IMTRODUUTION
The history of at,hletics at Ohio State University 1a set
.t:onh in Prof. James i. Poll.arci•s book ••Ohio st.ate Athletics., the 1969 football seaaon., the writer bas relied on the same headings used by wr. Pollard in preparing the centennial History of the At.bletic Department.
PART II
iXPANSION A.ND C XII. other Sparta. XV. Problas and Policies. Robert c. Ries, Asst. Director of Ticket Salee -1- xr. FOOTBALL, 1'.59-1969. 'fhe 1959 season was a disappointment as it was Wood1"•a .t1.rst losing season at Ohio State. With only a small nucleus of experienced pef.f'oniero., the Bucks could muster only a 3-$-1 record. The Buolc..s edged Duke, 14 to 3, in the opener. bu.t then followed two straight whitenshinga at the bands o.t' u.s.G., 17 too, and Ill- inois, 9 too. oou tb.f)n blanked PUrdue, lS too, but .lozt to VJisconsin, 12 to .) • The Bucks best game and laat. win ot the eeaaon waa a 30 to 24 thriller over UiQbigan State. Indiana fought OOU to a Oto O atale- mate, Iowa triWlphed.., 16 to 7, and Miobiga.n closed out O:.»U 1 23 to J.4. Ohio state :rebowlded niceq with a 7-2 record and a nationaJJ.:r ranking ot eighth .t' QI" the 1960 caaipaign. The on.1¥ loaaea sutained were 1l\lrdue•a 24 to 2l upset and third-ranked. Iowa•s J$ to 12 romp. Bl•nkinga were handed Southern Method1Bt, u.s.c. and .Michigan. OtheJ' triumphs were over Illinois and Wiaconain, )4 to 71 M1chigan State, 2l too., and Indiana, 36 to 7. The Bucks rolled up 209 points to their oppaaents 90. Fullback Bob Ferguaon made the consensus All-America and rushed 8$3 yards tor a S.J average and lJ TD'•• Rollout quarterback Taa Mat ta I a real oJ'Offli-pleuer I had 1,41.9 total offense yards { 682 rushing and 737 paaeing). The 1961 seaaou probably will be the 1AOSt Jlfl.lllOr&ble one in osu•e illustrious !ootbal.l histOJ."y tor varioua reuona. It waa an undefeated season after a 7 to 7 opening tie nth Texas Christian. The larges'\ spread ever over Michigan was acccraplisheci 1n a SO to 20 romp. The Facult,y counoU by a vote of 28 to 25 denied the teui the privilege ot plA)'ing in the H.ose Bowl. -2- Jeers and cheers greeted the decision - the jeers from tile football fanclolt in geg.eraJ., .tram thousands of atudenta who ataged two demonstrations, troa many aluau. and newspapers. The cheers were troa newspapers outa:1.de co1umbus, trQi:il variows academic circles and uome al.Ullln1. The furore erupted 1n a lmockout-drag-out-a.ttair between Goa.ch Hqes and the com;rovllraial al.'lllmli seoreta17 Jaak :Fullen. In1t:lflll¥ V1ood7 bad greeted nan of the 1''&culty Council d.ecifd.OD with a dieappointed but. reatrained comment that "football wu not important enough t.o oauae a cleavage in the tm1.veni\7''. But in bis last teleout be unl.eubad. a vitriolic at.tack on Full.en, blaming hi.a tor the unpopular decd.aioll and urglng Col'Ulllbuo alumni to have him .fired "because he select8 tbe men who lteop hill in o.tnoen. A looal ColUllbWJ station ottered Fullen equal time to rep)¥ to the cbargu Bl8Cle b;y Hayea in hi.a ad-lib talk. Jtu.Uen categorioalq denied he was respanaible for the GQwlcU•s deoiaion, that the Roee Bowl 1a unwortl\f ot the sreat educati&nal iMtituti.ans it supports ancl re£\lted Hqea • claim that he handpicks the AlUlll'd. Boards. f'ollowing Full.en• s rep4', pressure.a began to ease. The consideration of those truJ¥ concerned about, Ohio state was to return to these basic prl.nciplu1 (l) under Big Ten rules, The Faculty oouncU bu cont,rol ot atbleticaJ (2) the Faculty council voted against Universiv participation in the Roae BowlJ (.3) tbe .Pruident and Board ot Tru.st.eea bad upheld the faculty decision; (4) a good put, of that decia1on had stemmed fr°'4 a conviction that Ohio titate bad a toot,ball. 1age rather t.ban an aoaduU.c image. -3- As tor the •6l. aeason itself Ohio State prog.re1:&sively' improYed. atter the 7 to 7 opener. 'l'he Bucks roared back with lJ points in the last quarter to beat UCLA, lJ to J. I.l.linois was clobbered,.~ to o, flQJ."t.tmestern blanked, 10 to o, and then fallowed suooesa.t'ul. wins over Wi.8consin, JO to 21., Iowa, 29 to 21., Indiana, 16 to 7, and Oregon, 22 to 12, before the Michigan .finale. ln the Michigan shocker I workhorse Bob J:terguson was at his best I gaining l.S2 yards in )0 carries I plua tour touchdowns. Joe Sparm.a had hie beat day at the throttle, passing for 200 7ards and 7 comp- letions in 10 attupt.a. All told the Bucks gained S12 yAl"da ( 312 rushing and 200 pusing). Michigan cla, Nd that wooq "poured it. on• when osu reached 50 late in the game on a two-point pus frOla Spa.rm& to sam Tidmore • .Ferguson clooed out, llis three-¥9&r career wi. th 2l62 ,vds in 42J ruahea r·or a !,.l average. He wu an unwmoua All~ican pick and was a.cclai•d the na.tion•s top too\ball player when presented. t,he Me.Dell award. He wu later dratted b;y the Pittaburgh st.eelera. The 1962 teaia had mafl1' aeasoned per.t'ormers bu.t it never quite replaced t-be bull-d.oaing Ferguson. V1~ used the trio ot Dave Francis, Bob Butts and Dave Katterhenrich on succeeding plqe to wear dawn the .fGea. It worked appreciably well as the Bucks poa\ed a 6-3 reoord but upsets to UCLA and .HQl'thwestern marred the campaign. North carolina was mauled 41 to 7 1n the l.1d-littv be.tore the UCLA debacle at 1.. os Angel.es. A supposedly great ottena1,re unit wu stopped three times on the one-yard line. L;tJ.n:y zono•s 24-yaro. field goal int.he last 90 seconds assured the .arui..n victory. -4- Ill1nois was trounoe:1_~l to 1$, but Northwestern pael,y overcue a two-touchclcmn dei'ioit to beat the Bucks, 18 to 14., before a disa.pp- back to their old style "grind out" i'ootball to upend unbeaten l'iiaoonsin, 14 to 7. Ohio sta:t.e was ill turn vict.imised the following week at Iowa, 26 to 14. The season was made re~pectable with three straight closing triWllphs over Indiana, 10 t.o 7, Oregon., 26 to 7., and. Michigan., 28 to o. Francia blasted for 186 yards in .31 carries and two TD•s in the Wolverine romp. In September or ]962., the r'aoulty Council ohang«i its collective mino. once again and voted to pemit the osu tootbal.l t.eaa to partic- ipate in the .aoae aowl 11' invited. The aubjeot came up tor disouaaion since its membership changed by l!> new voting umbers since lut year. By a vote of 36 to 20, the Council appuoved acceptance. 11. d«magi ng 20 to 20 t.ie w.1. th lllinoia prevented the Bucks• return to the Ron .sowl in 196). J~ 4-1-l 00nf erenoe record wu good only tor a second place share. Hao. \·;ooc:iy•s bo7s been able to beat Northwestern in the next to last gu.e they still would have annexed. the title but they bowed, 17 to 8. The i'inal aeuou•a tally showed a $-J-l slate With Qt.her loaaee su.ftered to powertul ux, .)2 to J., and Penn state, lO to 7. Victories were registered over Texas A. &. M., 17 to o, Indiana, 21. to o, r;1aco.nsin, 13 too, Iowa, 7 to J, and Uichigan, 14 to 10. -s- The 1964 te!W pulled a big surprise by going into the final gallla tJ.ed with the tolveu with a .5-0 league nuu-k. tith the hose BoWl bid hanging in balance, the gar.as becarue a cropper as (l::,U .t:wubled s.wa7 its chances. Jllift before the hall' iiti.chigwi caµ.talized on a bo Rein fumble o:t:' a punt anc1 scored on e. 17-,ard pass play. :Hob Timberlake added a 27-yard field goal in the 4th period t.o inaure the !dchigan lO to O victory. The other •64 losa was a aturmi.ng 26 to O setback to Penn .::,tate. All the other seven ga&es were on the plus e1de. Victima were ~out.hem Methodist, 27 t.o 8, lndiana• 17 to 9, Illinois• 26 too., use,. 