who does ohio state play in their first football game
Ohio State Buckeyes football The first Ohio State game was a 20-14 victory over Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, on May 3, 1890. The team was a football independent from 1890 to 1901 before joining the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) as a charter member in 1902.[4] The Buckeyes won two conference championships while members of the OAC and in 1912 became members of the Big Ten Conference.[6]