1945 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1945 Ohio State Buckeyes football

Conference

Big Ten Conference

Ranking

#12

1945 record

7-2 (5-2 Big Ten)

Head coach

Carroll Widdoes

Home stadium

Ohio Stadium

Seasons

« 1944

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	Conf					Overall
1945 Big Ten football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#4 Indiana †	5	–	0	–	1	9	–	0	–	1
#6 Michigan	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
#12 Ohio State	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	3	–	1	4	–	4	–	1
Purdue	3	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Wisconsin	2	–	3	–	1	3	–	4	–	2
Illinois	1	–	4	–	1	2	–	6	–	1
Minnesota	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Iowa	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the college football season of 1945-1946. The Buckeyes compiled a 7–2 record and outscored opponents 194-71. In Widdoe's tenure at OSU, he went 16-2 and won one Big Ten Championship and an uncounted National Championship. He also went 1-1 versus Michigan.

1 Schedule
2 Coaching staff
3 1946 NFL draftees
4 References

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 29	at Missouri*	Memorial Stadium • Columbia, Missouri	W 47-6	41,299
October 6	Iowa	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio	W 42-0	49,342
October 13	Wisconsin	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio	W 12-0	69,235
October 20	Purdue	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio	L 13-35	73,585
October 27	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, Minnesota	W 20-7	56,040
November 3	Northwestern	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio	W 16-14	74,079
November 10	at Pittsburgh*	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	W 14-0	18,000
November 17	Illinois	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio	W 27-2	70,287
November 24	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan	L 3-7	85,200
*Non-conference game.

Coaching staff

Carroll Widdoes - Head Coach - 2nd year

1946 NFL draftees

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL Club
Russ Thomas	3	22	Tackle	Detroit Lions
Joe Whisler	8	70	Back	Los Angeles Rams
Thornton Dixon	10	87	Tackle	Detroit Lions
Warren Amling	11	95	Guard	New York Giants
Tom Phillips	11	100	Back	Los Angeles Rams
George Slusser	30	288	Back	Philadelphia Eagles

References

Win/Loss statistics

Ohio State Historical Scores

Draft data

Ohio State Drafted Players

Ohio State Buckeyes football

Venues	Recreation Park (1890–1897) Ohio Field (1898–1921) Ohio Stadium (1922–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Illibuck (Illinois) Michigan Penn State

Culture & lore	History Brutus Buckeye "Across the Field" "Buckeye Battle Cry" "Carmen Ohio" The Ohio State University Marching Band Block O "Hang On Sloopy"

People	Head coaches All-Century Team Yearly statistical leaders

Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

National championship seasons in bold

1945 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

Contents

Schedule

Coaching staff

1946 NFL draftees

References