Ohio State vs. Western Reserve

Ohio State and Western Reserve first met in 1913 and have played 2 times; Ohio State leads the series 2–⁠0. Over the last 2 meetings it’s Ohio State 2–⁠0, and Ohio State has won the last 2.

Ohio State wins
2
Western Reserve wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1913
Longest streak
2 Ohio State
Current streak
2 Ohio State
Last 10 meetings
Ohio State 2–⁠0
Most recent
1934

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Ohio State and Western Reserve, 1913 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The Bismarck daily tribune's story of the 1913 game: FOOTBALL SCORES Princeton 23-5:cEaeii 6.

    1913 · Bismarck daily tribune, Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.], Oct 12, 1913

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Nov 3, 1934Ohio State 76, Western Reserve 0at Western Reserve
Oct 11, 1913Ohio State 14, Western Reserve 8at Ohio State

Every game is listed as played on the field.