1939 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

The 1939 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1939 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 6–2 record and outscored foes 189–64. Head coach Francis Schmidt's team won a Big Ten Conference title for the second time in his tenure at Ohio State. He was released as coach of Ohio State a year later.

1939 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Big Ten champion
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
APNo. 15
1939 record6–2 (5–1 Big Ten)
Head coachFrancis Schmidt (6th season)
MVPSteve Andrako
Home stadiumOhio Stadium
(Capacity: 66,210)
1939 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 15 Ohio State $ 5 1 0  6 2 0
No. 9 Iowa 4 1 1  6 1 1
No. 20 Michigan 3 2 0  6 2 0
Purdue 2 1 2  3 3 2
Northwestern 3 2 1  3 4 1
Illinois 3 3 0  3 4 1
Minnesota 2 3 1  3 4 1
Indiana 2 3 0  2 4 2
Wisconsin 0 5 1  1 6 1
Chicago 0 3 0  2 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
October 7Missouri*No. 10W 19–058,165
October 14NorthwesternNo. 10
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 13–055,622
October 21at MinnesotaNo. 10W 23–2055,000
October 28No. 7 Cornell*No. 4
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
L 14–2349,583
November 4IndianaNo. 14
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 24–040,873
November 11at ChicagoNo. 9W 61–02,500
November 18IllinoisNo. 8
W 21–046,643
November 25at MichiganNo. 6L 14–2180,227
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Coaching staff

1940 NFL draftees

PlayerRoundPickPositionNFL Club
Esco Sarkkinen539EndGreen Bay Packers
Frank Zadworney864HalfbackBrooklyn Dodgers
Steve Andrako17158CenterWashington Redskins

References


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