1912 Ohio State Buckeyes football
OAC champion
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record6–3 (5–0 OAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio Field
Seasons
← 1911
1913 →
1912 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Ohio State $ 5 – 0 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Oberlin 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Western Reserve 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Denison 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
Miami (OH) 1 – 1 – 2 3 – 3 – 2
Case 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Wittenberg 2 – 3 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Kenyon 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Ohio Wesleyan 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Wooster 1 – 4 – 1 1 – 4 – 1
Cincinnati 0 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Ohio 0 – 4 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1912 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 1912 college football season. 1912 was the year that Ohio State was accepted into the Western Conference, now known as the Big Ten Conference.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5at Otterbein*Westerville, OHW 55–0
October 12Denison
  • Ohio Field
  • Columbus, OH
W 34–0
October 19Michigan*
L 0–1410,000
October 26Cincinnati
  • Ohio Field
  • Columbus, OH
W 45–7
November 2at Case
W 31–6
November 9Oberlin
  • Ohio Field
  • Columbus, OH
W 23–17
November 16Penn State*
L 0–373,500[2]
November 23at Ohio WesleyanDelaware, OHW 36–6
November 28Michigan Agricultural*
  • Ohio Field
  • Columbus, OH
L 20–35
  • *Non-conference game

Lettermen

These are the Ohio State University lettermen of the 1912 season.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Big Ten History". Big Ten Conference. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on November 14, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  2. ^ "Ohio State Doesn't Like Penn's Ways". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 17, 1912. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Ohio State Buckeyes football 1912 Roster - Lost Lettermen". old.lostlettermen.com. Retrieved September 8, 2015.[permanent dead link]


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