Rose Bowl Legend Rex Kern

ROSE BOWL LEGENDS

Rex Kern

Rex Kern still remains ranked as one of Ohio State’s all time leading passers.

Rex Kern led the Ohio State offense to a national title in 1968 and near misses in 1969 and 1970. During his career at Ohio State Kern posted an unmatched 93% winning percentage and was instrumental in several of Ohio State’s greatest games. As a field general, Kern is unmatched. His Buckeyes, from 1968-1970, suffered only 2 losses in those three years and were in the running for the national title all three years.

Although Kern only played four years in the NFL, never behind center, his accomplishments as a Buckeye are unmatched and had Woody Hayes not gone to the “Wishbone” in 1970 who knows, maybe Kern would have won the Heisman and perhaps Ohio State does not drop that Rose Bowl to Stanford. We will leave that one to the philosophers to debate.