Ohio State Buckeyes

1971 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
23	Thomas Battista T. Battista		6'3"	182	JR
99	Thomas Baxa T. Baxa		6'5"	238	JR
17	Charles Baxter C. Baxter		6'2"	222	SO
78	Charles Beecroft C. Beecroft		6'3"	221	JR
77	Earl Belgrave E. Belgrave		6'5"	244	JR
34	John Bledsoe J. Bledsoe	FB	6'1"	208	JR
58	Charles Bonica C. Bonica		6'3"	254	JR
	Bill Boyle B. Boyle	QB
15	William Boyle W. Boyle	QB	6'0"	178	SO
25	Morris Bradshaw M. Bradshaw		6'2"	194	SO
93	Jeffrey Brown J. Brown		6'4"	198	JR
24	Tom Campana T. Campana		5'11"	182	SR
86	Richard Cappell R. Cappell		6'0"	204	SR
64	William Conley W. Conley		5'10"	204	SR
11	Randall Cowman R. Cowman		6'0"	194	JR
68	John Cummings J. Cummings		6'2"	260	JR
8	Dan Cunningham D. Cunningham	DB	5'7"	145	SR
67	Daniel Cutillo D. Cutillo		6'1"	230	SO
16	Jeff Davis J. Davis		5'10"	182	SO
52	Thomas DeLeone T. DeLeone	OL	6'2"	227	SR
51	Kenneth Dixon K. Dixon	LB	6'3"	206	JR
37	Pat Eggers P. Eggers	FB	6'3"	215	SO
39	Richard Ferko R. Ferko	LB	5'11"	198	JR
55	Kevin Fletcher K. Fletcher	DL	6'1"	222	JR
46	Michael Gaffney M. Gaffney		6'2"	203	SO
33	Richard Galbos R. Galbos		6'0"	196	JR
22	Richard Gales R. Gales		5'9"	176	SO
	Rick Gales R. Gales	RB
53	Randolph Gradishar R. Gradishar	LB	6'3"	224	SO
18	Greg Hare G. Hare	QB	6'3"	198	SO
85	Jimmie Harris J. Harris		5'11"	176	SR
70	George Hasenohrl G. Hasenohrl		6'1"	260	JR
82	Dave Hazel D. Hazel		6'1"	194	SO
57	Thomas Houser T. Houser		6'2"	228	SR
28	Harry Howard H. Howard	DB	6'1"	192	SR
61	John Husband J. Husband		6'2"	212	SO
2	Paul Johnston P. Johnston	K	5'10"	176	SR
84	Scott Jones S. Jones		6'3"	206	SO
4	Randy Keith R. Keith		5'11"	212	SO
14	Robert Kelly R. Kelly		6'1"	194	SO
21	Carl Kern C. Kern		6'0"	184	SO
20	Marvin Kinsey M. Kinsey	DB	6'2"	193	JR
62	Victor Koegel V. Koegel	LB	6'1"	200	SO
63	James Kregel J. Kregel		6'2"	227	SO
92	Gary Lago G. Lago	P	6'2"	222	JR
19	Don Lamka D. Lamka	QB	5'11"	197	SR
47	Elmer Lippert E. Lippert		5'7"	177	SO
74	David Long D. Long		6'1"	225	SR
87	Kenneth Luttner K. Luttner	DL	6'2"	206	SR
81	Thomas Marendt T. Marendt		6'1"	206	SO
30	Louis Mathis L. Mathis	DB	6'0"	206	SO
54	James Meckstroth J. Meckstroth	OL	6'0"	215	SO
32	Rick Middleton R. Middleton	TE	6'3"	211	SO
12	Ross Moore R. Moore	QB	5'11"	188	JR
72	Gregory Mountz G. Mountz		6'3"	214	SR
9	Robert Murphy R. Murphy	DB	6'2"	182	JR
56	Thomas Nixon T. Nixon	OL	6'2"	220	JR
80	Fred Pagac F. Pagac		6'1"	205	SO
59	Fred Pisanelli F. Pisanelli	LB	6'2"	200	JR
50	Anthony Pitstick A. Pitstick		6'3"	212	JR
35	Rocco Rich R. Rich	DL	5'11"	218	SO
83	Michael Scannell M. Scannell		6'2"	204	JR
1	Fred Schram F. Schram	K	5'10"	178	SR
76	Daniel Scott D. Scott		6'3"	250	SO
41	Richard Seifert R. Seifert	DB	6'1"	188	JR
26	Warren Sharpp W. Sharpp		5'11"	194	SO
73	Richard Simon R. Simon		6'2"	228	SR
96	John Smurda J. Smurda		6'1"	194	SO
94	Terry Strong T. Strong		6'3"	190	JR
36	Thomas Szabo T. Szabo		6'1"	227	SO
75	Mervin Teague M. Teague		6'5"	216	JR
6	Monty Thompson M. Thompson	DB	6'1"	180	SO
60	Milan Vecanski M. Vecanski		6'1"	222	SR
	Dick Wakefield D. Wakefield	WR
91	Richard Wakefield R. Wakefield		6'4"	202	SR
65	Timothy Wersel T. Wersel		6'2"	215	JR
88	Stanley White S. White	LB	6'1"	224	SR
71	Robert Willard R. Willard		6'2"	232	SO
79	Shad Williams S. Williams		6'3"	232	JR

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

12.2

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333