17 too., Wisoonm.n, 26 to.:,, lowu, 21 to 19, and Nortmreatarn, 10 too. Ike Kelley, Jim Davidson and Arnie Chonko all were named .t'irat. team. All-Junericanu and the Bucks ranked ninth national.11'• The 196$ eeason again was a near-miss !or the .Buckeyes a.a they again concluded at 7-2. Onl¥ anfgonis1n.g 32 to 7 defeat to second.- ranked Michigan state kept th• out o:f the throne roaa. The other reversal was a 14 to .3 The MSU de.teat came ir. i::t.a thil"'i gar:».e after the h'Ue.lcs han.dJ.ed Washington., 2J to 21. The Bucks t.railed only 7 to Oat halftime but. an injl.U7' to linebacker Ike Kelley shortly after the third quarter etarted. opened up the BUckeye de.tense. 'l'he Spartans scored three times in the tinal stanza. After the USU tbrashing Ohio state reeled o£f five straight successes. Wi&oonsin was IH&aured., 20 to 10., i.iinneaota edged, ll to o., Indiana., 17 to 10., iLawa thumped, J8 to o, and iJichiga.n nipped.., 7 to o. -6- blessed with excellent pl.acekickera. :rans can thank the educated toe of Bob FUnk !or three victories becauoe his accurate placElQeftta were responsible for the narrow margins over V!ashifll,.rton, tti.nnesota and Michigan. li'\mk was succeset'ul eight Um.es in 12 tries {a new 08U ti.el.a goal :record). Both Kelley and Doug Van Hom. gained All-American stature, .Kelle7 f Tom Barrington with 5S4 yards. Full~ Will bander was right behind at 530 yvds. Quarterback uon unverte-rth passed for 1061 yards with 99 completions in 191 a:tteu.1pts. The second losing season 1n Vioody Hayes 'tenure at Ohio State occurred in 1966 when the Bucks managed only four wirus in nine games. The team was inexperienced., stripped o! star players by graduation and had a aoph., Bill Long, at. quarterback. The offense was ine.t.f'ective., gaining only 2,J07 yards compared to the opponents• 2.,6$4 in nine games. Long aoooWltod tor halt the yardage with 1118o yards through the air (106 completions in 192 attempts). Bo Rein bad 456 yards on the ground. and i.'ullbaok Paul HudSon 427. No other baok made m.uch oi' a contribution. '1:he .tour wins were over Te.xas Christian., 14 to 7., ¥'tisconsin, 24 to l), Indiana, 7 too, and Iowa., l4 to 10. Losses were inflicted by tiaahington., 38 to 22., llllnoia, 10 to 9, Michigan State., ll to 8, Minnesota, 17 to 71 and Ilichigan, 17 to )e nac~ting, which had been at a low ebb through several seasons, was completely revamped under defensive coordinator Lou Mccullough, who joined the atatt in April, 196.3 aft8r a 14•:ye&l" caner as assistant -1- Ha¥es referred t.o Lou as "the finest recruit.er in the country". The old Frontllners organization, oritJ.n&l ly conceiveu by Jack FUllen and Brnie GodfreyI had been invalidated by the Gommiasioner 's O.t:Ciee. The remnants o:t: this group were c01wolid.ated. 1dth newer, active young stalwarts into n.1\ thletic C..owmi t.t.eemen" 1 with a cha:i:rman in eaoh particular area, city or county. 'itiorking cJ.OHly with these men and the high sohool coaches thlt>u&!i- ou.t the state, Lou set. up DUll18l"OUS ial.1 outings at coWltry clubs where the intoraation wati imparted about recruits. The prograa began paying rioh dividends ae the 1966,Dli •67 and •66 .treshraan classes 1,i.elded. 32,ami 29 and JO granta-in-aida respect- ively. The quality of t.bue boys was even better than the quantity as waa manifested in tho results o:t: tl1e 1967 tea. Upsets were incurred !rOIII. Arizona, l4 to 7, 1n the opener and 17 to lJ oy Illinois, while eventual t>1g Ten obampion Purdue riddled the o::;u det'ensea to inflict the worst de.teat Ha7Gs ever sustained at osu, .4l to 6. Thia team, however, uegan to jell after these reversals and. .tiniaheci out the season with iov cOll8ecut.1ve wina - 2l to 7 OYer .Michigan State, \tisaon:Ji.n, 17 to lS., Iowa., 21 to lO, and. i.ii.chigan, 24 tQ 14. Tiro fine rookie backs blosaocaed. f'rOli this unit - Jim. otia, who rammed tor !>JO ;yards mKl speedster Dave lir'Ungard who aauaed SlS yards in llO oar.ri.ea. The rUIUli.ng gue was revitalized to t.b.8 extent. o! 1.868 yards in nine gamea. JJJJ agroup Hayes referred to his 1967 yearli.ng crop as tJie "best ever collected". As sophomores in 1968 they bl.ossomed at every pos- ition. By t..l"1e end of t.ho undefeated campaign (i'irst since 1961), Ha.yes had 1.3 aophs as starters on the offensive and de.tensive platoons. vf the top 44 selected on the first and second all .Uig Ten teams osu had eight, picks ( three s opha) • lt10lud1ng the impressive 21 to 16 Rose Bowl au.cceaa over USC I Jim ot.ia smashed all o:m ruabing and scoring records llitb 985 yards gained in 219 carries (4.$ average) Hnd 17 touchdowns. Soph quart.a,- back Hex Kern, ug;J.oi.an deluxe, passed for 972 yards &Jld added $34 yards rushing for 11 $06 total yards. other tine soph backs uncovered were deceptive tarcy Zelina., Leo Ha,den, hon uac1ejowski and John Brockington. The balanced running• passing threat RS the most 1'orm.1da.ble an OSU tetwi ever unleashed as it supplied 4,4o2 total yards (3,018 rushing and l,384 paaa1ng). Ga1ni.ng conaensus 1u.l-Ataerican aoelaiJa was tackle Dave Foley while his running mate, ~u:rus Mayes, a converted end, also was selected itll-J4merioan. It was the nation•s most efteoti:ve tackle duo as supported by the pros who picked both in the firet. round o! the MFL dratt. The moot remarkable season that produced J23 poin"t.s in the 10 games started with a JS to l4 daz91.ing 111.n over southern Methodist. In the 2l to 6 win over Oregon, OSU aecum.ulated 456 yards to the Dm ka • lho. The Buck sophs eaae of age quick]J in the tu.rdue encounter. It was no aecret that WWU pointed particularly' !or this game since the 41 to 6 debacle of J.967. The impact of thia game was such that nrtuall;y every- bod1' was retld7 to declare the ,,inner the autoaatic Big Ten ohaap1on.. -9- The Boilermnkers ca:JlC to Columbus as the nation•u Uo. l team, fresh from a convincing 37 to 22 win over Notre Dame. They were completely throttled here as the fanatical Jana eorew:aed deliriously. ''Monster wm" Jack Tatum cued on everybody's All-American Leroy Keyes and held him to l9 yards in aeven rushes. In the 13 to O calcimining, Puz#e was able to gain just 186 yards carapa..Nd to osu•s 411. The BUckeyes were sluggish in the first half but cwae on strong late in the game t.o wear down an undermanned Northwestern team, 45 to 21. The soph «rook::Lean proved their m.ettle in the Illinois clash. '!he sterling Buok