1933 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

The 1933 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 1933 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 7–1, the one loss to Michigan. Ohio State outscored their opponents 161–26 in Sam Willaman's fifth and last year as head coach. He finished his tenure at Ohio State with a record of 26–10–4 and 2–3 against Michigan.

1933 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1933 record	7–1 (4–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Sam Willaman (5th season)
Captain	Sid Gillman
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium (Capacity: 66,210)

1933 Big Ten Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Michigan +	5	–	0	–	1			7	–	0	–	1
No. 3 Minnesota +	2	–	0	–	4			4	–	0	–	4
No. 5 Ohio State	4	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
No. 10 Purdue	3	–	1	–	1			6	–	1	–	1
Illinois	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Iowa	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Northwestern	1	–	4	–	1			1	–	5	–	2
Chicago	0	–	3	–	2			3	–	3	–	2
Indiana	0	–	3	–	2			1	–	5	–	2
Wisconsin	0	–	5	–	1			2	–	5	–	1
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
October 7	Virginia*	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 75–0	42,001
October 14	Vanderbilt*	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 20–0	21,358
October 21	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (The Game)	L 0–13	82,606
October 28	Northwestern	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 12–0	34,987
November 4	Indiana	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 21–0	23,698
November 11	at Penn*	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 20–7	40,000
November 18	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 6–0	10,000
November 25	Illinois	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy)	W 7–6	24,400
*Non-conference game

Coaching staff

• Sam Willaman, head coach, fifth year

References