1943 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

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1943 Ohio State Buckeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record3–6 (1–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPGordon Appleby
Home stadiumOhio Stadium
Seasons
← 1942
1944 →
1943 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Purdue + 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
No. 3 Michigan + 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
No. 9 Northwestern 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Indiana 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 2
Minnesota 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Illinois 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Ohio State 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Wisconsin 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Iowa 0 – 4 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1943 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 1943 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 3–6 record being outscored 149–187. Head coach Paul Brown finished his three-year tenure with an 18–8–1 overall record and a 1–1–1 mark against Michigan.

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Ohio State ranked 17th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 99.3.[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Iowa Pre-Flight*
L 13–2823,496[2]
October 2Missouri*
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 27–627,525
October 9at No. 12 Great Lakes Navy*No. 18
L 6–1322,000
October 16vs. No. 5 Purdue
L 7-3041,509
October 23No. 17 Northwestern
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
L 0–1337,243
October 30Indiana
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
L 14–2025,458
November 6at Pittsburgh*
W 46–630,000[3]
November 13Illinois
W 29–2636,331
November 20at No. 4 Michigan
L 7–4539,139
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings[edit]

See also: 1943 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP18————————

Coaching staff[edit]

1944 NFL draftees[edit]

Player Round Pick Position NFL club
Paul Sarringhaus 9 80 Halfback Philadelphia Eagles
Bob Shaw 10 97 End Cleveland Rams
Lin Houston 11 106 Guard Chicago Bears
Charley Csuri 16 154 Tackle Chicago Cardinals

References[edit]

  1. ^ Litkenhous, E. E. (December 17, 1943). "Litkenhouse Selects U. S. Grid Leaders". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 18. Retrieved April 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ Sec Taylor (September 26, 1943). "Passes Punch Across Cadet Touchdowns: Bucks Bounce Back in Second Half". The Des Moines Register. p. 5-1, 5-2 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Keck, Harry (November 7, 1943). "Ohio State Runs Over Pitt, 46–6". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. p. Section 2-2. Retrieved June 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.


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