1959 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

The 1959 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1959 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 351 record.

1959 Ohio State Buckeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1959 record351 (241 Big Ten)
Head coachWoody Hayes (9th season)
Defensive coordinatorLyal Clark
MVPJim Houston
CaptainJim Houston
Home stadiumOhio Stadium
(Capacity: 79,658)
1959 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Wisconsin $ 5 2 0  7 3 0
Michigan State 4 2 0  5 4 0
Purdue 4 2 1  5 2 2
No. 13 Illinois 4 2 1  5 3 1
Northwestern 4 3 0  6 3 0
Iowa 3 3 0  5 4 0
Michigan 3 4 0  4 5 0
Indiana 2 4 1  4 4 1
Ohio State 2 4 1  3 5 1
Minnesota 1 6 0  2 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 26Duke*No. 12W 14–1382,834
October 2at No. 11 USC*No. 14L 0–1749,592
October 10No. 20 Illinois
L 0–982,980
October 17No. 6 Purdue
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 15–083,391
October 24at No. 12 WisconsinNo. 20L 3–1255,440[1]
October 31Michigan State
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH (rivalry)
W 30–2483,130
November 7Indiana
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
T 0–082,075
November 14No. 16 Iowa
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
L 7–1682,126
November 21at MichiganL 14–2390,093
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

Duke

1 234Total
Duke 0 0013 13
Ohio State 7 007 14
  • Date: September 26
  • Location: Ohio Stadium
  • Game attendance: 82,834
  • Game weather: Clear, 83°F

[2]

Southern California

1 234Total
Ohio State 0 000 0
Southern California 0 908 17

[3]

Illinois

1 234Total
Illinois 6 003 9
Ohio State 0 000 0
  • Date: October 10
  • Location: Ohio Stadium
  • Game attendance: 82,980
  • Game weather: Clear, 68°F

[4]

Purdue

1 234Total
Purdue 0 000 0
Ohio State 3 903 15
  • Date: October 17
  • Location: Ohio Stadium
  • Game attendance: 83,391
  • Game weather: Cloudy, 58°F

[5]

Wisconsin

1 234Total
Ohio State 0 300 3
Wisconsin 9 300 12
  • Date: October 24
  • Location: Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, WI
  • Game attendance: 55,440
  • Game weather: Rain, wind 30-40 mph, 39°F

[1]

Michigan State

Indiana

1 234Total
Indiana 0 000 0
Ohio State 0 000 0
  • Date: November 7
  • Location: Ohio Stadium
  • Game attendance: 82,075
  • Game weather: Cloudy, 36°F
 

Ohio State: 127 yards total offense; 5 first downs; 8 punts for 333 yards; missed FGs from 58 and 50 yards[6]

Indiana: 179 yards total offense; 11 first downs; 7 punts for 290 yards[6]

[6]

Iowa

1 234Total
Iowa 7 000 7
Ohio State 6 0010 16
  • Date: MONTHDAY
  • Location: Ohio Stadium
  • Game attendance: 82,126
  • Game weather: Cloudy, 37°F

[7]

Michigan

Coaching staff

1960 Pro draftees

PlayerDraftRoundPickPositionNFL Club
Jim HoustonNFL18LinebackerCleveland Browns
Jim MarshallNFL444Defensive EndCleveland Browns
Bob WhiteNFL891FullbackCleveland Browns

References

Win/Loss statistics
Draft data
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