o!tense racked up an a~partiant 24 to O insurm.ountable h.al.t-tiae margin., then saw its defense oollapae at the tta.nds or &n inspired Illini attack. \11 t..h osu hanging on !or dear life and .Kern sidelined with an inJ'Ul'l', uaciejowski came of.t'fth.e bench with the score tied and moved the hucka 75 yards to tile winning touchdown. The Bucks scored earzy and often against Michigan State and then the defense redeemed them.selves tor the sad Illini showing by repulsing ever1 Spartan threat in the fl)urth canto for a narrow 25 to 20 triwnph. :i{ern was ruled out of the Wiaconsin game but Maoiejowsld. engineered the team beautiful.l.y in the 43 to O rout. The Parma powerhouse comp- leted 13 of 19 passes for 153 yards and added 124 net ya.rds rushing. A dazzling Iowa of.tense almost proved too much at Iowa City. After accumulating a 33 to 13 lead., the defenses relaxed and the cue.ks were happy t,,) escape with a JJ to 27 m.n. AS is so often the case the final Michigan game had the H.OBe Bowl bid as tbe reward as both teams came into the game with Wlblemished records. A new !Jtac.lium record. throng of 65,.371 sat in on the proeeed- inga and were treated to the most electrifying pyrotechnica the Bucks ever di.splayed against. the 1'lolves. -10 - A t.ight .f'irst hal1' battle became a rout as the .Bucks piled up 2.3 points in the last quart.er to aD.barrass its be!ucidled toe. 50 to 14, the worst defeat ever handed 1,ti.chigan by aou. Otia crossed the goal lllie tour times and amassed l4J 01· the Bueu • 421 rusbini yards. Hysteria .Pl'Olllptl.y swept, over tiuckeye i'audom• The delirious s t\idents poured out o! the st.a.ode t.o d.o snake danoea all over the .field. The eelebration continued on the campua aud up and down N. High street, t,o the state c a.pit.al. li' football had beooae staid in t.he n;t:ootbal.l capital « the world" ae one iw.tional u.g&zi.ne had cbai"ged., it wu unnoticeable u the madness which gripped Columbus oontiuued right up to .H.ose .Baril t.i.lle. liaYing been denied aue .H.oae Bowl trip and not having been to sout.bern Cali!ornia. in ll years, tb6l fans we.rtt eager tor BWU\1 cl.imea. ill kiud.s o1' tt.ose Bowl apecial.D were advertiaed in the Lantff:u and clown.town papers. students practically broke down the Arena doora on the .t•irat ciay of sale at the p.recioua ducats in the l'1oket 0£.fiee. The allocation tor Ohio i>tate waa the SUie u in l.9$7 - 16,.783 with 11000 tickets having to be divided among the othar nine maaber achQQla and the c.;o.m.misaionei-•u Office. It was not nearly enough, partioularl.T when it was discovered th@ heat coast revresentative, u.s.c., received better than 4.S.,ooo. ?he Ticket Otiioe was cleluged with requeate. Betw than 2,000 applications w.ith checke were regret!Ull.y returned. No distinction on prio.r:i.t.ios existed between west 1.1.nd eut o! tbe ~saiuippi alwani • .Nat~, no public sale existed. on the second. day oi practioe in tile 1'1.eld Houae near di.easter struck the foo'iball camp. Kern injure once in Pasadena the Buckeyes had trouble buckling down tot.he task o.f proving who v,;as !lo~ 1. There were too m;my elagant dinners and tours arranged and Loody WE;B :fearful the gracious hosts we.re killing the Bucks with kindness. JU the ~iunda.,v pracediUt; the .Llowl game .'oody intervened and the 11 htt+..1.ng 111 practices" .made old•t..i.'llera f"'.t.inch. Prior to the U::HJ - Hotre Dame grua.e the ·rrojans were ranked No. l and the .iJUOks No. 2. 'I'he positions were reversed after the irish tied use, 21 to 21. 'l'he J,ssociatod l-':reos announced. thai, the final poll would be taken at the c.-ompl.etion of all Bowl gwaes. The Bucks staged a W\gl11fieent comeback to beat tlw Troja.na before 102,003. Down 16 to O in the second quarter after dei.eman trophy whmer o. J. Silllpaon reeled oi:t a spectacular 60-yard run, the Bucks roared back with lO of their own just before the half. r~ern marched the club 69 yards in 13 plays and then put together a 54-y&l'd driVfl that stalled on the UJC 6 ·when time nearly ran out. With three seconds reru.aining Jim l[om.an kicked his fourth fi.eld tJ>al of the y-ear. In tho third frame ,., ·:U n.11rched 54 yards in 12 pl&ys for one TD t:'fld. then converted Vic Jtottleroygr• a recover;r oi u .fumble into a 21· yard .i'ive-play atrike. 1'-nother tumble recovery by 1iike Polaski on the U,;c 16 set up the Bucks final score, a 16-yard pass iroia Kern to Gillian. Overall U;:iG outgained CkiU, 366 to 361, but lost the ball five ti.mes on fumbles and interceptions T>1d.le Q3U had no turnovers. Kern, whose shoulder injury c®t him the .first lO practices, completed 9 of 15 passes tor lOl yards and a pair of 'I·.u•s, plus running for JS yarda .. He waa voted the nplayer o.1 the i;amett trophy. ,Jtia rushed. 101 yards in JO carries. - 12 - Besides being No. l on the gridiron the excl.ting Rose towl ohs.fps Ten schools annually stay, wrote Pres. Novice G. 1~.awcett commending the team aa the "best, disciplined. of any oi the teruus that we have had"• P1·ior to the 1969 cam.paign two important coacning changes occurred.. vava Mcclain, nephew of L'Oyt .Perry, ex-Bowl..ing Green heat! ooach and erstwhile Hayes aide I replaced Bill .Mall01•y who was named chief at Mi!.lllli ( o.) o il.lld the veteran Glenn "Tiger" Lllison retired as trosh i'ootball coach. ;~the1· Hayes protege, 29-year-old John M\l:li.W.ey, .former quarterback, wu naud to replace £ll1son. Though tho 1968 season ended on a JubU.ant note I the 1969 season closed with a sickening thua. Before 103,508 at .6..nn ,;J"bor, the large-at crowd ever to see the .i:.lUckeyes play-., arch rival M.iohig_a.n aealt o:::;u the cruelest blow 01· all in their long and historic series, a 24 to 12 spectacular upset that clinched the Rose Bowl bid tor the Y:olve-s. The two adversaries shared t.he Big 'l'~n crown -with identical 6-l records. In between this crusher the Buckeyes extended their victory skein to 22, including 17 consecutive Big Ten wiru31 tying t.he string notched by the elevens of 1954, '>> and •S6. In ramping over eight foes, the BUD.kB ams.seed. 359 points. No opponent came closer t.tum 27 point.a. ;..tter annihilating Rose bov.'l pretend.er l.rurd.ue, 42 to 12, in tbe eighth gae, aritics were callini u;:.U a nuuper11 team., _perhaps the «reateat collage team o.t.' .J.l-tirae, with no one capable of beating tbara save the 1.U.. nneaota Vikings, contemporary pro powerhouse. - 13 - Whet.her 'i,ood.y' s forces had been reao.ing their press clippings 11 is debatable 1 but whatever the cause, the Bucks appeared "flat for the SUOtJdown affair with the electrified ' olves. 'l'he classy ttBlue" played its best ga.i:ae ot t.he season. Conversely, the Hucks played their poorest game. '..t'he Ann Arbor frustretion tended to obscu...-..e the overall brilliance of the season for the L:.Ucks and their fans. Hind.31.ght is ulwayu better than foresight, but the detractors had hwidreda of reasons "why the Buoks lostn. ;n,U coaches agreed it 11was a combination or litt.le things11 • r.