1968 and ’73 Championship Teams Recognized Saturday – Ohio State Buckeyes
9/20/2008 12:00:00 AM | Football
Halftime ceremony honors anniversaries for both teams
Members of the 1968 and 1973 Ohio State national championship teams were honored at halftime of the Buckeyes’ game vs. Troy Saturday in Ohio Stadium.
The 1968 team lined up on the north goal line, while the ’73 unit met at the south goal line.
Check out a photo gallery of the former Buckeyes from Saturday at the link above and look back at their championship seasons below.
The 68 team was arguably the finest Ohio State team in history. Ohio State used a dominating 50-14 win over Michigan and a 27-16 come-from-behind victory over Southern California in the Rose Bowl to earn the school’s fifth national championship. Before the final polls crowning the Buckeyes champions are released, Coach Woody Hayes departs for Vietnam for a volunteer trip to talk football with U.S. servicemen. Later, the Sporting News called this team one of the 10 greatest college football teams of all-time.
In 1973 Ohio State went unbeaten, finishing 10-0-1, including a 42-21 trouncing of USC in the Rose Bowl. OSU became the first school to own three of the Top 5 vote-getters in the Heisman Trophy balloting. With five Big Ten titles, two national championships, and four Rose Bowl trips all in a six-year span, Ohio State football popularity hits an all-time high. Columbus later became known as the “Capital of College Football.”
Look back at at the 1973 team below …
Here is a summary of the 1968 season pulled from the 1969 Ohio State football media guide …
