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1899 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

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1899 Ohio State Buckeyes football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–0–1
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio Field
Seasons
← 1898
1900 →
1899 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Kansas – 10–0–0
North Dakota – 6–0–0
Detroit College – 5–0–0
Lincoln (MO) – 1–0–0
Ohio State – 9–0–1
Iowa – 8–0–1
Washington University – 5–1–0
Missouri – 9–2–0
Chicago P&S – 4–1–0
Mount Union – 5–1–1
Indiana – 6–2–0
South Dakota Agricultural – 3–1–0
Wabash – 1–0–1
Cincinnati – 5–2–0
Drake – 5–2–0
Heidelberg – 5–2–0
Buchtel – 2–1–0
Doane – 2–1–0
Northern Illinois State – 1–0–2
Notre Dame – 6–3–1
Central Michigan – 3–2–0
Fairmount – 2–1–2
Carthage – 3–2–1
Western Reserve – 5–4–0
Wittenberg – 5–4–0
Iowa State – 5–4–1
College of Emporia – 1–1–1
Ohio – 2–2–0
Ohio Wesleyan – 5–5–0
Haskell – 4–5–0
Lake Forest – 4–6–2
Rush Medical – 3–4–0
Kansas State – 2–3–0
Iowa State Normal – 1–3–2
Washburn – 2–5–2
Butler – 1–3–0
Miami (OH) – 1–5–0
Nebraska – 1–7–1
North Dakota Agricultural – 0–1–0
Baldwin–Wallace – 0–4–0

The 1899 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 1899 college football season. They played all their home games at Ohio Field and were coached by John B. Eckstorm. They were the first Buckeyes football team to go undefeated, finishing 9–0–1.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30OtterbeinW 30–0[1]
October 7Wittenberg
  • Ohio Field
  • Columbus, OH
W 29–0[2]
October 14at CaseT 5–5[3]
October 21Ohio
  • Ohio Field
  • Columbus, OH
W 41–0[4]
October 28at OberlinOberlin, OHW 6–0[5]
November 4Western Reserve
  • Ohio Field
  • Columbus, OH
W 6–0[6]
November 11Marietta
  • Ohio Field
  • Columbus, OH
W 17–0[7]
November 18Ohio Medical
  • Ohio Field
  • Columbus, OH
W 12–04,000[8]
November 25at MuskingumNew Concord, OHW 34–0
November 30Kenyon
  • Ohio Field
  • Columbus, OH
W 5–0

References

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  1. ↑ "Ohio State 30, Otterbein 0". Cleveland Plain Dealer. October 1, 1899. Retrieved June 28, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Ohio State 29, Wittenberg 0". The Daily Inter Ocean. October 8, 1899. Retrieved June 28, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Case 5, O.S.U. 5". Cleveland Plain Dealer. October 15, 1899. Retrieved June 28, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Ohio State's easy victory". Cleveland Plain Dealer. October 22, 1899. Retrieved June 28, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Ohio State 6, Oberlin 0". Cleveland Plain Dealer. October 29, 1899. Retrieved June 28, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "O.S.U. 6, Western Reserve 0". Cleveland Plain Dealer. November 5, 1899. Retrieved June 28, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Ohio State 17, Marietta 0". Cleveland Plain Dealer. November 12, 1899. Retrieved June 28, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Ohio State—Claims The State Championship By Defeating Ohio Medical University". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio. November 19, 1899. p. 6. Retrieved April 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.