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- Ohio Wesleyan leaves the Ohio Athletic Conference and the Centennial Athletic Conference to join Allegheny, Case Reserve, Denison, Kenyon, Oberlin and Wooster in founding the North Coast Athletic Conference, with play to begin in the 1984-85 academic year.
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Jul 26, 2012 · The History of Ohio Wesleyan Athletics, 1920-39. 1921. George Gauthier, the "Little Giant," takes over as head football coach and athletics director at the request of Branch Rickey. 1922. Ohio Wesleyan provides the opposition for the first game in Ohio Stadium.
Jul 26, 2012 · The men's indoor track team wins its first NCAC championship, the first for head coach Marv Frye in 29 seasons at Ohio Wesleyan. The women's soccer team wins its first of 3 NCAC championships under head coach Margie Shade. The Bishops share the NCAC football title, their first NCAC championship.
Jul 26, 2012 · Ohio Wesleyan students organize their first football team. The faculty objects, and football is discontinued as an intercollegiate sport for 15 years. 1888 Fairbanks Gymnasium is built, giving Ohio Wesleyan its first forum for physical education and athletics.
In 1922, Ohio Wesleyan teams were known as the Red and Black or the Methodists. (They weren’t playing the Buckeyes, either. Ohio State didn’t officially adopt that nickname until 1950.) The Chic Harley era had just ended at Ohio State when the school started constructing the new stadium in 1921.
In 1999, Ohio Wesleyan became the 10th NCAA Division III football program to win 500 games. In 2012, the football team finished 9-1 and shared the NCAC championship, Ohio Wesleyan’s first conference title since 1989.
The University's official charter was granted from the Ohio Legislature on March 7, 1842. Ohio Wesleyan has been acquiring traditions since 1844, when the College of Liberal Arts opened its doors with an enrollment of 29 male students taught by three professors.
Ohio Wesleyan organized its first intercollegiate baseball team in 1889. Ohio Wesleyan students had played home exhibition games against other schools as far back as the late 1870s, but away games had been prohibited by a faculty rule barring road trips for athletic purposes.
