1966 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1966 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1966 record	4–5 (3–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Woody Hayes
Captain	Mike Current
Captain	John Fill
Captain	Ray Pryor
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium (Capacity: 81,109)

1966 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#2 Michigan State †	7	–	0	–	0			9	–	0	–	1
#7 Purdue	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Michigan	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Illinois	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Minnesota	3	–	3	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Ohio State	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	4	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Wisconsin	2	–	4	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Indiana	1	–	5	–	1			1	–	8	–	1
Iowa	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1966 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the college football season of 1966-1967. The Buckeyes compiled a 4–5 record.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 24	1:30 PM	TCU*		Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	W 14–7	75,375
October 1	1:30 PM	Washington*		Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	L 22–38	80,241
October 8	1:30 PM	at Illinois		Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Illibuck Trophy)	L 9–10	51,069
October 15	1:30 PM	#1 Michigan State		Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	L 8–11	84,282
October 22	1:30 PM	Wisconsin		Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	W 24–13	84,265
October 29	2:30 PM	at Minnesota		Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	L 7–17	49,489
November 5	1:30 PM	Indiana		Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	W 7–0	80,834
November 12	2:30 PM	at Iowa		Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA	W 14–10	44,677
November 19	1:30 PM	Michigan		Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	L 3–17	83,403
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Coaching staff

• Woody Hayes - Head Coach - 16th year

Game summaries

TCU

1 2 3 4 Total TCU 0 0 7 0 7 • Ohio St 7 0 0 7 14 Date: September 24 Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH Game attendance: 75,375 Game weather: Sunny; 66°F; wind 8–10 W

Scoring summary Q1 10:10 OHST Hudson 2 yard run (Cairns kick) OHST 7–0 Q3 8:41 TCU Shabay 2 yard run (Alford kick) Tie 7–7 Q4 12:31 OHST Hudson 18 yard run (Cairns kick) OHST 14–7

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Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 Total Wisconsin 0 6 7 0 13 • Ohio St 7 0 3 14 24 Date: October 22 Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH Game attendance: 84,265 Game weather: Clear; 65°F; wind 25 SW

Scoring summary Q1 1:55 OHST Hudson 2 yard run (Cairns kick) OHST 7–0 Q2 11:54 WIS Schinke 40 yard field goal OHST 7–3 Q2 :22 WIS Schinke 47 yard field goal OHST 7–6 Q3 7:11 OHST Cairns 27 yard field goal OHST 10–6 Q3 3:06 WIS Jankowski 5 yard pass from Boyajian (Schinke kick) WIS 13–10 Q4 4:19 OHST Hudson 7 yard run (Cairns kick) OHST 17–13 Q4 :38 OHST Hudson 8 yard run (Cairns kick) OHST 24–13

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Indiana

1 2 3 4 Total Indiana 0 0 0 0 0 • Ohio St 0 0 7 0 7 Date: November 5 Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH Game attendance: 80,834 Game weather: Rain; 40°F; wind 15 S

Scoring summary Q3 9:39 OHST Hubbard 9 yard pass from Long (Cairns kick) OHST 7–0

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Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio St 0 7 0 7 14 Iowa 0 3 0 7 10 Date: November 12 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA Game attendance: 44,677 Game weather: Sunny; 38°F; wind 8 SE

Scoring summary Q2 10:42 IOWA Anderson 42 yard field goal IOWA 3–0 Q2 5:02 OHST Hudson 4 yard run (Cairns kick) OHST 7–3 Q4 13:51 IOWA Crees 12 yard pass from Podolak (Anderson kick) IOWA 10–7 Q4 5:20 OHST Rein 2 yard pass from Long (Cairns kick) OHST 14–10

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Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total • Michigan 3 7 7 0 17 Ohio St 0 3 0 0 3 Date: November 19 Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH Game attendance: 83,403 Game weather: Cloudy; 36°F

Scoring summary Q1 2:57 MICH Sygar 24 yard field goal MICH 3–0 Q2 3:50 OHST Cairns 26 yard field goal Tie 3–3 Q2 1:11 MICH Detwiler 7 yard run (Sygar kick) MICH 10–3 Q3 9:04 MICH Wilhite 28 yard pass from Vidmer (Sygar kick) MICH 17–3

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1967 NFL draftees

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL Club
Mike Current	3	58	Tackle	Denver Broncos
Bo Rein	7	179	Flanker	Baltimore Colts
Ron Sepic	12	300	End	Washington Redskins

References

Win/Loss statistics

• Ohio State Historical Scores

Draft data

• Ohio State Drafted Players

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