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1935 Ohio State

7–⁠1 (5–⁠0 Western Conference), coached by Francis Schmidt.

Schedule and results

Ohio State in 1935, game by game: won vs. Kentucky 19–6; won vs. Drake 85–7; won vs. Northwestern 28–7; won at Indiana 28–6; lost vs. Notre Dame 13–18; won at Chicago 20–13; won vs. Illinois 6–0; won at Michigan 38–0+78−5Won 19–6 vs. Kentucky+13KentuckyWon 85–7 vs. Drake+78DrakeWon 28–7 vs. Northwestern+21NorthwesternWon 28–6 at Indiana+22IndianaLost 13–18 vs. Notre Dame-5Notre DameWon 20–13 at Chicago+7ChicagoWon 6–0 vs. Illinois+6IllinoisWon 38–0 at Michigan+38Michigan
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 5vsKentuckyW 19–⁠675%
Oct 12vsDrakeW 85–⁠781%
Oct 19vsNorthwesternW 28–⁠782%
Oct 26atIndianaW 28–⁠675%
Nov 2vsNotre DameL 13–⁠1857%
Nov 9atChicagoW 20–⁠1369%
Nov 16vsIllinoisW 6–⁠076%
Nov 23atMichiganW 38–⁠066%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Michigan 38–⁠0; Western Conference champions.

In program history: The 45th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 128 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1935.

Western Conference champions5–⁠0 in the conference, shared with Minnesota

Consensus All-AmericanGomer Jones, C

Record
7–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠0 shared first in Western Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
237–⁠57
Coach
Francis Schmidt
Elo
1705 +75 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
20.6 No. 6 of 128 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1936

The 1936 draft
Rd 2Gomer Jones CChicago Cardinals

All-Big Ten

3 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Charley HamrickOTUP-2
  • Gilbert HarreOTMJ-2
  • Jim KarcherOGMJ-2; UP-2
  • Stan PincuraQBMJ-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1935 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1935 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Minnesota5–⁠08–⁠0
Ohio State5–⁠07–⁠1
Purdue3–⁠34–⁠4
Indiana2–⁠2–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1
Northwestern2–⁠3–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1
Michigan2–⁠34–⁠4
Chicago2–⁠34–⁠4
Iowa1–⁠2–⁠24–⁠2–⁠2
Illinois1–⁠43–⁠5
Wisconsin1–⁠41–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.