[1] Ryan Day was named acting head coach. He also hired a coaching staff of three former assistants from Massillon, two coaches he knew from rival high schools, and one member of Schmidt's deposed staff. Finishing last in the Big Ten for the only time in team history, only an improbable win against Northwestern had kept the record from matching 1897's worst ever. Seasons: 98, This season, OSU has outscored Wisconsin, Rutgers and, Web. In 1954 (even with Cassady now a seasoned junior) the Buckeyes were picked to finish no higher than 5th in the Big Ten. The next three seasons would see the Buckeyes amass a 315 record, win or share three Big Ten championships, and win two BCS bowls. 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Tressel decided against it however, and the Buckeyes went on to claim 3126 victory over Arkansas and their fifth BCS bowl victory since hiring Tressel. The team rebounded to win its next six easily, but then were shut down by a ball-control Michigan team that allowed the Buckeyes only 23 minutes with the ball, then lost again to Penn State in the Fiesta Bowl. Fesler responded by playing Janowicz at halfback again, although he continued to be a serious passing threat to opposing teams, and Ohio State won six games in a row, most by wide margins, to move into the top ranking in the AP poll. Hill 24-yard touchdown reception from Dwayne Haskins, Sean Nuernberger kick good, TreVontae Hights 51-yard touchdown reception from Shawn Robinson, Jonathan Song kick good, Dwayne Haskins 5-yard touchdown run, Sean Nuernberger kick good, K. J. Hamler 93-yard touchdown reception from, J.K. Dobbins 4-yard touchdown run, Sean Nuernberger kick good, K.J. The 2412 upset was one of the most significant in college football history, and arguably the greatest in the rivalry. Ohio State now holds a 9-0 all-time record against Rutgers and has won every game its played against the Scarlet Knights by at least 22 points, scoring at least 49 points in all of them. [citation needed] In 2004, however, Troy Smith's acceptance of $500 from former OSU booster Robert Q. Baker led to a 2-game suspension from the team, which continued into the 2005 season. Archie Griffin began his college football career in 1972, taking advantage of new NCAA eligibility rules that allowed freshmen to compete at the varsity level. On July 8, 2011, Ohio State University decided to vacate all victories from the 2010 football season as self-imposed punishment for major NCAA violations. In 2016, in spite of having the fewest returning starters of any team in the country, Ohio State would go on to win 11 games, but ultimately losing to Penn State in the regular season. This was the Buckeyes' 129th overall season and 106th as a member of the Big Ten Conference. Schmidt's 1934 squad opened the season with a 330 victory over Indiana, the initial shutout of the 25 registered during Schmidt's 56-game career at Ohio State. Despite defeating Pitt by 40 points the Buckeyes dropped to 10th in the polls, but moved up five spots when they handily defeated Illinois in a game held in Cleveland. The Big Ten's coronavirus policies would have prevented the Buckeyes from playing in the 2020 Big Ten Football Championship Game, as they did not meet the six-game threshold put forth by the conference. The history of Ohio State Buckeyes football covers 125 years through the 2014 season. Iowa was top-ranked nationally when they came into Ohio Stadium favored to end the longest home winning streak in the country, and were the first #1 team the Buckeyes faced since Purdue in 1968. The price at the time was steep: Michigan had left the conference in 1906 and conference policy forbade playing the Wolverines. In 1968 Hayes regularly played 13 members during their sophomore season (ten as starters), a practice he had once predicted would cost a loss per sophomore played. This changed when he was injured during spring practice and would be forced to sit out the season. [78] The Buckeyes were named the number two seed in the College Football Playoff and lost to the Clemson Tigers in the Fiesta Bowl. Park, p. 249. Despite this, numerous defeats of top-ranked teams propelled Ohio State back into the top position in the BCS. The Buckeyes went undefeated with a powerful offense and equally impenetrable defense, achieving an average margin of victory of 31 points a game. His teams forged records of 921, 93, and 741, and made bowl appearances in all three years (the rules had changed to allow appearances in bowls other than the Rose Bowl). Harley's exploits prompted both a new surge of popularity in Ohio State football and higher attendance figures, with the demand far outreaching the capacity of Ohio Field. Sophomore running back Keith Byars had a stand-out season in 1983, rushing for 1,199yards, and Ohio State defeated the Oklahoma Sooners in Norman, but three losses in conference meant a 4th-place finish. For the only time in its history, however, the team 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 championship title with Auburn. However, after posting a 120 regular season in 2006, and