1939 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1939 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Big Ten Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP	#15
1939 record	6–2 (5–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Francis Schmidt
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium (Capacity: 66,210)

	Conf					Overall
1939 Big Ten football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#15 Ohio State †	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
#9 Iowa	4	–	1	–	1	6	–	1	–	1
#20 Michigan	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Purdue	2	–	1	–	2	3	–	3	–	2
Northwestern	3	–	2	–	1	3	–	4	–	1
Illinois	3	–	3	–	0	3	–	4	–	1
Minnesota	2	–	3	–	1	3	–	4	–	1
Indiana	2	–	3	–	0	2	–	4	–	2
Wisconsin	0	–	5	–	1	1	–	6	–	1
Chicago	0	–	3	–	0	2	–	6	–	0

† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the college football season of 1939-1940. The Buckeyes compiled a 6–2 record and outscored foes 189–64. Coach Francis Schmidt fell to hated Michigan for a second straight time, but won a Big Ten title for the second time in his head coaching tenure at Ohio State. He was released as coach of Ohio State a year later.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
October 7	Missouri*	#10	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	W 19–0	58,165
October 14	Northwestern	#10	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	W 13–0	55,622
October 21	at Minnesota	#10	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 23–20	55,000
October 28	#7 Cornell*	#4	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	L 14–23	49,583
November 4	Indiana	#14	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	W 24–0	40,873
November 11	at Chicago	#9	Stagg Field • Chicago, IL	W 61–0	2,500
November 18	Illinois	#8	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy)	W 21–0	46,643
November 25	at Michigan	#6	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (The Game)	L 14–21	80,227
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Coaching staff

Francis Schmidt - Head Coach - 6th year

1940 NFL draftees

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL Club
Esco Sarkkinen	5	39	End	Green Bay Packers
Frank Zadworney	8	64	Halfback	Brooklyn Dodgers
Steve Andrako	17	158	Center	Washington Redskins

References

Win/Loss statistics

Ohio State Historical Scores

Draft data

Ohio State Drafted Players

Ohio State Buckeyes football

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