1939 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1939 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Big Ten champion
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
APNo. 15
Record6–2 (5–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPSteve Andrako
Home stadiumOhio Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 15 Ohio State $ 5 1 0 6 2 0
No. 9 Iowa 4 1 1 6 1 1
No. 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 was an American football team that represented Ohio State University in the 1939 Big Ten Conference football season. In their sixth year under head coach Francis Schmidt, the Buckeyes compiled a 6–2 record (5–1 against conference opponents), won the Big Ten Conference championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 189 to 64.

Ohio State was ranked at No. 15 in the final AP poll and at No. 5 in the final Litkenhous Ratings.[1]

Ohio State end Esco Sarkkinen was a consensus pick on the 1939 All-America college football team. Six Ohio State players received honors from the Associated Press (AP) and/or United Press (UP) on the 1939 All-Big Ten Conference football team. The honorees were: Sarkkinen (AP-1, UP-1); quarterback Don Scott (AP-1, UP-1); guard Vic Marino (AP-1); center Steve Andrako (AP-2); halfback Jim Strausbaugh (AP-2); and fullback Jim Langhurst (AP-2).[2][3]

The Buckeyes played their home games at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.

  1. ^ E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Nile Kinnick Tops Annual Big Ten All-Star Team Selection". The Palm Beach Post (AP story). November 28, 1939. p. 10.
  3. ^ "Tom Harmon Named on United Press Big Ten Team". The Evening Chronicle (Marshall, Michigan). November 24, 1939. p. 6.