1916 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
The 1916 Ohio State Buckeyes football was an American football team that represented Ohio State University as a member of the Western Conference and the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1916 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach John Wilce, the Buckeyes compiled a perfect 7โ0 record and outscored opponents 258 to 29. Ohio State was 4โ0 Western Conference opponents, winning the conference championship, the first in school history.[1] Half of the team's points were tallied in a 128โ0 victory over Oberlin. The 128 points scored against Oberlin remains a single-game Ohio State record.[2] Halfback Chic Harley was a consensus first-team pick on the 1916 All-America college football team.[3] Other notable players included end Charles Bolen, center Ferdinand Holtkamp, and tackle Bob Karch. Schedule
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