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Ohio State’s very first rival was Kenyon College , a small liberal arts college in Gambier , roughly 50 miles to the northeast. The Buckeyes first played them in their first season in on Nov 27, Kenyon won the first two meetings; however, Ohio State won 15 in a row and the rivalry diminished. Kenyon made it their season goal to defeat OSU.

After the Bucks joined the Big Ten they stopped playing Kenyon. The all-time record stands at 17—6, OSU. Schmidt was a well-established coach and an acknowledged offensive innovator. His offensive schemes were a «wide-open» style called «razzle-dazzle» and led him to be the first Buckeye football coach granted a multi-year contract. Schmidt’s first four seasons saw victories over archrival Michigan, all by shut-out.

The squad went 7—1, its sole loss was to Notre Dame , 18—13, in the first contest between the programs. However Schmidt’s remaining seasons were less successful, except in when the Buckeyes won the Big Ten championship, and his popularity faded for a number of reasons.

Brown immediately changed Ohio State’s style of offense, planned and organized his program in great detail, and delegated to his assistant coaches using highly structured practices. In , Ohio State lost 22 veteran players to military service as the United States joined World War II, and with a team of mostly sophomores went on to lose only once in winning its first national championship.

Brown accepted a commission in the United States Navy in and directed his assistant Carroll Widdoes to head the team in his absence. The team fielded 31 freshmen but went undefeated and untied, including a victory over Paul Brown’s Great Lakes Navy team. Ohio State finished second in the national rankings behind Army and Les Horvath became the first Buckeye to be awarded the Heisman Trophy. Brown chose not to return to Ohio State after the war, going into professional football instead. Widdoes, despite having the highest two-year winning percentage of any Buckeye coach, asked to return to an assistant’s position.

Offensive coordinator Paul Bixler and Widdoes switched positions, and Bixler endured a mediocre 4—3—2 season. Bixler resigned and talk of Ohio State being a «graveyard of coaches» became commonplace, a reputation that lingered for decades.

Ohio State improved greatly in , winning 6 and losing 3, then in enjoyed a successful season due to the play of sophomore Vic Janowicz.

Ohio State received the Rose Bowl invitation, where they came from behind to defeat California. In , Fesler, rumored to be resigning because of pressures associated with the position and abuse of his family by anonymous critics, returned to coach the Buckeyes, who won six games in a row to move into the top ranking in the AP poll.

However, the season fell apart as the Buckeyes lost to Michigan during a blizzard , a game that came to be known as the » Snow Bowl «. Two weeks later, citing concerns about his health and family, Fesler resigned.

He instituted a demanding practice regimen and was both aggressive and vocal in enforcing it, alienating many players accustomed to Fesler’s laid-back style. The Buckeyes won 4, lost 3, and tied 2, leaving many to question the ability of the new coach.

In , the team improved to 6—3 and recorded their first victory over Michigan in eight years, but after a loss to Michigan, critics called for the replacement of Hayes. In , the Buckeyes were picked to finish no higher than 10th in the Big Ten.

Hayes, however, had the talents of Howard «Hopalong» Cassady , and a historic goal-line stand against Michigan propelled Ohio State to a perfect season. Hayes led the powerhouse Buckeyes to a shared national championship his first and the team’s second. In the team again won the Big Ten, set an attendance record, and won in Ann Arbor for the first time in 18 years, while Hopalong Cassady was securing the Heisman Trophy.

Ohio State passed only three times against Michigan the sole reception was the only completion in the final three games of the year , leading to the characterization of Hayes’ style of offensive play as «three yards and a cloud of dust». In a article in Sports Illustrated , Hayes admitted to making small personal loans to financially needy players. Big Ten Commissioner Kenneth «Tug» Wilson found Hayes and the program guilty of violations and placed it on a year’s probation in In , Ohio State won all of its remaining games after an opening loss to claim the Big Ten championship, win the Rose Bowl over Oregon , and share a national title with Auburn , for which Hayes was named Coach of the Year.

In , the team went undefeated to be named national champions by the FWAA but a growing conflict between academics and athletics over Ohio State’s reputation as a «football school» resulted in a faculty council vote to decline an invitation to the Rose Bowl, resulting in much public protest and debate. In , Ohio State defeated the number one-ranked Purdue Boilermakers and continued to an undefeated season including a 50—14 rout of Michigan and a Rose Bowl victory over the USC Trojans that resulted in the national championship.

