So, something is incorrect here. Starting with the 1995 season, which was Jim Grobe's first season and marked, at the very least, the start of a competitive era of football for OHIO, we are (and I may be a game or two off) 99-112-1. I'm definitely not 13 games off. So I think we have to go back at least one more year to find us at .500.
Your table has some issues:
1. It is entirely missing a year 2008. It does list the record for 2008, it calls it 2009
2. Similarly it has the record for 2009, but calls it 2010
3. The record for 2010 is not included at all (8-5)
4. For 2004 you list 4-8, but the Media Guide has it at 4-7
5. For 1999 you list the record as 4-7, but the Media Guide has it at 5-6
6. For 1998 you list the record as 4-9, but the Media Guide has it at 5-6
Adding these changes, your 99-112-1 becomes 109-114-1.
At the end of 1994, when Grobe was hired, Ohio was still over .500 all time, at 422-417-47. They dipped briefly under .500 on the final game of his first year, ending at 424-425-48. In 1996 they alternately were a game over and under .500, again ending the year a game under .500 after losing the final 3 games. In 1997 they went over .500 to stay, and when Grobe left the record was 455-450-48. Thus, the last time that Ohio was .500 would have been in the middle of the 2001 year.***
*** Note - this is based on Ohio's records, which do not always match records kept by other schools.
Last Edited: 10/28/2013 2:37:48 PM by L.C.