going wire-to-wire during the regular season as the top-ranked team to advance to the BCS National Championship game on January 8, 2007, the Buckeyes endured a shocking defeat to the Florida Gators, 4114. Brown submitted the name of his assistant coach, Carroll Widdoes, to direct the team in his absence. World War II ended by the time the 1945 season began and Widdoes integrated a number of returning military veterans into his team, and although the Buckeyes had a creditable year at 72, they were manhandled at home by Purdue and lost a tight game to Michigan, finishing third in the conference behind Indiana and Michigan. The falloff in success of Hayes' last three years was not great. Clarett accused Tressel of orchestrating a benefits system, including free cars, cash for no-work jobs, and improper academic assistance. Per Game AVG/G: Ohio State: 44-31: 24/21: 5/3: 18/17: 6/8: The 1956 season became one of mixed results. The Big Ten opener matched them against the number one-ranked Boilermakers and although threatened three times in the first half, Purdue held Ohio State scoreless. Cardale Jones would replace him and lead OSU to the Michigan win and a 590 stomping of the Wisconsin Badgers in the 2014 Big Ten Football Championship Game. The football program took an unexpected turn when Paul Brown, still in the Navy and with the war continuing, signed a contract on February 6, 1945, to coach what would become the Cleveland Browns of the professional All-America Football Conference. His second season was almost as successful, as the 811 record included a scoreless tie against Michigan. However, the season fell completely apart in the final two games when the Buckeyes turned the ball over seven times in a loss to Illinois, and in a game known to Ohio State fans as the "Snow Bowl", lost to Michigan 93 in a blizzard. Fesler was an Ohio State alumnus and had been a star athlete, winning nine letters (three in football), had been a three-time All-American, and was Big Ten MVP in 1930. Location. [50] Bay, who had been instrumental in keeping Bruce at Ohio State, disregarded Jennings' orders and announced the firing and his own resignation in protest. The program itself was removed from the Department of Physical Education and made a part of the new Department of Athletics, an organization under faculty control, but a move which saw the hiring of full-time coaches with faculty status. 1 Alabama in the 2014 Sugar Bowl. USC came into Ohio Stadium and was again beaten, 2812, resulting in the Buckeyes being ranked first in the Associated Press poll. The Buckeyes then defeated a West Coast school for the first time, stunning the USC Trojans 330 in the Los Angeles Coliseum. [88] Ohio State defeated Clemson 49-28, and advanced to the 2021 College Football Playoff National Championship, to face number 1 Alabama. 1984 witnessed what Bruce called "the greatest comeback after the worst start" when Ohio State fell behind Illinois 240 at home but roared back on 274yards rushing and five touchdowns by Byars to win 4538. In its issue of October 24, 1955, Sports Illustrated, through an article by Robert Shaplen, stated that Hayes had used money he received from his weekly television show to make small personal loans to financially needy players on his team for expenses such as clothing and travel expenses, stating: Once signed, a recruit can count on some financial help from Hayes if he is "in need". 1 ranked team. Eddie George won the Heisman Trophy in 1995 after a tremendous senior season, Ohio State defeated Notre Dame in 1995 and 1996, and won half its bowl games. Schmidt's next three seasons were less successful, finishing second in the conference twice and just sixth in 1938. Widdoes had been an assistant to Brown since 1934 and had turned down the prestigious head coach position at Washington High School to go with Brown to Ohio State. Among the oddities occurring during its formative years, the Buckeyes won a game by forfeit (its only win in 1897, over Ohio Medical), lost one by forfeit (Penn State in 1912), and had a player play for both teams in one game (Bob Hager, loaned to Marietta College in 1898, a game which Marietta won). Attendance revenue from college football means everything for athletic departments. The team would go on to face Clemson Tigers in the 2013 Orange Bowl where they would lose 40-35 to end the season 122. Willaman's stint began auspiciously with three wins that included a victory over Michigan, but the team finished poorly with an overall 431, and although the 1930 team had a better record, it lost to its rival and still managed only a fourth-place finish in the Big Ten. Ohio State was selected to play against Utah in the Rose Bowl. In late 2010, however it was found that five Buckeye players, including Pryor, had improperly sold memorabilia to the owner of a tattoo parlor. In 1952, however, Hayes continued his transformation of the team, playing Howard "Hopalong" Cassady as a freshman and installing a split-T offense. In 1957 four Big Ten teams were picked in pre-season polls to finish in the Top 10, but Ohio State was not one