1953 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

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.

1953 Ohio State Buckeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 20
1953 record63 (43 Big Ten)
Head coachWoody Hayes (3rd season)
MVPGeorge Jacoby
CaptainGeorge Jacoby, Robert Joslin
Home stadiumOhio Stadium
(Capacity: 78,677)
1953 Big Ten Conference 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

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 26IndianaNo. 7W 36–1275,898
October 3at California*No. 6W 33–1947,000
October 10IllinoisNo. 3
L 20–4181,745
October 17at Penn*No. 17W 12–644,270
October 24at WisconsinW 20–1952,819
October 31Northwestern
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 27–1380,562
November 7No. 5 Michigan StateNo. 16
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH (rivalry)
L 13–2882,328
November 14Purdue
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 21–677,465
November 21at MichiganL 0–2087,048
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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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