Ohio State Buckeyes

Ohio State Buckeyes college football

First Season
1890
Team History
Ohio State Buckeyes (1890-present)
Conference
Big Ten Conference (1913-present) Ohio Athletic Conference (1902-12) Independent (1890-1901)
Venue
Ohio Stadium (1922-present) Ohio Field (1898-1921) Recreation Park (1890-97)
Key People
Players • Coaches

The Ohio State Buckeyes college football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing Ohio State University in the East Division of the Big Ten Conference. Ohio State has played their home games at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio since 1922.

Publications

Home programs by season

1920s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1925
January 1, 1926	vs. Washington	Rose Bowl
1926
January 1, 1927	vs. Stanford	Rose Bowl

1930s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1930
January 1, 1931	vs. Washington State	Rose Bowl
1934
January 1, 1935	vs. Stanford	Rose Bowl
1938
September 24	at USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

1940s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1941
November 1	vs. Kentucky	Denny Stadium
January 1, 1942	vs. Texas A&M	Cotton Bowl
1942
January 1, 1943	vs. Boston College	Burdine Stadium
1944
January 1, 1945	vs. Duke	Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, LA)
1945
January 1, 1946	vs. USC	Rose Bowl
1946
September 28	at Tulane	Tulane Stadium
1947
January 1, 1948	vs. Texas	Tulane Stadium
1948
December 4	vs. Auburn	Legion Field

1950s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1951
October 20	vs. Tennessee	Legion Field
1952
November 22	vs. Maryland	Ladd Stadium
January 1, 1953	vs. Syracuse	Orange Bowl
1953
October 24	vs. Mississippi State	Denny Stadium
November 21	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium
January 1, 1954	vs. Rice	Cotton Bowl
1954
November 13	at Georgia Tech	Grant Field
1956
October 13	vs. TCU	Denny Stadium
1957
October 5	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field
October 19	vs. Tennessee	Legion Field
November 30	vs. Auburn	Legion Field
1958
October 25	at Mississippi State	Scott Field
November 1	vs. Georgia	Denny Stadium
1959
October 17	vs. Tennessee	Legion Field
December 19	vs. Penn State	Liberty Bowl (Philadelphia, PA)

1960s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1960
October 1	vs. Vanderbilt	Legion Field
October 29	at Mississippi State	Scott Field
December 17	vs. Texas	Bluebonnet Bowl
1961*
September 23	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium
October 14	vs. NC State	Denny Stadium
October 21	vs. Tennessee	Legion Field
November 18	vs. Georgia Tech	Legion Field
December 2	vs. Auburn	Legion Field
January 1, 1962	vs. Arkansas	Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, LA)
1962
January 1, 1963	vs. Oklahoma	Orange Bowl
1963
November 30	vs. Auburn	Legion Field
January 1, 1964	vs. Ole Miss	Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, LA)
1964*
September 19	vs. Georgia	Denny Stadium
October 10	vs. NC State	Denny Stadium
January 1, 1965	vs. Texas	Orange Bowl
1965*
October 2	vs. Ole Miss	Legion Field
October 16	vs. Tennessee	Legion Field
October 30	at Mississippi State	Memorial Stadium
November 6	at LSU	Tiger Stadium
November 29	vs. Auburn	Legion Field
January 1, 1966	vs. Nebraska	Orange Bowl
1966
October 15	at Tennessee	Neyland Stadium
December 3	vs. Auburn	Legion Field
January 2, 1967	vs. Nebraska	Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, LA)
1967
September 23	vs. Florida State	Legion Field
October 7	vs. Ole Miss	Legion Field
October 28	at Clemson	Memorial Stadium
November 11	at LSU	Tiger Stadium
November 18	vs. South Carolina	Denny Stadium
December 2	vs. Auburn	Legion Field
January 1, 1968	vs. Texas A&M	Cotton Bowl
1968
November 2	vs. Mississippi State	Denny Stadium
December 28	vs. Missouri	Gator Bowl
1969
September 27	vs. Southern Miss	Denny Stadium
October 11	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field
October 25	at Clemson	Memorial Stadium
November 8	at LSU	Tiger Stadium
November 29	vs. Auburn	Legion Field
December 13	vs. Colorado	Liberty Bowl (Memphis, TN)

