1963 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

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

1963 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		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

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

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.	at Indiana		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.	at USC*	No. 4	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 3–32	61,883
October 26	2:30 p.m.	at No. 2 Wisconsin		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
November 16	1:30 p.m.	Northwestern		Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 8–17	83,988
November 30	1:30 p.m.	at Michigan		Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	W 14–10	36,424
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Coaching staff

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

Game summaries

Texas A&M

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

Indiana

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

Illinois

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

USC

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

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

Iowa

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

Penn State

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

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

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

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
	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	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