of them, and in their opener, the Buckeyes lost to TCU, their third defeat in a row. Ohio State had won its third Big Ten championship in 1920, losing its only game to California in the Rose Bowl, and a superb 1921 season had been marred by two inexplicable losses to Oberlin (the last Buckeye loss to an Ohio team) and to winless Illinois. The night before the game a massive attack of dysentery struck the team, attributed to the water in the hotel. The team would follow up with another great performance against No. Indiana, with a strong team, followed and Ohio State overcame a late Hoosier lead on a particularly hot, humid afternoon for a narrow win. Because of a "no-repeat" policy in the Big Ten regarding the Rose Bowl and guaranteed no worse than a co-championship of the conference, the number one-ranked Buckeyes were playing for a perfect record. The next week it hosted its first ever top-ten matchup, against No. Ohio State had lost its starting halfback, Don Clark, to a leg injury the week before, and with the discord between the coaches well-publicized, the week leading up to the game took on the frenzy of Michigan Week. 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In 2019, Day's first season as a full-time head coach, he led the Buckeyes to a perfect 12-0 regular season record, the Buckeye's first undefeated regular season since 2013. (Its record against in-state college opponents through 1934 was 1534515.) Ohio State's repeat of appearing in the playoffs where dashed when the committee chose 111 Alabama over the 112 Buckeyes. All-Americans and future National Football League stars included Keith Byars, Cris Carter, Chris Spielman, John Frank, Jim Lachey, Tom Tupa, Marcus Marek, and Pepper Johnson. Home attendance grew from a few hundred to a few thousand per home game, with on-campus Denny Field becoming home from 1895 onward. College Football Attendance 5-Year Average For Every School 2020 Preview. Although Ohio State lost this game also, it was marked by a strong second half comeback and were a presentiment that 33 years of frustration at not winning a national championship were about to come to an immediate end. 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. Tressel left Ohio State as its third-winningest coach and won or shared 7 Big Ten titles (including 2010 title vacated by NCAA). Less than two months later, however, he was named head coach at Minnesota. He returned against Purdue with Ohio State at 41 and scored twice, but then re-injured his foot the next week against Minnesota. Wide receiver coach Zach Smith was fired in July 2018 after domestic violence allegations came to light. Among the new coaches hired were Don Miller, one of Notre Dame's famous "Four Horsemen", and Ernie Godfrey, who went on to coach at Ohio State for 33years. 5 linemen, 4 linebackers, and 2 defensive backs, Vare, p. 76. The 1933 team lost only once, but it was to Michigan and again cost the Bucks a conference title. In hiring Francis Schmidt in March 1934 to coach its football team, Ohio State moved an already "big-time" program to a higher level of competition. Nearly a year would pass before the council would rescind the decision, after much public protest and debate. 1991 was 94, notable primarily as the season that sophomore running back Robert Smith quit the team. The next season brought with it expectations of a repeat championship as Ohio State returned many of its starters from the previous year. [20] Schmidt's popularity had been fading for a number of reasons,[21] including the mediocre showing in 1938, but the championship in 1939 and anticipation of an even better season in 1940 with 21 returning lettermen appeared to have secured his job. 7 and eventual national champion Cornell, but lost 2314. 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. [73] After an independent investigative panel reviewed the evidence, the Ohio State Board of Trustees found that Meyer and Ohio State University Athletic Director Gene Smith did not uphold the values of the university. The Buckeyes won each of their three games under Ryan Day to open the season, including a victory over then-No. One of their victories was over Paul Brown's previously unbeaten Great Lakes Navy team, with Horvath scoring two of the Buckeyes' three final-quarter touchdowns. winning eight games by an average score of 469. Going into the Michigan game, Ohio State was ranked 2nd and Michigan was ranked 5th by the College Football Playoff committee. The Buckeyes' only score came on a drive of 96 yards in the 3rd quarter and they dropped to 6th in the AP poll. The Athletic Department interviewed four candidates in a brief but intensive national selection process, and despite his having no previous experience coaching college football and being just 32 years of age, Brown was named head coach on January 14, 1941, with a 3-year contract. On August 22, the board voted to suspend Meyer for the opening three games of the season for the Buckeyes. On August 1, 2018, Meyer was placed on administrative leave by Ohio State, after reports surfaced that Meyer knew about spousal abuse allegations against assistant coach Zach Smith prior to Smith's firing the week prior. This scheduling arrangement was not formalized. On October 31 the Buckeyes traveled to Madison, Wisconsin, to play the Badgers. A 760 rout of Western Reserve ended scheduling against other Ohio universities until 1992. The Buckeyes preserved their perfect season with a dramatic 4th quarter drive for a come-from-behind victory over Michigan. 