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1926 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

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1926 Ohio State Buckeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record7–1 (3–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio Stadium
Seasons
← 1925
1927 →
1926 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Michigan + 5 0 0 7 1 0
No. 10 Northwestern + 5 0 0 7 1 0
No. 8 Ohio State 3 1 0 7 1 0
Purdue 2 1 1 5 2 1
Wisconsin 3 2 1 5 2 1
No. 10 Illinois 2 2 0 6 2 0
Minnesota 2 2 0 5 3 0
Indiana 0 4 0 3 5 0
Iowa 0 5 0 3 5 0
Chicago 0 5 0 2 6 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System

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]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2Wittenberg*W 40–14
October 9Ohio Wesleyan*
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 47–0
October 16at Columbia*W 32–7
October 23Iowa
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 23–6
October 30at ChicagoW 18–048,000[3]
November 6Wilmington (OH)*
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 13–7
November 13Michigan
L 16–17
November 20at IllinoisW 7–6
  • *Non-conference game

Coaching staff[edit]

References[edit]

  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. ^ Don Maxwell (October 31, 1926). "Ohio Crashes Through Chicago For 18-0 Triumph". Chicago Tribune. pp. II-1, II-2 – via Newspapers.com.