1939 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1939 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Big Ten champion
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 15
Record	6–2 (5–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Francis Schmidt (6th season)
MVP	Steve Andrako
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium (Capacity: 66,210)

1939 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 15 Ohio State $	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
No. 9 Iowa	4	–	1	–	1			6	–	1	–	1
No. 20 Michigan	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Purdue	2	–	1	–	2			3	–	3	–	2
Northwestern	3	–	2	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Illinois	3	–	3	–	0			3	–	4	–	1
Minnesota	2	–	3	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Indiana	2	–	3	–	0			2	–	4	–	2
Wisconsin	0	–	5	–	1			1	–	6	–	1
Chicago	0	–	3	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1939 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 6–2 record and outscored foes 189–64. Head coach Francis Schmidt's team won a Big Ten Conference title for the second time in his tenure at Ohio State. He was released as coach of Ohio State a year later.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
October 7	Missouri*	No. 10	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 19–0	58,165
October 14	Northwestern	No. 10	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 13–0	55,622
October 21	at Minnesota	No. 10	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	W 23–20	55,000
October 28	No. 7 Cornell*	No. 4	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 14–23	49,583
November 4	Indiana	No. 14	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 24–0	40,873
November 11	at Chicago	No. 9	Stagg Field Chicago, IL	W 61–0	2,500
November 18	Illinois	No. 8	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy)	W 21–0	46,643
November 25	at Michigan	No. 6	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (The Game)	L 14–21	80,227
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Coaching staff

• Francis Schmidt, head coach, sixth year

1940 NFL draftees

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL Club
Esco Sarkkinen	5	39	End	Green Bay Packers
Frank Zadworney	8	64	Halfback	Brooklyn Dodgers
Steve Andrako	17	158	Center	Washington Redskins