<P> After early attempts at forming a team in 1886 ( led by future Nebraska governor Chester Hardy Aldrich ) and 1887 , football was ultimately established at the university in 1890 . On the site of the first OSU game , on the campus of Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware , Ohio , on May 3 , 1890 , the Delaware County Historical Society has set an historical marker . </P>
<P> After early attempts at forming a team in 1886 ( led by future Nebraska governor Chester Hardy Aldrich ) and 1887 , football was ultimately established at the university in 1890 . On the site of the first OSU game , on the campus of Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware , Ohio , on May 3 , 1890 , the Delaware County Historical Society has set an historical marker . </P>
when did ohio state get a football team
when did ohio state get a football team
1890
1890