1891 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1891 Ohio State Buckeyes football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–3
Head coach
CaptainRichard T. Ellis
Frank Haas
George Pearce
Home stadiumRecreation Park
Seasons
← 1890
1892 →
1891 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Ohio Wesleyan   –   4 – 0 – 0
Kansas   –   7 – 0 – 1
Illinois   –   5 – 1 – 0
Missouri   –   3 – 1 – 0
Lake Forest   –   6 – 2 – 0
Washington University   –   4 – 1 – 1
Minnesota   –   3 – 1 – 1
Wisconsin   –   3 – 1 – 1
Cincinnati   –   4 – 2 – 1
Iowa   –   3 – 2 – 0
Doane   –   2 – 2 – 0
Iowa College   –   1 – 1 – 1
Miami (OH)   –   1 – 1 – 0
Nebraska   –   2 – 2 – 0
Northwestern   –   2 – 2 – 3
Michigan   –   4 – 5 – 0
Ohio State   –   2 – 3 – 0
Case   –   1 – 2 – 0
Buchtel   –   1 – 3 – 0
Washburn   –   1 – 5 – 0
Michigan State Normal   –   0 – 2 – 0

The 1891 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 1891 college football season. They played all their home games at Recreation Park and were coached by Alexander S. Lilley. The Buckeyes finished the season with a 2–3 record.[1]

This season was very uneven for Ohio State. Richard T. Ellis was elected captain at the beginning of the season, but he broke his leg during the game against Adelbert College (the undergraduate college of Western Reserve University). Frank Haas served as captain during the Kenyon game. Baseball captain George Pearce took over the football team for the Denison game on Thanksgiving. The Denison game gave Ohio State its first victory since their first-ever game on May 3, 1890.[1]

Among the members of the Ohio State team in 1891 was future Spink Award-winning sportswriter Hugh Fullerton.[1]

Schedule

1891 Ohio Intercollegiate Athletic Association conference standings.
DateOpponentSiteResult
October 17at OtterbeinWesterville, OHL 6–42
November 11Western Reserve
L 6–50
November 14at KenyonGambier, OHL 0–26
November 26Denison
  • Recreation Park
  • Columbus, OH
W 8–4
December 5at BuchtelAkron, OHW 4–0

Standings and players

1891 Ohio Intercollegiate Athletic Association conference standings.

Right end...Clarence W Withoft (1873-1933), Right tackle...Harrison Hutchinson Richardson (1869-1960), Right guard...Paul Martyn Lincoln (1870-1944), Center... Charles S Powell, Left guard...James Stewart Hine (1866-1930), Left tackle...Louis C Ernst (1871-1949), Left end...Raymond Edward Leo Krumm (1873-1948), Quarterback... George Domer Pearce (1871-1925), Right halfback...Arthur H Kennedy, Left halfback...Austin Peter Gillen (1871-1927), Fullback... G Smith.

Substitutes...William Nicholas Zurfluh (1870-1964), Mortimer William Lawrence (1873-1909), Renick W. Dunlap (1872-1945), Frederick Douglas Patterson (1871-1932), J.J. Walsh and Frank Haas.

References—1892 Makio (Ohio State yearbook).

References

  1. ^ a b c Roman, Robert J. (2017). Ohio State Football: The Forgotten Dawn. University of Akron Press. ISBN 978-1629220666.


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