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- The first athletic teams of the college date back to 1875, the year of the first organized football team, although fifteen years passed before official colors were selected and the football team started playing its intercollegiate contest.
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Jul 26, 2012 · Joining Ohio Wesleyan as charter members are Cincinnati, Denison, Miami, Ohio University, and Wittenberg. Dwight Kane '29 wins the 120-yard high hurdles at the NCAA outdoor track & field championship meet, at the time one meet encompassing all member colleges.
Jul 26, 2012 · By no means an all-inclusive history of athletics at Ohio Wesleyan University, the timeline on the following pages instead intends to touch on some of the many people and events that have helped Battling Bishop sports develop into what they are today. 1870-1919. 1920-39.
Jul 26, 2012 · The baseball team wins the OAC championship and makes its first NCAA College Division playoff appearance. First baseman George Morris '62 becomes Ohio Wesleyan's first All-American in baseball.
In 1902, the Ohio Wesleyan team joined Case Tech, Kenyon, Oberlin, Ohio State, and Western Reserve in forming the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC). The first gym of the college, Edwards Gymnasium, was dedicated in February 1906.
After the loss to Ohio State, Ohio Wesleyan went on to win eight consecutive games and capture the Ohio Athletic Conference championship with a perfect 7-0 record. The 1922 season launched a string of 14 consecutive winning seasons for Ohio Wesleyan.
The Ohio Wesleyan football team played in the 1971 Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl, then the NCAA College Division Western Regional title game. In 1989, the Bishops shared the NCAC football title under Coach Mike Hollway.
The history of Ohio Wesleyan University began with discussions of a college in Ohio in 1821 when the Ohio Methodist Conference in connection with the Kentucky Conference had established Augusta, the first Methodist institution of higher learning in the United States.
