Did You Know? Football goes undefeated, unscored upon in 1934 after winless 1933 campaign

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The Ohio Northern football team posted one of the most impressive season-to-season turnarounds in NCAA history from 1933-34.

The 1934 squad, coached by Harris Lamb, went undefeated and unscored upon after his 1933 team was winless and was outscored 116-7 in seven games.

Lamb's 1934 squad opened the season with a 13-0 win at Heidelberg and followed that with a 33-0 win over Hiram and a 20-0 win over Capital at home at Alumni Field, which is located on campus where the English Chapel is currently located.

Northern improved to 4-0 with a 23-0 win at Otterbein and made it five in a row with a 7-0 win at Wittenberg.

The only hiccup of the season came with a 0-0 tie at Bowling Green.

In the season finale, Northern returned home for a Friday game with Bluffton and won 6-0 to complete the 6-0-1 campaign.

The Ohio Athletic Conference consisted of 22 teams in 1934 and ONU finished as one of three undefeated squads. Wooster won the league title with an 8-0-0 record, followed by Baldwin Wallace at 5-0-0 and ONU at 5-0-1 in league games.

What made this season even more remarkable is that it followed a 0-5-2 season in 1933 in which the Polar Bears only scored once in seven games.

The ONU defense was outstanding, allowing only 44 points outside of a 72-0 loss at Colgate.

Northern had scoreless ties with Bluffton and Capital to open and close the season. and fell by 6-0 scores to Bowling Green and Otterbein.

1934 (6-0-1)

1933 (0-5-2)