The Ohio State Buckeyes football team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of The Ohio State University. The team is a member of the Big Ten Conference of the NCAA, playing at the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, formerly Division I-A, level. The team's nickname is derived from the colloquial term for people from the state of Ohio and the state tree, the Ohio Buckeye. The Buckeyes have played their home games in Ohio Stadium, more commo...
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The Ohio State Buckeyes football team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of The Ohio State University. The team is a member of the Big Ten Conference of the NCAA, playing at the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, formerly Division I-A, level. The team's nickname is derived from the colloquial term for people from the state of Ohio and the state tree, the Ohio Buckeye. The Buckeyes have played their home games in Ohio Stadium, more commonly called "The Horseshoe," since 1922.
In their 121-year history, the Buckeyes claim seven national championships, but were consensus national champions six times. On September 6, 2008, the Buckeyes defeated the Ohio Bobcats, 26–14, for their 800th win, becoming the fifth FBS team to reach the mark.
In the spring of 1890 George Cole, an undergraduate, persuaded Alexander S. Lilley to coach a football team at the Ohio State University. The Buckeyes first game, played on May 3, 1890, at Delaware, Ohio, against Ohio Wesleyan University, was a...
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