1936 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

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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 in the 1936 college football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 5–3 record, outscoring opponents 160–27.

Schedule

October 3NYU*

• Ohio Stadium
• Columbus, Ohio

W 60–072,948 October 10Pittsburgh*

• Ohio Stadium
• Columbus, Ohio

L 0–671,714 October 17at Northwestern

• Dyche Stadium
• Evanston, Illinois

L 13–1435,000 October 24Indiana

• Ohio Stadium
• Columbus, Ohio

W 7–044,410 October 31at Notre Dame*

• Notre Dame Stadium
• Notre Dame, Indiana

L 2–755,000 November 7Chicago

• Ohio Stadium
• Columbus, Ohio

W 44–037,226 November 14at Illinois

• Memorial Stadium
• Champaign, Illinois (Illibuck Trophy)

W 13–019,465 November 21MichiganNo. 18

• Ohio Stadium
• Columbus, Ohio (The Game)

W 21–056,277

Coaching staff

• Francis Schmidt, head coach, third year

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