The first game ever played by Ohio State was in Delaware, Ohio against the Ohio Wesleyan University and it was a victory. The first game played in the Horseshoe was October 7, 1922. The Horseshoe only could hold 66,210 back then. It can now hold 102,329. The field is now turf. The first coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes was George Cole back in 1890. There has always been a rivalry between Ohio State and Michigan which started in 1913.