1959 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1959 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1959 record 351 (241 Big Ten)
Head coach Woody Hayes
Defensive coordinator Lyal Clark
MVP Jim Houston
Captain Jim Houston
Home stadium Ohio Stadium
(Capacity: 79,658)
1959 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#6 Wisconsin 5 2 0     7 3 0
Michigan State 4 2 0     5 4 0
Purdue 4 2 1     5 2 2
#13 Illinois 4 2 1     5 3 1
Northwestern 4 3 0     6 3 0
Iowa 3 3 0     5 4 0
Michigan 3 4 0     4 5 0
Indiana 2 4 1     4 4 1
Ohio State 2 4 1     3 5 1
Minnesota 1 6 0     2 7 0
Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1959 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the college football season of 1959-1960. The Buckeyes compiled a 351 record.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 26 Duke* #12 Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH W 1413   82,834
October 2 at #11 USC* #14 Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA L 017   49,592
October 10 #20 Illinois Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy) L 09   82,980
October 17 #6 Purdue Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 150   83,391
October 24 at #12 Wisconsin #20 Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI L 312   55,400
October 31 Michigan State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 3024   83,130
November 7 Indiana Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH T 00   82,075
November 14 #16 Iowa Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH L 716   82,126
November 21 at Michigan Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MI (The Game) L 1423   90,093
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Coaching staff

1960 Pro draftees

Player Draft Round Pick Position NFL Club
Jim Houston NFL 1 8 Linebacker Cleveland Browns
Jim Marshall NFL 4 44 Defensive End Cleveland Browns
Bob White NFL 8 91 Fullback Cleveland Browns

References

    Win/Loss statistics
    Draft data