-hatever was responsible :for the debacle, it cannot be denied that the Bucks were "ripe for pluck- ingn aua the },iohigan team, coached ably by "Bo» :,chelilbechler, form.er .Miami player under Hayes and assistant coach at Q,:jU for five years, knew it beat. I.n a terse one-illinute post gwne interviev, : had to come to au euan. ,Jne statistic tells the story. Six p&l.ss interceptions .t:orced by the determined ,'olverin.es. Kern was responsible i'or four and MaciejOffSki two. That Kern had ona of his rockier c~aya v:as understandable. It was never publicly divulged that I':ern v.·as hurting. He still had the ouchy throwing shoulder that µlagued him the last three games, but during calisthenics on t.ne Fri.day workout prior to the game Kern wrenched his back in the area he underwent surgery after his freshman :,ear. Un , ,aturd"'y m.orning it was so stiff anti sore he had to take t,w shots and he out.fitted with a brace. - lJ+ - Kern corupleted but six 01· 17 attempts ror U8 yarciB aoo one touchdown., a 22-yaru toss to ~nu Jan 1fihi.te. Nwnerous times he had receivers open out missed conneotio.n a8 he was Jiercely rushed • .,n the ground he ~auieu !;,.3 yards in 12 rushes. The .Erucks opened the memorable 1969 season by crWih.i.ng Texas Ghri~tian 62 to O in the rain be.fore u6,4l2., too l.ar~eat o.i::i."icial crowu in 0.hio 0tauium history. 7he spread was t,he \qidest :in ii.ayes lO-yea1· tenure I.Lt ._)..,V. The tans vmre treated to au electi:i.t'ying opening when Karn threw ... 42- yard t.ouohdowu strike to end ~ce Jankowski. :3y half-ti....e the margin was J) to o. •.. 'total o.f uo pla.yert1 took part in the rout. The i'ollov:1ng weak the Hucks set another attendance mark of 58.,tlOO as )asningtou wcui downed at ~,eattl.e., 4l to llJ. OJU outga.ined the Hllskie.s., 502 yar(;ij to .32ti, a1:.a Kt:.i·u ~ainsd 267 yaro.s. Otis tallied three goals. The uucks got off to c;1, fast start in their conference inuugu.ral with ~icb.igan state. ', ith only eight minutes gone the score mounted to 20 to O on a 14-yaru pass interception by ;.;;.ark :ueuevc, a one-yard sneak by Kern and a 7..3-yard punt return by Zelina. The final t cl.ly was 54 to 21 vri.th tht1 povmrful .l)Uck defense ilriliting bbU 's trif:tle option offens~ to 82 yaras on the ground.. :Jpart,an coach l..ru.fiy Daugherty vrau ctepressea, saying 11 you ~on' t spot -.:·hio ;Jtate, the Ho. l te~m., 20 points in t.he first quarter and. expect to win"• - 15 - OSU defeated t.lilm.esota. .34 to 7 to set a new all-tim.e winning skein 01 18 ( Ghio Harley Bucks of' 1916-17-16 won 17 in a row). ; hen the Gophers trimmed the uuck. leau to 20 to 7 anr..; were moving again, t.. ern returned t.o the garde to launch a 10-pla.y 6J-yaru 'lD march that put ~he game out o~ reach. The Bucks delighted 861 576 homecoming patrons by blanking hapless Illinois., 41 too. Stntistioal.ly, the bucks had. their !Jest ctay, accumulating 3.5!:i yards by ruuhing and 209 cy passing for u whopping 564 total. otis rushed for 167 yart:18 in 31 carries while hern prov:1ded 193 yarcis throup::,h the air with 12 cOJApletione in 2.3 'trtes., good for two touchdowns. The Illinm garnert!d but 1,6 yards total ottense. The rl'Ucks survived a Morthwestern school record 22-oompletion, 294-yard passing barrage by soph qua.rterbacl< Maurie Lim.gneau to spoil the V1ildca.t homecoming., .35 t,o 6. Led by bull-do11ing Otis• 127 yards, ()SU rolled to 362 yards on the ground. ot.is • three 'i.'11' s stret.ciled his career total to .:,o. 'l'he Bucks added 213 yards by passing for a total gain of 575 yards. Kern hit 10 for 17 !or U7 yarda and net.tad Y4 yards l"Ushing .for a combined 2U, pus.ning his all-t.ime record to 2,799. Statistically, the Bucks had t..heir greatest. day against hi.Bconsin in a lop-ui.ded 62 t.o 7 triWAphJbefore &>,~19. n. bevy of backs rushed 1'or a decisive 360 yartts, while .Maciejowski and. l(ev:ln Rusnak added 2)6 yardu in the air 1·or a season high 595 yards. "M.ace 11 did. an wst&nt replay of the 196ti '1,iiaconsin affair, subbing for the injured Kent. htace accounteu for 247 of Ohio's 595 yards. He had lOB yards rushing and lJY on nine pa.as completions in 1.3 attempts. Otis crashed for three Tu•s, running his career total to 3.3. - 16 - the Ha.agers .fin:.i.shed wi.th only 197 total yaraa, a mere 57 on the ground agai.nst the quick, swarming buckeye defense. The Bucks led J4 to Oat halftime. T&wtteci by skeptics who charged 0 whora have they played?", the multitalented HUeks un.l.easbed theif full fury against Purdue and its NC.AA total of.tense leader Mike Phipps, 42 to 14. Plagued by Buck rushers and superu pass coverage, Heisman tropny candidate Phipps naa a rough afternoon - completing l9 of 45, .t'or 20J yarda, wch late in the fourth star1~a against O!.:>U reeerves. Mot only was Phi.pps reduced to inet!eotiveness, but five o1 bis paasvs were atolen by the alert Bucks. Despite tbe 2.)-degree temperature and bitter wind and beamd nationally over television, Kern ou1Kiid his touted rival by snewd.ng .for two scores, passing for anotdler and contributing 161 yards to osu•s 436 total. Leo Hayden bad his greatest day, reeling off 130 yards in 14 carries. In the incredible 24 to 12 lfiobigan conques\ osu actuallT out- gained the i-iolvea, 377 to 374, but that wu little consolation as the sky-high Wolves rocked the vaunted !Jw::keye defense tor three touch- downs and a field goal 1n the .first half. Its uetense, keyed bJ three pasa intercepUona by defender Barry Pierson, throttled osu•a diver- s1.t'1ed attack i'or the final 44 minutes. Neither teu could score in the second. h<. 'lhe revived Buck defense., dented tor 17 points J.n the tell-tale second quarter, torcea 1U.chigm :i.nto four abortive 1'ield goal tr1ee. The .buckeye attack never could get ioing mir1uu the usual 11 b1g play" wnich had oecame a t.rao.eurk of the ottenae. - 17 - Lost in the broken dreams i'or a second atJ.•aight national titl.e (the Bucks were rawd uo. l in both national polls each week) was Otis• new osu rush:l.ng record. '.i'he 21!