1974 and 1975 were seasons of both elation and frustration. [15] At least two sources[16][17] indicate that St. John and Rockne met in early January in New Orleans and that Rockne accepted the position at OSU contingent on his release by Notre Dame. Day acted as the head coach during Meyer's suspension. Harley returned in 1919, named an All-American for the third time, but Ohio State finished second in the Western Conference when Illinois, in the season's last game, scored the only touchdown of the year against the Buckeyes, then kicked a field goal on the final play to win 97. 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. News about Chicago Bears, Cubs, Bulls, White Sox, Blackhawks, Fire from the Chicago Tribune, including latest injury reports, roster moves, trades, scores and analysis, photos and highlights. In the mid-1880s the growing fever of the Walter Camp-style of football, formulated between 1880 and 1883 among colleges of the future Ivy League, reached Columbus, Ohio. [12] However 1919 also saw the first Buckeye victory over Michigan (which had re-joined the conference in 1917), 133 in Ann Arbor, the first of three straight wins against its rival. Schmidt's faults were deemed to be a dictatorial demeanor, excessively long practice sessions, and a penchant for. On November 28, 2011, Ohio State announced that Urban Meyer was hired as head coach. Despite being predicted to finish second in the Big Ten East Division according to the 2019 Cleveland.com preseason poll,[76] the Buckeyes clinched the division following their November 23 victory over rival Penn State, and secured a spot in the Big Ten Championship,[77] which they would go on to win, beating Wisconsin 34-21. The Buckeyes won seven of their eight games in 1934, four by shutout (including a 340 defeat of Michigan, the first of 4 straight seasons in which the Buckeyes held the Wolverines scoreless), but finished second in the Big Ten to National Champion Minnesota. The Buckeyes finished the 2017 season 122, 81 in Big Ten play to win the East division. The season ended with a humiliating 586 loss to Michigan. When do Ohio State tickets go on sale? In 1986 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. Ohio State opened the season with four wins at home, defeating SMU, Oregon, Purdue and Northwestern. Web. Ohio State had won 62 games and lost only 12, but a third of those were to Michigan. Iowa won the game, the Big Ten championship, and the Rose Bowl that followed. [36] However Brown had also alienated many Buckeye alumni by failing to return to the coaching position reserved for him at the end of World War II, and the athletics department by signing Buckeye players, Lou Groza chief among them, to professional contracts before their college eligibility had ended. Ohio State lost 22 veteran players, 18 of them lettermen, of its 1941 team to graduation and military service, and fielded a team of 24 sophomores, 16 juniors, and 3 seniors, including tailback Les Horvath. Play resumed in November, with home games played at Recreation Park (near the current Schiller Park in south Columbus),[5] but Ohio State lost all three. Ohio State finished second in the national rankings behind Army and Horvath became the first Buckeye to be awarded the Heisman Trophy. Instead, they received a bid to the Cotton Bowl Classic where they defeated USC 247. 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. The 2021 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University during the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season.The Spartans competed as members of the East Division of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan.This was the program's second season under head coach Mel Tucker. Despite having the highest two-year winning percentage of any Buckeye coach, Widdoes asked to return to an assistant's position, which was granted. The 1969 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. Michigan shocked the Buckeyes and led 2412 at the half, then totally shutdown the defending champions in the second half, intercepting six Buckeye passes. 