The Class of became known as the «super sophomores» in and might have gone on to three consecutive national championships except for what may have been the most bitter loss in Buckeye history. The winning streak reached 22 games as Ohio State traveled to Michigan. The Buckeyes were point favorites but directed by first-year coach Bo Schembechler , Michigan shocked the Buckeyes in a 24—12 upset.

The loss to Michigan initiated what came to be known as «The Ten Year War», in which the rivalry, which pitted some of OSU’s and UM’s strongest teams ever, rose to the uppermost level of all sports and the competition between Schembechler and Hayes became legendary. The Wolverines entered every game during those years undefeated and won only once, a 10—7 victory in Ann Arbor on November 20, Both teams used the annual game as motivation for entire seasons and after the initial win by Michigan, played dead even at four wins and a tie apiece.

Hayes had the upper hand during the first part of the war, in which Ohio State won the conference championship and went to the Rose Bowl four straight years, while Michigan won the final three. It was also an era in which through television Ohio State football again came to the forefront of national attention. The return match in Columbus found both teams undefeated and untied, a «first» in the history of the rivalry, with Michigan, ranked fourth and Ohio State fifth.

Ohio State combined a powerful defense that held Michigan to only 37 yards rushing, a rushing offense employing two tight ends as blockers, and a yard touchdown pass from Kern to Bruce Jankowski to win 20—9. The Buckeyes returned to the Rose Bowl to be upset by Stanford 27— The «super sophomores» had garnered a record of 27—2, the best winning percentage of any three-year period in team history, and won or shared the Big Ten title all three years. Archie Griffin began his college football career in , taking advantage of new NCAA eligibility rules that allowed freshmen to compete at the varsity level.

In his second game, sent in against North Carolina late in the first quarter, Griffin set a new Buckeye rushing record with yards and led the team in rushing for the season with The following season, Hayes installed an I-formation attack with Griffin at tailback and fellow sophomore Cornelius Greene at quarterback.

The Buckeyes went undefeated with a powerful offense and impenetrable defense, achieving an average margin of victory of 31 points a game. The only blemish on their record was a 10—10 tie with Michigan after both teams had entered the game unbeaten. Despite soundly defeating defending national champion USC , however, the tie with Michigan resulted in the Buckeyes finishing second to Notre Dame in the final AP rankings.

The Buckeyes twice more defeated Michigan, and went to two Rose Bowls, but lost both. The team seemed bound for another national championship when it was derailed by a loss to unranked Michigan State Ohio State lost only twice in the regular season during Griffin’s four-year career, both to the Spartans , and the next year, the No. In all, the Buckeyes were 40—5—1 from to , winning the Big Ten all four years and never losing to Michigan, but it was the losses and ties that proved important to Ohio State missing out on achieving a national championship.

At any rate, Archie Griffin rushed for 5, yards combined in his four seasons at Ohio State while winning the Heisman Trophy in 1, yards rushed and 1, yards. The falloff in the success of Hayes’ last three years was not great. His teams forged records of 9—2—1, 9—3, and 7—4—1, and made bowl appearances in all three years the rules had changed to allow appearances in other than the Rose Bowl. However, frustrations in losing three straight years to Michigan, and other factors, resulted in growing criticism of Hayes and his methods, particularly his on-the-field fits of temper.

Even so, his downfall was sudden and shocking when near the end of the nationally televised Gator Bowl , Hayes punched Clemson middle guard Charlie Bauman after Bauman intercepted a pass to kill Ohio State’s last chance to win. The Buckeyes lost both by a single point, 17—16, but Bruce was named Coach of the Year.

His success was hailed by those in the media who saw it as a rebuke of Hayes and the start of a «new era». Though each of these seasons, and the 10—3 season that followed them, culminated in a bowl game, Ohio State did not appear to be any closer to a national championship than during the end of the Hayes era. Bruce’s teams were not without impact players, however.

For the first time since , the Buckeyes lost three in a row in Ohio Stadium in , including rematches with Stanford and Florida State, and for the second year in a row to Wisconsin, but then won seven straight, the last over BYU in the Holiday Bowl. Sophomore running back Keith Byars had a stand-out season in , rushing for 1, yards, and Ohio State defeated the Oklahoma Sooners in Norman , but three losses in conference meant a 4th-place finish.