>-pound blockbuster want out in a blaze of' glory, gaining 1.44 yards to elevate his career total to 2,542. Previous high was 2.,466 by Hopalong Cassady in l.952-.53-54-55. Otis scored once to lift. his touchdcmn total to 35 - tv,o behind Cassady. Total offense showed 4,439 ya.rds (49.3 avera&e)., another school record. Otis was one o! five liUCkeyea to receive Jill-American acclaim.. Gaining at least one firat team berth on recognized teams also were Kern, aonsterman Jaok Tatum., middJ.e guard Jim Still-wagon lilJld de!enaive back Ted Provost. A total of ll Buoke)'lts were ti.rat team selectione on 'the AP and UPI aU-ljj.g Ten teams. succesa!ul offensive players were tackle Chuck Hutchinson., center Brian uonavan and Ota.a. Defensive choices were ends Da'fe Whitfield and Mark Debevc., tackle Paul Schmi<1lin., Stillwagon, linebacker Doug Ji.dams I Tatum and backs Mike Sensibaugh and Provost. Kern, a second all-Big '£en pick behind Phipps, i'inished third in the tteisma.n trophy voting. Also receiving votes among the top ten were Otis and. Tat.wa. Two veteran intercollegiate sta.tt members announced 'their retire- ments at the eeason•s olOBe., efteotive June 301 1970. is'loyd Stahl, assistant athletic direct.of', bad reached the mandator,y retirement age., while George Staten bowed out as di.rector o! ticket sales. dtahl., a J2-yeer departmellt o.t'.t'icial, came to u;:;U in 19)0. He coached football., baaeba.ll, baSketball an b&ll coach from 1933 through 19.38 and again irom 1947 through 1950 a!ter a. stint at Harvard. He beoame heau basket.ball coach i.n l9.Sl, aucceed;i.ng Tippy Dye., and continued t.nrough 1958 be.Core turning the reins over to tred 'l'&ylor. He managed the !:nick football t.ripa for the past 24 years. Staten., Uoket chie!' i'or 17 years, had the buckeyes in !irat pl.ace nationally for 16 ti.fatis m thoue 17 years, msaing; only in l?S7. His final year _. topped tbehl all as the BU.Oks avera~ 86,23.5 tor the 1'ive g$.aiea. -~- BASEBALL Through the 1968 baseball 11eaaon., i\W.'ty Karovr•s cumulatJ..ve career record (19.$1-1966) showed JOO wins and 2.20 losses. His Big Ten urk was 146-88. After capturing bis second conference title in l9SS, Marty bad to wait until 1965 to gain hia third title. He .followed t.hia with aonseoutive titles in 1966 and 1967. The seasons of •6.$ and •66 were the biggest onea ever !or the Bucks as they ffltN NCAA runnersup and champion.a in those two ye.are respectively. i'he 1967 tea won the Diatr.1.ct 1''our title. After the •66 title game win or 8 to 2 over Okl.abama state at Omaha, pitbher Steve Arlin, t'irat baseman Rwsa Nagelaon and catcher Chuck. Brinkraan all signed major league bonus contracts. Arlin, n.a.iaed the outstanding plqer of the tournlill40nt. after posting a 0.98 EIU., aigned a fabulous contract with the Pbilaclelpbia Phillie• that rivaled the ruported $1081000 that home run slugger Frank llaw&l'd had signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 19$8. In ac:lditi.on., he was permi\ted to attend dental school the .tull three quarters each year unt.iJ. gt"&d.uating in 1970. In recent yea.rs, Karow bas sent many pl.ayers to major league llluba. .uuring the l!J67 ueason• Hm.ard., John Edl'lards.t Joe Spa1'81,&, Oalq Cisco and Ron Niachwiu were playing big league ball. Rick Renick made the grade in 1968 and Fred Scherman in 1969. Another athlete, Wally >.tom, was coached by r.arow when he was at Texu A. &. 11t. several ot: Karow•s product.a have gained firet team All-America honors. ~tew Hein made in 1.n 1951., Paul Ebert in 19SS, Taa Pel"due in 1960, Steve Arlin in 1965 and 1966, and Ray Shoup in 1967. -20 .. Perdue won the Big Ten batting title in 1960 with a .4$9. In one aem.orable game lfith Xa'Vier, Perdue went S for$, hitt.ing three homera, a 4i.ouble and ~le and driving in nine runs. He came back in the second game of the doubleheader with 2 tor 21 making him 7 tor 7 .for the clay. Sparma•s most outstanding Buckeye g6iae was a seven-inning no-hitter against Michigan in 196.). The 196$ UC.AA runneraup showed a JO-lJ slate. Arlin was 6-0 in Conference outi..nga and broke the loop Btl"1Jteout record w1 th 68 in $7 1/J :1.nnings. The 1966 tt;AA title team .tiniahed. at 27-6-l. Arlin, Nagel.son, BriDkman, Shoup and Be Rein all made the all-tourney tea. The team•s leading hitters .for the season wve sophs Bob Baker "1ld Roger sexton with .373 and • .372 respectively-. Pitcher Dick Boggs bad Tbe 1969 edition rawd only third in the liig Ten chaae (9-7) bu.1. junior flinger oen.e Rogers tossed a seven-inning no-bitter against PU.rdue. He wal.kod none and was tlithin one out o! a perteet gar.ae. this pertO'l"l1AnCe wu inatruale.ntal in Rogers notching the Conferenoe•s beat 1 ERA - 0.59 in '11 b inni.ngs. Phil Morgan was a unanillows pick on the first all-&ig Ten t.eait!. The Dq\on junior third sack-er hit .,)J8 overall AIK1 .Jti8 in the contereDCe. TRACK Alter serving JO years as head track ooaoh, taffy ~'njider retired in 196). ~yder received the highest acoolade for coaching distinction when he was named heaa. coach of the 1960 U. s. Ol,7mp1o team. A screening commi tteo was i'Ql'WJd to name bis successor and a.f'ter a series of interviews with a nwabei· ot worthy applicants,. .ilob i:;pskamp wu bi.red. 1'.:pskap., a graauate of West.em ltlichigan, bad btlen head ment,or at JJiam.1 Uni:versit7. In an et.tort t.o enbance the sagging track .t:onunea itnmediate help was provided in 1.ncreaoed grant-in-aide. The size of the squads al.moat doubled. and al.though it resulted. in more dual meet wins no outstanding oMpetitore appeared on the soene to thrust the Bucks in the national picture. The beat showing by the BUOka from l.965 to the present wu their tourth plaoe finish in the 1968 Big Ten outdoor meet. Two Bu.oke,u annexed titles .... M1ke l<'iscber in the JO()C)..aeter at,oepleohase in a record S':02.2 and id.ck Br\iggeman•o win in the 400-:.rard interaediate hurdles. A nurabe.r of Big Ten indi:ridu.al ehamp:lona 'ff9re produced during the 1959-1969 ped.od. In l960 Larry sohmalenberger waa the outdoor diecus king with a l.62 •8tu heave. 8chmal.enberger repeated in 1961 with a l6J 'lt" mark. In 1962 Paul Vlar.tielcl, fleet liuckeye b.al:t'back, t.ook the outdoor broad Jwnp crown with a 24•8 J/4" leap. In 1964, pole vaulter BOb Neutzllng set ar1 indoor track record at 15 •8,ttt 1 then becute the !int Con.f'enmoe vaulter tu reach the 16• ceiling nth a 161~" lift in the outd.oor meet. In 1967, soph Ralph Marinello won the indoor long jump event at 23 •3i'". In the outdoor .llBet he was the lone double winner, taking the long Jump witb a 2.317 11 leap and the triple Jump (47•5~"t• .... 22. - In 1968, soph !Jave Pcyaeald. upset. VIiaconsin • s aetending cbmnp1on Ray JUTington in the indoor mile in 4106.7. BASKhTBt\LL about the richest era in OOU sports histo17 started evolving when 34-ye.ar-ol.d Fred Taylor becam.e bead coach and the .t'abuloua Jorry LU.cu enrolled at Ohio State. Taylor, a tonier cage and baseball great, was in his tirijt season when the 6•an Middletown giant enrolled in 1959 after being sought by more than 200 collegea. Ii. nu.13ber o! other scholastic lum.i11ariea who plqed w1 th Lucas in t.he s~ high school all-star game, !oll..owed Lu.cu to Columbus. Among these was 6:\$" John Havlicek o! .Bridgeport., 6•2" Mal Nowell o:f col\Ull.b\18 East, 6•4" Bob Knight or Orrville., and 6•2" oaey Gearhart ot Dixie. Collectively this classy yearling group became known as the ttfabuloua !ive«. The crowda .for the prel.i.Jlt1.nar)" game at st. John Arena began to swell, many spectators leaving the Arena atter the frosh game u the varsity struggled through a aediocre 11-11 season. This group, combined w1 th returning vara:1. tq at.ars LU'l7 siegfried., Joe H.oberta, Dick Furry and. Hmd.e Nourse wu a.laoat an instant succus 1n 1900. ,ii'tttr nipping heralded Indiana., 96 t.o 9!