1932 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1932 Ohio State Buckeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record4–1–3 (2–1–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio Stadium
Seasons
← 1931
1933 →
1932 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Michigan + 6 0 0 8 0 0
No. 4 Purdue + 5 0 1 7 0 1
No. 11 Wisconsin 4 1 1 6 1 1
No. 6 Ohio State 2 1 2 4 1 3
Northwestern 2 3 1 3 4 1
Minnesota 2 3 0 5 3 0
Illinois 2 4 0 5 4 0
Indiana 1 4 1 3 4 1
Chicago 1 4 0 3 4 1
Iowa 0 5 0 1 7 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1932 Ohio State Buckeyes football team was an American football team that represented Ohio State University in the 1932 Big Ten Conference football season. In its fourth season under head coach Sam Willaman, the team compiled a 4–1–3 record (2–1–2 in conference), finished in fourth place in the Big Ten Conference, and outscored its opponents by a total of 90 to 41.[1] In the Dickinson System ratings released at the end of the 1932 season, Ohio State was ranked No. 6.[2]

Five Ohio State players received honors on the 1932 All-Big Ten Conference football team: halfback Lew Hinchman (AP-1, UP-1); end Sid Gillman (UP-1); tackle Ted Rosequist (AP-1; UP-2); and guards Joseph T. Gailus (AP-1, UP-2) and Martin D. Varner (AP-2).[3][4]

  1. ^ "1932 Ohio State Buckeyes Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  2. ^ "Michigan Will Get the Rockne Award: Dickinson Rates Wolverine Eleven Ahead of S. California by Two Points; Pitt Picked for Third". The New York Times. December 11, 1932.
  3. ^ "Associated Press Names Berry on All-Conference Team". Daily Illini. November 22, 1932. p. 6.
  4. ^ George Kirksey (November 23, 1932). "Big Ten Team Named by U.P. Sports Critic". Berkeley Daily Gazette (UP story). p. 6.