Ohio State vs. Oregon Football Game, 1968 Season, College Football Stats, BYUStats

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		1968 Season Stats
		Series History

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Oregon	0	6	0	0	6
Ohio State	7	0	7	7	21

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER
	TD	Michael Polaski 12 yard blocked punt (Dick Merryman kick)	7	0
SECOND QUARTER
	TD	Denny Schuler 14 yard pass from John Harrington (kick failed)	7	6
THIRD QUARTER
	TD	James Otis 35 yard run (Dick Merryman kick)	14	6
FOURTH QUARTER
	TD	Bruce Jankowski 55 yard pass from Ron Maciejowski (Dick Merryman kick)	21	6

Team Stats
	OSU	Ore
1st Downs	22	6
Passing 1st Downs	15	3
Penalty	7	3
Rushing	288	62
Rushing Attempts	70	41
Yards Gained Rushing	300	108
Yards Lost Rushing	12	46
TDs Rushing	1	0
Passing	168	78
Passes Attempted	25	21
Passes Completed	12	8
Intercepted	4	2
TDs Passing	1	1
Pass Efficiency	85.65	65.96
Total Offensive Plays	95	62
Total Net Yards	456	140
Average Gain Per Play	4.80	2.26
Fumbles - Lost	3 - 2	3 - 1
Penalties - Yards	3 - 33	1 - 5
Interceptions - Yards	2 - 3	4 - 38
Punts - Yards	5 - 184	13 - 507
Average Per Punt	36.80	39.00
Punt Returns - Yards	6 - 77	0 - 0
Kickoff Returns - Yards	1 - 14	4 - 49

Game Info
Stadium	Ohio Stadium
Location	Columbus, Ohio
Date	Oct 5, 1968
Attendance	70,191
Temperature	50°F
Weather	Sunny
Conference	OSU: Big Ten Ore: Pac 8
Head Coach	OSU: Woody Hayes Ore: Jerry Frei
AP Rank	OSU: 6 Ore: NR
Final AP Rank	OSU: 1 Ore: NR
Season Record	OSU: 10-0 Ore: 4-6

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Ohio State Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Bruce Jankowski	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
James Otis	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Michael Polaski	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Dick Merryman	0	0	3	0	0	0	3
TOTALS	3	0	3	0	0	0	21

Oregon Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Denny Schuler	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
TOTALS	1	0	0	0	0	0	6

Ohio State Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	TD	Effic
Rex Kern	11-19-1	113	5.9	0	97.33
Ron Maciejowski	1-4-1	55	13.8	1	173.00
William Long	0-2-2	0	0.0	0	-200.00
TOTALS	12-25-4	168	6.7	1	85.65

Oregon Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	TD	Effic
Eric Olson	1-1-0	40	40.0	0	436.00
John Harrington	5-18-1	36	2.0	1	51.80
Alan Pitcaithley	2-8-1	2	0.2	0	2.10
TOTALS	8-27-2	78	2.9	1	51.30

Ohio State Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	TD
James Otis	17	102	0	102	6.0	1
Rex Kern	8	49	0	49	6.1	0
David Brungard	18	36	1	35	1.9	0
Ron Maciejowski	4	30	0	30	7.5	0
John Brockington	7	27	2	25	3.6	0
James Coburn	2	8	0	8	4.0	0
Larry Zelina	1	6	0	6	6.0	0
Paul Huff	6	12	9	3	0.5	0
Leophus Hayden	5	12	9	3	0.6	0
William Long	1	2	0	2	2.0	0
Ray Gillian	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
TOTALS	70	284	21	263	3.8	1

Oregon Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	TD
Claxton Welch	21	59	10	49	2.3	0
Alan Pitcaithley	5	20	11	9	1.8	0
Eric Olson	1	9	0	9	9.0	0
Rocky Pamplin	2	5	0	5	2.5	0
Greg Marshall	7	12	8	4	0.6	0
Pat Verutti	1	3	0	3	3.0	0
John Harrington	4	0	17	-17	-4.2	0
TOTALS	41	108	46	62	1.5	0

