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- O.S.U.'s first home game took place at 2:30 P.M. on November 1, 1890. The Ohio State University played the University of Wooster on this site, which was then called Recreation Park. Just east of historic German Village, the park occupied the north side of Schiller (now Whittier) between Ebner and Jaeger in what is now Schumacher Place.
www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=12442Site of First Ohio State Home Football Game / The Ohio State ...
Sep 8, 2024 · The first college football game on TV was between Fordham University and Waynesburg University on Sept. 30, 1939. The game was broadcast by NBC and aired on W2XBS. The first use of...
The Buckeyes' first game, played on Saturday, May 3, 1890, at Delaware, Ohio, against Ohio Wesleyan University, was a victory, but other projected spring games could not be arranged. The Delaware County Historical Society has set a marker at the site of that game.
Dec 28, 2008 · On the morning of May 3, 1890, Ohio Wesleyan University and The Ohio State University met at this location for a football game. It was the first game in Ohio State football history. Ohio Wesleyan had invited the newly organized team to a contest as part of OWU's May Day Weekend.
May 3, 2020 · Still, the first game in Ohio State football history was indeed played on this date 130 years ago against Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, OH. The Buckeyes played as a spring team...
Aug 31, 2020 · Turn back the clock 123 years to May 3, 1890. On what today looks to be nothing more than a small public green, the Ohio State football team lined up for the first time ever, tackling the Battling Bishops of Ohio Wesleyan.
The location of the first OSU football game was determined by analyzing details of the letter and ultimately placed in a field near a small river in Delaware, Ohio. The community erected a historical marker at the site 2008.
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Early history (1890–1950) The first Ohio State football team of 1890. After early attempts at forming a team in 1886 (led by future Nebraska governor Chester Hardy Aldrich) and 1887, football was ultimately established at the university in 1890. [7]
