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1967 Ohio State

6–⁠3 (5–⁠2 Big Ten), coached by Woody Hayes.

Schedule and results

Ohio State in 1967, game by game: lost vs. Arizona 7–14; won at Oregon 30–0; lost vs. No. 2 Purdue 6–41; won at Northwestern 6–2; lost vs. Illinois 13–17; won at Michigan State 21–7; won vs. Wisconsin 17–15; won vs. Iowa 21–10; won at Michigan 24–14+30−35Lost 7–14 vs. Arizona-7ArizonaWon 30–0 at Oregon+30OregonLost 6–41 vs. No. 2 Purdue-35No. 2 PurdueWon 6–2 at Northwestern+4NorthwesternLost 13–17 vs. Illinois-4IllinoisWon 21–7 at Michigan State+14Michigan StateWon 17–15 vs. Wisconsin+2WisconsinWon 21–10 vs. Iowa+11IowaWon 24–14 at Michigan+10Michigan
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 30vsArizonaL 7–⁠1470%
Oct 7atOregonW 30–⁠050%
Oct 14vs2PurdueL 6–⁠4138%
Oct 21atNorthwesternW 6–⁠250%
Oct 28vsIllinoisL 13–⁠1767%
Nov 4atMichigan StateW 21–⁠727%
Nov 11vsWisconsinW 17–⁠1581%
Nov 18vsIowaW 21–⁠1081%
Nov 25atMichiganW 24–⁠1444%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Michigan 24–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 96th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 128 on file).

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 1967.

Record
6–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠2 4th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
145–⁠120
Coach
Woody Hayes
Elo
1564 +53 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
2.4 No. 50 of 118 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Bill Ray Anders and Sam Elliott
Most valuable player
Dirk Worden
Offense
Single-wing / T formation

Drafted in 1968

The 1968 draft
Rd 3Richard Himes OTGreen Bay Packers

All-Big Ten

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Billy AndersEUPI-1
  • Dick HimesOTAP-1; UPI-1
  • Dirk WordenLB

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1967 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1967 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Indiana6–⁠19–⁠24
Minnesota6–⁠18–⁠2
Purdue6–⁠18–⁠29
Ohio State5–⁠26–⁠3
Michigan3–⁠44–⁠6
Illinois3–⁠44–⁠6
Michigan State3–⁠43–⁠7
Northwestern2–⁠53–⁠7
Iowa0–⁠6–⁠11–⁠8–⁠1
Wisconsin0–⁠6–⁠10–⁠9–⁠1

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