1939 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1939 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Big Ten Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 15
1939 record	6-2 (5-1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Francis Schmidt
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium
Seasons

1939 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
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	W 21-0	46,643
November 25	at Michigan	#6	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	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