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 ⋅ WLB MLB SLB Stan White Randy Gradishar Vic Koegel ⋅ ⋅ Kevin Fletcher SS Harry Howard ⋅ 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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Win/Loss statistics

• Ohio State Historical Scores

Draft data

• Ohio State Drafted Players