1944 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1944 Ohio State Buckeyes football
National champion
Big Ten champion
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP No. 2
1944 record 9–0 (6–0 Big Ten)
Head coach Carroll Widdoes (1st season)
MVP Les Horvath
Home stadium Ohio Stadium
(Capacity: 72,754)
1944 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
No. 2 Ohio State $ 6 – 0 – 0     9 – 0 – 0
No. 8 Michigan 5 – 2 – 0     8 – 2 – 0
Purdue 4 – 2 – 0     5 – 5 – 0
Minnesota 3 – 2 – 1     5 – 3 – 1
Indiana 4 – 3 – 0     7 – 3 – 0
No. 15 Illinois 3 – 3 – 0     5 – 4 – 1
Wisconsin 2 – 4 – 0     3 – 6 – 0
Northwestern 0 – 5 – 1     1 – 7 – 1
Iowa 0 – 6 – 0     1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1944 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 1944 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 9–0 record. The Buckeyes also outscored opponents 287–79 during the season. The team was named a national champion by the National Championship Foundation and the Sagarin Ratings.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 30 Missouri* No. 8 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 54–0   29,908
October 7 Iowa No. 8 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 34–0   35,358
October 14 at No. 19 Wisconsin No. 8 Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI W 20–7   40,000
October 21 No. 6 Great Lakes Navy* No. 4 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 26–6   73,477
October 28 Minnesota No. 4 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 34–14   43,563
November 4 Indiana No. 3 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 21–7   56,380
November 11 Pittsburgh* No. 2 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 54–19   26,158
November 18 vs. Illinois No. 4 Cleveland Stadium • Cleveland, OH (Illibuck Trophy) W 26–12   83,627
November 25 No. 6 Michigan No. 3 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (The Game) W 18–14   71,958
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Coaching staff

Awards and honors

1945 NFL draftees

Player Round Pick Position NFL Club
Jack Dugger 2 12 Tackle Pittsburgh Steelers
Gordon Appleby 3 26 Center New York Giants
Gene Fekete 6 49 Fullback Detroit Lions
Bill Hackett 13 131 Guard Green Bay Packers
Bob Jabbusch 17 174 Guard New York Giants
Cecil Souders 25 259 End Washington Redskins
John Priday 31 324 Back Green Bay Packers

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-11-18. Retrieved 2007-11-23.
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