1899 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1899 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Conference	Independent
Record	9–0–1
Head coach	John B. Eckstorm (1st season)
Home stadium	Ohio Field

1899 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Kansas			–					10	–	0	–	0
North Dakota			–					6	–	0	–	0
Detroit College			–					5	–	0	–	0
Lincoln (MO)			–					1	–	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
College of Emporia			–					1	–	1	–	1
Ohio			–					2	–	2	–	0
Rush Medical			–					3	–	3	–	1
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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	Otterbein	Ohio Field Columbus, OH	W 30–0
October 7	Wittenberg	Ohio Field Columbus, OH	W 28–0
October 14	at Case	Cleveland, OH	T 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 12–0	4,000	[1]
November 25	at Muskingum	New Concord, OH	W 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 .