1971 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1971 Ohio State Buckeyes football

Conference	Big Ten Conference
1971 record	6–4 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Woody Hayes
MVP	Tom DeLeone
Captain	Tom DeLeone
Captain	Harry Howard
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium (Capacity: 81,475)

1971 Big Ten football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#6 Michigan $	8	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
Northwestern	6	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Ohio State	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Michigan State	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Illinois	5	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	1
Minnesota	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Purdue	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Indiana	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Iowa	1	–	8	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1971 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1971 college football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 6–4 record.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 11	1:30 PM	Iowa	#11	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH		W 52–21	75,596
September 25	1:30 PM	#10 Colorado*	#6	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH		L 14–20	85,586
October 2	1:30 PM	California*	#14	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH		W 35–3	86,280
October 9	2:30 PM	at Illinois	#15	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Illibuck Trophy)		W 24–10	53,555
October 16	1:30 PM	at Indiana	#13	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN		W 27–7	50,812
October 23	1:30 PM	Wisconsin	#12	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	ABC	W 31–6	86,559
October 30	2:30 PM	at Minnesota	#10	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN		W 14–12	36,281
November 6	1:30 PM	Michigan State	#9	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH		L 10–17	86,616
November 13	1:30 PM	Northwestern	#16	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH		L 10–14	86,062
November 20	1:30 PM	at #3 Michigan		Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (The Game)		L 7–10	104,016
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Depth chart

Defense

FS
Rick Seifert
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WLB	MLB	SLB
Stan White	Randy Gradishar	Vic Koegel
⋅	⋅	Kevin Fletcher

SS
Harry Howard
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CB
Tom Campanna
Tom Battista

DE	DT	DT	DE
Ken Luttner	Dan Cutillo	George Hasenohrl	Tom Marendt
⋅	Shad Williams	⋅	Rich Cappell

CB
Jeff Davis
Carl Kern

Offense

SE
Jimmie Harris
⋅

LT	LG	C	RG	RT
Dan Scott	Jim Kregel	Tom DeLeone	Chuck Bonica	Rick Simon
Merv Teague	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅

TE
Rick Middleton
Fred Pagac

WB
Morris Bradshaw
Dick Wakefield

QB
Don Lamka
Greg Hare

FB
John Bledsoe
Randy Keith

Special Teams

RB
Rich Galbos
Elmer Lippert

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Coaching staff

Woody Hayes - Head Coach (21st year)
Earle Bruce - Offense (6th year)
George Chaump - Offense (4th year)
George Hill (American football coach) - Defensive Coordinator (1st year)
Rudy Hubbard - Running Backs - 4th year
Charles Clausen - Defense (1st year)
John Mummey - Quarterbacks (3rd year)
Ralph Staub - (2nd year)
Dick Walker - Defensive Backs (3rd year)

Game summaries

Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Iowa	0	7	7	7	21
• Ohio St	17	7	14	14	52

Date: September 11
Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
Game attendance: 75,596
Game weather: Rain

Scoring summary

1	OHST	Schram 39-yard field goal	Ohio St 3–0

1	OHST	Bledsoe 3-yard run (Schram kick)	Ohio St 10–0

1	OHST	Lamka 21-yard run (Schram kick)	Ohio St 17–0

2	IOWA	Holmes 1-yard run (Kokolus kick)	Ohio St 17–7

2	OHST	Bledsoe 11-yard run (Schram kick)	Ohio St 24–7

3	IOWA	Cabalka 10-yard pass from Sunderman (Kokolus kick)	Ohio St 24–14

3	OHST	Lamka 19-yard run (Schram kick)	Ohio St 31–14

3	OHST	Lamka 6-yard run (Schram kick)	Ohio St 38–14

4	OHST	Lamka 1-yard run (Schram kick)	Ohio St 45–14

4	OHST	Lippert 10-yard run (Schram kick)	Ohio St 52–14

4	IOWA	Mitchell 6-yard run (Kokolus kick)	Ohio St 52–21

Don Lamka, who spent the last two seasons as a reserve defensive back, made his debut at quarterback with 211 total yards and four touchdowns.^[2]

California

	1	2	3	4	Total
California	0	3	0	0	3
• Ohio St	14	0	0	21	35

Date: October 2
Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
Game attendance: 86,280