Ohio State Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Bruce Jankowski	4	75	18.8	1
James Otis	3	40	13.3	0
Jan White	3	26	8.7	0
John Brockington	2	27	13.5	0
TOTALS	12	168	14.0	1

Oregon Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Denny Schuler	4	29	7.2	1
Greg Lindsey	1	40	40.0	1
Steve Kantola	1	6	6.0	0
Roger Smith	1	0	0.0	0
TOTALS	7	75	10.7	2

Ohio State Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
David Cheney	1	3	0
Ted Provost	1	0	0
TOTALS	2	3	0

Oregon Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Steve Hilbert	1	25	0
Terry Ranstad	1	10	0
Mike Kish	1	2	0
Jim Wathey	1	1	0
TOTALS	4	38	0

Ohio State Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	TFL/Y	FF	FR	PBU
Mark Stier	15	6	9	1/4	1
James Stillwagon	9	4	5	1/4
Brad Nielsen	7	2	5	1/7
Jack Tatum	6	5	1	1/2			1
Doug Adams	5	3	2	1/4			1
Dirk Worden	5	2	3	1/7
Michael Polaski	5	1	4				1
TEAM	4	4	0	3/18
Paul Schmidlin	4	2	2
Tim Anderson	4	1	3				1
William Urbanik	4	0	4
Ted Provost	3	2	1				1
Mark Debevc	3	2	1
David Whitfield	2	1	1	1/2		1
Jim Gentile	2	0	2
Richard Kuhn	1	1	0
Alan Jack	1	1	0
Ray Gillian	1	1	0
Victor Stottlemyer	1	0	1
Michael Radtke	1	0	1
Mike Sensibaugh	1	0	1
TOTALS	84	38	46	10/48	1	1	5

Oregon Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	TFL/Y	FR
Mike Kish	14	7	7
Omri Hildreth	13	5	8
Dennis Gassner	12	4	8		1
Jack Rust	12	2	10
Keith Sherman	11	4	7		1
Steve Hilbert	9	3	6
George Dames	9	2	7
Jim Wathey	8	4	4
Jim Franklin	7	4	3
Jim Nicolaisen	7	2	5
Kent Grote	7	0	7
Jack Gleason	5	4	1
Terry Ranstad	5	3	2
Cam Sinclair	5	2	3	1/2
Roger Smith	2	2	0
Dave Walker	2	1	1
Dave Roberson	1	0	1
Greg Marshall	1	0	1
Mike Johnson	0	0	0	1/1
TEAM	0	0	0	3/18
TOTALS	130	49	81	5/21	2

Ohio State Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Larry Zelina	1	14	14.0	0
TOTALS	1	14	14.0	0

Oregon Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Claxton Welch	2	30	15.0	0
Greg Marshall	2	30	15.0	0
Rocky Pamplin	2	19	9.5	0
TOTALS	6	79	13.2	0

Ohio State Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Larry Zelina	3	39	13.0	0
Jack Tatum	1	17	17.0	0
Michael Polaski	0	12		1
Ted Provost	1	7	7.0	0
Mike Sensibaugh	1	2	2.0	0
TOTALS	6	77	12.8	1

Ohio State Kicking
	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Dick Merryman	0-2	0.0%	0	3-3	3
TOTALS	0-2	0.0%	0	3-3	3

Oregon Kicking
	FG	Lng	XP	Pts
Ken Woody	0-0	0	0-1	0
TOTALS	0-0	0	0-1	0

Ohio State Punting
	No	Yds	Avg
Mike Sensibaugh	5	184	36.8
TOTALS	5	184	36.8

Oregon Punting
	No	Yds	Avg
Alan Pitcaithley	11	443	40.3
Greg Marshall	1	65	65.0
TEAM	1	0	0.0
TOTALS	13	508	39.1

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