1947 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

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1947 Ohio State Buckeyes football
ConferenceBig Nine Conference
Record2–6–1 (1–4–1 Big Nine)
Head coach
MVPDave Templeton
Home stadiumOhio Stadium
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Big Nine Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Michigan $ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
Wisconsin 3 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Minnesota 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Illinois 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Purdue 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Indiana 2 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Iowa 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Northwestern 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Ohio State 1 – 4 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1947 Ohio State Buckeyes football team was an American football team that represented Ohio State University in the 1947 Big Nine Conference football season. In its first season under head coach Wes Fesler, the team compiled a 2–6–1 record (1–4–1 against conference opponents), finished last in the Big Nine, and was outscored by a total of 150 to 60.[1]

Key players included Ollie Cline and Joe Whisler.

Ohio State was ranked at No. 35 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Missouri*
W 13–759,444[3]
October 4at Purdue
L 20–2434,000[4]
October 11No. 20 USC*
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
L 0–3276,559[5]
October 18Iowa
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
T 13–1372,998[6]
October 25at Pittsburgh*
L 0–1255,217[7]
November 1Indiana
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
L 0–775,882[8]
November 8Northwestern
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 7–670,203[9]
November 15No. 11 Illinois
L 7–2870,036[10]
November 22at No. 1 Michigan
L 0–2185,938[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Coaching staff

1948 NFL draftees

Five Ohio State players were selected in the 1948 NFL draft, as follows:[12]

Player Round Pick Position NFL club
Howard Duncan 6 42 Center Philadelphia Eagles
Bob Brugge 6 44 Back Chicago Bears
Dick Flanagan 10 83 Linebacker Chicago Bears
Ollie Cline 14 122 Fullback Chicago Bears
Dave Templeton 16 137 Guard Detroit Lions

References

  1. ^ "1947 Ohio State Buckeyes Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
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  12. ^ "1948 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on October 31, 2010. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
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