won vs. Northwestern 10–0; lost vs. No. 6 Michigan 0–10+26−27Won 27–8 vs. SMU+19SMUWon 17–9 vs. Indiana+8IndianaWon 26–0 at No. 2 Illinois+26No. 2 IllinoisWon 17–0 vs. USC+17USCWon 28–3 vs. Wisconsin+25WisconsinWon 21–19 at Iowa+2IowaLost 0–27 vs. Penn State-27Penn StateWon 10–0 vs. Northwestern+10NorthwesternLost 0–10 vs. No. 6 Michigan-10No. 6 Michigan
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsSMUW 27–⁠876%
Oct 3vsIndianaW 17–⁠971%
Oct 10at2IllinoisW 26–⁠038%
Oct 17vsUSCW 17–⁠056%
Oct 24vsWisconsinW 28–⁠377%
Oct 31atIowaW 21–⁠1963%
Nov 7vsPenn StateL 0–⁠2771%
Nov 14vsNorthwesternW 10–⁠075%
Nov 21vs6MichiganL 0–⁠1056%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Michigan 10–⁠0; No. 9 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 72nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 128 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 5
  2. Wk 2: 5
  3. Wk 3: 4
  4. Wk 4: 2
  5. Wk 5: 1
  6. Wk 6: 1
  7. Wk 7: 2
  8. Wk 8: 7
  9. Wk 9: 7
  10. Wk 10: 9
  11. Final: 9

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1964.

Record
7–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠1 2nd in Big Ten
AP final
No. 9 peak No. 1
Points
146–⁠76
Coach
Woody Hayes
Elo
1616 +46 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
16.2 No. 9 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Jim Davidson, Tom Kiehfuss and Bill Spahr
Most valuable player
Ed Orazen

Drafted in 1965

The 1965 draft
Rd 3Bo Scott RBCleveland Browns

All-Big Ten

6 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Jim DavidsonOTUPI-1
  • Dan PorrettaOGAP-1; UPI-1
  • Bill SpahrDEUPI-1
  • Ike KelleyLBAP-1; UPI-1
  • Tom BugelLBUPI-1
  • Arnie ChonkoDB

Second team

  • Ted OrazenDTUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1964 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1964 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan6–⁠19–⁠14
Ohio State5–⁠17–⁠29
Purdue5–⁠26–⁠3
Illinois4–⁠36–⁠3
Minnesota4–⁠35–⁠4
Michigan State3–⁠34–⁠5
Wisconsin2–⁠53–⁠6
Northwestern2–⁠53–⁠6
Iowa1–⁠53–⁠6
Indiana1–⁠52–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.