1916 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 1916 Ohio State Buckeyes football Western Conference Western Ohio Athletic Conference OAC 7–0 4–0 3–0 John Wilce 4th Heavy run Multi Ohio Field Western Conference champion 10sohiostuniform.png thumb|left| Ohio State scoring a touchdown against Case, while playing at Van Horn Field in University Circle, Cleveland. The 1916 Ohio State Buckeyes football was an American football team that represented Ohio State University as a member of the Western Conference and the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1916 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach John Wilce, the Buckeyes compiled a perfect 7–0 record and outscored opponents 258 to 29. Ohio State was 4–0 Western Conference opponents, winning the conference championship, the first in school history.1916 Ohio State Buckeyes Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football April 11, 2022 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/ohio-state/1916-schedule.html Half of the team's points were tallied in a 128–0 victory over 1916 Oberlin Yeomen Oberlin. The 128 points scored against Oberlin remains a single-game Ohio State record.Park, Jack (2003). The Official Ohio State Football Encyclopedia, Sports Publishing LLC, p.694. Halfback Chic Harley was a consensus first-team pick on the 1916 All-America college football team.Football Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 6 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf Other notable players included end Charles Bolen, center Ferdinand Holtkamp, and tackle Bob Karch. Schedule October 7 w 1916 Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops Ohio Wesleyan Ohio Field Columbus, OH 12–0 October 14 w 1916 Oberlin Yeomen Oberlin Ohio Field Columbus, OH 128–0 World's Record Is Established by Ohio State Springfield Sunday News October 15, 1916 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99588592/worlds-record-is-established-by-ohio/ Newspapers.com October 21 w y Illinois Illinois Field Champaign, IL rivalry 7–6 November 4 w Wisconsin Ohio Field Columbus, OH 14-13 November 11 w Indiana Ohio Field Columbus, OH 46–7 November 18 w y Case Van Horn Fieldhttp://case.edu/its/archives/Seasons/cfoot1916.htm Case Football 1916/17 Cleveland, OH 28–0 November 25 w Northwestern Ohio Field Columbus, OH 23–3 References Ohio State Category:Ohio State Buckeyes football seasons Category:Big Ten Conference football champion seasons Category:College football undefeated seasons Ohio State Buckeyes football