1963 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

The 1963 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1963 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 5–3–1 record.

1963 Ohio State Buckeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1963 record5–3–1 (4–1–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorLyal Clark
MVPMatt Snell
Captains
  • Ormonde Ricketts
  • Matt Snell
Home stadiumOhio Stadium
(Capacity: 81,109)
1963 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 Illinois $ 5 –1 –1  8 –1 –1
No. 9 Michigan State 4 –1 –1  6 –2 –1
Ohio State 4 –1 –1  5 –3 –1
Purdue 4 –3 –0  5 –4 –0
Northwestern 3 –4 –0  5 –4 –0
Wisconsin 3 –4 –0  5 –4 –0
Michigan 2 –3 –2  3 –4 –2
Iowa 2 –3 –1  3 –3 –2
Minnesota 2 –5 –0  3 –6 –0
Indiana 1 –5 –0  3 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 281:30 p.m.Texas A&M*
W 17–081,241
October 51:30 p.m.at Indiana
W 21–042,296[1]
October 121:30 p.m.IllinoisNo. 8
T 20–2084,712
October 193:30 p.m.at USC*No. 4
L 3–3261,883
October 262:30 p.m.at No. 2 Wisconsin
W 13–1065,319
November 21:30 p.m.IowaNo. 9
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 7–383,163
November 92:00 p.m.Penn State*No. 10
L 7–1083,519
November 161:30 p.m.Northwestern
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
L 8–1783,988
November 301:30 p.m.at Michigan
W 14–1036,424
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Coaching staff

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Game summaries

Texas A&M
1 234Total
Texas A&M 0 000 0
• Ohio St 7 073 17

[3]

Indiana
1 234Total
• Ohio St 9 0012 21
Indiana 0 000 0

[4]

Illinois
1 234Total
Illinois 7 0013 20
Ohio St 0 3143 20

[5]

USC
1 234Total
Ohio State 3 000 3
• USC 2 10137 32

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Wisconsin
1 234Total
• Ohio St 3 307 13
Wisconsin 3 070 10

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Iowa
1 234Total
Iowa 0 030 3
• Ohio St 0 070 7
  • Date: November 2
  • Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH
  • Game attendance: 83,163
  • Game weather: Cloudy; 44°F; wind 25–35 WNW

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Penn State
1 234Total
• Penn State 0 0100 10
Ohio State 0 700 7
  • Date: November 9
  • Location: Ohio Stadium
  • Game attendance: 83,519
  • Game weather: Clear, wind SW 3 mph, 59°F

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Northwestern
1 234Total
• Northwestern 0 1007 17
Ohio State 0 008 8
  • Date: November 16
  • Location: Ohio Stadium
  • Game attendance: 83,988
  • Game weather: Cloudy, 49°F

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Michigan
1 234Total
• Ohio St 0 707 14
Michigan 3 700 10

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Draft picks
Rnd. Pick # NFL teamPlayerPos.CollegeConf.Notes
1 11 Cleveland Browns Paul Warfield† WR Ohio St Big Ten 4th round pick in 1964 AFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills[12]
4 49 New York Giants Matt Snell † FB Ohio St Big Ten 1st round pick in 1964 AFL Draft by the New York Jets[12]
10 138 Cleveland Browns Dick Van Raaphorst  K Ohio St Big Ten
14 191 Pittsburgh Steelers Tom Jenkins  G Ohio St Big Ten
Notes

† Pro Bowl Selection
‡ Member of the NFL Hall of Fame

References
  1. http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/osu/graphics/pdf/m-footbl/1963/1963-2-Indiana.pdf
  2. Ohio State Football Record Book. OhioStateBuckeyes.com. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
  3. . Retrieved 2014-Nov-30.
  4. Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives. Retrieved 2015-Feb-03.
  5. Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives. Retrieved 2015-Feb-03.
  6. http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/osu/graphics/pdf/m-footbl/1963/1963-4-SouthernCalifornia.pdf
  7. Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives. Retrieved 2015-Feb-03.
  8. Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives. Retrieved 2015-Feb-03.
  9. http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/osu/graphics/pdf/m-footbl/1963/1963-7-PennState.pdf
  10. http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/osu/graphics/pdf/m-footbl/1963/1963-8-Northwestern.pdf
  11. . Retrieved 2014-Nov-30.
  12. Boyles, Bob; Guido, Paul (2005). Fifty Years of College Football : A Modern History of America's Most Colorful Sport. Wilmington, Del.: Sideline Communications, Inc. p. 130. ISBN 097556840X.
Win/Loss statistics
Draft data
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