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Through the 2024 season, Ohio State has compiled an official overall record of 995 wins, 335 losses and 53 ties, and has appeared in 59 bowl games, with the most recent being the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship. Ohio State is the only program in college football history to have never lost more than seven games in a single ...
The first game against the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, was a 34–0 loss in 1897, a year that saw the low point in Buckeye football history with a 1–7–1 record. Jack Ryder was Ohio State's first paid coach, earning $150 per season, and lost his first game, against Oberlin College and John Heisman, on October 15, 1892. [11]
Record Ranking; Year Champions Conference Overall AP Coaches Bowl result Head coach 1896 Wisconsin: 2–0–1: 7–1–1: Started in 1936: Started in 1950 – Philip King
In their 2015–16 bowl appearance, Ohio State defeated Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl. The win in that game brought Ohio State's overall bowl record to 22 wins and 24 losses. Meyer also led the Buckeyes to the 4th seed in the college football playoffs in the 2016–17 season. The Buckeyes fell to Clemson in that game 31–0.
However, in 1961, the Buckeyes were awarded the national championship by the Football Writers Association of America and in 1970, they were named champions by the National Football Foundation.
The Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) is the governing body of athletic programs for junior and senior high schools in the state of Ohio. It conducts state championship competitions in all the OHSAA-sanctioned sports.
Here's a look at the results of past Ohio State-Oregon games, per Ohio State's record book: Jan. 1, 1958: No. 2 Ohio State 10, Oregon 7 Nov. 18, 1961: No. 3 Ohio State 22, Oregon 12
Play was brutal and dangerous but continued to grow in popularity. The first game against Michigan, in Ann Arbor, was a 34–0 loss in 1897, a year that saw the low point in Buckeye football history with a 1–7–1 record. In 1899 the university hired John Eckstorm away from Kenyon College (Kenyon had beaten Ohio State 29–0 the previous year).