1952 Otterbein College (6) at Ohio Wesleyan University (53) Football Film, 2 of 2

Authors

Otterbein University

Files

Description

Otterbein 6 at Ohio Wesleyan 53

September 20, 1952

Selby Field, Delaware, Ohio

Time: #1=7:01, #2=14:22 Type: B&W Program: No

Schools: Otterbein University is a private university in Westerville, Ohio. The university was founded in 1847 by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ and named for United Brethren founder the Rev. Philip William Otterbein. After the merger of the Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Methodist Church, in 1968, Otterbein has been associated with the United Methodist Church.

Colors: Tan and Cardinal. Mascot: Cardinals

Ohio Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college in Delaware, Ohio. It was founded in 1842 by Methodist leaders and Central Ohio residents as a nonsectarian institution, and is a member of the Ohio Five – a consortium of Ohio liberal arts colleges. Ohio Wesleyan has always admitted students irrespective of religion or race and maintained that the university "is forever to be conducted on the most liberal principles."

Colors: Red and Black. Mascot: The Battling Bishops (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. In 1925 a contest was held to decide a mascot other than “the Red & Black,” and “the Methodists” which were used up to that time. The Battling Bishops won out.)

Pio, Chris, Gryphons, Gorloks and Gusties: A History of NCAA Division III Nicknames and Mascots, Privately Published, Las Vegas, NV, 2021, pp. 137-138.

Coaches: Otterbein – Harry Walter “Buck” Ewing (July 18, 1888, Lincoln, Nebraska – March 11, 1962, Westerville, Ohio; Nebraska ’09), Otterbein coach and athletic director Harry Ewing returned to the sidelines in 1951 after George Novotny resigned to further is graduate studies. Ewing’s extensive coaching experience started after his graduation as an assistant at Nebraska, then as head football coach at Morningside College (Iowa - 1911), South Dakota State University (1912-17), Ohio Wesleyan (1919-21), Miami University (1922-23) and finally at Otterbein. Known as “Mr. Athletics” at Otterbein he coached football coach from 1935-1938, 1942-1945 and 1951-1954. Besides football he coached basketball, track and served as athletic director. The indoor track in the Otterbein Rike Center is named in his memory and he was named to the Otterbein College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2009.

Ohio Wesleyan – Glenn Fraser (Minnesota ’29) Fraser coached the Battling Bishops from 1947-1963. They captured the OAC championships in 1951 and 1953 with the ’53 season being Wesleyan’s first undefeated season since 1891. His record was 92-58-8.

Notes:

Opening game of the 1952 season. Otterbein is wearing dark uniforms with Ohio Wesleyan wearing white. For more game details see the Columbus Dispatch articles linked to this page.

References:

Walker, Paul, “Otterbein Faces Bishops Saturday,” Columbus Evening Dispatch, September 17,1952, p. 12A.

Walker, Paul, “Bishops Score 53-6 Triumph Over Otterbein,” Columbus Sunday Dispatch, September 21, 1952, p.1D.

Game Date

9-20-1952

Game Score

Otterbein 6 - Ohio Wesleyan 53

Coaches

Otterbein – Harry Walter “Buck” Ewing (July 18, 1888, Lincoln, Nebraska – March 11, 1962, Westerville, Ohio; Nebraska ’09)

Ohio Wesleyan – Glenn Fraser (Minnesota ’29)

Game Location

Selby Stadium, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio

Comments

Opening game of the 1952 season. Otterbein is wearing dark uniforms with Ohio Wesleyan wearing white. For more game details see the Columbus Dispatch articles linked to this page.

Game Film # and Reel #

Game Film #6, Reel #31

Recommended Citation

Otterbein University, "1952 Otterbein College (6) at Ohio Wesleyan University (53) Football Film, 2 of 2" (1952). 1950-1956 Sports Films. 5.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/sports_films_1950-1956/5

Film Time

14:22 minutes

Keywords

College Football, Football Programs, Football Films