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1937 Ohio State

6–⁠2 (5–⁠1 Western Conference), coached by Francis Schmidt, finished No. 13 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Ohio State in 1937, game by game: won vs. TCU 14–0; won vs. Purdue 13–0; lost at USC 12–13; won vs. No. 7 Northwestern 7–0; won at Chicago 39–0; lost vs. Indiana 0–10; won vs. Illinois 19–0; won at Michigan 21–0+39−10Won 14–0 vs. TCU+14TCUWon 13–0 vs. Purdue+13PurdueLost 12–13 at USC-1USCWon 7–0 vs. No. 7 Northwestern+7No. 7 NorthwesternWon 39–0 at Chicago+39ChicagoLost 0–10 vs. Indiana-10IndianaWon 19–0 vs. Illinois+19IllinoisWon 21–0 at Michigan+21Michigan
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25vsTCUW 14–⁠052%
Oct 2vsPurdueW 13–⁠069%
Oct 9atUSCL 12–⁠1360%
Oct 23vs7NorthwesternW 7–⁠063%
Oct 30atChicagoW 39–⁠082%
Nov 6vsIndianaL 0–⁠1074%
Nov 13vsIllinoisW 19–⁠074%
Nov 20atMichiganW 21–⁠068%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Michigan 21–⁠0; No. 13 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 61st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 128 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 12
  2. Wk 2: 8
  3. Wk 3: 8
  4. Wk 5: 19
  5. Final: 13

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 1937.

Record
6–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠1 2nd in Western Conference
AP final
No. 13 peak No. 8
Points
125–⁠23
Coach
Francis Schmidt
Elo
1661 +54 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
14.5 No. 12 of 126 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Most valuable player
Ralph Wolf

Drafted in 1938

The 1938 draft
Rd 1James Allen McDonald BPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 5Gust Zarnas OGChicago Bears

All-Big Ten

4 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Carl KaplanoffOTUP-1
  • Gust ZarnasOGAP-1; UP-2
  • Ralph WolfCAP-1
  • Jim McDonaldQBAP-1; UP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1937 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1937 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Minnesota5–⁠06–⁠25
Ohio State5–⁠16–⁠213
Indiana3–⁠25–⁠3
Northwestern3–⁠34–⁠4
Michigan3–⁠34–⁠4
Wisconsin2–⁠2–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1
Purdue2–⁠2–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1
Illinois2–⁠33–⁠3–⁠2
Chicago0–⁠41–⁠6
Iowa0–⁠51–⁠7

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