Ohio State also defeated Michigan to win an outright Big Ten championship. Byars led the nation in rushing and scoring but finished second in Heisman balloting. In , Bruce received a 3-year contract, the first for the modern program but the team opened with two losses, which had not occurred in over 90 years. The Buckeyes then won 9 in a row before Michigan took a close game when kicker Matt Frantz missed a field goal with a minute to play.

After the season Bruce was offered the position of head coach at the University of Arizona with a 5-year contract but was persuaded to stay at his alma mater by Athletic Director Rick Bay. Hopes for a standout season in suffered a serious setback when All-American wide receiver Cris Carter was dropped from the team for signing with an agent. Indiana defeated Ohio State for the first time since , 31—10, in a game that came to be known as the «darkest day», [32] and Ohio State lost three conference games in a row going into the Michigan game.

On the Monday of Michigan week, after a weekend of rumors and speculation, Ohio State President Edward Jennings fired Bruce but tried to keep the dismissal secret until after the end of the season. Bay, who had been instrumental in keeping Bruce at Ohio State, disregarded Jennings’ orders and announced the firing and his own resignation in protest.

Jennings made his own situation worse by refusing to give a reason for the firing and the circumstances have been the subject of controversy since. John Cooper was hired as the 21st football head coach at Ohio State before the end of and before he had coached his last game at Arizona State University.

Cooper’s 13 years as the Buckeye head coach are largely remembered in the litany of negative statistics associated with him: a notorious 2—10—1 record against Michigan, a 3—8 record in bowl games, a 5-year losing streak to Illinois to start his term and a 6—7 record overall, and blowing a point 3rd quarter lead in a 28—24 loss to unranked Michigan State when the Buckeyes were the top-ranked team in the nation and en route to a national championship.

However, his record also has many positives: back-to-back victories over Notre Dame, two finishes second-ranked in the polls, and three Big Ten championships albeit shared. Cooper also recruited 15 players who were first-round draft picks in the National Football League. Both and began identically: an impressive season-opening win followed by an embarrassing loss to a highly regarded team Pitt and USC ; a rebound win against two other highly regarded programs LSU and Boston College followed by a loss to Illinois in the conference opener.

However, saw Ohio State lose its first three conference games and a close game at home against Michigan for a 4—6—1 record, its first losing season in 22 years. In the Buckeyes won 6 consecutive Big Ten games before losing its last two to go 8—4. The most noteworthy victory occurred in Minneapolis when Ohio State overcame a 31—0 deficit to Minnesota to win 41— Persistent rumors that Cooper would resign or be fired were laid to rest when University President Gordon Gee announced he would be back in The next 6 seasons were very successful, winning ten or more games in 5 of the 6 and sharing the conference championship in three.

Eddie George won the Heisman Trophy in after a tremendous senior season, Ohio State defeated Notre Dame in and , and won half its bowl games.

But in three seasons , , and the Buckeyes entered the Michigan game undefeated, with the possibility of a national championship in at least one, and lost all three to underdog Wolverine teams. Ohio State had won 62 games and lost only 12, but a third of those were to Michigan.

After renewing his contract and becoming a member of the «million dollar coaching club», [38] Cooper started sophomore Austin Moherman against the Miami Hurricanes in the nationally televised Kickoff Classic and was soundly beaten. That presaged a mediocre season in which the Buckeyes finished 6—6, ending their successful 90’s run. The team was more successful, going 8—4, but criticism of Cooper among fans had risen to a clamor again and touched on many areas of the program beyond specific game records.

The negative publicity rose to a peak in the days leading up to Ohio State’s matchup with South Carolina in the Outback Bowl , when wide receiver Reggie Germany was suspended for having a 0.

Other contributing factors included the record against Michigan which was actually considered by most people to be the biggest reason for his firing , a reputation of inability to win «big games», the lack of a national championship, the perception of him as an outsider by many alumni, the poor bowl game record, and finally a perceived lack of discipline on the team.

Ohio State quickly sought a replacement for Cooper and after a nationwide search hired Jim Tressel. Although there were some doubts as to whether or not Tressel could repeat his earlier success at the Division 1A level, most fans and alumni met the coaching change with enthusiasm.

On the day of his hiring, Jim Tressel, speaking to fans and students at a Buckeye basketball game, made a prophetic implication that he would lead the Buckeyes to beat Michigan in Ann Arbor the following November.

Tressel’s first season was difficult as the Buckeyes finished 7—5 all but one loss was by a touchdown or less , but he made good on his promise, beating Michigan in Ann Arbor.