>, in an early season thriller the Bucks suled throgh a l.3-l <.:on!erence seuon into the idd-Eaet regional tournament at Louia'YiUe. Here they whipped western Kentucq and Georgia Tech to advance to the NCAA tinal.s at san Francieco. They walloped N. y. u. to get the dubious dist.inotion or meeting defending NCAA ohUtpion Calil'ornia in the finals. The Bucks were ready, however, and stunned the Dears, 7!> to 55, in what was described as the "pertect" game, bitting Jl oi' 46 shots for a .674 field goal percentage. • 23 - Lucas was named the tournaaent • a most valuable pl.ayer and was accorded 1'irst tewa All-American honors. Havlicek, Nowell and Sieg- fried. were named to the second _alJ.-ilig Ten team. Lucas set a new Cont'erence field goal accuracy record ( .656). The l96l outAt t.ook up where the •6o challps le.ft off. Rated No. 1 at the start; o.f the season the Buckeyes clioked oft 27 straliht wins and went into the NGA.A oh&apionahip game with l;incinna.ti with a J2-vict.ory string intaot aver two seasona. The t'avored Buok.B • oicl for a repeat iiitle ou.e a cropper, however, when the inspired Bearcats bested them in overtime at Kanaas citq, 70 to 6$. It was a bitter pill ror the all-conquering Bucks. However, Lucas was named the tlation • o player-of-the-year and gained his second straight All-American selection. His season shooting percentage was .612 as he averaged 24.8. Havlicek and captain Larey Sieg.tried were both first teaa .Big Tail choices and Mel Nowell was named to the second team. The 1962 tea opened much like the 1961 aggregation, winning its first, 21 games be.to.re a hot Yiisconsin club upset the .Buoka, 86 to 67. The Bu.ck& moved through tho Mid-East regional.sin fine fashion, beating western Kentucky and Kentucq. Taylor•a .five r~ver Vtab ,forest., 64 to 6tl, in the NCAA aeau.- !inalJI., but the win was costly as Lucas severely injured his knee in the final minutes. The Bucks• revenge !lopes in the NCAA finale with Cincinnati went awry as Lucas was rendered almost. hors-de-combat and the Bucks want down, 71 to 59 • .tu.cas again was naaod player-of-the-year and gained All-Jtmerioan honors for the third straight ,ear. His shooti.ng percentage was a tine .611 overall as he averaged 21.7 per game. The ubiquitous John Havlioek, ball stealer deluxe, also was select,ed to the first All- Am&rican team. Nowell made the second a.l.l-llig Ten team tor the - 24 • third successive 7ear. The 1963 uoaaon again was a championship ;year despite the depart- ure of tu.caa, Havlicek and Nowell. The Hucks gained a co-championship with Illinois on a ll-3 record and aaw the eL.lel',ence of' another star center, Uar;y vradd.s. The 6•8" Ja.mestorm. junior was a first tewa All- ;aaerioa pick and lea the big Ten scorers with a J0.9 average (28.o :tor all games). Junior lJiok neasbeck wu a second tea.ui all-Big Ten choice. uverall the Bucks notched a 2o-l4 record, but were not eligible !or uw tournament pay. The 1964 season marked the fifth straight year that vt>U captured a championship, tying Michigan with correaponding ll•J :records. '.rte Bucks had cOlllpleted their l;onterenoe secWon and were being feted at the i:ionday night banquet when the news came that Purdue had upset Michigan m~ possible t.ha title share. lNerall tba Bucks ha.u out a 16-8 st.anciard, but ilradda was fantastic. He h&d. a Gon!erence st.ring o.t: six consecutive 40-point games (47, 48, 42, 4o, 49, and 40). '.i'h.e spindly senior also bro~ the .big Ten average per gue mark with a .33.9. ~ or t.he complete 24 games Hracid.8 s oored 735 points (a new Buckeye all-time total.) and 4i J0.6 average. He was n.aaed player-of-the-year ru1d again gained first team J,11-Amerioan laurels. The next three seasona were lean ones .fox· Tqlor u he remained at .$00 on l.2-12, ll-l.3 Qlld 1.3-ll seasons. The only star eurging d:uring this slump was l3ill Hoaket., jr., son o! t.he .b'Ueks • all- .Big Ten center of l9J3, iiill., sr. Young llill waa 1:iamed to a .t:irat team forward position as a juniat• when be averaged 22.8 in Conf'e1-ence play while shooting an a.mazing • 562. - 25 - The ]96o season perhaps was the moat surprising in Ta7lor•a reign. Picked t.o 1·inish sixth in a pre-season poll in t.he Big Ten race, the .Uucks startleo. everyone by tying Iowa .tor the tit1e (10-iJ.) and then edging them i...~ to 81 in the playof.f at Purdue. The buclca were counted out after a .raid-season slump but they rebounded to win their .final three games. Purdue set the play-oi'.t' stage by upsetting the Hawkeyes in the 1'.inal. gEW1& at Iowa. The .uucks trimmed t;aat Tennessee in the i.'irst Uid-Mst regional game anci them petionued tbe impossible by edging Kentucky 82 to Bl on their hQllle court on a last second goal by soph center, I.ave soreason. 'l'he rlUCkeyes lost to North Carolina in the NCAA aemi1'inal but su.rpriaed Houston 6Y to 8S !or third place. Houston wu ranked No. l after beating UCLA while the Bucks Jid not rate in the top ten. Hosket again was n&11ed to the all-Hig '.l.'en team, averaging 21.J in Conference games on a .,587 shooting percentage. Bill was later a first round dratt pick by the MB.ri. lie'ff York Knioks and won a berth on the u. :;. Olympic te&a in whioh he wu one 01 the stars 01' m;a•u gold.- medal all victorioua tetw. 1n liwdco City. ~,orenson gai.neu a second team. al.1.-uig 'I'en berth. ?he tec'.I.Gl overall IiW'k waa 21·8 and set. the Conference field goal percentage record of .s15 • .utter the •68 oaJlil>aign Taylor• s woa3 ing J.O-year rt~cord showed. three uonterenoe titJ.es won outright and three shared while winning 182 games Wld loa:Lng 73 for a • 7lli percentage. Taylor was voted "college coach of the year" in both 1961 and 1962. - 26 - In lY69 t.he 1,ucka tied i'or second with Illinois on a Y-S record atter a .t:ast a tart. The final ta.Uy was l'/-7. 00-renaon became the le S.fb'Ue 'a top cen tor as he averaged 2J.6 tor all games. 'J.'ayl.or ca.me up with the loop•s top rookie, a lit.he 6•3n forward Jim <.;leam.ons !roiu colurAbus l.inden-M.cYJ.uley. Lleamons made th6 secvnd. all-.dig Ten team. and averaged 16.6 per game. ·rwo noteworthy am10U110e£Uentu closeu out the 1969 a-ea.son. .i!'irst it was J.i.vulged. that bt. John ,.rtma would for the .first tim.e be the site !or the 1970 NC.hA Mid-Eaat regional t.ournament. Greater enthuaia.81l was displayed !'or the outstand:i.ng crop Of t.reshmen th.at Taylor and Bob .Burkholder recruited.. Not even in the vintage year o;t l9S6 Tlben Lucas, Havlicek, Nowell, Knight. and Gearhart c0i1J.pri8ea the 11 .fabulous five" have the bueke;yes emerged. with such cl.us performers collected .from Ohio excluaivel.y. Three 1'irat teaia all-Ohioans who colleot1vely averaged 101.9 points a;; seniors will wear th~ ::.,earl.et and Groy. 1.l.lan Hornyak, a Bellai.re bt. Jobn 6~2 11 guard with a 4l.9 average, was the ii.rat star to aiwi an o.su grant. Then ca&ae Marion Harding• e Dave aaereh.ant ( 27 .5) and .Marlington•s Luke Witte (,32.!;i). Witte finally gives Taylor scue size. tle•a a