1934 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1934 Ohio State Buckeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record7–1 (5–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio Stadium
Seasons
← 1933
1935 →
1934 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Minnesota $ 5 0 0 8 0 0
No. 9 Ohio State 5 1 0 7 1 0
No. 6 Illinois 4 1 0 7 1 0
Purdue 3 1 0 5 3 0
Wisconsin 2 3 0 4 4 0
Northwestern 2 3 0 3 5 0
Chicago 2 4 0 4 4 0
Indiana 1 3 1 3 3 2
Iowa 1 3 1 2 5 1
Michigan 0 6 0 1 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Associated Press

The 1934 Ohio State Buckeyes football team' was an American football team that represented Ohio State University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1934 college football season. In their first year under head coach Francis Schmidt, the team compiled a 7–1 record.[1]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6IndianaW 33–047,736[2]
October 13at IllinoisL 13–1424,831[3]
October 20Colgate*
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, Ohio
W 10–729,139[4]
October 27at NorthwesternW 28–625,360[5]
November 3at Western Reserve*W 76–011,890[6]
November 10Chicago
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 33–032,227[7]
November 17Michigan
W 34–068,678[8]
November 24Iowa
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 40–727,414[9]
  • *Non-conference game

References

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  1. ^ "1934 Ohio State Buckeyes Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
  2. ^ "Ohio State slaughters Indiana eleven, 33–0". The South Bend Tribune. October 7, 1934. Retrieved April 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Ohio State rally late; Illinois wins, 14 to 13". The Pittsburgh Press. October 14, 1934. Retrieved April 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Buckeyes beat Colgate, 10–7". The Miami News. October 21, 1934. Retrieved April 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Ohio State overwhelms No'Western". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. October 28, 1934. Retrieved April 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Bettridge scores twice as State wallops Reserve, 76–0". The Sandusky Register. November 4, 1934. Retrieved April 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Ohio in easy 33–0 victory over Chicago". Wisconsin State Journal. November 11, 1934. Retrieved April 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Strong Ohio State grid team trounces Michigan 34 to 0 in Big Ten game". Sioux City Journal. November 18, 1934. Retrieved April 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Ohio State runs through Iowa in 40–7 victory". Chicago Tribune. November 25, 1934. Retrieved April 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.