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1938 Ohio State

4–⁠3–⁠1 (3–⁠2–⁠1 Western Conference), coached by Francis Schmidt.

Schedule and results

Ohio State in 1938, game by game: won vs. Indiana 6–0; lost vs. USC 7–14; tied at Northwestern 0–0; won vs. Chicago 42–7; won at New York University 32–0; lost vs. Purdue 0–12; won at Illinois 32–14; lost vs. No. 17 Michigan 0–18+35−18Won 6–0 vs. Indiana+6IndianaLost 7–14 vs. USC-7USCTied 0–0 at Northwestern0NorthwesternWon 42–7 vs. Chicago+35ChicagoWon 32–0 at New York University+32New York Univer…Lost 0–12 vs. Purdue-12PurdueWon 32–14 at Illinois+18IllinoisLost 0–18 vs. No. 17 Michigan-18No. 17 Michigan
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 1vsIndianaW 6–⁠067%
Oct 8vsUSCL 7–⁠1471%
Oct 15atNorthwesternT 0–⁠044%
Oct 22vsChicagoW 42–⁠786%
Oct 29atNew York UniversityW 32–⁠060%
Nov 5vsPurdueL 0–⁠1266%
Nov 12atIllinoisW 32–⁠1463%
Nov 19vs17MichiganL 0–⁠1866%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Michigan 18–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 94th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 128 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 20

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 1938.

Record
4–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠2–⁠1 6th in Western Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 20
Points
119–⁠65
Coach
Francis Schmidt
Elo
1569 −38 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
8.1 No. 31 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Most valuable player
Jim Langhurst

Drafted in 1939

The 1939 draft
Rd 7Alex Schoenbaum OTBrooklyn Dodgers

All-Big Ten

1 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1938 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1938 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Minnesota4–⁠16–⁠210
Michigan3–⁠1–⁠16–⁠1–⁠116
Purdue3–⁠1–⁠15–⁠1–⁠2
Wisconsin3–⁠25–⁠3
Northwestern2–⁠1–⁠24–⁠2–⁠217
Ohio State3–⁠2–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1
Illinois2–⁠33–⁠5
Iowa1–⁠3–⁠11–⁠6–⁠1
Indiana1–⁠41–⁠6–⁠1
Chicago0–⁠41–⁠6–⁠1

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