1913 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1913 Ohio State Buckeyes football
ConferenceWestern Conference, Ohio Athletic Conference
Record4–2–1 (1–2 Western, 3–0–1 OAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio Field
1913 Western Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Chicago $ 7 0 0 7 0 0
Iowa 2 1 0 5 2 0
Minnesota 2 1 0 5 2 0
Purdue 2 1 2 4 1 2
Illinois 2 2 1 4 2 1
Wisconsin 1 2 1 3 3 1
Ohio State 1 2 0 4 2 1
Indiana 2 4 0 3 4 0
Northwestern 0 6 0 1 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1913 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Oberlin $ 5 0 1 6 1 1
Ohio State 3 0 1 4 2 1
Denison 4 1 0 5 2 0
Miami (OH) 4 2 0 6 2 0
Cincinnati 4 2 1 5 3 1
Western Reserve 3 2 1 4 4 1
Case 3 3 0 4 5 0
Kenyon 1 3 1 5 3 1
Wooster 1 3 1 2 3 2
Ohio 1 3 0 2 5 1
Ohio Wesleyan 1 6 0 2 7 0
Wittenberg 0 5 0 3 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1913 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University as a member of the Western Conference and the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1913 college football season. Led by first-year head coach, John Wilce, the Buckeyes compiled an overall record of 4–2–1 and outscored opponents 154–27. Ohio State had a record of 1–2 against Western Conference opponents and 3–0–1 in OAC play.

Their inaugural Big Ten season marked Ohio State's first ever matchups with Northwestern and Wisconsin. The game against Indiana was their sixth all-time meeting and their first game against the Hoosiers as conference-mates.