Battle of the Bricks

Battle of the Bricks

Miami RedHawks Ohio Bobcats
Sport	Football
First meeting	October 17, 1908 Miami, 5–0
Latest meeting	December 7, 2024 Ohio, 38–3
Next meeting	2025
Statistics
Meetings total	101
All-time series	Miami leads, 56–43–2[1]
Largest victory	Miami, 45–0 (1909)
Longest win streak	Miami, 8 (1945–1952)
Longest unbeaten streak	Miami, 15 (1945–1959)
Current win streak	Ohio, 1 (2024–present)

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Locations of Miami and Ohio

The Battle of the Bricks is the name given to the Miami–Ohio football rivalry.^[2] It is a college football rivalry between the Miami RedHawks of Miami University and the Ohio Bobcats of Ohio University, the two oldest universities in the state of Ohio. Both schools are members of the Mid-American Conference. Through the 2024 season, the two teams have met 101 times on the football field, with Miami holding a 56–43–2 edge in the all-time series. Ohio University players and staff receive a mug with game information for each rivalry win over Miami.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Game results

Miami victories

Ohio victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 October 17, 1908 Oxford, OH Miami 5–0 2 October 16, 1909 Oxford, OH Miami 45–0 3 November 9, 1912 Oxford, OH Miami 18–6 4 November 8, 1913 Oxford, OH Miami 44–6 5 October 10, 1914 Athens, OH Ohio 6–0 6 November 13, 1915 Oxford, OH Miami 13–7 7 November 3, 1928 Oxford, OH Miami 20–13 8 November 2, 1929 Athens, OH Ohio 14–0 9 October 25, 1930 Oxford, OH Ohio 27–6 10 November 14, 1931 Athens, OH Ohio 13–0 11 October 22, 1932 Oxford, OH Miami 16–0 12 October 21, 1933 Oxford, OH Ohio 6–0 13 October 20, 1934 Oxford, OH Miami 7–0 14 November 2, 1935 Athens, OH Ohio 20–0 15 October 24, 1936 Oxford, OH Miami 3–0 16 October 16, 1937 Athens, OH Ohio 19–0 17 November 5, 1938 Oxford, OH Ohio 20–12 18 November 11, 1939 Athens, OH Ohio 20–7 19 November 2, 1940 Oxford, OH Ohio 27–0 20 November 1, 1941 Athens, OH Ohio 26–0 21 October 31, 1942 Oxford, OH Ohio 39–13 22 October 20, 1945 Oxford, OH Miami 34–0 23 October 26, 1946 Athens, OH Miami 23–14 24 October 25, 1947 Oxford, OH Miami 21–0 25 October 23, 1948 Athens, OH Miami 21–0 26 October 22, 1949 Oxford, OH Miami 26–0 27 October 28, 1950 Athens, OH Miami 28–20 28 October 20, 1951 Oxford, OH Miami 7–0 29 October 25, 1952 Athens, OH Miami 20–0 30 October 24, 1953 Oxford, OH Tie 7–7 31 October 23, 1954 Athens, OH Miami 46–13 32 October 22, 1955 Oxford, OH Miami 34–7 33 October 20, 1956 Athens, OH Miami 16–7 34 October 19, 1957 Oxford, OH Miami 26–0 35 October 18, 1958 Athens, OH Miami 14–10 36 October 24, 1959 Oxford, OH Miami 24–0 37 October 22, 1960 Athens, OH Ohio 21–0 38 October 21, 1961 Oxford, OH Ohio 28–18 39 October 20, 1962 Athens, OH Ohio 12–6 40 October 26, 1963 Oxford, OH Ohio 13–10 41 October 24, 1964 Athens, OH Ohio 10–7 42 October 23, 1965 Oxford, OH Miami 34–0 43 October 22, 1966 Athens, OH Miami 33–13 44 October 21, 1967 Oxford, OH Miami 22–15 45 October 19, 1968 Athens, OH Ohio 24–7 46 October 18, 1969 Athens, OH Miami 24–21 47 October 17, 1970 Athens, OH Ohio 23–22 48 October 16, 1971 Oxford, OH Ohio 3–0 49 October 14, 1972 Oxford, OH Miami 31–7 50 October 13, 1973 Oxford, OH #20 Miami 10–6 51 October 12, 1974 Athens, OH Miami 31–3 52 October 18, 1975 