1940 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

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1940 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Minnesota $	6	–	0	–	0			8	–	0	–	0
No. 3 Michigan	3	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Northwestern	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Ohio State	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Iowa	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Indiana	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Purdue	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Illinois	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 1940 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 4–4 record and were outscored 99–113.

Schedule

September 28Pittsburgh*

• Ohio Stadium
• Columbus, Ohio

W 30–752,877 October 5Purdue

• Ohio Stadium
• Columbus, Ohio

W 17–1454,556 October 12at Northwestern

• Dyche Stadium
• Evanston, Illinois

L 3–645,000 October 19No. 7 MinnesotaNo. 15

• Ohio Stadium
• Columbus, Ohio

L 7–1363,199 October 26at No. 1 Cornell*

• Schoellkopf Field
• Ithaca, New York

L 7–2134,500 November 2Indiana

• Ohio Stadium
• Columbus, Ohio

W 21–656,667 November 16at Illinois

• Memorial Stadium
• Champaign, Illinois (Illibuck Trophy)

W 14–615,571 November 23No. 7 Michigan

• Ohio Stadium
• Columbus, Ohio (The Game)

L 0–4073,648

Coaching staff

• Francis Schmidt, head coach, seventh year

1941 NFL draftees

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL club
Don Scott	1	9	Back	Chicago Bears
Jim Langhurst	10	89	Back	Brooklyn Dodgers
Claude White	15	132	Center	Chicago Cardinals
Jimmy Strausbaugh	20	186	Halfback	Green Bay Packers