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Ohio State QB Kern put up some hall-of-fame numbers
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Rex Kern had a 27-2 record as Ohio State's starting quarterback from 1968-70, numbers that to many place him atop the list of Buckeyes QBs. On Wednesday, Kern was elected along with 11 other players — including Doug Flutie, Ahmad Rashad, and former Bengals Reggie Williams and Wilson Whitley — to the College Football Hall of Fame.
Kern led the Buckeyes to the 1968 national title as a sophomore, but losses to Michigan in 1969 and Stanford in the 1971 Rose Bowl kept those three OSU teams — considered some of the greatest in the school's history — from dynasty status.
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| His stats: | ||||||
| Year | Games | Comp-Att | Yards | TDs | INTs | |
| 1968 | 10 | 75-131 | 972 | 7 | 6 | |
| 1969 | 9 | 68-135 | 1,002 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1970 | 10 | 45-98 | 470 | 3 | 8 | |
| Totals | 29 | 188-364 | 2,444 | 19 | 24 | |
Other accomplishments include:
• 2-1 record against Michigan
• Two outright and one shared Big Ten titles
• 10th round draft selection by the
Baltimore Colts in 1971