While its fans were optimistic about the chance for success of the team, most observers were surprised by Ohio State’s National Championship. The Buckeyes lost both by wide margins. Terrelle Pryor was named MVP of the contest with 2 touchdown passes for a career-high passing yards. In addition, he had more total yards than the entire Oregon Ducks team. In December , it was announced that five student-athletes on the football team would be suspended for the first five games of the season for NCAA violations.

The punishments stemmed from an incident when some of the Buckeye players received tattoos for their autographs, according to news reports. Other violations committed by the players included the selling of several items given to them by the university, such as Big Ten championship rings. On December 22, , the NCAA announced that five players would be suspended for the first five games of the season due to receiving improper benefits. Mike Adams, Dan Herron , DeVier Posey, Solomon Thomas, and quarterback Terrelle Pryor were found to have signed autographs in return for tattoos, as well as selling memorabilia given to them by the university.

The scandal originated at Fine Line Tattoos and Piercings in Columbus, whose owner, Edward Rife, was being investigated for felony drug trafficking. The Buckeyes finished the season 0—1, with their only official game being a loss to Wisconsin.

Coach Tressel’s suspension would later be increased to 5 games by the university. On May 30, , Jim Tressel resigned as head coach of the Buckeyes. On July 8, , Ohio State University decided to vacate all victories from the football season as self-imposed punishment for major NCAA violations.

His status was also changed from «Resigned» to «Retired» in keeping with his wishes to «remain a Buckeye for life». Meyer’s first season at Ohio State did not include a postseason contest, as the Buckeyes were sanctioned with a one-year bowl ban on December 20, The NCAA sanctions also included the loss of three scholarships each year for the following three years and three years’ probation to end on December 19, Ohio State was required to vacate all wins from the season, the Big Ten Conference championship and their win in the Sugar Bowl.

The school’s share of the Sugar Bowl proceeds was forfeited as well. With the victory over Indiana, Ohio State set a team record for all-time consecutive wins, with The season for the Buckeyes began with a 10—0 start before losing on a last-second field goal to Michigan State on November 21, ending the Buckeyes’ quest to repeat as National Champions.

However, the Buckeyes recovered their 2 next games with dominating wins over Michigan and then over Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl to finish the season at 12—1. The season started off great with 6 straight victories, including a win over the Oklahoma Sooners, but the streak came to an end as the team lost a heart-breaker to the Penn State Nittany Lions.

The Buckeyes went on to win the rest of their regular-season games, finishing 11—1. Ohio State lost in the Fiesta Bowl to the Clemson Tigers in an embarrassing 31—0 loss, ending the season 11—2. The season started out on a high note with a victory over the Indiana Hoosiers, but the next week the Buckeyes fell to the Oklahoma Sooners.

The Buckeyes won the next 6 games, including a win over No. The Buckeyes suffered an embarrassing defeat against the Iowa Hawkeyes. Urban Meyer was suspended for the first three games of the season for mishandling domestic violence allegations against then-wide receivers coach Zach Smith. Co-Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Ryan Day served as interim coach and led the Buckeyes to a 3—0 start. Meyer returned to the sidelines and coached the team to four more victories before the team suffered a loss on October 20 to Purdue, 49— The Buckeyes won their last four games of the regular season, including a 62—39 win over archrival Michigan, in Columbus.

On December 4, , the university announced that Meyer would retire after the Rose Bowl and be replaced by co-offensive coordinator Ryan Day. In Day’s first year, the Buckeyes went a perfect 13—0, including a win over archrival Michigan by a score of and defeating Wisconsin for the Big Ten Championship.

In Day’s second year, the Big Ten season didn’t start until late October due to the COVID pandemic , and the Buckeyes would only play five out of a scheduled eight games due to several virus-related cancellations – including the Michigan game. Nevertheless, the Buckeyes would go 5—0 in the regular season, win the East Division title, and go on to beat Northwestern 22—10 in the Big Ten Championship Game, giving Day his second straight conference title. On September 11, , he suffered his first regular season loss as head coach when the Oregon Ducks defeated the Buckeyes 35—28 in the 2nd game of the season.

The following is a list of Ohio State’s claimed national championships. Ohio State has won a championship in the Big Ten 39 times, second-most in the conference and third most conference titles of any school in any conference.

Since , Big Ten has moved to divisions to ultimately decide who would play for the conference championship. The divisions were known as Legends and Leaders from to In , the divisions were realigned geographically into East and West.