3 min read Since, Corum's 1,349 rushing yards are the highest total by a Wolverine since Denard Robinsons 2010 season (1,702 yards) and the most by a. Preseason speculation in the sports media anticipated a finish in 2007 of no higher than 3rd in the Big Ten. The situation grew worse in 1932 when an experienced Buckeye team disappointed expectations and the effects of the Great Depression significantly lowered attendance. The Buckeyes played their home games at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. The official source for NFL news, video highlights, fantasy football, game-day coverage, schedules, stats, scores and more. The 2017 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season.The Buckeyes played their home games at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.It was the Buckeyes' 128th overall, the 105th as a member of the Big Ten Conference, and fourth as a member of the Eastern Division.They were led by Urban Meyer, who Widdoes moved him to quarterback in the T formation and played him at tailback in the single wing in an otherwise freshman backfield, and as a result Ohio State went undefeated and untied. In his second game, sent in against North Carolina late in the first quarter, Griffin set a new Buckeye rushing record with 239yards and led the team in rushing for the season with 867. Generally speaking, the average ticket price for Ohio State tickets is around $69 a ticket. Indiana defeated Ohio State for the first time since 1951, 3110, in a game that came to be known as the "darkest day", and Ohio State lost three conference games in a row going into the Michigan game. Tressel's success continued with two additional Big Ten championships in 2005 and 2006 (the 2006 title outright) and a record through the 2006 regular season of 6214. The 1935 squad also went 71 but were co-champions of the Big Ten with Minnesota. Web. In 1901, however, center John Sigrist, a 27-year-old senior, was fatally injured in a game against Western Reserve and the continuation of intercollegiate football at Ohio State was in serious question. [38] Going into his first season, Hayes thus did not enjoy widespread support among Ohio State's following. Tying Michigan in Ann Arbor to become Big Ten co-champions, Ohio State also received the Rose Bowl invitation, where they came from behind to defeat California. The Buckeye would end up making the inaugural College Football Playoff as the No. By the end of the 1912 season, Ohio State's 23rd, the team had had eleven coaches, sixteen coaching changes, and stood 1267217, having never beaten Michigan. However, despite an 112 record, they failed to receive an invitation to the College Football Playoff. 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 on a run for a national championship. The next week they were upset, however, in Ohio Stadium by three-touchdown underdog Penn State, on a missed extra point (and Penn State had been scheduled only after Navy had canceled its game with Ohio State). The head coach of Missouri, Don Faurot, had been offered and accepted the position a week earlier, but changed his mind two days later. In the game itself, touchdowns were re-valued to the six points they are now. [65][66] Following their championship season, Tressel and the school administration became entangled in a major controversy over allegations of NCAA violations by tailback Maurice Clarett. Ohio State would win nine in a row with Barrett before he broke his leg in the MichiganOhio State game. The game was also notable in that more than 90,000 attended, a "standing room only" figure that exceeded stadium seating capacity by nearly forty percent. There were calls for Tressell to suspend the players for the 2011 Sugar Bowl. The 2018 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season.The Buckeyes played their home games at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.This was the Buckeyes' 129th overall season and 106th as a member of the Big Ten Conference.They were led by head coach Urban Meyer in his seventh and final season at Ohio [24], Eligible for call-up into the military by the Selective Service, Paul Brown accepted a commission as a lieutenant (junior grade) in the United States Navy on April 12, 1944, and was assigned to the Great Lakes Naval Training Center at Chicago. The team has represented the Ohio State University in the Western Conference, its successor the Big Ten, and in the NCAA Division I. Ohio, for their matchup. Coach John Wilce brought a stability to the program not previously experienced, and in 1916 he also brought Charles W. "Chic" Harley, OSU's first "triple threat" (runner, passer, and kicker), to the varsity team. A week later Carroll Widdoes was made the official head coach of Ohio State. Knox 40-yard touchdown run, Spencer Evans kick good, Terry McLaurin 34-yard touchdown reception from Dwayne Haskins, Blake Haubell kick good, Rondale Moore 43-yard touchdown reception from David Blough, Spencer Evans kick good, Interception returned 41 yards for touchdown by Markus Bailey, Spencer Evans kick good, Anthony McFarland 81-yard touchdown run, Joseph Petrino kick good, Anthony McFarland 75-yard touchdown run, Joseph Petrino kick good, Terry McLaurin 68-yard touchdown reception from, Javon Leake 14-yard touchdown run, Joseph Petrino kick good, Interception returned 37 yards for touchdown by RaVon Davie, Joseph Petrino kick good, Dwayne Haskins 2-yard touchdown run, Blake Haubell kick good, K.J. The only blemish on their record was a 1010 tie with Michigan after both teams had entered the game unbeaten. Offensive coordinator Paul Bixler switched positions with Widdoes in 1946. Ohio State also