Scoring summary

Q1	OHST	Lamka 4 yard run (Schram kick)	OHST 7–0

Q1	OHST	Bradshaw 12 yard run (Schram kick)	OHST 14–0

Q2	CAL	Wersching 47 yard field goal	OHST 14–3

Q4	OHST	Hare 40 yard run (Schram kick)	OHST 21–3

Q4	OHST	Bradshaw 4 yard run (Schram kick)	OHST 28–3

Q4	OHST	Eggers 1 yard run (Schram kick)	OHST 35–3

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Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Ohio St	14	0	10	0	24
Illinois	0	3	0	7	10

Date: October 9
Location: Memorial Stadium, Champaign, IL
Game attendance: 53,556

Scoring summary

Q1	OHST	Keith 1 yard run (Schram kick)	OHST 7–0

Q1	OHST	Keith 2 yard run (Schram kick)	OHST 14–0

Q2	ILL	Wells 37 yard field goal	OHST 14–3

Q3	OHST	Hare 3 yard run (Schram kick)	OHST 21–3

Q3	OHST	Schram 26 yard field goal	OHST 24–3

Q4	ILL	Navarro 1 yard run (Wells kick)	OHST 24–10

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Indiana

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Ohio St	7	3	3	14	27
Indiana	0	0	7	0	7

Date: October 16
Location: Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, IN
Game attendance: 50,812

Scoring summary

Q1	OHST	Keith 3 yard run (Schram kick)	OHST 7–0

Q2	OHST	Schram 31 yard field goal	OHST 10–0

Q3	IND	St. Pierre 21 yard run (Garner kick)	OHST 10–7

Q3	OHST	Schram 40 yard field goal	OHST 13–7

Q4	OHST	Keith 1 yard run (Schram kick)	OHST 20–7

Q4	OHST	Lamka 25 yard run (Schram kick)	OHST 27–7

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Wisconsin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wisconsin	0	0	0	6	6
• Ohio St	0	17	0	14	31

Date: October 23
Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
Game attendance: 86,559

Scoring summary

Q2	OHST	Lippert 48 yard run (Schram kick)	OHST 7–0

Q2	OHST	Bradshaw 88 yard run (Schram kick)	OHST 14–0

Q2	OHST	Schram 41 yard field goal	OHST 17–0

Q4	OHST	Galbos 1 yard run (Schram kick)	OHST 24–0

Q4	WIS	Lund 12 yard run (pass failed)	OHST 24–6

Q4	OHST	Bradshaw 88 yard kickoff return (Schram kick)	OHST 31–6

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Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Ohio St	0	0	7	7	14
Minnesota	0	6	0	6	12

Date: October 30
Location: Memorial Stadium, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Game attendance: 36,281

Scoring summary

Q2		MINN	Kingsriter 31 yard pass from Curry (kick failed)	MINN 6–0

Q3	7:42	OHST	Wakefield 4 yard pass from Lamka (Schram kick)	OHST 7–6

Q4		OHST	Galbos 4 yard run (Schram kick)	OHST 14–6

Q4		MINN	Curry 2 yard run (run failed)	OHST 14–12

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1972 NFL draftees

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL Club
Tom DeLeone	5	106	Center	Cincinnati Bengals
Harry Howard	9	225	Defensive Back	Los Angeles Rams
Jimmy Harris	12	312	Wide Receiver	Dallas Cowboys
Tom Campana	13	316	Defensive Back	St. Louis Cardinals
Dick Wakefield	16	409	Wide Receiver	Cleveland Browns
Stan White	17	438	Linebacker	Baltimore Colts

References

↑ 1972 Ohio State Media Guide
↑ "Buckeyes Romp Past Iowa." Ocala Star-Banner. 1971 Sept 12.
↑ "Bucks Batter Bears." Palm Beach Post. 1971 Oct 3.
↑ Eugene Register-Guard. 1971 Oct 10.
↑ Eugene Register-Guard. 1971 Oct 16.
↑ "Buckeyes Win." Palm Beach Post. 1971 Oct 24.
↑ "Ohio State Rallies." Palm Beach Post. 1971 Oct 31.

Win/Loss statistics

Ohio State Historical Scores

Draft data

Ohio State Drafted Players

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