The 1973 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the

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in the

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. The Buckeyes compiled a 10–0–1 record, including the

1974 Rose Bowl The 1974 Rose Bowl was the 60th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on Tuesday, January 1. The Ohio State Buckeyes of the Big Ten Conference defeated the USC Trojans of the Pacific-8 Con ...

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, where they won, 42–21, against the

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. The Ohio State Buckeyes were named national champion by the National Championship Foundation, Poling System, David Rothman (statistician) and the Sagarin Ratings, but this championship is not claimed by Ohio State.

Schedule

Personnel

Game summaries

Minnesota

TCU

Cornelius Greene Cornelius Green (born January 21, 1954) is a former American football quarterback who played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes. He was the first African American quarterback to start at Ohio State. Early years Green attended Dunbar ...

15 Rush, 113 Yds *

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tore a knee ligament during the game

Washington State

at Wisconsin

at Indiana

Bruce Elia Bruce Louis Elia (born January 10, 1953) is a former college and professional American football player. In college, Elia played on both the offensive and defensive teams for The Ohio State Buckeyes. Professionally, he was a linebacker, primar ...

24 rushes, 123 yards

Northwestern

at Illinois

Michigan State

Iowa

at Michigan

played with injured thumb (did not attempt a pass)

Rose Bowl (vs. USC)

MVP -

174 yards total offense, rush TD Palm Beach Post. 1974 Jan 2.

1974 NFL draftees

References

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