1950 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

The 1950 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 1950 Big Nine Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 6–3 record. The season finale against Michigan was the infamous game later known as the Snow Bowl as the teams combined for 45 punts in wintry weather. Ohio State outscored their opponents, 286–111, on the season, but head coach Wes Fesler's record against Michigan fell to 0–3–1.

1950 Ohio State Buckeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 14
1950 record6–3 (5–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPVic Janowicz
CaptainHenry Bill Trautwein
Home stadiumOhio Stadium
(Capacity: 78,677)
1950 Big Nine Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 9 Michigan $ 4 1 1  6 3 1
No. 14 Ohio State 5 2 0  6 3 0
Wisconsin 5 2 0  6 3 0
No. 13 Illinois 4 2 0  7 2 0
Northwestern 3 3 0  6 3 0
Iowa 2 4 0  3 5 1
Minnesota 1 4 1  1 7 1
Indiana 1 4 0  3 5 1
Purdue 1 4 0  2 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 30No. 10 SMU*No. 11L 27–3280,672
October 7Pittsburgh*
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 41–773,137
October 14at IndianaNo. 12W 26–1429,000
October 21at MinnesotaNo. 9W 48–052,115
October 28IowaNo. 6
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 83–2182,174
November 4at NorthwesternNo. 4W 32–050,000
November 11No. 15 WisconsinNo. 2
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 19–1481,535
November 18at No. 8 IllinoisNo. 1L 7–1471,119
November 25MichiganNo. 8
L 3–950,503 [1]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

Coaching staff

Awards and honors

1951 NFL draftees

PlayerRoundPickPositionNFL club
Bob Momsen780Middle GuardDetroit Lions
Bill Miller26305TackleGreen Bay Packers

References

  1. "1950 Snow Bowl".
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-11-18. Retrieved 2007-11-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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