1936 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

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1936 Ohio State Buckeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record5–3 (4–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio Stadium
Seasons
← 1935
1937 →
1936 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Northwestern $ 6 0 0 7 1 0
No. 1 Minnesota 4 1 0 7 1 0
Ohio State 4 1 0 5 3 0
Indiana 3 1 1 5 2 1
Purdue 3 1 1 5 2 1
Illinois 2 2 1 4 3 1
Chicago 1 4 0 2 5 1
Iowa 0 4 1 3 4 1
Wisconsin 0 4 0 2 6 0
Michigan 0 5 0 1 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1936 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University as a member the Big Ten Conference during the 1936 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Francis Schmidt, the Buckeyes compiled an overall record of 5–3 with a mark of 4–1 in conference play, tying for second place in the Big Ten.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3NYU*W 60–072,948[2]
October 10Pittsburgh*
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
L 0–671,714[3]
October 17at NorthwesternL 13–1435,000[4]
October 24Indiana
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 7–044,410[5]
October 31at Notre Dame*L 2–755,000[6]
November 7Chicago
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 44–037,226[7]
November 14at IllinoisW 13–019,465[8]
November 21MichiganNo. 18
W 21–056,277[9]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from
    AP Poll
    released prior to the game

1937 NFL draftees

Player Round Pick Position NFL club
Charley Hamrick 2 17 Tackle Detroit Lions
Inwood Smith 5 50 Guard Cleveland Rams
Merle Wendt 6 59 End Green Bay Packers

References

  1. ^ "1936 Ohio State Buckeyes Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
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