1916 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

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.[1]

1916 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Western Conference champion
ConferenceWestern Conference, Ohio Athletic Conference
Record7–0 (4–0 Western, 3–0 OAC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeHeavy run
Base defenseMulti
Home stadiumOhio Field
Uniform
Seasons
← 1915
1917 →
1916 Western Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Ohio State $400700
Northwestern410610
Minnesota310610
Chicago330340
Illinois221331
Wisconsin121421
Iowa120430
Indiana031241
Purdue041241
  • $ – Conference champion
1916 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Miami (OH) $601701
Mount Union610820
Denison502512
Ohio411521
Wooster520620
Case430550
Ohio Wesleyan222232
Western Reserve340370
Akron240270
Ohio Northern250370
Kenyon250270
Wittenberg051252
Cincinnati061082
Baldwin–Wallace010020
Oberlin050070
Ohio State *300700
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – did not complete for championship
Ohio State scoring a touchdown against Case, while playing at Van Horn Field in University Circle, Cleveland.

Half of the team's points were tallied in a 128–0 victory over Oberlin. The 128 points scored against Oberlin remains a single-game Ohio State record.[2]

Halfback Chic Harley was a consensus first-team pick on the 1916 All-America college football team.[3] Other notable players included end Charles Bolen, center Ferdinand Holtkamp, and tackle Bob Karch.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 7Ohio WesleyanW 12–0
October 14Oberlin
  • Ohio Field
  • Columbus, OH
W 128–0[4]
October 21at IllinoisW 7–6
November 4Wisconsin
  • Ohio Field
  • Columbus, OH
W 14-13
November 11Indiana
  • Ohio Field
  • Columbus, OH
W 46–7
November 18at Case
W 28–0
November 25Northwestern
  • Ohio Field
  • Columbus, OH
W 23–3

References