The 1966 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1966 college football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 4–5 record.
Schedule
Date |
Time |
Opponent# |
Rank# |
Site |
Result |
Attendance |
September 24 |
1:30 PM |
TCU* |
|
Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH |
W 14–7 |
75,375 |
October 1 |
1:30 PM |
Washington* |
|
Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH |
L 22–38 |
80,241 |
October 8 |
1:30 PM |
at Illinois |
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Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Illibuck Trophy) |
L 9–10 |
51,069 |
October 15 |
1:30 PM |
#1 Michigan State |
|
Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH |
L 8–11 |
84,282 |
October 22 |
1:30 PM |
Wisconsin |
|
Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH |
W 24–13 |
84,265 |
October 29 |
2:30 PM |
at Minnesota |
|
Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN |
L 7–17 |
49,489 |
November 5 |
1:30 PM |
Indiana |
|
Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH |
W 7–0 |
80,834 |
November 12 |
2:30 PM |
at Iowa |
|
Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA |
W 14–10 |
44,677 |
November 19 |
1:30 PM |
Michigan |
|
Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH |
L 3–17 |
83,403 |
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. |
[1]
Coaching staff
Game summaries
TCU
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
TCU |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
• Ohio St |
7 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
14 |
|
|
Scoring summary |
|
Q1 |
10:10
|
OHST |
Hudson 2 yard run (Cairns kick) |
OHST 7–0 |
|
Q3 |
8:41
|
TCU |
Shabay 2 yard run (Alford kick) |
Tie 7–7 |
|
Q4 |
12:31
|
OHST |
Hudson 18 yard run (Cairns kick) |
OHST 14–7 |
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[2]
Washington
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Illinois
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Michigan State
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Wisconsin
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Wisconsin |
0 |
6 |
7 |
0 |
13 |
• Ohio St |
7 |
0 |
3 |
14 |
24 |
|
|
Scoring summary |
|
Q1 |
1:55
|
OHST |
Hudson 2 yard run (Cairns kick) |
OHST 7–0 |
|
Q2 |
11:54
|
WIS |
Schinke 40 yard field goal |
OHST 7–3 |
|
Q2 |
:22
|
WIS |
Schinke 47 yard field goal |
OHST 7–6 |
|
Q3 |
7:11
|
OHST |
Cairns 27 yard field goal |
OHST 10–6 |
|
Q3 |
3:06
|
WIS |
Jankowski 5 yard pass from Boyajian (Schinke kick) |
WIS 13–10 |
|
Q4 |
4:19
|
OHST |
Hudson 7 yard run (Cairns kick) |
OHST 17–13 |
|
Q4 |
:38
|
OHST |
Hudson 8 yard run (Cairns kick) |
OHST 24–13 |
|
[3]
Minnesota
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Indiana
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Indiana |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
• Ohio St |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
|
|
Scoring summary |
|
Q3 |
9:39
|
OHST |
Hubbard 9 yard pass from Long (Cairns kick) |
OHST 7–0 |
|
[4]
Iowa
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
• Ohio St |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
14 |
Iowa |
0 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
10 |
|
|
Scoring summary |
|
Q2 |
10:42
|
IOWA |
Anderson 42 yard field goal |
IOWA 3–0 |
|
Q2 |
5:02
|
OHST |
Hudson 4 yard run (Cairns kick) |
OHST 7–3 |
|
Q4 |
13:51
|
IOWA |
Crees 12 yard pass from Podolak (Anderson kick) |
IOWA 10–7 |
|
Q4 |
5:20
|
OHST |
Rein 2 yard pass from Long (Cairns kick) |
OHST 14–10 |
|
[5]
Michigan
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
• Michigan |
3 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
17 |
Ohio St |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
|
Scoring summary |
|
Q1 |
2:57
|
MICH |
Sygar 24 yard field goal |
MICH 3–0 |
|
Q2 |
3:50
|
OHST |
Cairns 26 yard field goal |
Tie 3–3 |
|
Q2 |
1:11
|
MICH |
Detwiler 7 yard run (Sygar kick) |
MICH 10–3 |
|
Q3 |
9:04
|
MICH |
Wilhite 28 yard pass from Vidmer (Sygar kick) |
MICH 17–3 |
|
[6]
References
- Win/Loss statistics
- Draft data
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