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(Top) 1 Schedule 2 Coaching staff 3 Game summaries 3.1 Texas A&M 3.2 Indiana 3.3 Illinois 3.4 USC 3.5 Wisconsin 3.6 Iowa 3.7 Penn State 3.8 Northwestern 3.9 Michigan 4 Draft picks 5 References

1963 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

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1963 Ohio State Buckeyes football

Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	5–3–1 (4–1–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Woody Hayes (13th season)
MVP	Matt Snell
Captains	Ormonde Ricketts Matt Snell
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium
Seasons ← 1962 1964 →

1963 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No.3Illinois $	5	–	1	–	1	8	–	1	–	1
No.9Michigan 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

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[edit]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	1:30 p.m.	Texas A&M*		Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 17–0	81,241
October 5	1:30 p.m.	atIndiana		Seventeenth Street Football Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 21–0	42,296
October 12	1:30 p.m.	Illinois	No. 8	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy)	T 20–20	84,712
October 19	3:30 p.m.	atUSC*	No. 4	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 3–32	61,883
October 26	2:30 p.m.	at No. 2Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 13–10	65,319
November 2	1:30 p.m.	Iowa	No. 9	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 7–3	83,163
November 9	2:00 p.m.	Penn State*	No. 10	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (rivalry)	L 7–10	83,519	^[1]
November 16	1:30 p.m.	Northwestern		Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 8–17	83,988
November 30	1:30 p.m.	atMichigan		Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	W 14–10	36,424	^[2]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Coaching staff[edit]

Woody Hayes - Head Coach - 13th year
Lyal Clark
Glenn Ellison
Frank Ellwood
Hugh Hindman
Lou McCullough
Harry Strobel
Max Urick

^[3]

Game summaries[edit]

Texas A&M[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	0	0	0	0	0
• Ohio St	7	0	7	3	17

Date: September 28
Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH
Game attendance: 81,241
Game weather: Cloudy; 82 °F (28 °C)

Scoring summary

Q1	3:11	OHST	Snell 1-yard run (Van Raaphorst kick)	OHST 7–0

Q3	2:29	OHST	Snell 1-yard run (Van Raaphorst kick)	OHST 14–0

Q4	12:44	OHST	Van Raaphorst 37-yard field goal	OHST 17–0

^[4]

Indiana[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Ohio St	9	0	0	12	21
Indiana	0	0	0	0	0

Date: October 5
Location: Seventeenth Street Football Stadium, Bloomington, IN
Game attendance: 42,296
Game weather: Clear 76 °F (24 °C)

Scoring summary

Q1	3:32	OHST	Van Raaphorst 48-yard field goal	OHST 3–0

Q1	0:56	OHST	Lashutka 24-yard pass from Unverferth (kick failed)	OHST 9–0

Q4	11:07	OHST	Van Raaphorst 19-yard field goal	OHST 12–0

Q4	9:12	OHST	Safety, Malinchak tackled in end zone	OHST 14–0

Q4	4:12	OHST	Warfield 4-yard pass from Unverferth (Van Raaphorst kick)	OHST 21–0

^[5]

Illinois[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Illinois	7	0	0	13	20
Ohio St	0	3	14	3	20

Date: October 12
Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH
Game attendance: 84,712
Game weather: Sunny; 68 °F (20 °C)

Scoring summary

Q1	4:50	ILL	Price 1-yard run (Plankenhorn kick)	ILL 7–0

Q2	3:29	OHST	Van Raaphorst 27-yard field goal	ILL 7–3

Q3	6:52	OHST	Snell 1-yard run (Van Raaphorst kick)	OHST 10–7

Q3	3:54	OHST	Sander 1-yard run (Van Raaphorst kick)	OHST 17–7

Q4	11:28	ILL	Russell 2-yard pass from Taliaferro (run failed)	OHST 17–13

Q4	7:22	ILL	Warren 5-yard run (Plankenhorn kick)	ILL 20–17

Q4	1:53	OHST	Van Raaphorst 49-yard field goal	Tie 20–20

^[6]

USC[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ohio State	3	0	0	0	3
• USC	2	10	13	7	32

Date: October 19
Location: Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
Game attendance: 61,883
Game weather: Cloudy, cool

