1937 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1937 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP #13
1937 record 6–2 (5–1 Big Ten)
Head coach Francis Schmidt
Home stadium Ohio Stadium
(Capacity: 66,210)
1937 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#5 Minnesota † 5 – 0 – 0     6 – 2 – 0
#13 Ohio State 5 – 1 – 0     6 – 2 – 0
Indiana 3 – 2 – 0     5 – 3 – 0
Michigan 3 – 3 – 0     4 – 4 – 0
Northwestern 3 – 3 – 0     4 – 4 – 0
Purdue 2 – 2 – 1     4 – 3 – 1
Wisconsin 2 – 2 – 1     4 – 3 – 1
Illinois 2 – 3 – 0     3 – 3 – 2
Chicago 0 – 4 – 0     1 – 6 – 0
Iowa 0 – 5 – 0     1 – 7 – 0
† – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the college football season of 1937-1938. The Buckeyes compiled a 6–2 record with another win against Michigan. Schmidt, now 4–0 against Michigan, has outscored them 114–0 in those games. Buckeyes outscored opponents 125–23.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 25 TCU* Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 14–0   68,291
October 2 Purdue Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 13–0   49,643
October 9 at Southern California* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA L 12–13   55,000
October 23 #7 Northwestern #12 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 7–0   67,521
October 30 at Chicago #8 Stagg Field • Chicago, IL W 39–0   10,000
November 6 Indiana #8 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH L 0–10   47,056
November 13 Illinois Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy) W 19–0   41,921
November 20 at Michigan #19 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (The Game) W 21–0   56,766
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Coaching staff

1938 NFL draftees

Player Round Pick Position NFL Club
Jim A. McDonald 1 2 Back Philadelphia Eagles
Gust Zarnas 5 40 Guard Chicago Bears
Dick Nardi 8 66 Back Detroit Lions
Charles Ream 9 71 Tackle Cleveland Rams
Ralph Wolf 10 86 Center Detroit Lions

References

    Win/Loss statistics