1953 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1953 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 20
1953 record 63 (43 Big Ten)
Head coach Woody Hayes (3rd season)
MVP George Jacoby
Captain George Jacoby, Robert Joslin
Home stadium Ohio Stadium
(Capacity: 78,677)
1953 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 Michigan State + 5 1 0  9 1 0
No. 7 Illinois + 5 1 0  7 1 1
No. 15 Wisconsin 4 1 1  6 2 1
Ohio State 4 3 0  6 3 0
Minnesota 3 3 1  4 4 1
No. 20 Michigan 3 3 0  6 3 0
No. 9 Iowa 3 3 0  5 3 1
Purdue 2 4 0  2 7 0
Indiana 1 5 0  2 7 0
Northwestern 0 6 0  3 6 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1953 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 63 record.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 26 Indiana No. 7 Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH W 3612   75,898
October 3 at California* No. 6 California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA W 3319   47,000
October 10 Illinois No. 3 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy) L 2041   81,745
October 17 at Penn* No. 17 Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA W 126   44,270
October 24 at Wisconsin Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI W 2019   52,819
October 31 Northwestern Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 2713   80,562
November 7 No. 5 Michigan State No. 16 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH L 1328   82,328
November 14 Purdue Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 216   77,465
November 21 at Michigan Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MI (The Game) L 020   87,048
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Coaching staff

1954 NFL draftees

PlayerRoundPickPositionNFL Club
George Jacoby665TackleNew York Giants
Mike Takacs13147GuardGreen Bay Packers
Bob Myers22256TackleBaltimore Colts
George Rosso25296Defensive BackWashington Redskins

References

    Win/Loss statistics
    Draft data


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