1951 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

The 1951 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1951 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 4–3–2 record in their first season with Woody Hayes as head coach. The Buckeyes outscored their opponents, 109–104, but fell to Michigan, 7–0, in the season finale.

Coaching staff

 * Woody Hayes, head coach, first year

SMU
The only score in Woody Hayes' debut as Ohio State's head coach came in the second quarter on a 21-yard scoring pass.

Iowa
Tony Curcillo threw four touchdown passes and ran for two more to give Woody Hayes his first conference victory. Curcillo finished 10 of 14 for 292 yards.