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1961 Ohio State Buckeyes Schedule and Results

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Record: 8-0-1, .944 W-L% (3rd of 111) ▪ Rank: 2nd in Final AP Poll
Conference: Big Ten (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Woody Hayes (8-0-1)

PS/G: 24.6 (12th of 111) ▪ PA/G: 9.2 (16th of 111)
SRS: 19.20 (6th of 111) ▪ SOS: 6.75 (27th of 111)

Nat'l. Champs (FWAA)

AP Poll Summary

Pre 9/25 10/2 10/9 10/16 10/23 10/30 11/6 11/13 11/20 11/27 Final
2 3 8 7 7 6 5 3 3 2 2 2

9 Games

G Date Day School Opponent Conf Pts Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Sep 30, 1961 Sat (3) Ohio State Texas Christian SWC T 7 7 0 0 1 T 1
2 Oct 7, 1961 Sat (8) Ohio State UCLA AAWU W 13 3 1 0 1 W 1
3 Oct 14, 1961 Sat (7) Ohio State Illinois Big Ten W 44 0 2 0 1 W 2
4 Oct 21, 1961 Sat (7) Ohio State @ Northwestern Big Ten W 10 0 3 0 1 W 3
5 Oct 28, 1961 Sat (6) Ohio State @ Wisconsin Big Ten W 30 21 4 0 1 W 4
6 Nov 4, 1961 Sat (5) Ohio State (9) Iowa Big Ten W 29 13 5 0 1 W 5
7 Nov 11, 1961 Sat (3) Ohio State @ Indiana Big Ten W 16 7 6 0 1 W 6
8 Nov 18, 1961 Sat (3) Ohio State Oregon Ind W 22 12 7 0 1 W 7
9 Nov 25, 1961 Sat (2) Ohio State @ Michigan Big Ten W 50 20 8 0 1 W 8