1942 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

NCAATeamFootballSeason
Year=1942
Team=Ohio State Buckeyes


Conference=Big Ten Conference
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ShortConference=Big Ten
CoachRank=1
APRank=1
Record=9-1
ConfRecord=5-1
HeadCoach=Paul Brown
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DefCoach
OScheme=Heavy Run
DScheme=Multi
StadiumArena=Ohio Stadium
Champion=National Champions
Big Ten Champions
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BowlTurneyResult=

The 1942 Ohio State Buckeyes football team was led by QB Les Horvath and Captain George Lynn. they were the first national title team in Ohio State football history. They were coached by Hall Of Fame coach Paul Brown. Because the Big Ten did not let its teams participate in any game except for the Rose Bowl, the Buckeyes were given the title by the press. The Buckeyes outscored their opponents by an average score of 37-11.

The Buckeyes only loss was to the Wisconsin Badgers in what many now refer to as "The Bad Water Game" where half of the Buckeye players contracted an intestinal disorder after drinking from an unsanitary drinking fountain on the train to Madison. The Buckeyes were defeated by the Badgers who were led by Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch. However, the Badgers had a loss and a tie giving Ohio State a shot at a Big Ten Championship.

Horvath then led the Bucks to three scores through the air to upset Michigan and win their first league championship in three years and their sixth in thirty years since joining the Western Conference in 1913.

Top ranked Boston College and number two ranked Georgia lost their season ending games, giving Ohio State their first football National Championship.

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All-Americans

Charles Csuri, T (Team MVP)
Gene Fekete, FB
Lindell Houston, G
Paul Sarringhaus, HB
Bob Shaw, E

All-Big Ten

Lindell Houston, G
Paul Sarringhaus, HB
Bob Shaw, E

References

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title = A Championship Season...and the Battle for #1
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pages = 74
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