The 1939 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University

Ohio State University

The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...

 in the college football

College football

College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

 season of 1939-1940

1939 college football season

The 1939 college football season concluded with the Aggies of The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas being named as the national champions by the voters in the Associated Press writers' poll....

. The Buckeyes compiled a 6–2 record and outscored foes 189-64. Coach Francis Schmidt fell to hated Michigan for a second straight time, but won a Big Ten title for the second time in his head coaching tenure at Ohio State. He was released as coach of Ohio State a year later.

Schedule

1940 NFL draftees

1940 NFL Draft

The 1940 National Football League Draft was held on December 9, 1939.-Player selections:-Round one:-Round two:-Round three:-Round four:-Round five:-Round six:-Round seven:-Round eight:-Round nine:-Round ten:...

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL Club
Esco Sarkkinen	5	39	End	Green Bay Packers 1940 Green Bay Packers season The 1940 Green Bay Packers season was their 20th season in the National Football League. The club posted a 6-4-1 record under coach Curly Lambeau, earning them a second-place finish in the Western Conference.-NFL Draft:-Schedule:-Standings:-Roster:...
Frank Zadworney	8	64	Halfback	Brooklyn Dodgers 1940 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) season The 1940 Brooklyn Dodgers season was their 11th in the league. The team improved on their previous season's output of 4-6-1, winning eight games. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the ninth consecutive season.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...
Steve Andrako Steve Andrako Steven Francis Andrako was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes and was drafted in the seventeenth round of the 1940 NFL Draft....	17	158	Center	Washington Redskins 1940 Washington Redskins season The 1940 Washington Redskins began with the team trying to improve on their 8-2-1 record from 1939. They would end the season by losing the NFL Championship to the Chicago Bears, 73-0.-Schedule:-Standings:...