1. The first football. A student at the school, George N. Cole, is responsible for forming the inaugural team, according to the Ohio History Connection. Cole purchased the first football for the team.
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2. First double-deck. The football stadium was the largest west of the Allegheny Mountains and the first horseshoe-shaped, double-deck stadium when it was completed in 1922.
3. Hordes of hotdogs. During the 1922 stadium dedication game against the University of Michigan, vendors sold 10,000 hot dogs, 70,000 bottles of soda, 8,000 boxes of Cracker Jack, 70 gallons of coffee and 25 gallons of mustard.
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