1960 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

The 1960 Ohio State Buckeyes football team was an American football team that represented the Ohio State University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1960 Big Ten season. In their tenth year under head coach Woody Hayes, the Buckeyes compiled a 7–2 record (5–2 in conferene games), finished in third place in the Big Ten, and outscored opponents by a total of 209 to 90. Against ranked opponents, the Buckeyes defeated No. 4 Illinois, No. 11 Wisconsin, and No. 10 Michigan State, but lost to No. 5 Iowa. They were ranked No. 9 in the final AP poll.^[1]

1960 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 8
Record	7–2 (5–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Woody Hayes (10th season)
MVP	Tom Matte
Captains	Jim Herbstreit Jim Tyrer
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium
Seasons ← 1959 1961 →

1960 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Minnesota +	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
No. 3 Iowa +	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Ohio State	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
No. 15 Michigan State	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	1
Illinois	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Michigan	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
No. 19 Purdue	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
Wisconsin	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Indiana	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Tom Matte (737 passing yards, 52.6% completion percentage), fullback Bob Ferguson (853 rushing yards, 5.3 yards per carry, 13 touchdowns), and end Chuck Bryant (17 receptions for 336 yards, 19.8 per reception).^[2] Three Ohio State players received first-team honors on the 1960 All-Big Ten Conference football team: Matte (AP-1, UPI-1); Ferguson (AP-1, UPI-1); and tackle Jim Tyrer (AP-2, UPI-1).^[3][4]

The team played its home games at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	SMU*	No. 20	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 24–0	82,496	[5]
October 1	USC*	No. 9	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 20–0	83,204
October 8	at No. 4 Illinois	No. 5	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (Illibuck)	W 34–7	71,119
October 15	at Purdue	No. 3	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 21–24	46,284
October 22	No. 11 Wisconsin	No. 9	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 34–7	83,246
October 29	at No. 10 Michigan State	No. 8	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	W 21–10	76,520
November 5	Indiana	No. 5	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 36–7	81,530
November 12	at No. 5 Iowa	No. 3	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 12–35	57,900
November 19	Michigan	No. 10	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (rivalry)	W 7–0	83,107
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

SMU

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
SMU	0	0	0	0	0
• Ohio St	7	14	3	0	24

• Date: September 24
• Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
• Game attendance: 82,496

Scoring summary

Q1	1:24	OHST	Bryant 15 yard pass from Matte (Jones kick)	OHST 7–0
Q2	13:16	OHST	Ferguson 2 yard run (Jones kick)	OHST 14–0
Q2	:42	OHST	Detrick 1 yard run (Jones kick)	OHST 21–0
Q3	7:54	OHST	Jones 30 yard field goal	OHST 24–0

USC

USC Trojans (0–2) at #9 Ohio State Buckeyes (1–0)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
USC	0	0	0	0	0
Ohio St	6	7	0	7	20

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

• Date: October 1, 1960
• Game weather: Sunny, 64 °F (18 °C)
• Game attendance: 83,204
• Box Score

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Team	Category	Player	Statistics
USC	Passing	Ben Charles	4/8, 46 Yds, 2 INT
	Rushing	Ben Wilson	3 Rush, 29 Yds
	Receiving	Marlin McKeever	1 Rec, 29 Yds
Ohio St	Passing	Tom Matte	6/11, 78 Yds, INT
	Rushing	Bob Ferguson	20 Rush, 157 Yds, 3 TD
	Receiving	Charles Bryant	2 Rec, 28 Yds

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP USC OSU 1 8:25 1 74 0:19 Ohio St Ben Ferguson 74-yard touchdown run, Ben Jones kick no good (blocked) 0 6 2 4:36 8 57 4:10 Ohio St Bob Ferguson 2-yard touchdown run, Ben Jones kick good 0 13 4 4:36 9 75 4:12 Ohio St Bob Ferguson 19-yard touchdown run, Ben Jones kick good 0 20 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 0 20

At Illinois

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Ohio St	0	13	14	7	34
Illinois	0	0	0	7	7

• Date: October 8
• Location: Memorial Stadium, Champaign, Illinois
• Game attendance: 71,119

