The 1973 Season - Volume 3

Woody's Best?
The 1973 Ohio State Buckeyes were one of the most dominant and decorated teams in the history of college football. Led by a brutalizing defense that surrendered just 63 points all year, the Buckeyes ran roughshod over every team but one.

But that one came in a hard-fought tie in one of the most famous and controversial Ohio State - Michigan games ever. The game prevented the Buckeyes from a perfect season and set the stage for one of the Big Ten's most contentious events, an unprecedented vote by the league's athletic directors to decide who would go to the Rose Bowl. The Buckeyes won the vote and made good on the decision, blasting USC in Pasadena, 42 to 21.

And while the tie to Michigan cost the Buckeyes the national title, it could not diminish the remarkable achievements of the 1973 Buckeyes ... Ohio State's last unbeaten team.