seven-tooter, the tallest. star tfoU•o ever landed. Other grants went to 6•811 !iark. ~iagar ol: J1.von (2$.0), 6•4" Bob Siekl'rllann o! vincinnati oak .Hilla (2J.7), and 6•211 Greg Testerlll&n.n of New Lebanon Dixie. ~ie.laiumn., an all-star pit.oh.,r1 will aouble for .Marty .Karow• s di.amouder s. - 27 - OJU•s uomi.nance in the swimming world. continued to be seriously challeJ1t!ed as uore schools expanded their programs. Indiana and UX i:aaaa seriou~l iru•oads. From 1957 to the present the only NC:Ji.A team title gathered liy the ,-iuoks occurrecl in 1962 when the meet was held at the Natator ... um.. .:.;caring in 12 of the 16 events, 0 ..,u won six ind- ividual titles auci t.he medley relay to score 92 points and ci.ouble the count on stunned U3C. 1Jmexi.ng individual titles wera ui.ver Lou Vitucci on the one aild. three meter boards and L. H. ;;chaefer in the 100 and 200-yard backstroke, Artie Vloli'e in the 200-ynrd butterfly, mid ti.arty !Jull in the 200-yard indivi NC.i:.A., six NJ._;,U indoor anct four i'UJ\U outdoor). or tha .3l2 individual titles collected, 1.38 were annexed by divers. His lifetime dual meet. record was 179 won an<.i 39 lost. for -1 .821 percentage. 'I'wioe feppe divers made a clean sweep of the i'our top places on both NCAA boards. Hartel&, who had been head coach at Kenyon and Jhio u., he.d been Peppe•s aide while working on his aootorate in physical education. A.!ter .four years alii head coach, Bartels resigneci in 1967 to devote full time to teaching and research work in p.e. ~-;ucceedl.ng dart.els was John Bruce, a :Bawli.ng Green graduate, who bad been head coach at Lima Senior and Upper Arlington high schools. - 28 - Also resigning after the l9o7 season at the mand.atozy retirement age of 70 was the veteran carl rirtrmein, chief aide to Ve11pe ~ind Bartel:.. since 19,36. Garl al.Bo was an assist.ant tennis coaoh and served as oiL1.. cial timer at all hane football and basketball games, c1 _post he continued to hold until. his untimely death in Jept. of 1969 .1."raa a tall at a GolUlllbus restaurant. Though the number oi' individual ohwnpions waa sizably reduced over the heyday oft.he 40's and SO•a, osu mermen continued to gain mw.erous titles. lll 1959 diver li.on O'Brien took the !WA.ii.. one ui.e"r while sam Hall was first on the Big Ten one meter. .Ir1 1960 Hall seized both the NG.wl one a.no three meter cromlil. In 1961 the Bucks finished third in the NCAA meet. Lou Vitucci was firar, in the three meter dive. Besides wirud.. ng the l!,162 liCA.A team title, J.,U took two individual titles in tht: ~ig Ten, Juan Uotella in th.e one meter dive and L. 1,- ,;chaefer in the 100 backstroke. l.u 1963 the bucks dropped to f'ou:rth in the .NGA.A's but Vitucci grabbed both the one and three meter crowns. Vitucci also was first on t..he three 1&18ter in the Big 'l'en. dull repeated his 200 yard IM chf.aupionahip with a 2:0l.6 clocking. ln 1964 soph diver Handy Larson surpriaed by winning t.he W:;.Ju. three .rooter die.de.a. In 1965 soph Bob Hopper set the Conference 200 hi record. in 1:,59.9. He went on to win the NCAA•s in the American recol:'d wie of l:58.1. In 1966 Hopper won the lWAJi 200 ]Ji for the second st.rai{,;ht year. Diver chuck Knorr was a uouble winner in the UAAU Indoor (One meter and lO meter plat.form). In 1968 Knorr won the big •ren three JllBter title. 1"resbillen were declared eligible !or the l,J0JiJ\ meet in 1~69 and the osu ;yearlings responded by pushing osu to an eighth place finish. 1':Arlier the fr<>Sh created a stir by walloping .Lndiana.•11.1 trosh, 13 to $0. - 29 - GOI.Ji' 1'he 195!1-6~ poriod produced two great ruaateur golfers whc are now going stron,; in the 11pro11 ranks, ,Jack Hicklaus and 'lom iieiakop! • .i.ro11i.cally., neither graduated before embar.ld.ng on a pro career. ii.ii a aoph l~icklau.s wa.~ secor1ct in the big Ten with 284. The previous year he won the licttion~l Jc\Wkteur crown. ln 1961 both v;;u (28J) &nd Hicklaus (152) took Big Ten titl.es. Mike Podolr.dd •s 291 wa.1;; good .1:or third spot. The .ouoks tied 1·or 10th in the m.:.AJI. while Nicklaus was the qualii'yi.ng medalist at 140. Weia.kop.1' 1s sophomore year was his only year of eligibility. He plaoed third. in the big Ten•a with 29$. The •6S Buckeyes i'inished .Urat. in the Ohio lntel.'collegia.tes with w bneed the medalist at J.W... In 1966 Bob Kepler resigned unexpectedly to take a aimilar post in North carolina. "Kepn., who canbined general. manager ctuties m. th his ooaching., had been golf coach since 19.38. Kepler•s aide., h.ino .l..lella £lora.., illlcl Floyd 0tahl combined to coach the l96o team and responded admirably with the uig r-en and Northern Intercollegiat.e chaffi.pionshipa. Ji.lex Antonio wa.a c(),o,{Aedallst in the Hortbern outing at 290 and apurred his mates to .dig Ten honors ..,,"i.th a sparlcling second place 291. ;:meed was .t.'ourth at 294. Antonio then turned pro during the SUIDlil6I'a w.ke Good wat:J medalist at 289 in the 1968 horthern Intercollegiate&. - 30 - OTli.ER SPORTS The nUllber o.f varsity sports in which "O's" were a.warded reached 18 with the addition oi' hockey in 1964, pistol in 1967, and volleyball in 1968. Hockey was playedon a club sport basis even before the ice rink was built in 1962 with participants being professors, instructors, graduate students who were i'omer hockey players, or interested. students. This motley oolleotion of pl.ayers went as far as Troy to play their games. The sport continued to grow and reached quite a measure of' success by 1963 when the club team defeated Ohio u. •s varsity squad. A delegation met with the Athletic council ana resulted 1n giving the sport va.:rsity status. Three different m.en have served as hockey coaches. Tom l:Jedeoki tutored the stickers in l.964 and 196S, Glen so.mnor in 1966, and Harry Neale in 1967, 1968 and 1969. None achieved any particular success as the Buckeyes too often were engaging teams out ot their class. The nwuber oi' grant-in-aids extended to hockey haa :i..ncreased so the sport should be strengthened as time passes. Pistol in its second year won the Midwestern Intercollegiate C<>n.!erence with an unblemished 12-0 reoorci, the first time in the eight-year history of the Conference that any team had gone undefeated. It established a league scoring record ot 1,144 o! a possible 1 1 200 points. Volleyball, Under r\arl I.Junlap, com.piled an incredible 26-2 record in 1969 - its second varsity year. 'l'be J3Ucks won the 1iidwest, Intercollegiate .:~saociation tournament. in completing regular season play with a perfect 24-o slate. - 31 - In tl'w u. ,,. Association tournament O;;U 1inisheci !i!th in the collegiate ct.vision. Loug Heal wau named second team All-iilllerican ano. hick 1.euders third team... 