1919 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1919
| team = Ohio State Buckeyes
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Big Ten Conference
| short_conf = Big Ten
| conference2 = Ohio Athletic Conference
| short_conf2 = OAC
| record = 6–1
| conf_record = 3–1
| conf2_record = 2–0
| head_coach = John Wilce
| hc_year = 7th
| captain =
| stadium = Ohio Field
}}
{{1919 Big Ten Conference football standings}}{{1919 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings}}
The 1919 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 1919 college football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 6–1 record. Outscoring opponents 176–12, the Buckeyes scored their first 133 points in the first three games. This season represents the first time Ohio State beat Michigan in the rivalry.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 4
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1919|team=Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops|title=Ohio Wesleyan}}
| site_stadium = Ohio Field
| site_cityst = Columbus, OH
| score = 38–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 11
| w/l = w
| opponent = Cincinnati
| site_stadium = Ohio Field
| site_cityst = Columbus, OH
| score = 46–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 18
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Kentucky
| site_stadium = Ohio Field
| site_cityst = Columbus, OH
| score = 49–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 25
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Michigan
| site_stadium = Ferry Field
| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, MI
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 13–3
| attend = 30,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Ohio State Beats Michigan and Now Is Favorite for the Conference Title|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|author=Harry Bullion|date=October 26, 1919|page=21|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35421233/ohio_state_beats_michigan_and_now_is/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 8
| w/l = w
| opponent = Purdue
| site_stadium = Ohio Field
| site_cityst = Columbus, OH
| score = 20–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 15
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Wisconsin
| site_stadium = Camp Randall Stadium
| site_cityst = Madison, WI
| score = 3–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 22
| w/l = l
| opponent = Illinois
| site_stadium = Ohio Field
| site_cityst = Columbus, OH
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 7–9
| attend = 14,925
| source = {{cite news|title=Illinois Wins Big Ten Championship: Sternaman Runs 50 Yards for Touchdown|newspaper=The Champaign Daily News|date=November 23, 1919|pages=5, 16|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98795928/illinois-wins-big-ten-championship/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
}}
Coaching staff
- John Wilce, head coach, seventh year
References
{{Reflist}}
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