"(Fight The Team) Across the Field" is the older of two fight songs of

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, with the newer one being "

Buckeye Battle Cry "Buckeye Battle Cry", composed by vaudeville performer and songwriter Frank Crumit, is one of two fight songs of the Ohio State Buckeyes, with the other being "(Fight The Team) Across the Field". Every football game in Ohio Stadium begins with Ra ...

". Although the lyrics reference football heroics and was composed by the football team's varsity manager, William A. Dougherty, Jr., the song is used by Buckeye teams of all sports. The song first appeared before the October 16, 1915, game against

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.Walsh, Christopher (2009). ''Ohio State Football Football Huddleup'', Triumph Books (Random House, Inc.), , p. 86.

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