1940 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1940 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1940 record 4–4 (3–3 Big Ten)
Head coach Francis Schmidt (7th season)
MVP Claude White
Home stadium Ohio Stadium
(Capacity: 66,210)
1940 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Minnesota $ 6 –0 –0  8 –0 –0
No. 3 Michigan 3 –1 –0  7 –1 –0
No. 8 Northwestern 4 –2 –0  6 –2 –0
Ohio State 3 –3 –0  4 –4 –0
Wisconsin 3 –3 –0  4 –4 –0
Iowa 2 –3 –0  4 –4 –0
Indiana 2 –3 –0  3 –5 –0
Purdue 1 –4 –0  2 –6 –0
Illinois 0 –5 –0  1 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 1940 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 4–4 record and were outscored 99–113.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 28 Pittsburgh* Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio W 30–7   52,877
October 5 Purdue Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio W 17–14   54,556
October 12 at Northwestern Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois L 3–6   45,000
October 19 No. 7 Minnesota No. 15 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio L 7–13   63,199
October 26 at No. 1 Cornell* Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, New York L 7–21   34,500
November 2 Indiana Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio W 21–6   56,667
November 16 at Illinois Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois (Illibuck Trophy) W 14–6   15,571
November 23 No. 7 Michigan Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio (The Game) L 0–40   73,648
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Coaching staff

1941 NFL draftees

PlayerRoundPickPositionNFL club
Don Scott19BackChicago Bears
Jim Langhurst1089BackBrooklyn Dodgers
Claude White15132CenterChicago Cardinals
Jimmy Strausbaugh20186HalfbackGreen Bay Packers

References


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