1931 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1931 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1931 record	6–3 (4–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Sam Willaman
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium (Capacity: 66,210)

	Conf					Overall
1931 Big Ten football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Purdue §	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
Michigan §	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	1
Northwestern §	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	1	–	1
Ohio State	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Minnesota	3	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	1
Indiana	1	–	4	–	1	2	–	5	–	1
Chicago	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	6	–	1
Iowa	0	–	3	–	1	1	–	6	–	1
Illinois	0	–	6	–	0	2	–	6	–	0

§ – Conference co-champions Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1931 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the college football season of 1931-1932. The Buckeyes compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents by 120, 194–74. Head coach Sam Willaman improved to 2–1 against Michigan.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
October 3	Cincinnati*	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	W 67–6	15,699
October 10	Vanderbilt*	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	L 21–26	24,920
October 17	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (The Game)	W 20–7	58,026
October 24	Northwestern	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	L 0–10	41,455
October 31	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN	W 13–6	20,000
November 7	Navy*	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	W 20–0	60,640
November 14	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	W 6–0	35,000
November 21	Illinois	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy)	W 40–0	20,642
November 28	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	L 7–19	25,000
*Non-conference game.

Ohio State Buckeyes football

Venues	Recreation Park (1890–1897) Ohio Field (1898–1921) Ohio Stadium (1922–present) Woody Hayes Athletic Center (practice)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Illinois Michigan (The Ten Year War) Penn State

Culture & lore	History Brutus Buckeye "Across the Field" "Buckeye Battle Cry" "Carmen Ohio" Neutron Man The Ohio State University Marching Band "Holy Buckeye" "Game of the Century" Block O "Hang On Sloopy" WBNS-TV WBNS WBNS-FM Ohio State IMG Sports Network

People	Head coaches All-Century Team Yearly statistical leaders NFL draftees 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 2013 2014 2015

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