1970s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1970
September 26	vs. Florida	Denny Stadium
October 3	at Ole Miss	Memorial Stadium
October 17	at Tennessee	Neyland Stadium
October 24	at Houston	Astrodome
October 31	vs. Mississippi State	Denny Stadium
November 7	vs. LSU	Legion Field
December 31	vs. Oklahoma	Astro Bluebonnet Bowl (Houston, TX)
1971
September 10	at USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
November 27	at Auburn	Legion Field
January 1, 1972	vs. Nebraska	Orange Bowl
1972
October 21	at Tennessee	Neyland Stadium
January 1, 1973	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
1973*
October 6	vs. Georgia	Denny Stadium
October 13	at Florida	Florida Field
November 22	at LSU	Tiger Stadium
December 31	vs. Notre Dame	Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, LA)
1974
September 28	vs. Vanderbilt	Denny Stadium
October 26	vs. TCU	Legion Field
January 1, 1975	vs. Notre Dame	Orange Bowl
1975
September 8	vs. Missouri	Legion Field
November 8	at LSU	Tiger Stadium
December 31	vs. Penn State	Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, LA)
1976
October 16	at Tennessee	Neyland Stadium
December 20	vs. UCLA	Liberty Bowl (Memphis, TN)
1977
October 29	at Mississippi State	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
January 1, 1978	vs. Ohio State	Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, LA)
1978*
September 16	at Missouri	Faurot Field
September 23	vs. USC	Legion Field
October 14	vs. Florida	Bryant-Denny Stadium
October 21	at Tennessee	Neyland Stadium
October 28	vs. Virginia Tech	Bryant-Denny Stadium
November 4	vs. Mississippi State	Legion Field
November 11	vs. LSU	Legion Field
January 1, 1979	vs. Penn State	Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, LA)
1979*
September 8	at Georgia Tech	Grant Field
September 22	vs. Baylor	Legion Field
September 29	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field
October 20	vs. Tennessee	Legion Field
October 27	vs. Virginia Tech	Bryant-Denny Stadium
November 3	vs. Mississippi State	Bryant-Denny Stadium
December 1	vs. Auburn	Legion Field
January 1, 1980	vs. Arkansas	Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, LA)

1980s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1980
September 6	vs. Georgia Tech	Legion Field
September 27	vs. Vanderbilt	Bryant-Denny Stadium
October 4	vs. Kentucky	Legion Field
November 8	vs. LSU	Bryant-Denny Stadium
January 1, 1981	vs. Baylor	Cotton Bowl
1981
September 5	at LSU	Tiger Stadium
October 17	vs. Tennessee	Legion Field
November 28	vs. Auburn	Legion Field
January 1, 1982	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
1982
December 29	vs. Illinois	Liberty Bowl (Memphis, TN)
1983
November 5	at LSU	Tiger Stadium
December 3	vs. Auburn	Legion Field
1984
October 6	vs. Georgia	Legion Field
December 1	vs. Auburn	Legion Field
1985
September 14	vs. Texas A&M	Legion Field
December 28	vs. USC	Aloha Stadium
1986
September 20	at Florida	Florida Field
November 29	vs. Auburn	Legion Field
December 26	vs. Washington	Sun Bowl (El Paso, TX)
1987
September 5	vs. Southern Miss	Legion Field
November 27	vs. Auburn	Legion Field
January 2, 1988	vs. Michigan	Hall of Fame Bowl (Tampa, FL)
1988
September 17	at Texas A&M	Kyle Field
1989
November 4	vs. Mississippi State	Legion Field
November 11	at LSU	Tiger Stadium

1990s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1990
January 1, 1991	vs. Louisville	Sun Devil Stadium
1991
December 28	vs. Colorado	Joe Robbie Stadium
1992*
September 19	at Arkansas	War Memorial Stadium
January 1, 1993	vs. Miami	Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, LA)
1995
September 9	vs. Southern Miss	Legion Field
November 11	vs. Mississippi State	Bryant–Denny Stadium
November 18	at Auburn	Jordan-Hare Stadium
1996
November 23	vs. Auburn	Legion Field
1998
December 29	vs. Virginia Tech	Vanderbilt Stadium
1999
October 23	vs. Tennessee	Bryant-Denny Stadium

2000s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
2000
September 9	vs. Vanderbilt	Legion Field
October 28	vs. UCF	Bryant-Denny Stadium
2001
October 6	vs. UTEP	Legion Field
December 27	vs. Iowa State	Independence Stadium
2002
November 23	vs. Auburn	Bryant-Denny Stadium
2003
September 27	vs. Arkansas	Bryant-Denny Stadium
2005
January 2, 2006	vs. Texas Tech	Cotton Bowl
2007
September 22	vs. Georgia	Bryant-Denny Stadium
December 30	vs. Colorado	Independence Stadium
2009*
January 7, 2010	vs. Texas	BCS National Championship Game

2010s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
2010
October 9	at South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium
2011*
January 9, 2012	vs. LSU	BCS National Championship Game
2012*
November 10	vs. Texas A&M	Bryant-Denny Stadium
December 1	at Georgia	Georgia Dome
January 7, 2013	vs. Notre Dame	BCS National Championship Game
2013
September 28	vs. Ole Miss	Bryant-Denny Stadium
January 2, 2014	vs. Oklahoma	Sugar Bowl
2015*
December 31	vs. Michigan State	at&T Stadium
January 11, 2016	vs. Clemson	College Football Playoff National Championship
2016
December 31	vs. Washington	Georgia Dome
January 9, 2017	vs. Clemson	College Football Playoff National Championship
2017*
November 25	at Auburn	Jordan-Hare Stadium
January 1, 2018	vs. Clemson	Louisiana Superdome
January 8, 2018	vs. Georgia	Merceez-Benz Stadium
2018
December 29	vs. Oklahoma	Hard Rock Stadium
January 7, 2019	vs. Clemson	Levi's Stadium

Media guides and yearbooks

All media guides

1940s	1947 • 1949
1950s	1956 • 1957
1960s	1963 • 1964 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969
1970s	1974 • 1978
1980s	1982
1990s	1996
2010s	2017 • 2019