The 1968 OSU versus
Michigan Game
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The 8-0 Buckeyes met the Michigan Wolverines on November 23, 1968 in front of the then largest crowd to ever fill Ohio Stadium (85,371). Ohio State was ranked number 1; Michigan was ranked number 4. Michigan scored first to lead 7-0 in the first quarter. Ohio State followed with their own touchdown. The teams scored At the end of the half, the score was 21-14 Ohio State.
Michigan would not score again. Jim Otis put on a display, scoring four of the Buckeye touchdowns, while Rex Kern directed the offense to 421 yards rushing. The final score was Ohio State 50, Michigan 14.
After the game, Coach Woody Hayes said it was “[t]he best victory we ever had…. This is a good football team, and we played a good football team.” He continued by remarking “All of our kids played real good football. What happened before is that the offense would have a good day and the defense would stutter around some… Then, another game, it would be the other way around. We said that if they ever put it together… both played well the same day… we would have something. This was it.”
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