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1918 Ohio State

3–⁠3 (0–⁠3 Western Conference), coached by John Wilce.

Schedule and results

Ohio State in 1918, game by game: won vs. Ohio Wesleyan 41–0; won vs. Denison 34–0; won vs. Case 56–0; lost at Illinois 0–13; lost vs. Wisconsin 3–14; lost at Michigan 0–14+56−14Won 41–0 vs. Ohio Wesleyan+41Ohio WesleyanWon 34–0 vs. Denison+34DenisonWon 56–0 vs. Case+56CaseLost 0–13 at Illinois-13IllinoisLost 3–14 vs. Wisconsin-11WisconsinLost 0–14 at Michigan-14Michigan
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 5vsOhio WesleyanW 41–⁠094%
Oct 12vsDenisonW 34–⁠094%
Nov 9vsCaseW 56–⁠095%
Nov 16atIllinoisL 0–⁠1352%
Nov 23vsWisconsinL 3–⁠1474%
Nov 30atMichiganL 0–⁠1433%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Michigan 14–⁠0; tied for 8th in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 101st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 128 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1918.

Record
3–⁠3
Conference
0–⁠3 tied for 8th in Western Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
134–⁠41
Coach
John Wilce
Elo
1530 −74 this season
SP+ rating
—
Recruiting class
—

All-Big Ten

2 first team

First team

  • Clarence A. MacDonaldEHP; WE-1
  • Thomas C. DaviesRB

From Wikipedia’s 1918 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1918 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Illinois4–⁠05–⁠2
Michigan2–⁠05–⁠0
Purdue1–⁠03–⁠3
Iowa2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
Minnesota2–⁠15–⁠2–⁠1
Northwestern1–⁠12–⁠2–⁠1
Wisconsin1–⁠23–⁠3
Indiana0–⁠02–⁠2
Ohio State0–⁠33–⁠3
Chicago0–⁠54–⁠6–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.