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 coach
MVPSteve Andrako
Home stadiumOhio Stadium
(Capacity: 66,210)
1939 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 15 Ohio State $ 5 1 06 2 0
No. 9 Iowa 4 1 16 1 1
No. 20 Michigan 3 2 06 2 0
Purdue 2 1 23 3 2
Northwestern 3 2 13 4 1
Illinois 3 3 03 4 1
Minnesota 2 3 13 4 1
Indiana 2 3 02 4 2
Wisconsin 0 5 11 6 1
Chicago 0 3 02 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 7Missouri*W 19–058,165
October 14Northwestern
  • 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[1]
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

  1. William J. Waters (October 30, 1939). "Cornell Squad Starts Practice For Columbia; Players Hailed For 23-14 Win Over Ohio State". The Ithaca Journal. p. 8 via Newspapers.com.
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