Ohio State’s first game with Michigan dates to Michigan leads the series 59—51—6 through the season. The series versus Illinois began in and became the longest continuous series in when the schools played in their 89th consecutive year. In , Ohio State was given their only defeat of the regular season by the Illini. Through the season, Ohio State leads the series 68—30—4. When Penn State was added to the Big Ten conference football play in , every member was given two designated rivals, teams to be played every year, with the other conference teams rotated out of the schedule at regular intervals.

Ohio States leads the series 22—14 through the season. This table reflects the results of Big Ten match-ups when both OSU and its opponent were members of the conference through November 9, Examples of excluded results are Chicago after , Michigan between and , Michigan State before , Penn State before , and Nebraska before see Big Ten History for further information. Ohio State’s vacated wins from are not included see Ohio State Buckeyes football team for further information.

Ohio State players have won 34 of the listed major awards, with the next closest being 26 Oklahoma. Ohio State is the only university to have received each of the awards at least once. Note – 10 and all future numbers are to be considered enshrined rather than retired, and will still be available to be worn. All previously retired jersey numbers will remain retired.

Note: Due to number restrictions, Thayer Munford could not wear number 0. Instead, he wore his regular number and honored the award with a patch.

Ohio State players have won the Heisman Trophy seven times, which ties Notre Dame and Oklahoma 7 for the most awards for any school. Archie Griffin is the only two-time recipient in the history of the award. Ohio State players have won the Lombardi Award six times:. Four Ohio State players have won the Maxwell Award :. Four Ohio State players have won the Outland Trophy :. Ohio State players have won the Walter Camp Award four times:.

Ohio State players have won the Dick Butkus Award twice:. Ohio State players have won the Jim Thorpe Award twice:. Ohio State players have won the Dave Rimington Trophy three times:. Through , Buckeyes have been named first team All-Americans since Of those 85 have been consensus picks. On November 22, , ten Buckeyes were named to either the Coaches or Conference media All-Big Ten First Team selections for the season, and seven were named to both.

Four other Buckeyes received Second Team honors. All records per OSU Athletics. Paul Keels is the play-by-play announcer, while former Buckeye left guard Jim Lachey serves as color analyst. They are joined by sideline reporter Matt Andrews and Skip Mosic, host of the network pregame and halftime shows.

Announced schedules as of October 7, In , a study conducted by Nate Silver of the New York Times determined that Ohio State had the most fans of any college football team.

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More languages. Sponsored articles Coming soon. Create account. Log in. Dark mode. Create account Log in Dark mode. View source. Jump to: navigation , search. Not to be confused with Michigan—Ohio State football rivalry. Now the Spartans can likewise look across the border and snort and spit at a Buckeyes team MSU seems frequently to be meeting in its own toothy rivalry that, again Saturday, will shape the Big Ten championship when the lads lock up in a noon kickoff at Ohio Stadium.

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Archived from the original on April 6, Retrieved March 6, The Columbus Dispatch. Archived from the original on December 24, Retrieved December 24, October 29, His status was also changed from «Resigned» to «Retired» in keeping with his wishes to «remain a Buckeye for life». Meyer’s first season at Ohio State did not include a postseason contest, as the Buckeyes were sanctioned with a one-year bowl ban on December 20, The NCAA sanctions also included the loss of three scholarships each year for the following three years and three years’ probation to end on December 19, Ohio State was required to vacate all wins from the season, the Big Ten Conference championship and their win in the Sugar Bowl.

The school’s share of the Sugar Bowl proceeds was forfeited as well. With the victory over Indiana, Ohio State set a team record for all-time consecutive wins, with The season for the Buckeyes began with a 10—0 start before losing on a last-second field goal to Michigan State on November 21, ending the Buckeyes’ quest to repeat as National Champions.

However, the Buckeyes recovered their 2 next games with dominating wins over Michigan and then over Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl to finish the season at 12—1. The season started off great with 6 straight victories, including a win over the Oklahoma Sooners, but the streak came to an end as the team lost a heart-breaker to the Penn State Nittany Lions. The Buckeyes went on to win the rest of their regular-season games, finishing 11—1.

Ohio State lost in the Fiesta Bowl to the Clemson Tigers in an embarrassing 31—0 loss, ending the season 11—2. The season started out on a high note with a victory over the Indiana Hoosiers, but the next week the Buckeyes fell to the Oklahoma Sooners.

