1943 Ohio State
3–6 (1–4 Western Conference), coached by Paul Brown. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Pittsburgh 46–6Nov 6
By 40 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25 | vsIowa Pre-Flight | L 13–28 | 65% |
| Oct 2 | vs Missouri | W 27–6 | 63% |
| Oct 9 | at12Great Lakes Navy | L 6–13 | 49% |
| Oct 16 | vs 5Purdue | L 7–30 | 63% |
| Oct 23 | vs 17Northwestern | L 0–13 | 67% |
| Oct 30 | vs Indiana | L 14–20 | 51% |
| Nov 6 | at Pittsburgh | W 46–6 | 48% |
| Nov 13 | vs Illinois | W 29–26 | 70% |
| Nov 20 | at 4Michigan | L 7–45 | 25% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Michigan 45–7; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Western Conference.
In program history: The 102nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 128 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 1: 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 1943.
- Record
- 3–6
- Conference
- 1–4 7th in Western Conference
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 18
- Points
- 149–187
- Coach
- Paul Brown
- Elo
- 1530 −105 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 8.0 No. 23 of 76 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Most valuable player
- Gordon Appleby
All-Big Ten
1 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Bill WillisOTAP-1; UP-1
Second team
Ernie ParksRBAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1943 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1943 Western Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purdue | 6–0 | 9–0 | 5 |
| Michigan | 6–0 | 8–1 | 3 |
| Northwestern | 5–1 | 6–2 | 9 |
| Indiana | 2–3–1 | 4–4–2 | |
 Minnesota | 2–3 | 5–4 | |
| Illinois | 2–4 | 3–7 | |
| Ohio State | 1–4 | 3–6 | |
 Wisconsin | 1–6 | 1–9 | |
 Iowa | 0–4–1 | 1–6–1 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.