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		1969 Season Stats
		Series History

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Ohio State	0	10	3	14	27
USC	0	10	0	6	16

Scoring Summary
SECOND QUARTER
	FG	Ron Ayaia 21 yard field goal	0	3
	TD	Steve Sogge 20 yard run (Ron Ayaia kick)	0	10
	TD	James Otis 1 yard run (James Roman kick)	7	10
	FG	James Roman 26 yard field goal	10	10
THIRD QUARTER
	FG	James Roman 25 yard field goal	13	10
FOURTH QUARTER
	TD	Leophus Hayden 4 yard pass from Rex Kern (James Roman kick)	20	10
	TD	Ray Gillian 16 yard pass from Rex Kern (James Roman kick)	27	10
	TD	Sam Dickerson 19 yard pass from Steve Sogge (pass failed)	27	16

Team Stats
	OSU	USC
1st Downs	21	19
Rushing 1st Downs	16	8
Passing 1st Downs	5	10
Penalty	0	1
Rushing	270	177
Rushing Attempts	67	42
Yards Gained Rushing	286	226
Yards Lost Rushing	16	49
TDs Rushing	1	1
Passing	101	221
Passes Attempted	15	32
Passes Completed	9	19
Intercepted	0	2
TDs Passing	2	1
Pass Efficiency	160.56	115.20
Total Offensive Plays	82	74
Total Net Yards	371	398
Average Gain Per Play	4.52	5.38
Fumbles - Lost	1 - 0	3 - 3
Penalties - Yards	6 - 53	3 - 51
Interceptions - Yards	2 - 22	0 - 0
Punts - Yards	7 - 319	6 - 221
Average Per Punt	45.57	36.83
Punt Returns - Yards	3 - 20	5 - 35
Kickoff Returns - Yards	4 - 45	6 - 84

Game Info
Rose Bowl
Stadium	Rose Bowl
Location	Pasadena, California
Date	Jan 1, 1969
Time	2:00 pm
Attendance	102,063
Temperature	84°F
Weather	Sunny
Conference	OSU: Big Ten USC: Pac 8
Head Coach	OSU: Woody Hayes USC: John McKay
AP Rank	OSU: 1 USC: 2
Final AP Rank	OSU: 1 USC: 4
Season Record	OSU: 10-0 USC: 9-1-1

Ohio State Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
James Roman	0	2	3	0	0	0	9
Leophus Hayden	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Ray Gillian	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
James Otis	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
TOTALS	3	2	3	0	0	0	27

USC Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Steve Sogge	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Sam Dickerson	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Ron Ayaia	0	1	1	0	0	0	4
TOTALS	2	1	1	0	0	0	16

Ohio State Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	TD	Effic
Rex Kern	9-15-0	101	6.7	2	160.56
TOTALS	9-15-0	101	6.7	2	160.56

USC Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	TD	Effic
Steve Sogge	19-30-1	189	6.3	1	120.59
OJ Simpson	0-2-1	0	0.0	0	-100.00
TOTALS	19-32-2	189	5.9	1	106.80

Ohio State Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	TD
James Otis	30	103	2	101	3.4	1
Leophus Hayden	15	92	2	90	6.0	0
Rex Kern	12	43	8	35	2.9	0
Ray Gillian	6	18	4	14	2.3	0
Larry Zelina	1	9	0	9	9.0	0
John Brockington	2	6	0	6	3.0	0
Paul Huff	1	5	0	5	5.0	0
TOTALS	67	276	16	260	3.9	1

USC Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	TD
OJ Simpson	28	181	10	171	6.1	1
Dan Scott	5	16	0	16	3.2	0
Jim Lawrence	1	9	0	9	9.0	0
Steve Sogge	8	20	39	-19	-2.4	0
TOTALS	42	226	49	177	4.2	1

Ohio State Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Ray Gillian	4	69	17.2	1
Leophus Hayden	2	8	4.0	1
Jan White	1	17	17.0	0
Larry Zelina	1	5	5.0	0
Bruce Jankowski	1	2	2.0	0
TOTALS	9	101	11.2	2

USC Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
OJ Simpson	8	85	10.6	0
Bob Klein	4	31	7.8	0
Sam Dickerson	3	50	16.7	1
Jim Lawrence	3	16	5.3	0
Bob Chandler	1	7	7.0	0
TOTALS	19	189	9.9	1

Ohio State Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Mike Sensibaugh	1	22	0
Tim Anderson	1	0	0
TOTALS	2	22	0

Ohio State Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	FR	PBU
James Stillwagon	8	6	2
Tim Anderson	7	5	2		1
Mark Stier	6	4	2
Doug Adams	6	4	2
Jack Tatum	4	4	0	1
Brad Nielsen	4	1	3
John Muhlbach	3	3	0
David Whitfield	3	1	2
Mark Debevc	3	1	2
Ted Provost	2	2	0		1
Paul Schmidlin	2	1	1		1
Michael Radtke	2	1	1
Michael Polaski	2	1	1	1
William Urbanik	2	1	1
Victor Stottlemyer	1	1	0	1
Thomas Bartley	1	1	0
Gerald Ehrsam	1	1	0
Arthur Burton	1	1	0
TOTALS	58	39	19	3	3

USC Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	PBU
Jim Snow	13	6	7
Mike Battle	11	4	7	1
Bill Redding	10	2	8
Bob Jensen	8	4	4	1
Gerry Shaw	8	4	4
Willard Scott	5	4	1
Jimmy Gunn	5	3	2
Tony Terry	4	1	3
Sandy Durko	3	1	2
Al Cowlings	3	1	2
Bill Hayhoe	2	1	1
John Young	2	1	1
Dick Allmon	1	1	0
Steve McConnell	1	1	0
Fred Khasigian	1	1	0
Mike Haluchak	1	1	0
Wilson Bowie	1	1	0
Bob Klein	1	1	0
Gary McArthur	1	0	1
TOTALS	81	38	43	2

Ohio State Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Ray Gillian	2	27	13.5	0
Leophus Hayden	1	18	18.0	0
James Roman	1	0	0.0	0
TOTALS	4	45	11.2	0

USC Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Bob Chandler	2	32	16.0	0
Mike Berry	2	32	16.0	0
OJ Simpson	1	20	20.0	0
Dan Scott	1	0	0.0	0
TOTALS	6	84	14.0	0

Ohio State Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Larry Zelina	2	14	7.0	0
Mike Sensibaugh	1	6	6.0	0
TOTALS	3	20	6.7	0

USC Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Mike Battle	5	35	7.0	0
TOTALS	5	35	7.0	0

Ohio State Kicking
	FG	Lng	XP	Pts
James Roman	2-	26	3-3	9
TOTALS	2-	26	3-3	9

USC Kicking
	FG	Lng	XP	Pts
Ron Ayaia	1-	21	1-1	4
TOTALS	1-	21	1-1	4

Ohio State Punting
	No	Yds	Avg
Mike Sensibaugh	7	319	45.6
TOTALS	7	319	45.6

USC Punting
	No	Yds	Avg
John Young	6	221	36.8
TOTALS	6	221	36.8

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