1963 Ohio State Buckeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
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 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Illinois $ 5 –1 –18 –1 –1
No. 9 Michigan State 4 –1 –16 –2 –1
Ohio State 4 –1 –15 –3 –1
Purdue 4 –3 –05 –4 –0
Northwestern 3 –4 –05 –4 –0
Wisconsin 3 –4 –05 –4 –0
Michigan 2 –3 –23 –4 –2
Iowa 2 –3 –13 –3 –2
Minnesota 2 –5 –03 –6 –0
Indiana 1 –5 –03 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 281:30 p.m.Texas A&M*
W 17–081,241
October 51:30 p.m.at Indiana
W 21–042,296
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[1]
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[2]
  • *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
Scoring summary
Q13:11OHSTSnell 1-yard run (Van Raaphorst kick)OHST 7–0
Q32:29OHSTSnell 1-yard run (Van Raaphorst kick)OHST 14–0
Q412:44OHSTVan Raaphorst 37-yard field goalOHST 17–0

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Indiana

1 234Total
• Ohio St 9 0012 21
Indiana 0 000 0
Scoring summary
Q13:32OHSTVan Raaphorst 48-yard field goalOHST 3–0
Q10:56OHSTLashutka 24-yard pass from Unverferth (kick failed)OHST 9–0
Q411:07OHSTVan Raaphorst 19-yard field goalOHST 12–0
Q49:12OHSTSafety, Malinchak tackled in end zoneOHST 14–0
Q44:12OHSTWarfield 4-yard pass from Unverferth (Van Raaphorst kick)OHST 21–0

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Illinois

1 234Total
Illinois 7 0013 20
Ohio St 0 3143 20
Scoring summary
Q14:50ILLPrice 1-yard run (Plankenhorn kick)ILL 7–0
Q23:29OHSTVan Raaphorst 27-yard field goalILL 7–3
Q36:52OHSTSnell 1-yard run (Van Raaphorst kick)OHST 10–7
Q33:54OHSTSander 1-yard run (Van Raaphorst kick)OHST 17–7
Q411:28ILLRussell 2-yard pass from Taliaferro (run failed)OHST 17–13
Q47:22ILLWarren 5-yard run (Plankenhorn kick)ILL 20–17
Q41:53OHSTVan Raaphorst 49-yard field goalTie 20–20

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USC

1 234Total
Ohio State 3 000 3
• USC 2 10137 32
Scoring summary
Q16:25OSUVan Raaphorst 44 yard field goalOSU 0–3
Q13:29USCWarfield tackled in end zoneOSU 2–3
Q27:59USCBrown 49 yard run (Brownell kick)USC 9–3
Q20:41USCBrownell 13 yard field goalUSC 12–3
Q38:01USCBeathard 1 yard run (Brownell kick)USC 19–3
Q35:30USCBeathard 33 yard pass to Thomas (kick failed)USC 25–3
Q44:07USCLupo 40 yard interception return (Brownell kick)USC 32–3

Wisconsin

1 234Total
• Ohio St 3 307 13
Wisconsin 3 070 10
Scoring summary
Q110:07OHSTVan Raaphorst 26-yard field goalOHST 3–0
Q12:37WISFroenk 25-yard field goalTie 3–3
Q2:06OHSTVan Raaphorst 45-yard field goalOHST 6–3
Q34:22WISSilvestri 12-yard run (Froenk kick)WIS 10–6
Q42:13OHSTSnell 2-yard run (Van Raaphorst kick)OHST 13–10

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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 (7 °C); wind 25 mph–35 WNW
Scoring summary
Q310:08IOWARoberts 34-yard field goalIOWA 3–0
Q3:47OHSTSnell 3-yard run (Van Raaphorst kick)OHST 7–3

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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 (15 °C)
Scoring summary
Q23:23OSUWarfield 5 yard run (Van Raaphorst kick)OSU 7–0
Q39:25PSULiske 13 yard pass to Bowes (Coates kick)TIED 7–7
Q33:09PSUCoates 23 yard field goalPSU 7–14

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 (9 °C)
Scoring summary
Q28:59NWStamison 23 yard field goalNW 0–3
Q22:08NWMurphy 16 yard run (Stamison kick)NW 0–10
Q48:32NWMurphy 8 yard run (Stamison kick)NW 0–17
Q40:20OSUUnverferth 31 yard pass to Warfield (Unverferth to Barnett pass)NW 8-17

Michigan

1 234Total
• Ohio St 0 707 14
Michigan 3 700 10
Scoring summary
Q111:23MICHTimberlake 28-yard field goalMICH 3–0
Q28:00MICHRindfuss 2-yard run (Timberlake kick)MICH 10–0
Q2:41OHSTWarfield 35-yard pass from Unverferth (Van Raaphorst kick)MICH 10–7
Q47:20OHSTUnverferth 5-yard run (Van Raaphorst kick)OHST 14–10

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Draft picks

Rnd. Pick No. NFL team Player Pos. College Conf. Notes
1 11 Cleveland Browns Paul Warfield‡† WR Ohio St Big Ten
4th round pick in 1964 AFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills[10]
4 49 New York Giants Matt Snell † FB Ohio St Big Ten
1st round pick in 1964 AFL Draft by the New York Jets[10]
10 138 Cleveland Browns Dick Van Raaphorst  K Ohio St Big Ten
14 191 Pittsburgh Steelers Tom Jenkins  OG Ohio St Big Ten
Notes

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

References

  1. ↑ "Underdog Penn State nips Ohio State, 10-7". Reading Eagle. Pennsylvania. UPI. November 10, 1963. p. 34.
  2. ↑ Jack Berry (December 1, 1963). "Buckeye Rally Trips M, 14-10". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1D, 3D – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Ohio State Football Record Book. OhioStateBuckeyes.com. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
  4. ↑ Archived 2014-12-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2014-Nov-30.
  5. ↑ Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives Archived 2015-02-03 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Feb-03.
  6. ↑ Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives Archived 2015-02-03 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Feb-03.
  7. ↑ Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives Archived 2015-02-03 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Feb-03.
  8. ↑ Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives Archived 2015-02-03 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Feb-03.
  9. ↑ Archived 2014-12-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2014-Nov-30.
  10. 1 2 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.
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