1942 National Championship Team

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CPD

Scattered by time, reunited by pride

1942 Buckeyes recall their championship amid uncertainty
Saturday, September 22, 2007 Doug Lesmerises
Plain Dealer Reporter
"Ohio State's dreams of a football empire blazed brighter than ever today as the undefeated, untied Buckeyes plastered Northwestern, 20 to 6, to achieve their fifth straight victory of the season." - The Plain Dealer, Oct. 25, 1942
Columbus- Don Steinberg never comprehended where he and his teammates stood, not as defined by a ranking anyway.
"I never knew where we were," Steinberg, 85, said Friday. "Paul Brown never let us know. We found out at the end of the season."

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Dispatch

Bob Hunter commentary: '42 Buckeyes know plenty about memorable games

Saturday, September 22, 2007 6:43 AM
By Bob Hunter


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Today's Ohio State-Northwestern game will be the 500th in Ohio Stadium. If form holds, it will not be one of the more memorable ones.
There have been lots of forgettable games, games that merely filled the gaps between the ones that are remembered years and even decades later. There are too many of those to list -- any devoted Buckeyes fan could probably tick off a dozen without thinking. But with 16 members of the 1942 national championship team being honored at halftime today, it's worth recalling that they played in at least three of those, including one that stands out above the others.
With World War II raging, Ohio State athletic director Lynn St. John added a game at the end of the season against Iowa Pre-Flight, a service school with a physical education and football program for college and professional players who were in the Navy. The Seahawks were essentially an all-star team and they had roared through their schedule, losing only to Notre Dame more than a month before.

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You would have to start this on a day when I am going to Cinci for a reunion. I remember this game well because I was 2 months old and they actually played it in my honor.



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[ScriptOhio]

That pass had to be the 60 yard pass from Sarringhaus to Bob Shaw.

OSU-Michigan 1942: Paul Brown's Buckeyes, led by Les Horvath, take Wolverines, 21-7, to win Big Ten, national titles

Ohio scored its first touchdown on a 35-yard, three-play blitz in the second minute of the second quarter, with Les Horvath hurling a 10-yard scoring pass to Paul Sarringhaus.

All three of the Ohio touchdowns were by the air route on plays that the baffled Michigan defenders never did solve.

The second score was a terrific affair of 60 yards, with Sarringhaus hurling to end Bob Shaw, who raced 30 yards down the sideline.

This was in the third period. Michigan's only challenge came immediately after this. With the score 14-0, the Wolverines drove 64 yards and fullback Bob Wiese hammered over the line.

On the final Ohio touchdown, from 32 yards out, Sarringhaus reversed the aerial procedure of the second and hurled to Horvath, that brilliant 160-pound Clevelander, who sped over the line.

Entire article: https://www.cleveland.com/osu-michi...aul Brown's,, national titles - cleveland.com

Links with some information on he 1942 team:

https://americanfootballdatabase.fandom.com/wiki/1942_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team

https://americanfootballdatabase.fandom.com/wiki/1942_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team

https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/ohio-state/1942.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team