Oxford, OH Miami 17–9 No. Date Location Winner Score 53 October 16, 1976 Athens, OH Ohio 28–14 54 October 15, 1977 Oxford, OH Miami 28–24 55 November 4, 1978 Athens, OH Miami 31–16 56 October 13, 1979 Oxford, OH Ohio 9–7 57 October 18, 1980 Athens, OH Ohio 17–7 58 October 24, 1981 Oxford, OH Miami 40–14 59 October 23, 1982 Athens, OH Ohio 20–0 60 November 5, 1983 Oxford, OH Ohio 17–14 61 November 3, 1984 Athens, OH Ohio 24–19 62 October 5, 1985 Oxford, OH Miami 29–22 63 October 4, 1986 Athens, OH Miami 34–14 64 October 17, 1987 Oxford, OH Miami 10–9 65 October 15, 1988 Athens, OH Ohio 38–21 66 October 14, 1989 Oxford, OH Tie 22–22 67 October 13, 1990 Athens, OH Miami 40–18 68 October 19, 1991 Oxford, OH Miami 34–0 69 October 17, 1992 Athens, OH Miami 23–21 70 October 23, 1993 Oxford, OH Ohio 22–20 71 October 15, 1994 Athens, OH Miami 31–10 72 November 11, 1995 Athens, OH Miami 30–2 73 November 9, 1996 Oxford, OH Miami 24–8 74 November 8, 1997 Athens, OH Miami 45–21 75 October 31, 1998 Oxford, OH Miami 35–21 76 November 13, 1999 Athens, OH Ohio 40–28 77 November 4, 2000 Oxford, OH Miami 27–24 78 October 20, 2001 Athens, OH Miami 36–24 79 November 2, 2002 Oxford, OH Miami 38–20 80 November 22, 2003 Athens, OH #18 Miami 49–31 81 September 18, 2004 Oxford, OH Miami 40–20 82 November 21, 2005 Athens, OH Miami 38–7 83 November 24, 2006 Oxford, OH Ohio 34–24 84 November 24, 2007 Athens, OH Ohio 38–29 85 November 28, 2008 Oxford, OH Ohio 41–26 86 October 17, 2009 Athens, OH Ohio 28–7 87 October 23, 2010 Oxford, OH Ohio 34–13 88 November 22, 2011 Athens, OH Ohio 21–14 89 October 27, 2012 Oxford, OH Miami 23–20 90 October 26, 2013 Athens, OH Ohio 41–16 91 November 25, 2014 Oxford, OH Ohio 24–21 92 October 10, 2015 Athens, OH Ohio 34–3 93 October 1, 2016 Oxford, OH Ohio 17–7 94 October 31, 2017 Athens, OH Ohio 45–28 95 November 7, 2018 Oxford, OH Miami 30–28 96 November 6, 2019 Athens, OH Miami 24–21 97 November 2, 2021 Athens, OH Ohio 35–33 98 November 8, 2022 Oxford, OH Ohio 37–21 99 October 28, 2023 Athens, OH Miami 30–16 100 October 19, 2024 Oxford, OH Miami 30–20 101 December 7, 2024 Detroit, MI Ohio 38–3 Series: Miami leads 56–43–2[1] The 2020 meeting was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9] 2nd game in 2024 season was the MAC Championship game[10]

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games
• List of most-played college football series in NCAA Division I

References

1. "Winsipedia - Miami (OH) RedHawks vs. Ohio Bobcats football series history". Winsipedia.
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4. "Battle of the Bricks Set For Tuesday on ESPN2". ohiobobcats.com. November 21, 2011. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved February 4, 2013.
5. "Battle of the Bricks". Miami University. Archived from the original on May 3, 2012. Retrieved February 4, 2013.
6. "The annual Battle of the Bricks". muredhawks.com. Retrieved February 4, 2013.
7. "Miami (OH) vs. Ohio". ESPN. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
8. "Miami (OH) vs Ohio - All Time". cfreference.net. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved February 4, 2013.
9. "Ohio Bobcats-Miami RedHawks canceled due to COVID-19". ESPN. November 15, 2020.
10. "RedHawks, Bobcats Clinch Football Championship Spots". Mid-American Conference. November 29, 2024.