1916 Ohio State Buckeyes football team information
American college football season
1916Ohio State Buckeyes football
Western Conference champion
Conference
Western Conference, Ohio Athletic Conference
Record
7–0 (4–0 Western, 3–0 OAC)
Head coach
John Wilce (4th season)
Offensive scheme
Heavy run
Base defense
Multi
Home stadium
Ohio Field
Uniform
Seasons
← 1915
1917 →
1916 Western Conference football standings
v
t
e
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
v
t
e
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.
^"1916 Ohio State Buckeyes Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
^Park, Jack (2003). The Official Ohio State Football Encyclopedia, Sports Publishing LLC, p.694.
^"Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 6. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
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