The Buckeyes won the next 6 games, including a win over No. The Buckeyes suffered an embarrassing defeat against the Iowa Hawkeyes. Urban Meyer was suspended for the first three games of the season for mishandling domestic violence allegations against then-wide receivers coach Zach Smith. Co-Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Ryan Day served as interim coach and led the Buckeyes to a 3—0 start. Meyer returned to the sidelines and coached the team to four more victories before the team suffered a loss on October 20 to Purdue, 49— The Buckeyes won their last four games of the regular season, including a 62—39 win over archrival Michigan, in Columbus.

On December 4, , the university announced that Meyer would retire after the Rose Bowl and be replaced by co-offensive coordinator Ryan Day. In Day’s first year, the Buckeyes went a perfect 13—0, including a win over archrival Michigan by a score of and defeating Wisconsin for the Big Ten Championship. In Day’s second year, the Big Ten season didn’t start until late October due to the COVID pandemic , and the Buckeyes would only play five out of a scheduled eight games due to several virus-related cancellations – including the Michigan game.

Nevertheless, the Buckeyes would go 5—0 in the regular season, win the East Division title, and go on to beat Northwestern 22—10 in the Big Ten Championship Game, giving Day his second straight conference title. On September 11, , he suffered his first regular season loss as head coach when the Oregon Ducks defeated the Buckeyes 35—28 in the 2nd game of the season. The following is a list of Ohio State’s claimed national championships.

Ohio State has won a championship in the Big Ten 39 times, second-most in the conference and third most conference titles of any school in any conference. Since , Big Ten has moved to divisions to ultimately decide who would play for the conference championship.

The divisions were known as Legends and Leaders from to In , the divisions were realigned geographically into East and West. Ohio State’s first game with Michigan dates to Michigan leads the series 59—51—6 through the season. The series versus Illinois began in and became the longest continuous series in when the schools played in their 89th consecutive year. In , Ohio State was given their only defeat of the regular season by the Illini. Through the season, Ohio State leads the series 68—30—4.

When Penn State was added to the Big Ten conference football play in , every member was given two designated rivals, teams to be played every year, with the other conference teams rotated out of the schedule at regular intervals. Ohio States leads the series 22—14 through the season. This table reflects the results of Big Ten match-ups when both OSU and its opponent were members of the conference through November 9, Examples of excluded results are Chicago after , Michigan between and , Michigan State before , Penn State before , and Nebraska before see Big Ten History for further information.

Ohio State’s vacated wins from are not included see Ohio State Buckeyes football team for further information. Ohio State players have won 34 of the listed major awards, with the next closest being 26 Oklahoma.

Ohio State is the only university to have received each of the awards at least once. Note – 10 and all future numbers are to be considered enshrined rather than retired, and will still be available to be worn. All previously retired jersey numbers will remain retired. Note: Due to number restrictions, Thayer Munford could not wear number 0.

Instead, he wore his regular number and honored the award with a patch. Ohio State players have won the Heisman Trophy seven times, which ties Notre Dame and Oklahoma 7 for the most awards for any school. Archie Griffin is the only two-time recipient in the history of the award.

Ohio State players have won the Lombardi Award six times:. Four Ohio State players have won the Maxwell Award :. Four Ohio State players have won the Outland Trophy :.

Ohio State players have won the Walter Camp Award four times:. Ohio State players have won the Dick Butkus Award twice:. Ohio State players have won the Jim Thorpe Award twice:. Ohio State players have won the Dave Rimington Trophy three times:.

Through , Buckeyes have been named first team All-Americans since Of those 85 have been consensus picks. On November 22, , ten Buckeyes were named to either the Coaches or Conference media All-Big Ten First Team selections for the season, and seven were named to both. Four other Buckeyes received Second Team honors. All records per OSU Athletics.

Paul Keels is the play-by-play announcer, while former Buckeye left guard Jim Lachey serves as color analyst. They are joined by sideline reporter Matt Andrews and Skip Mosic, host of the network pregame and halftime shows.

Announced schedules as of October 7, In , a study conducted by Nate Silver of the New York Times determined that Ohio State had the most fans of any college football team.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Football team of the Ohio State University. Main article: History of Ohio State Buckeyes football. See also: List of Ohio State Buckeyes football seasons. This section may be too long to read and navigate comfortably. Please consider splitting content into sub-articles, condensing it, or adding subheadings.

Please discuss this issue on the article’s talk page. August This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it.

October Main article: Michigan—Ohio State football rivalry. Main article: Illibuck Trophy. Main article: Ohio State—Penn State football rivalry.

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