defeated Michigan to win an outright Big Ten championship. The super sophomores included three-year starters Rex Kern, Jack Tatum, Jim Stillwagon, John Brockington, Mike Sensibaugh, Jan White, Bruce Jankowski, Tim Anderson, Larry Zelina, Mike Vladich, Doug Adams, and Mark Debevc. Woody Hayes won his first and the team's second national championship. Assistant coach, and former Buckeye player, Luke Fickell was hired as the interim coach for the 20112012 season. Byars broke his toe just prior to the start of the 1985 season, ending his Heisman hopes and seriously handicapping the Buckeye attack. Kern, Tatum, and Stillwagon have since been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Fesler employed a single wing offense with returning Dean Sensenbaugher at tailback and Joe Whisler at fullback, but two of his key veterans, Tommy James and Tony Adamle, had left school to play professional football and the Bucks had a dismal 261 record, shut out four times and scoring only 60points the entire season. The 2017 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Pennsylvania State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season.The team was led by fourth-year head coach James Franklin and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania.They were a member of the East Division of the Big Ten Conference.. Penn State entered the season as He also instituted a demanding practice regimen and was both aggressive and vocal in enforcing it, alienating many players accustomed to Fesler's laid-back style. Future Nebraska governor Chester Hardy Aldrich captained the team in 1886, and Stevens Institute of Technology alumnus Joseph Frederick Firestone led the attempt in 1887. Michigan was directed by first-year coach Bo Schembechler, a former Hayes protg. The next year representatives met with counterparts from Adelbert, Denison, Buchtel, and Kenyon Colleges to agree to various terms and laid the groundwork for the informal "Big Six" conference of Ohio colleges. Ohio State combined a powerful defense that held Michigan to only 37yards rushing, a rushing offense employing two tight ends as blockers, and a 26-yard touchdown pass from Kern to Bruce Jankowski to win 209. Brown's Tigers had just won their sixth straight state championship and had outscored opponents 477-6 while drawing an attendance of 116,000. Vare also looks at the episode in detail, albeit from an entirely one-sided viewpoint. The Buckeyes rebounded in 1926, losing only to Michigan as a result of a missed extra point with two minutes to play. This loss effectively eliminated Ohio State from playoff contention. In 1899 the university hired John Eckstorm away from Kenyon College (Kenyon had beaten Ohio State 290 the previous year). [93] Ohio State won the Rose Bowl by a score of 48-45. That presaged a mediocre season in which the Buckeyes finished 6-6, ending their successful 90's run. Recognizing that he had been hired in part to beat Michigan, Schmidt's first four seasons saw victories over their archrival, all by shut-out, beginning with a 340 trouncing in 1934. The team was invited to the Rose Bowl to play Pac-12 Conference champion Washington. That too was stopped and again negated by penalty. Heavily criticized within and without the university, Willaman resigned in January 1934 to become head coach at Western Reserve, hounded out of Columbus (according to 'Time magazine) by the "downtown coaches".[19]. Bixler had been hired away from Colgate in 1941 by Paul Brown, familiar with his work when Bixler was an assistant at Canton McKinley High School, and had never head-coached a team before taking over the Buckeyes. 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. [51] The Buckeyes enjoyed an emotional come-from-behind victory over Michigan in Ann Arbor after the entire team wore headbands bearing the word "EARLE", then declined an invitation to play in the Sun Bowl. Ohio State quickly sought a replacement for Cooper before the 2001 recruiting season, and after a nationwide search hired Jim Tressel. Prominent on the 194244 teams was Bill Willis, the Buckeyes' first African American star, honored in 2007 along with Chic Harley and Archie Griffin as one of the three most important players in Buckeyes football history. (Buckeye Commentary - Holy Buckeye) A dramatic second-straight victory over Michigan propelled them into the BCS National Championship Game at the Fiesta Bowl, where they beat the Miami Hurricanes in two overtimes in one of the greatest championship games in college football history. Though his only head coaching experience was at Massillon's Longfellow Junior High School, Widdoes was appointed acting head coach by the OSU Athletic Board on April 14. The 2009 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football the largest in Ohio Stadium history, were in attendance as the #3 USC Trojans came to Columbus, Ohio, to face the #8 Ohio State Buckeyes. The Delaware County Historical Society has set a marker at the site of that game. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. 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