Ohio State vs. Southern Methodist Football Game, 1968 Season, College Football Stats, UtahStats

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		1968 Season Stats
		Series History

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Southern Methodist	0	7	7	0	14
Ohio State	14	12	0	9	35

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER
	TD	Rex Kern 3 yard run (Dick Merryman kick)	7	0
	TD	James Otis 9 yard run (Dick Merryman kick)	14	0
SECOND QUARTER
	TD	Kenneth Fleming 8 yard pass from Chuck Hixon (Reid Lesser kick)	14	7
	TD	David Brungard 8 yard run (kick blocked)	20	7
	TD	David Brungard 18 yard pass from Rex Kern (kick failed)	26	7
THIRD QUARTER
	TD	Kenneth Fleming 6 yard pass from Chuck Hixon (Reid Lesser kick)	26	14
FOURTH QUARTER
	Saf	safety	28	14
	TD	David Brungard 20 yard pass from Rex Kern (Dick Merryman kick)	35	14

Team Stats
	OSU	SMU
1st Downs	18	27
Rushing 1st Downs	13	5
Passing 1st Downs	5	21
Penalty	0	1
Rushing	227	50
Rushing Attempts	63	22
Yards Gained Rushing	277	92
Yards Lost Rushing	50	42
TDs Rushing	3	0
Passing	145	437
Passes Attempted	17	76
Passes Completed	9	40
Intercepted	0	5
TDs Passing	2	2
Pass Efficiency	163.41	96.46
Total Offensive Plays	80	98
Total Net Yards	372	487
Average Gain Per Play	4.65	4.97
Fumbles - Lost	3 - 1	4 - 3
Penalties - Yards	7 - 61	5 - 51
Interceptions - Yards	5 - 15	0 - 0
Punts - Yards	11 - 402	3 - 126
Average Per Punt	36.55	42.00
Punt Returns - Yards	1 - 17	5 - 13
Kickoff Returns - Yards	3 - 32	6 - 75

Game Info
Stadium	Ohio Stadium
Location	Columbus, Ohio
Date	Sep 28, 1968
Attendance	73,855
Temperature	65°F
Weather	Clear
Conference	OSU: Big Ten SMU: Southwest
Head Coach	OSU: Woody Hayes SMU: Hayden Fry
AP Rank	OSU: 11 SMU: NR
Final AP Rank	OSU: 1 SMU: 14
Season Record	OSU: 10-0 SMU: 8-3

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Ohio State Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
David Brungard	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Rex Kern	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
James Otis	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Dick Merryman	0	0	3	0	0	0	3
	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
TOTALS	5	0	3	0	0	1	35

Southern Methodist Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Kenneth Fleming	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Reid Lesser	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
TOTALS	2	0	2	0	0	0	14

Ohio State Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	TD	Effic
Rex Kern	8-14-0	139	9.9	2	187.69
William Long	1-3-0	6	2.0	0	50.13
TOTALS	9-17-0	145	8.5	2	163.41

Southern Methodist Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	TD	Effic
Chuck Hixson	37-69-5	417	6.0	2	99.46
Gary Carter	3-7-0	20	2.9	0	66.86
TOTALS	40-76-5	437	5.8	2	96.46

Ohio State Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	TD
David Brungard	14	101	0	101	7.2	1
James Otis	18	63	0	63	3.5	1
Rex Kern	18	78	33	45	2.5	1
Ray Gillian	2	24	0	24	12.0	0
Leophus Hayden	2	6	0	6	3.0	0
William Long	1	1	0	1	1.0	0
Horatius Greene	1	0	1	-1	-1.0	0
Ron Maciejowski	1	0	3	-3	-3.0	0
Paul Huff	2	0	4	-4	-2.0	0
John Brockington	4	4	9	-5	-1.2	0
TOTALS	63	277	50	227	3.6	3

Southern Methodist Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	TD
Mike Richardson	11	64	2	62	5.6	0
James Livingston	1	5	0	5	5.0	0
Reid Lesser	1	3	0	3	3.0	0
Fred Clements	1	2	0	2	2.0	0
Jerry LeVias	2	12	10	2	1.0	0
Chuck Hixson	6	6	30	-24	-4.0	0
TOTALS	22	92	42	50	2.3	0

Ohio State Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
John Brockington	2	54	27.0	0
David Brungard	2	38	19.0	2
James Otis	2	16	8.0	0
Richard Kuhn	1	23	23.0	0
Bruce Jankowski	1	8	8.0	0
Jan White	1	6	6.0	0
TOTALS	9	145	16.1	2

Southern Methodist Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Jerry LeVias	15	160	10.7	0
Kenneth Fleming	9	104	11.6	2
Mike Richardson	5	61	12.2	0
Samuel Holden	4	55	13.8	0
Fred Clements	3	32	10.7	0
John Jordan	2	10	5.0	0
James Stringer	1	11	11.0	0
Robert Floyd	1	4	4.0	0
TOTALS	40	437	10.9	2

Ohio State Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Mark Stier	2	2	0
Doug Adams	1	10	0
Mike Sensibaugh	1	3	0
Tim Anderson	1	0	0
TOTALS	5	15	0

Ohio State Defense
	FR
Vince Suber	1
Michael Polaski	1
Charles Hutchison	1
TOTALS	3

Southern Methodist Defense
	FR
Daniel Gordon	1
TOTALS	1

Ohio State Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
John Brockington	2	32	16.0	0
Alan Jack	1	0	0.0	0
TOTALS	3	32	10.7	0

Southern Methodist Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Jerry LeVias	2	44	22.0	0
Dietz	1	19	19.0	0
Walter Haynes	1	12	12.0	0
John Jordan	1	0	0.0	0
Robert Floyd	1	0	0.0	0
TOTALS	6	75	12.5	0

Ohio State Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
James Otis	1	17	17.0	0
TOTALS	1	17	17.0	0

Southern Methodist Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Jerry LeVias	4	20	5.0	0
James Livingston	1	0	0.0	0
TOTALS	5	20	4.0	0

Ohio State Kicking
	FG	XP
Dick Merryman	-	-
TOTALS	-	-

Southern Methodist Kicking
	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Reid Lesser	0-2	0.0%	0	2-2	2
TOTALS	0-2	0.0%	0	2-2	2

Ohio State Punting
	No	Yds	Avg
Mike Sensibaugh	11	402	36.5
TOTALS	11	402	36.5

Southern Methodist Punting
	No	Yds	Avg
Wilburn Echols	2	86	43.0
Daryl Doggett	1	40	40.0
TOTALS	3	126	42.0

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