The 1944 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 1944 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 9–0 record. The Buckeyes also outscored opponents 287–79 during the season. The team was named a national champion by the National Championship Foundation and the Sagarin Ratings, but this championship is not claimed by Ohio State.

Schedule

Coaching staff

Carroll Widdoes, head coach, first year

Awards and honors

Les Horvath, Heisman Trophy

First-Team All Americans

Jack Dugger, End (All-America Board, FWAA, INS, Sporting News, UP, Walter Camp) Bill Hackett, Guard (All-America Board, AP, Collier's, Football News, FWAA, CPA, Walter Camp) Les Horvath, Quarterback (All-America Board, AP, Collier's, Football News, FWAA, INS, Look, NEA, Sporting News, UP, CPA, Walter Camp) Bill Willis, Tackle (Look, Sporting News, UP)

1944 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1945 NFL draftees

References

Ohio State

Ohio State Buckeyes football seasons

College football national champions

Big Ten Conference football champion seasons

College football undefeated seasons

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1944 Ohio State Buckeyes football team