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First organized intercollegiate football game in Ohio. The "Victory Bell" is one of the sport's oldest rivalries. [46] The first game was played in a freezing rain. [47] The first organized football game in Ohio involving a college occurred October 23, 1885 when Cincinnati and Mount Auburn Athletic Club tied 0-0 in Cincinnati. SD May 3, 1889
The first Ohio State University football team in 1890. In the mid-1880s the growing fever of the Walter Camp-style of football, formulated between 1880 and 1883 among colleges of the future Ivy League, reached Columbus, Ohio. Abortive early attempts at forming a team occurred in 1886 and 1887.
The first Ohio State football team of 1890. After early attempts at forming a team in 1886 (led by future Nebraska governor Chester Hardy Aldrich) and 1887, football was ultimately established at the university in 1890. [9]
It was the first time organized football played in the state of Tennessee. [42] The 29th also saw the first instance of the Army–Navy Game. Navy won 24–0. [43] The first nighttime football game was played in Mansfield, Pennsylvania on September 28, 1892 between Mansfield State Normal and Wyoming Seminary and ended at halftime in a 0–0 tie ...
January 30, 1892, saw the first football game played in the state of Georgia when the Georgia Bulldogs defeated Mercer 50–0 at Herty Field. The 1892 Vanderbilt Commodores were the first team in the memory of Grantland Rice. Rice recalled Phil Connell then would be a good player in any era. [94]
According to Ohio State's athletics site, the use of the term "buckeye" as a resident of Ohio dates back to at least 1788, 15 years before Ohio became a state. The site also notes that, by the ...
The 1936 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University as a member the Big Ten Conference during the 1936 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Francis Schmidt, the Buckeyes compiled an overall record of 5–3 with a mark of 4–1 in conference play, tying for second place in the Big Ten. [1]
The 1939 Ohio State Buckeyes football team was an American football team that represented Ohio State University in the 1939 Big Ten Conference football season.In their sixth year under head coach Francis Schmidt, the Buckeyes compiled a 6–2 record (5–1 against conference opponents), won the Big Ten Conference championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 189 to 64.