Chicago at Ohio State

Saturday, November 7, 1936

Ohio State beat Chicago 44–⁠0. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 7–⁠2–⁠2.

AwayChicago2–⁠5–⁠1 in 1936
0
HomeOhio State5–⁠3 in 1936
44

FinalHigh 53°F, low 33°FAttendance 37,226

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: BUCKEYES PILE Up SCORE ON CHICAGO Ohio State Uses 43 Men in Tramplink Weak Maroon Team by A. to O.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 8, 1936, page 26

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    BUCKEYES PILE Up SCORE ON CHICAGO Ohio State Uses 43 Men in Tramplink Weak Maroon Team by A. to O. ~OLUMBUs. Ohio, November 7.-Ohio State scared into the first division of the Big – Ten standing today by smothering weak Chicago team, A to o, as the Buckeye offense clicked on all CYL inders. Two touchdown passes, each travel ing more than SO yards, set of the fireworks in the opening period. Quarterback “Tippy” Dye tossed both aerials to Frank Antenucci, substitute halfback. Coach Francis A. Schmidt used 40 men in the game. 10 of them sophomores. The shining light of the contest was Johnny Rabb, 175-pound fullback from Akron, Ohio, who tore the Chicago line to shreds and scored two Of the six touchdowns.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Ohio State 83% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Ohio State leads 10–⁠2–⁠2 in 14 meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1939Ohio State 61, Chicago 0
1938Ohio State 42, Chicago 7
1937Ohio State 39, Chicago 0
1936Ohio State 44, Chicago 0
1935Ohio State 20, Chicago 13
1934Ohio State 33, Chicago 0

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