Boys of Fall football for Jennifer Hallock History Ever After

Gilded Age Buckeyes

In preparation for the upcoming Cotton Bowl Classic, featuring Ohio State versus USC, I dug up some old Buckeye football photos. Just because they’re awesome.

The 1890 football team, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. (Look at that ball?!)

Ohio State Buckeyes football for Jennifer Hallock History Ever After — The 1897 Ohio State Buckeyes, courtesy of the OSU library. Those guys look pretty comfortable with each other. Someone write this book, please?

Ohio State Buckeyes football for Jennifer Hallock History Ever After — Ohio State University football legends Gaylor “Pete” Stinchcomb (left) and Chic Harley (right) pose for a photograph taken between 1916 and 1919. Photo courtesy of the Ohio History Connection and captioned by the Dayton Daily News.

Ohio Stadium for Jennifer Hallock History Ever After — The Ohio State football team plays outside of the recently completed Ohio Stadium in 1923. At the time of the its completion in 1922 the stadium was the largest west of the Allegheny Mountains. Photo courtesy of the Ohio History Connection and captioned by the Dayton Daily News.

Ohio State Buckeyes for Jennifer Hallock History Ever After — Banner image from the spectacular 1916 season, the Buckeyes’ first undefeated and untied season and their first Big Ten Championship. O-H! I-O! Beat the Trojans!