Scoring summary

Q1	6:25	OSU	Van Raaphorst 44 yard field goal	OSU 0–3

Q1	3:29	USC	Warfield tackled in end zone	OSU 2–3

Q2	7:59	USC	Brown 49 yard run (Brownell kick)	USC 9–3

Q2	0:41	USC	Brownell 13 yard field goal	USC 12–3

Q3	8:01	USC	Beathard 1 yard run (Brownell kick)	USC 19–3

Q3	5:30	USC	Beathard 33 yard pass to Thomas (kick failed)	USC 25–3

Q4	4:07	USC	Lupo 40 yard interception return (Brownell kick)	USC 32–3

Wisconsin[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Ohio St	3	3	0	7	13
Wisconsin	3	0	7	0	10

Date: October 26
Location: Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, WI
Game attendance: 65,319
Game weather: Sunny; 77 °F (25 °C); wind 14 mph SW

Scoring summary

Q1	10:07	OHST	Van Raaphorst 26-yard field goal	OHST 3–0

Q1	2:37	WIS	Froenk 25-yard field goal	Tie 3–3

Q2	:06	OHST	Van Raaphorst 45-yard field goal	OHST 6–3

Q3	4:22	WIS	Silvestri 12-yard run (Froenk kick)	WIS 10–6

Q4	2:13	OHST	Snell 2-yard run (Van Raaphorst kick)	OHST 13–10

^[7]

Iowa[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Iowa	0	0	3	0	3
• Ohio St	0	0	7	0	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

Q3	10:08	IOWA	Roberts 34-yard field goal	IOWA 3–0

Q3	:47	OHST	Snell 3-yard run (Van Raaphorst kick)	OHST 7–3

^[8]

Penn State[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Penn State	0	0	10	0	10
Ohio State	0	7	0	0	7

Date: November 9
Location: Ohio Stadium
Game attendance: 83,519
Game weather: Clear, wind SW 3 mph, 59 °F (15 °C)

Scoring summary

Q2	3:23	OSU	Warfield 5 yard run (Van Raaphorst kick)	OSU 7–0

Q3	9:25	PSU	Liske 13 yard pass to Bowes (Coates kick)	TIED 7–7

Q3	3:09	PSU	Coates 23 yard field goal	PSU 7–14

Northwestern[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Northwestern	0	10	0	7	17
Ohio State	0	0	0	8	8

Date: November 16
Location: Ohio Stadium
Game attendance: 83,988
Game weather: Cloudy, 49 °F (9 °C)

Scoring summary

Q2	8:59	NW	Stamison 23 yard field goal	NW 0–3

Q2	2:08	NW	Murphy 16 yard run (Stamison kick)	NW 0–10

Q4	8:32	NW	Murphy 8 yard run (Stamison kick)	NW 0–17

Q4	0:20	OSU	Unverferth 31 yard pass to Warfield (Unverferth to Barnett pass)	NW 8-17

Michigan[edit]

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

Date: November 30
Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI
Game attendance: 36,424
Game weather: Flurries

Scoring summary

Q1	11:23	MICH	Timberlake 28-yard field goal	MICH 3–0

Q2	8:00	MICH	Rindfuss 2-yard run (Timberlake kick)	MICH 10–0

Q2	:41	OHST	Warfield 35-yard pass from Unverferth (Van Raaphorst kick)	MICH 10–7

Q4	7:20	OHST	Unverferth 5-yard run (Van Raaphorst kick)	OHST 14–10

^[9]

Draft picks[edit]


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[edit]

^ "Underdog Penn State nips Ohio State, 10-7". Reading Eagle. Pennsylvania. UPI. November 10, 1963. p. 34.

^ Jack Berry (December 1, 1963). "Buckeye Rally Trips M, 14-10". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1D, 3D – via Newspapers.com.

^ Ohio State Football Record Book. OhioStateBuckeyes.com. Retrieved 2011-10-27.

^ [1] Archived 2014-12-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2014-Nov-30.

^ Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives Archived 2015-02-03 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Feb-03.

^ [2] Archived 2014-12-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2014-Nov-30.

^ ^a ^b 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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