1916 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

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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
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Ohio State $ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 0 – 0
Northwestern 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 0
Minnesota 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 0
Chicago 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Illinois 2 – 2 – 1 3 – 3 – 1
Wisconsin 1 – 2 – 1 4 – 2 – 1
Iowa 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Indiana 0 – 3 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
Purdue 0 – 4 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1916 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Miami (OH) $ 6 – 0 – 1 7 – 0 – 1
Mount Union 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Denison 5 – 0 – 2 5 – 1 – 2
Ohio 4 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Wooster 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Case 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Ohio Wesleyan 2 – 2 – 2 2 – 3 – 2
Western Reserve 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Akron 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Ohio Northern 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Kenyon 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Wittenberg 0 – 5 – 1 2 – 5 – 2
Cincinnati 0 – 6 – 1 0 – 8 – 2
Baldwin–Wallace 0 – 1 – 0 0 – 2 – 0
Oberlin 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
Ohio State * 3 – 0 – 0 7 – 0 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – did not complete for championship
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.[1]

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[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 7Ohio Wesleyan
W 12–0
October 14Oberlin
  • Ohio Field
  • Columbus, OH
W 128–0[4]
October 21at Illinois
W 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[edit]

  1. ^ "1916 Ohio State Buckeyes Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  2. ^ Park, Jack (2003). The Official Ohio State Football Encyclopedia, Sports Publishing LLC, p.694.
  3. ^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 6. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  4. ^ "World's Record Is Established by Ohio State". Springfield Sunday News. October 15, 1916 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Case Football 1916/17".
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