1940 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1940 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1940 record	4–4 (3–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Francis Schmidt (7th year)
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium (Capacity: 66,210)

1940 Big Ten football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#1 Minnesota $	6	–	0	–	0	8	–	0	–	0
#3 Michigan	3	–	1	–	0	7	–	1	–	0
#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 college football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 4–4 record and were outscored 99–113.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 28	Pittsburgh*		Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	W 30–7	52,877
October 5	Purdue		Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	W 17–14	54,556
October 12	at Northwestern		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	L 3–6	45,000
October 19	No. 7 Minnesota	No. 15	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	L 7–13	63,199
October 26	at No. 1 Cornell*		Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY	L 7–21	34,500
November 2	Indiana		Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	W 21–6	56,667
November 16	at Illinois		Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Illibuck Trophy)	W 14–6	15,571
November 23	No. 7 Michigan		Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (The Game)	L 0–40	73,648
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

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

References

Ohio State Buckeyes football

Venues	Recreation Park (1890–1897) Ohio Field (1898–1921) Ohio Stadium (1922–present) Woody Hayes Athletic Center (practice)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Illinois (Illibuck) Michigan (The Ten Year War) Penn State

Culture & lore	History Brutus Buckeye "Across the Field" "Buckeye Battle Cry" "Carmen Ohio" Neutron Man Marching band Snow Bowl (1950) 1969 Michigan game 1973 Michigan game The Kick "Holy Buckeye" 2006 "Game of the Century" Block O "Hang On Sloopy" The Ten Year War WBNS-TV WBNS WBNS-FM Ohio State IMG Sports Network

People	Head coaches All-Century Team Yearly statistical leaders NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

National championship seasons in bold

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