 Discussion of a new, larger facility at a location away from High Street had begun as early as 1913 but plans took shape when a horseshoe design was presented by alumnus Howard Dwight Smith ('07) in 1918 and a professionally managed public fundraising drive begun in October 1920 that quickly pledged more than $1 million of the $1.34 million cost stipulated in the April 1921 construction contract.Ground was broken on August 3, 1921, and Ohio Stadium opened October 7, 1922.With the opening of the new stadium, however, Buckeye fortunes on the gridiron also turned sour.