Scoring summary

Q2	14:55	OHST	Detrick 2 yard run (kick failed)	OHST 6–0
Q2	:39	OHST	Ferguson 2 yard run (Jones kick)	OHST 13–0
Q3	14:34	OHST	Wentz 100 yard kickoff return (Jones kick)	OHST 20–0
Q3	5:23	OHST	Matte 57 yard run (Jones kick)	OHST 27–0
Q4	9:48	OHST	Klein 42 yard run (Jones kick)	OHST 34–0
Q4	4:02	ILL	Brown 3 yard run (Wood kick)	OHST 34–7

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Purdue

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Ohio State	0	14	7	0	21
• Purdue	7	7	10	0	24

• Date: October 15
• Location: Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette IN
• Game weather: Cloudy, wind NW 11-12 mph, 66 °F (19 °C)

Scoring summary

Q1	11:25	PUR	Jones 3 yard run (Allen kick)	PUR 0–7
Q2	11:05	PUR	Jones 3 yard run (Allen kick)	PUR 0–14
Q2	8:34	OSU	Ferguson 5 yard run (Jones kick)	PUR 7–14
Q2	3:10	OSU	Matte 31 yard pass to Perdue (Jones kick)	TIED 14–14
Q3	9:08	PUR	Allen 32 yard field goal	PUR 14–17
Q3	2:14	OSU	Ferguson 1 yard run (Jones kick)	OSU 17–21
Q3	0:02	PUR	Jones 32 yard run (Allen kick)	PUR 24–21

Wisconsin

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Wisconsin	0	7	0	0	7
• Ohio St	14	0	0	20	34

• Date: October 21
• Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
• Game attendance: 83,246
• Game weather: Clear; 57 °F (14 °C); wind 10–15 mph SW

Scoring summary

Q1	4:00	OHST	Klein 5 yard pass from Matte (Young kick)	OHST 7–0
Q1	:54	OHST	Ferguson 52 yard run (Young kick)	OHST 14–0
Q2	1:27	WIS	Wiesner 5 yard run (Kunesh kick)	OHST 14–7
Q4	14:49	OHST	Ferguson 2 yard run (Young kick)	OHST 21–7
Q4	7:53	OHST	Detrick 2 yard run (Young kick)	OHST 28–7
Q4	1:17	OHST	Bryant 53 yard pass from Matte (kick failed)	OHST 34–7

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At Michigan State

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Ohio St	0	14	7	0	21
Michigan St	0	3	0	7	10

• Date: October 29
• Location: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, Michigan
• Game attendance: 76,520
• Game weather: Cloudy; 60 °F (16 °C); wind 12 mph SE

Scoring summary

Q2	9:04	OHST	Klein 46 yard run (kick failed)	OHST 6–0
Q2	3:07	OHST	Ferguson 3 yard run (Klein pass from Matte)n	OHST 14–0
Q2	:55	MSU	Brandstatter 25 yard field goal	OHST 14–3
Q3	3:07	OHST	Middleton 25 yard pass from Matte (Jones kick)	OHST 21–3
Q4	3:46	MSU	Adderley 17 yard pass from Wilson (Brandstatter kick)	OHST 21–10

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Indiana

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Indiana	0	0	0	7	7
• Ohio St	7	20	7	2	36

• Date: November 5
• Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
• Game attendance: 81,530
• Game weather: Cloudy; 42 °F (6 °C)

Scoring summary

Q1	9:51	OHST	Ferguson 3 yard run (Jones kick)	OHST 7–0
Q2	14:20	OHST	Bryant 2 yard pass from Matte (Jones kick)	OHST 14–0
Q2	3:01	OHST	Klein 5 yard pass from Matte (kick blocked)	OHST 20–0
Q2	:00	OHST	Bryant 36 yard pass from Matte (Jones kick)	OHST 27–0
Q3	4:43	OHST	Klein 4 yard run (Jones kick)	OHST 34–0
Q4	11:30	OHST	Safety, punt snap out of end zone	OHST 36–0
Q4	3:02	IND	Quinter 22 yard pass from Moore (Nochol kick)	OHST 36–7

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At Iowa

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Ohio State	0	6	6	0	12
• Iowa	7	21	0	7	35

• Date: November 12
• Location: Iowa Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa
• Game attendance: 57,900
• Game weather: Clear, wind S 10 mph, 55 °F (13 °C)

