Famous Alumni
Nicknamed "The Golden Bear", this professional golfer won a record 18 major championships (3 more than Tiger Woods)
Jack Nicklaus
He played as number 45 and is the only player to win the Heisman Trophy twice (1974 & 1975)
Archie Griffin
The official colors of Ohio State
Scarlet and Grey
One of our two Wesley Glen residents who have dotted the "i" in Script Ohio
Paul Droste and Anne Droste
The name of the football stadium
Horseshoe (or Shoe)
An American track and field athlete and four-time gold medalist in the 1936 Olympic Games
Jesse Owens
The Illibuck trophy, which is awarded to the winner of the Ohio State-Illinois game, is a wooden replica of this
Turtle
The first name of Ohio State's mascot
Brutus
He was the first American to orbit the Earth, and was a United States Senator from Ohio from 1974-1999
John Glenn
Ohio State's main campus is in Columbus, Ohio. This is the location of one of Ohio State's regional campuses
Lima, Mansfield, Marion, Newark, or Wooster
Head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers from 1971-2000
Bob Knight
This is given to the players and coaches following a win over Michigan
Gold Pants charm (engraved with the player's initials, the date of the game, and the final score)
The Buckeye tree received its name because the nut resembled this
A Deer's Eye
He grew up near Cleveland, starred in more than 54 feature films (including the Road to... series with Bing Crosby), and hosted the Academy Awards a record 19 times
Bob Hope
The band member who traditionally dots the "i" in Script Ohio plays this instrument
Sousaphone (Tuba)
One of the pioneers of the Pop Art movement of the 1960s. He incorporated imagery from comic books in his abstract expressionist paintings.
Roy Lichtenstein
This is one of the years that Ohio State won the National Championship
1942, 1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1970, 2002, or 2014
A 1965 #1 hit song by The McCoys played at every home football game, and it is also the official rock song of the State of Ohio
Hang On Sloopy
His teams won 5 National Championships during his 28 years as head coach of the Ohio State football program.
Woody Hayes
The year OSU was founded (within 25 years)
1870
(1855-1895)
This 3-time Emmy Award winner starred as Debra Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond and Frankie Heck in The Middle
Patricia Heaton
He is the starting quarter back for the Ohio State football team this 2020-2021 season
Justin Fields
Ohio State's official Alma Mater
Carmen Ohio
Buster Douglas
This Act authorized the federal government to give each state and territory that had not seceded from the United States during the American Civil War thirty thousand acres of land for each United States Senator and Representative currently serving in the U.S. Congress.
Morrill Act
Funds from the land sale created the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, which later became The Ohio State University