1951 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1951 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1951 record	4–3–2 (2–3–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Woody Hayes (1st year)
MVP	Vic Janowicz
Captain	Robert Heid
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium (Capacity: 78,677)

1951 Big Ten football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#4 Illinois $	5	–	0	–	1	9	–	0	–	1
Purdue	4	–	1	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
#8 Wisconsin	5	–	1	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
Michigan	4	–	2	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Ohio State	2	–	2	–	2	4	–	3	–	2
Northwestern	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Minnesota	1	–	4	–	1	2	–	6	–	1
Indiana	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Iowa	0	–	5	–	1	2	–	5	–	2

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1951 college football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 4–3–2 record in their first season with Woody Hayes as head coach. The Buckeyes outscored their opponents, 109–104, but fell to Michigan, 7–0, in the season finale.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 29	SMU*	No. 3	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	W 7–0	80,735
October 6	Michigan State	No. 7	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	L 20–24	82,640
October 13	at Wisconsin	No. 9	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	T 6–6	51,156
October 20	Indiana	No. 17	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	L 10–32	74,265
October 27	Iowa		Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	W 47–21	67,551
November 3	Northwestern		Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	W 3–0	71,089
November 10	at Pittsburgh*	No. 20	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	W 16–14	34,747
November 17	No. 3 Illinois		Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy)	T 0–0	79,457
November 24	at Michigan		Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (The Game)	L 0–7	93,411
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Coaching staff

Woody Hayes, head coach, first year

Game summaries

SMU

The only score in Woody Hayes' debut as Ohio State's head coach came in the second quarter on a 21-yard scoring pass.^[1]

Iowa

Tony Curcillo threw four touchdown passes and ran for two more to give Woody Hayes his first conference victory. Curcillo finished 10 of 14 for 292 yards.^[2]

1952 NFL draftees

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL Club
Joe Campanella	3	36	Linebacker	Cleveland Browns
Vic Janowicz	7	79	Halfback	Washington Redskins
Sonny Gandee	9	106	Linebacker	Detroit Lions
Dick Logan	11	132	Guard	Cleveland Browns
Steve Ruzich	14	168	Guard	Cleveland Browns
Julius Wittman	15	175	Tackle	Washington Redskins
Dick Doyle	27	318	Defensive Back	Pittsburgh Steelers
Walt Klevay	29	348	Back	Cleveland Browns

References

↑ "Buckeyes Top SMU." Palm Beach Post. 1951 Sept 30.
↑ "Ohio State Stops Hawkeyes 47 to 21." Palm Beach Post. 1951 Oct 28.

Win/Loss statistics

Ohio State Historical Scores

Draft data

Ohio State Drafted Players

Ohio State Buckeyes football

Venues	Recreation Park (1890–1897) Ohio Field (1898–1921) Ohio Stadium (1922–present) Woody Hayes Athletic Center (practice)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Illinois (Illibuck) Michigan (The Ten Year War) Penn State

Culture & lore	History Brutus Buckeye "Across the Field" "Buckeye Battle Cry" "Carmen Ohio" Neutron Man Marching band Snow Bowl (1950) 1969 Michigan game 1973 Michigan game The Kick "Holy Buckeye" 2006 "Game of the Century" Block O "Hang On Sloopy" The Ten Year War WBNS-TV WBNS WBNS-FM Ohio State IMG Sports Network

People	Head coaches All-Century Team Yearly statistical leaders NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

National championship seasons in bold

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