The 1891 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented
Ohio State University
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in the
1891 college football season. They played all their home games at
Recreation Park and were coached by
Alexander S. Lilley
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. The Buckeyes finished the season with a 2–3 record.
This season was very uneven for Ohio State. Richard T. Ellis was elected captain at the beginning of the season, but he broke his leg during the game against Adelbert College (the undergraduate college of
Western Reserve University
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). Frank Haas served as captain during the Kenyon game. Baseball captain George Pearce took over the football team for the Denison game on Thanksgiving. The Denison game gave Ohio State its first victory since their first-ever game on May 3, 1890.
Among the members of the Ohio State team in 1891 was future
Spink Award
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-winning sportswriter
Hugh Fullerton
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.
Schedule
Standings and players
Right end...Clarence W Withoft (1873-1933),
Right tackle...Harrison Hutchinson Richardson (1869-1960),
Right guard...Paul Martyn Lincoln (1870-1944),
Center... Charles S Powell,
Left guard...James Stewart Hine (1866-1930),
Left tackle...Louis C Ernst (1871-1949),
Left end...Raymond Edward Leo Krumm (1873-1948),
Quarterback... George Domer Pearce (1871-1925),
Right halfback...Arthur H Kennedy,
Left halfback...Austin Peter Gillen (1871-1927),
Fullback... G Smith.
Substitutes...William Nicholas Zurfluh (1870-1964), Mortimer William Lawrence (1873-1909),
Renick W. Dunlap (1872-1945), Frederick Douglas Patterson (1871-1932), J.J. Walsh and Frank Haas.
References—1892 Makio (Ohio State yearbook).
References
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