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1899 Ohio State Buckeyes football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–0–1
Head coach
Home stadium Ohio Field
Seasons
←  1898
1900 →
1899 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Kansas     10 0 0
North Dakota     6 0 0
Detroit College     5 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
Rush Medical     3 3 1
Ohio     2 2 0
Ohio Wesleyan     5 5 0
Haskell     4 5 0
Lake Forest     4 6 2
Kansas State     2 3 0
Michigan Agricultural     2 4 1
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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30 OtterbeinW 30–0
October 7 Wittenberg
  • Ohio Field
  • Columbus, OH
W 28–0
October 14at Case Cleveland, OHT 5–5
October 21 Ohio
  • Ohio Field
  • Columbus, OH
W 41–0
October 28 Oberlin
  • Ohio Field
  • Columbus, OH
W 6–0
November 4 Western Reserve
  • Ohio Field
  • Columbus, OH
W 6–0
November 11 Marietta
  • Ohio Field
  • Columbus, OH
W 17–0
November 18 Ohio Medical
  • Ohio Field
  • Columbus, OH
W 12–04,000 [1]
November 25at Muskingum New Concord, OHW 34–0
November 30 Kenyon
  • Ohio Field
  • Columbus, OH
W 5–0

References

  1. ^ "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.