1912 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1912 Ohio State Buckeyes football
OAC champion
Conference	Ohio Athletic Conference
Record	6–3 (5–0 OAC)
Head coach	John R. Richards (1st season)
Home stadium	Ohio Field

1912 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Ohio State $	5	–	0	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Oberlin	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Western Reserve	4	–	1	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Denison	4	–	1	–	1			6	–	1	–	1
Miami (OH)	1	–	1	–	2			3	–	3	–	2
Case	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Wittenberg	2	–	3	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Kenyon	2	–	3	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Ohio Wesleyan	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Wooster	1	–	4	–	1			1	–	4	–	1
Cincinnati	0	–	3	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Ohio	0	–	4	–	1			1	–	7	–	1
$ – Conference champion

The 1912 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 1912 college football season. 1912 was the year that Ohio State was accepted into the Western Conference, now known as the Big Ten Conference.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 5	at Otterbein*	Westerville, OH	W 55–0
October 12	Denison	Ohio Field Columbus, OH	W 34–0
October 19	Michigan*	Ohio Field Columbus, OH (rivalry)	L 0–14	10,000
October 26	Cincinnati	Ohio Field Columbus, OH	W 45–7
November 2	at Case	Van Horn Field Cleveland, OH	W 31–6
November 9	Oberlin	Ohio Field Columbus, OH	W 23–17
November 16	Penn State*	Ohio Field Columbus, OH (rivalry)	L 0–37	3,500	[2]
November 23	at Ohio Wesleyan	Delaware, OH	W 36–6
November 28	Michigan Agricultural*	Ohio Field Columbus, OH	L 20–35
*Non-conference game

Lettermen

These are the Ohio State University lettermen of the 1912 season.^[3]

• Donald Barricklow
• Brooklyn Bridge
• Maurice Briggs
• Paul Carroll
• Boyd Cherry
• Samuel Funkhauser
• J.R. Geib
• W.I. Geissman
• Campbell Graf
• Watt Hobt
• Arthur Keifer
• Earl Maxwell
• James McClure
• Edward Morrisey
• Robert Pavey
• Arthur Raymond
• Lee Ryan
• Ralph Shafor
• Charles Snyder
• Byron Stover
• George Trautman
• Grant Ward

References

1. "Big Ten History". Big Ten Conference. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on November 14, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
2. "Ohio State Doesn't Like Penn's Ways". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 17, 1912. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Ohio State Buckeyes football 1912 Roster - Lost Lettermen". old.lostlettermen.com. Retrieved September 8, 2015.^{[permanent dead link‍]}