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1950 Ohio State

6–⁠3 (5–⁠2 Western Conference), coached by Wesley Fesler, finished No. 14 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Ohio State in 1950, game by game: lost vs. No. 10 SMU 27–32; won vs. Pittsburgh 41–7; won at Indiana 26–14; won at Minnesota 48–0; won vs. Iowa 83–21; won at Northwestern 32–0; won vs. No. 15 Wisconsin 19–14; lost at No. 8 Illinois 7–14; lost vs. Michigan 3–9+62−7Lost 27–32 vs. No. 10 SMU-5No. 10 SMUWon 41–7 vs. Pittsburgh+34PittsburghWon 26–14 at Indiana+12IndianaWon 48–0 at Minnesota+48MinnesotaWon 83–21 vs. Iowa+62IowaWon 32–0 at Northwestern+32NorthwesternWon 19–14 vs. No. 15 Wisconsin+5No. 15 WisconsinLost 7–14 at No. 8 Illinois-7No. 8 IllinoisLost 3–9 vs. Michigan-6Michigan
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 30vs10SMUL 27–⁠3259%
Oct 7vsPittsburghW 41–⁠767%
Oct 14atIndianaW 26–⁠1464%
Oct 21atMinnesotaW 48–⁠055%
Oct 28vsIowaW 83–⁠2179%
Nov 4atNorthwesternW 32–⁠056%
Nov 11vs15WisconsinW 19–⁠1473%
Nov 18at8IllinoisL 7–⁠1454%
Nov 25vsMichiganL 3–⁠965%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Michigan 9–⁠3; No. 14 in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 60th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 128 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 11
  2. Wk 3: 12
  3. Wk 4: 9
  4. Wk 5: 6
  5. Wk 6: 4
  6. Wk 7: 2
  7. Wk 8: 1
  8. Wk 9: 8
  9. Final: 14

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 1950.

Heisman TrophyVic Janowicz, RB/P

Consensus All-AmericanVic Janowicz, RB/P

Record
6–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Western Conference
AP final
No. 14 peak No. 1
Points
286–⁠111
Coach
Wesley Fesler
Elo
1661 +58 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
20.4 No. 4 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Henry Bill Trautwein
Most valuable player
Vic Janowicz

Drafted in 1951

The 1951 draft
Rd 7Bob Momsen OTDetroit Lions

All-Big Ten

3 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Vic JanowiczQBAP-1; UP-1
  • Bill TrautweinOTAP-1; UP-1
  • John BiltzOGAP-1; UP-1

Second team

  • Tony CurcilloQBAP-2
  • Walt KlevayRBAP-2; UP-2
  • Thomas G. WatsonEAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1950 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan4–⁠1–⁠16–⁠3–⁠19
Wisconsin5–⁠26–⁠3
Ohio State5–⁠26–⁠314
Illinois4–⁠27–⁠213
Northwestern3–⁠36–⁠3
Iowa2–⁠43–⁠5–⁠1
Minnesota1–⁠4–⁠11–⁠7–⁠1
Indiana1–⁠43–⁠5–⁠1
Purdue1–⁠42–⁠7

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