1964 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1964 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 9
Record	7–2 (5–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Woody Hayes (14th season)
MVP	Ed Orazen
Captains	Jim Davidson Tom Kiehfuss Bill Spahr
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium
Seasons ← 1963 1965 →

1964 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Michigan $	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Ohio State	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Purdue	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Illinois	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Minnesota	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Michigan State	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Wisconsin	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Iowa	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Indiana	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1964 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1964 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 7–2 record.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	1:30 p.m.	SMU*	No. 5	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 27–8	80,737	[1]
October 3	1:30 p.m.	Indiana	No. 5	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 17–9	81,834	[2]
October 10	2:00 p.m.	at No. 2 Illinois	No. 4	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (Illibuck Trophy)	W 26–0	71,227	[3]
October 17	1:30 p.m.	USC*	No. 2	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 17–0	84,315	[4]
October 24	1:30 p.m.	Wisconsin	No. 1	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 28–3	84,365	[5]
October 31	2:30 p.m.	at Iowa	No. 1	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 21–19	58,700	[6]
November 7	1:30 p.m.	Penn State*	No. 2	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (rivalry)	L 0–27	84,279	[7]
November 14	1:30 p.m.	Northwestern	No. 7	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 10–0	83,525	[8]
November 21	1:30 p.m.	No. 6 Michigan	No. 7	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (rivalry)	L 0–10	84,685	[9]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

• Woody Hayes – Head coach – 14th year

1 2 3 4 Total Southern Methodist 0 0 0 8 8 • Ohio State 10 3 7 7 27 Date: September 26 Location: Ohio Stadium Game attendance: 80,737 Game weather: Clear, wind SW 12-20 mph, 80 °F (27 °C)

Scoring summary Q1 6:54 OSU Funk 39 yard field goal OSU 3–0 Q1 0:10 OSU Barrington 37 yard run (Funk kick) OSU 10–0 Q2 12:19 OSU Funk 28 yard field goal OSU 13–0 Q3 13:56 OSU Spahr 31 yard interception/fumble recovery (Funk kick) OSU 20–0 Q4 14:18 OSU Sander 42 yard run (Funk kick) OSU 27–0 Q4 0:25 SMU Oefinger 12 yard pass to Taylor (Oefinger rush) OSU 27–8

1 2 3 4 Total Indiana 3 0 0 6 9 • Ohio State 0 10 7 0 17 Date: October 3 Location: Ohio Stadium Game attendance: 81,834 Game weather: Clear, wind SSW 9 mph (gusts to 15 mph), 67 °F (19 °C)

Scoring summary Q1 5:58 IND Nowatzke 50 yard field goal IND 0–3 Q2 3:44 OSU Unverferth 24 yard pass to Stock (Funk kick) OSU 7–3 Q2 0:24 OSU Funk 25 yard field goal OSU 10–3 Q3 1:25 OSU Rein 3 yard run (Funk kick) OSU 17–3 Q4 8:04 IND Badar 5 yard pass to Kuechenberg (pass intercepted) OSU 17–9

1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio State 6 10 7 3 26 Illinois 0 0 0 0 0 Date: October 10 Location: Memorial Stadium, Champaign, Illinois Game attendance: 71,227 Game weather: Clear, calm, 48 °F (9 °C)

Scoring summary Q1 10:55 OSU Unverferth 24 yard run (kick failed) OSU 6–0 Q2 8:00 OSU Sander 1 yard run (Funk kick) OSU 13–0 Q2 3:25 OSU Funk 29 yard field goal OSU 16–0 Q3 7:15 OSU Sander 4 yard run (Funk kick) OSU 23–0 Q4 13:35 OSU Funk 28 yard field goal OSU 26–0

1 2 3 4 Total USC 0 0 0 0 0 • Ohio St 7 7 0 3 17 Date: October 17 Location: Ohio Stadium Game attendance: 84,315 Game weather: Clear, wind N 10 mph, 76 °F (24 °C)

Scoring summary Q1 8:12 OHST Sander 2 yard run (Funk kick) Ohio St 7-0 Q2 1:03 OHST Lashtuka 10 yard pass from Unverferth (Funk kick) Ohio St 14-0 Q4 6:40 OHST Funk 24 yard field goal Ohio St 17-0

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1 2 3 4 Total Wisconsin 0 0 3 0 3 • Ohio State 14 0 0 14 28 Date: October 24 Location: Ohio Stadium Game attendance: 84,365 Game weather: Clear, wind SW 12 mph, 55 °F (13 °C)

Scoring summary Q1 9:23 OSU Rein 6 yard run (Funk kick) OSU 7–0 Q1 3:51 OSU Sander 1 yard run (Funk kick) OSU 14–0 Q3 9:47 WIS Kaye 28 yard field goal OSU 14–3 Q4 7:37 OSU Sander 1 yard run (Funk kick) OSU 21–3 Q4 5:49 OSU Unverferth 9 yard pass to Lindsey (Funk kick) OSU 28–3

1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio State 7 7 7 0 21 Iowa 7 6 0 6 19 Date: October 31 Location: Iowa Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa Game attendance: 58,700 Game weather: Clear, wind SSW 15 mph, 65 °F (18 °C)

Scoring summary Q1 14:19 OSU Dreffer 36 yard interception return (Funk kick) OSU 0–7 Q1 5:28 IOWA Snook 1 yard run (Simpson kick) TIED 7–7 Q2 6:41 OSU Unverferth 2 yard run (Funk kick) OSU 7–14 Q2 0:57 IOWA Snook 30 yard pass to Noonan (kick failed) OSU 13-14 Q3 14:39 OSU Unverferth 23 yard pass to Rein (Funk kick) OSU 13–21 Q4 0:02 IOWA Nourse 1 yard run (run failed) OSU 19–21

1 2 3 4 Total • Penn State 7 7 6 7 27 Ohio State 0 0 0 0 0 Date: November 7 Location: Ohio Stadium Game weather: Cloudy, 60 °F (16 °C)

Scoring summary Q1 6:36 PSU Nye recovered fumble in end zone (Sanker kick) PSU 0–7 Q2 8:06 PSU Wydman 3 yard run (Sanker kick) PSU 0–14 Q3 0:52 PSU Kunit 2 yard run (Sanker kick) PSU 0–20 Q4 4:34 PSU Kunit 5 yard run (Sanker kick) PSU 0–27

1 2 3 4 Total Northwestern 0 0 0 0 0 • Ohio State 7 3 0 0 10 Date: November 14 Location: Ohio Stadium Game weather: Clear, wind SE 14 mph, 60 °F (16 °C)

Scoring summary Q1 5:03 OSU Sander 5 yard run (Funk kick) OSU 7–0 Q2 2:47 OSU Funk 27 yard field goal OSU 10–0

1 2 3 4 Total • Michigan 0 7 0 3 10 Ohio State 0 0 0 0 0 Date: November 21 Location: Ohio Stadium Game attendance: 84,685 Game weather: Clear, wind W 18 mph, 20 °F (−7 °C)

Scoring summary Q2 0:44 UM Timberlake 17 yard pass to Detwiler (Evassheski kick) UM 0–7 Q4 14:52 UM Timberlake 27 yard kick UM 0–10

Player	Draft	Round	Pick	Position	NFL club
Jim Davidson	AFL	1	8	Tackle	Buffalo Bills
Bo Scott	NFL	3	32	Running back	Cleveland Browns
Bo Scott	AFL	20	155	Running back	Oakland Raiders
Ed Orazen	NFL	19	265	Guard	Cleveland Browns