Scoring summary

Q1	1:21	IOWA	Williams 48 yard run (Moore kick)	IOWA 0–7
Q2	13:29	OSU	Ferguson 1 yard run (kick failed)	IOWA 6–7
Q2	10:15	IOWA	Hollis 12 yard run (Moore kick)	IOWA 6–14
Q1	5:30	IOWA	Szykowny 1 yard run (Moore kick)	IOWA 6–21
Q2	0:37	IOWA	Williams 1 yard run (Moore kick)	IOWA 6–28
Q3	13:00	OSU	Matte 22 yard run (pass failed)	IOWA 12–28
Q4	14:08	IOWA	Ferguson 9 yard run (Moore kick)	IOWA 12–35

Michigan

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Michigan	0	0	0	0	0
• Ohio St	0	0	0	7	7

• Date: November 19
• Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
• Game attendance: 83,107
• Game weather: Cloudy; 41 °F (5 °C)

Scoring summary

Q4	12:55	OHST	Ferguson 17 yard run (Jones kick)	OHST 7–0

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Roster

1960 Ohio State Buckeyes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class C 53 Bill Armstrong So QB 21 Michael Benis Sr E 88 Charles Bryant Jr C 52 Robert Butts So C 57 William Clymer So C 59 Michael Coburn Jr FB 32 Roger Detrick Jr HB 42 David Eckard So G 56 John Farrall Sr FB 46 Bob Ferguson Jr OT 71 Alan Fiers Sr G 66 Charles Foreman Jr G 69 Rodney Foster So FB 33 David Francis So HB 35 William German Sr HB 47 Gary Hansley Jr HB 18 Van Allen Hardman Jr G 67 Gabriel Harlman Sr C 65 Oscar Hauer Sr HB 12 Richard Haupt Jr HB 45 Jim Herbstreit (C) Sr HB 14 Brice Hess Jr HB 28 William Hess So HB 49 Ronald Houck Jr G 64 Michael Ingram Jr OT 72 Charles Jentes Sr HB 16 Kenneth Johnson So FB 30 David Katternhenrich So HB 19 Robert Klein So OT 61 Raymond Krstolic So HB 48 Karl Kumler So HB 17 Howard Lambert Jr OT 70 Richard Laskoski So OT 60 Frederic Lehr So C 54 James Lindner Sr FB 36 Robert Lindner So QB 23 Robert Lister Jr HB 43 Richard Mangiamelle So E 91 Paul Martin Jr QB 41 Tom Matte Sr OT 74 James Matz Sr E 80 Robert Middleton So G 68 Gary Moeller So QB 26 Bill Mrukowski So QB 25 John Mummey So E 87 Tom Perdue Jr E 89 Elwood Rayford So OT 79 Robert Risch So OT 75 Jack Roberts Jr OT 76 Daryl Sanders So E 81 Larry Stephens Jr G 63 Aaron Swartz So E 85 Sam Tidmore Jr OT 78 George Tolford Sr OT 77 Jim Tyrer (C) Sr HB 44 Ed Ulmer So C 50 Jerry Vanscoy So C 51 Thomas Varner Sr OT 73 Robert Vogel So C 55 Don Vogelgesang Sr QB 22 Jack Wallace Jr C 58 Jene Watkins Jr HB 15 William Wentz Sr E 82 George Wittmer Jr G 62 Don Young Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 38 Stewart Baffer So K 20 Ben Jones So	Head coach Woody Hayes Coordinators/assistant coaches Lyal Clark Ernie Godfrey Gordon Larson Esco Sarkkinen Bo Schembechler Gene Slaughter (Backfield) Harry Strobel Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2018-Dec-15

1961 pro draftees

Player	Draft	Round	Pick	Position	NFL club
Tom Matte	NFL	1	7	Running back	Baltimore Colts
Tom Matte	AFL	5	37	Running back	New York Titans
Jim Tyrer	AFL	3	22	Tackle	Dallas Texans
Jim Tyrer	NFL	14	188	Tackle	Chicago Bears
Jerry Fields	NFL	13	179	Linebacker	New York Giants
Ernie Wright	NFL	15	200	Tackle	Los Angeles Rams
George Tolford	NFL	18	241	Tackle	Washington Redskins
Mike Ingram	NFL	20	269	Guard	Washington Redskins