1937 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1937 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP No. 13
1937 record 6–2 (5–1 Big Ten)
Head coach Francis Schmidt (4th season)
MVP Ralph Wolf
Home stadium Ohio Stadium
(Capacity: 66,210)
1937 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 Minnesota $ 5 –0 –0  6 –2 –0
No. 13 Ohio State 5 –1 –0  6 –2 –0
Indiana 3 –2 –0  5 –3 –0
Michigan 3 –3 –0  4 –4 –0
Northwestern 3 –3 –0  4 –4 –0
Purdue 2 –2 –1  4 –3 –1
Wisconsin 2 –2 –1  4 –3 –1
Illinois 2 –3 –0  3 –3 –2
Chicago 0 –4 –0  1 –6 –0
Iowa 0 –5 –0  1 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 1937 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 6–2 record and outscored opponents 125–23.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 25 TCU* Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 14–0   68,291
October 2 Purdue Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 13–0   49,643
October 9 at USC* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA L 12–13   55,000
October 23 No. 7 Northwestern No. 12 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 7–0   67,521
October 30 at Chicago No. 8 Stagg Field • Chicago, IL W 39–0   10,000
November 6 Indiana No. 8 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH L 0–10   47,056
November 13 Illinois Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy) W 19–0   41,921
November 20 at Michigan No. 19 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (The Game) W 21–0   56,766
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Coaching staff

1938 NFL draftees

PlayerRoundPickPositionNFL Club
Jim A. McDonald12BackPhiladelphia Eagles
Gust Zarnas540GuardChicago Bears
Dick Nardi866BackDetroit Lions
Charles Ream971TackleCleveland Rams
Ralph Wolf1086CenterDetroit Lions

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