'lhe l5UCks took the ;,;IVA league crown at \arlhNll ~:.i.t,h lftke Koo1mn, ,Jeal and Leuders as first team picks. teal won th.ti leagu.e I a ruost valuable player awai~ct ( unaniw.ous choice). Y;restling popularity on the ca111pua has not paralleled the trelilendous growth in schol.aatic circles. coach casey /red.ericks• tea.as have not created J.uUCh of a stir in conference competition except :for a few individuals who occasionally crop up in the limelight. one of these was the fiery Lave csru.aione .from waterto•Nn, .N. y. As a junior in 1959 he was runne1-up in the .tlig 'i'en lJO-powiu clc:.ss, losing 6 to~ in the finals. In 1960 he annexed the league•s 123- ~ound title and T1as nruaed the i:aeet' s outstanding wrestler. iie lost but one match uu1."ing the season. .1i.£te.r a stint as heaJ. wrestling coach at E.i.c:iurry college (Ill. ) , camaione returned to OGU in 1969 to gain hi;; l'H. 1,. &Hi served as assistant wrestling coach. In 1963, uary Joseph (l2J) and Joe i'iccioni (.137) both were run.neraup in their respective Hig 'l'en divisions. In 1964, 12.3-pounder .,like Beery hao. an u.ndefeated 16 to O record in dual oompeti tion. In 1965 ho took second in thtJ l2J-pouud. class • .tu 1966., uive Heinbolt becaw.e the third jjuckeye to wrest an NC.Ml in The grapple1·~ .k)laced .f ou.rth in the .L:iig 'l'en in 1967 for one o.r its highei- finishes 'Hi.th Ha:intiolt runnorup at 1671 foung second at season au.al r~corct was 2J-l. Fencint.;1 Yd.th uo grant-irl-ldu help, raanaged. ti,) uo quite well with 9h¥sical education class convertu u.nuei· coach Charley ,:iimozu.an. ;,.inu.i.Dt; a6'4sons were the rule out t .. he onJ.¥ Gonferenco indivictual ch.aupions .Produced until tho W.g break-through in 1969 were Larry Lovalanu, who captured tlw loop• s foil diadem in 1961 anc ha '.['he 1969 tealil. was the first O.'...iU unit i.n 20 yoarf.l to take the tl;;/ Conference laui·els. :.;i.Jlonian • s uoys breezed to the tile with 4.3 points coo:i.pareci to J.:llinois • 27 tal.1.ies. The arcni:tecta 01' this epee individu.al titles 1->espectively. 11.oland. Koch and Jcott ;;pears were runnersup in these sauiE~ divisions. • or ~;ual meet warfare the Bucks were ll-4, incluill.ng iii. 1~: to 12 triwnph over heralded l~otre Dam.&. 'lhe gy.unaljts continued to struillile, vmllowlruJ in the second Joe Hewlatt, coach or the ~sts since its inception as a varsity sport, i.n. 1948 .11 ste,µpeci dawn aa coach in 19661 al though cont- illu.lnG bis teaching uutiee in phy1Jical education. Hewlett was succeeded - 33 - Lacrosse, which became a VcirSi ty Sf'o.t't in l.>· .SJ, c ontinueu to make strides under ~·aul ifartfilan. '..:'h~ 1965 te&a fi:o.isheu with a 1;-2 rf:1oord., including lJ consecutive wlns and a fir.st ever \\in ovez· ;Jenison ~nd ·tJ.ed for fir.st in the ,.,,idi1est ... ~asoci.,ruon. ~£'he 1966 co.w.bine haii a fY'3rfect 14-0 recor Asaocie.tion crown. briru.1 Driscoll s oorea 60 goals l'.lll" a run, o ,U record .:.nd added 20 assists :fo:r .:m 80 total. Other records were est,ablishoo. by wiJ.Jieldor .Jill ~)olasky (lJ e.;;o~ls) anu attaclunan .;lift .;:.u.rra;r•s 41 assists. 'i'he 1967 mut haci a respectable 5,l-3 slate. 'i'he rifle team oontinu.ect to distinguish itself'. ln 1965 :.Avid .clulby won the ,.;on.fere:nce chwnpionahip awartl and in 196'7 the :.,huotere had ei. ·Wlde!eated sea.son and second Big 'l'en title, posting 2,uJ2 o.i.' a possible J1 0'JO points. Go-captain earl Jooss snot ~!:>6 01 600 to annex the individual title, .:;;oph i~arl .:.iisson had ~42 ior rannerup spot, '6ile the team set a C:on.ference scoring record of 2.201 oi a possible .3,000. - 34 - ··.hen caxapt.rn planni~ decreed that two high-rise dormitories, r,:orriD. and Lincoln Towers, woulu Le erectsd on the tJites o.r the .football pr.,.1.ctice i'ields untl the varsit.y and .freshman baseball diamonds, the athletic departraent found itself displaced. '}.'he University agreed to pl'ovide space weat of the river to develop nt,"W facill ties.. At ti cost o.r over : 6?.5 ,ooo a structure called tho Athletic Facility North war:i ccxJ.pleted in ..larch of 1967 .. 'rhis facility, accessible on· r yf'fe f,oad, provided dresE1i.I1l; room and trai.nint; quarters for 'the footbaJ.l, baseball., soccer and! lacrosse teams. 'I'he interior supplied. tbs varsity griddera with a team room o:t· o4 looke;rwd plus 73 for the frosh players.. ·ioocer and la.croese occupy the third a:i-ea providing 63 lockers. , 10th the equipment and training departments profited by the .additioz,. The trainers gained nee All equiJ..'nlOnt for the four sports were noused in o huge a:Lr- conditioned equ.ipnent room with mi. uct.jacont repair shop. 'i'he baseball teai:a found n. m,w home at the north facility. i,djacent to the building are the cOf.l.ple tely fenced in varsity and froGh baaeball diamonds. Inside the building are 63 lookers ror both the varsity and freshmen. * * -~ - 34 - The initial 1957-56 athletic budaet for grunt-in-aia earwirked ;,,119.,000c That cost hasjnol'e than trebled in 12 years as the 196>'-70 b~<.lbet projected :ur..:arly :::· 400, 000.. '!'his expenditure covered cost of 230 t7'ants 01 1tmich 60 were new arid 164 renewals. Football, with 106 grants for the four el.kisses., hat. an allocation of ::,.207 1(XJOc The .Big '.i.'en adopted a new eligibility code in l)!member of 1961 wilich was about as complex as ~hE1 income tax laws. ::iome of the main features or the nnew" lav; were: l. '£he "need" factor for determining grant-in-aid iimounts to eligible athletes ~as eliminated& 2. i or the first. tim.e there VHi:lB a Conf'erenee point hour average require..oont for eligibility (1.7). 3. 'l'o qualiSy for financial nid all incoming freshmen had to ueet lJrodictability requirements of 1. 7 detemined by class rank and ,,merlci..i:1 ~ollege Teat. (AGT) or ~cholas'ti.c Aptitude 'l'eeta (3.~T) soores. a. l.f an applicant does not qualify I he ce..nnot be coached as an individual or as a .t.1ember of the freshman squad. 4. Once in school an athlete mu.st r:iaintain a 1.7 average to stay eli.;Lble for m.d. To remain eliiJ.ble for varsity COLlpe'ti tion, a ::Jophomore .must shaw a 1.7 uverage, a junior l.lJ and fi. senior 1.9. 0JU~s institutional requiro~enta were hi~her than the Jig Ten - 1.7 lor ~ sophouore and 2.0 for a junior and senior. 5. ...;uanitati ve progre~~ion requirem.enta were: 4$ completed hours !or a first year oi' cOlllpetition, 90 for the second year and 135 for the third year. 6. Failure rule. A failure in any spec:Uic term, will not make an athlete inell~ble so l~ a.s he meets all aforementioned - :.,:;; - qualitative and t)l.antitative requirements. The immediate impact of these new eligibility requirements was to (l) elWnate the athlete on sliaky stat.us; (2) broaden the recruiting tw high scholarship athletes or 11 qu.ality" boyo; (.3) raise the coat o! g-1-a. casualties between the ti.ret antl second. year of eligibiliv (l.7 to 2.0) wre soon i'ound to be great. .Many athletes managed to survive the 1.7 cut-o.ft but the pntS6UX'8 to make 2.0 aquee1ed. .many- out. The increand aoadeld.c standards d1d not seriously J,tJOpiU·diae the qua]J.ty o! Big Ten football. However, the "battle for survivaln put an end to the era o! two and three ap