1936 Ohio State
5–3 (4–1 Western Conference), coached by Francis Schmidt. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat New York University 60–0Oct 3
By 60 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3 | vsNew York University | W 60–0 | 74% |
| Oct 10 | vs Pittsburgh | L 0–6 | 57% |
| Oct 17 | at Northwestern | L 13–14 | 56% |
| Oct 24 | vs Indiana | W 7–0 | 71% |
| Oct 31 | at Notre Dame | L 2–7 | 45% |
| Nov 7 | vsChicago | W 44–0 | 83% |
| Nov 14 | at Illinois | W 13–0 | 63% |
| Nov 21 | vs Michigan | W 21–0 | 84% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Michigan 21–0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Western Conference.
In program history: The 62nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 128 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 5: 18
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 1936.
- Record
- 5–3
- Conference
- 4–1 tied for 2nd in Western Conference
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 18
- Points
- 160–27
- Coach
- Francis Schmidt
- Elo
- 1660 +24 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 16.9 No. 12 of 131 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
Drafted in 1937
The 1937 draft| Rd 2 | Charley Hamrick OT | Detroit Lions |
| Rd 5 | Inwood Smith OT | Cleveland Rams |
| Rd 6 | Merle Wendt OT | Green Bay Packers |
All-Big Ten
3 first teamFirst team
Merle WendtEAP-1; UP-1- Charley HamrickOTAP-1; UP-1
- Inwood SmithOGAP-1; UP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1936 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1936 Western Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern | 6–0 | 7–1 | 7 |
 Minnesota | 4–1 | 7–1 | 1 |
| Ohio State | 4–1 | 5–3 | |
 Purdue | 3–1–1 | 5–2–1 | |
| Indiana | 3–1–1 | 5–2–1 | |
| Illinois | 2–2–1 | 4–3–1 | |
| Chicago | 1–4 | 2–5–1 | |
 Iowa | 0–4–1 | 3–4–1 | |
 Wisconsin | 0–4 | 2–6 | |
| Michigan | 0–5 | 1–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.