1926 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

The 1926 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 1926 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 7–1 record. Bucks outscored opponents 196–43, but suffered a devastating one-point loss to Michigan, their fifth straight loss to the Wolverines.[1] The team was ranked No. 10 in the nation in the Dickinson System ratings released in December 1926.[2]

1926 Ohio State Buckeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record7–1 (3–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio Stadium
1926 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Michigan + 5 –0 –07 –1 –0
No. 10 Northwestern + 5 –0 –07 –1 –0
No. 8 Ohio State 3 –1 –07 –1 –0
Purdue 2 –1 –15 –2 –1
Wisconsin 3 –2 –15 –2 –1
No. 10 Illinois 2 –2 –06 –2 –0
Minnesota 2 –2 –05 –3 –0
Indiana 0 –4 –03 –5 –0
Iowa 0 –5 –03 –5 –0
Chicago 0 –5 –02 –6 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2Wittenberg*
W 40–14
October 9Ohio Wesleyan*
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 47–0
October 16at Columbia*
W 32–7
October 23Iowa
W 23–6
October 30at Chicago
W 18–048,000[4]
November 6Wilmington (OH)*
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 13–7
November 13Michigan
L 16–17
November 20at Illinois
W 7–6
  • *Non-conference game

Coaching staff

References
  1. "100 TEAMS IN 100 DAYS".
  2. "Stanford Eleven Adjudged Best: Navy Ranks Second Under Dickinson System of Rating Teams". The Morning Post. Camden, N.J. December 17, 1926. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. List of all Amateur Football games played at The Polo Grounds, New York
  4. Don Maxwell (October 31, 1926). "Ohio Crashes Through Chicago For 18-0 Triumph". Chicago Tribune. pp. II-1, II-2 – via Newspapers.com.


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