The Columbus Panhandles football team at Indianola Park in the 1910s.
This page attempts to detail all of Columbus sports history for the college, minor and professional league levels, both for the city and greater metro area.
Note: Teams are listed by sport in chronological order by the year the team formed and in alphabetical order by team name.
**Last Updated: 12/16/2025- Moved several sports to their own pages.
Baseball History
Basketball History
Football History
Hockey History
Soccer History
Other Sports and Information
Australian Rules Football
Columbus Cats
Logo: 
Home Field: McCoy Park- 600 Stimmel Road or Three Creeks Metro Park- 3860 Bixby Road
Active: 2008-Present Men, 2008-2021 Women
Level: Professional
League: https://aussierulesusa.com/
Website: https://columbusarfc.teamapp.com/?_webpage=v1
History:
Columbus Cats Men Game Results
Columbus Cats Women Game Results
It was particularly difficult to find game results for these teams. The websites for the league and team are confusing and generally poorly constructed. It’s possible some games were missed. The results only go back to 2015.
Additional Information: Several teams have apparently played under the umbrella of the USAFL in Columbus. The Columbus Cats represent a men’s and women’s team, but there other teams under the names of Jackaroos Blue, Jackaroos White, Jillaroos Black and Jillaroos White, but it’s unclear how these teams are all structured within the larger league and whether they all have the same level of play. Additionally, while the men’s Cats team continues to play, the women’s team folded sometime during the 2021 season and has not played a game since August of that year.
Lacrosse
2000-2009
Columbus Landsharks
Home Field: Nationwide Arena
Level: Professional
Years: 2001-2003
League: National Lacrosse League
League Rank: 8th of 9 (2001), 5th of 5 (2002) 4th of 4 (2003)
Record: 3-11 (2000-2001), 5-11 (2001-2002), 8-8 (2002-2003)
Reason Disbanded: The team moved to Arizona after the 2003 season due to poor attendance, but only lasted to 2007 for the same reason.
Columubs Landsharks Game Results
Ohio Machine
Home Field: Fortress Field
Level: Professional
Years: 2012-2018
League: Major League Lacrosse
League Rank
2012: 8th of 8
2013: 8th of 8
2014: 4th of 8
2015: 2nd of 8
2016: 1st of 9
2017: 2nd of 9
2018: 9th of 9
Reason Disbanded: The league contracted from 9 to 6 teams after the 2018 season, and the Machine were folded.
2019: The newly-formed Premier Lacrosse League, a men’s professional lacrosse league that merged with Major League Lacrosse, held 3 games in Columbus at Mapfre Stadium, The league does not have home cities, however, and no games have been held in Columbus since 2019.
Rugby
Columbus RFC
Home Field: Fortress Field
Level: Professional
Years: 1975-Present
League: Midwest Rugby Premiership/USA Rugby
Division Rank: 5th of 5 (2019-2020)
Record: 0-8-0 (2019-2020)
2021-2022: Unknown
Website: https://columbusrfc.com/
Notes: Records for past years seem to be unavailable.
Softball
1970-1979
Columbus All-Americans
Home Field: Cooper Stadium
Level: Professional
Years: 1977
League: American Professional Slow-Pitch League
Rank and Record
1977 Division: 4th of 4 (16-40)
Reason Disbanded: The team suffered from low attendance and was being propped up financially by the league, so the team was folded before the 1978 season.
The 1977 All-Americans.
Ultimate
2010-2019
Columbus Pride
Home Field: Unknown
Level: Professional
Years: 2019-Present
League: Premiere Ultimate League
Rank and Record
2019: 6th of 12 (2-3)
2020: Season canceled due to Covid-19.
2021: Rank Unknown (1-1)
2022: Unknown
Volleyball
Columbus Fury
Home Field: Nationwide Arena
Level: Professional
Years: 2023
League: Pro Volleyball Federation
Record
Unavailable as no games have been played yet.
2020-Present
Stadiums and Arenas
Cooper Stadium
Type: Baseball
Year Built: 1932
Cost: $450,000
Year Closed: 2008
Year Demolished: 2016 (partial)
Location: 1155 W. Mound Street
Built as Red Bird Stadium. Became Cooper Stadium in 1984.
Capacity: 17,500 (Originally)
Redbird Stadium near completion in 1932.
Covelli Center
Type: Mixed
Year Built: 2019
Cost: $48.9 Million
Location: 2640 Fred Taylor Drive
Capacity: 3,700
https://planevents.osu.edu/venues-and-services/covelli-center
Fortress Field
Type: Mixed
Year Built: 2017
Cost: $15 Million
Location: 2015 Recreation Trail, Obetz
Capacity: 6,500
https://fortressobetz.com/
Nationwide Arena
Type: Hockey
Built: 2000
Cost: $175 Million
Location: 200 W. Nationwide Boulevard
Capacity: Up to 20,000, depending on event.
https://www.nationwidearena.com/
Ohio Expo Center Coliseum
Type: Mixed
Built: 1918
Cost: Unknown
Location: 717 E. 17th Avenue, Ohio State Fairgrounds
Capacity: 5,600 (Original), 10,000 (Current)
https://ohioexpocenter.com/
Recreation Park 1
Type: Mixed
Year Built: Unknown
Year Closed: Unknown
Location: The location of this park is somewhat unknown. Some sources say it was at or near the SE Corner of Mound Street and Parsons Avenue. At the time it was supposedly in use, that location was developed with homes and other buildings. There was undeveloped land a bit further east, but no old maps indicate a recreation park or field was ever there. The other potential location sometimes listed is land to the east of Fort Hayes.
Recreation Park 2
Type: Mixed
Year Built: The exact year this park came into use is in question. Some sources have it as pre-1883, while the Columbus Dispatch listed 1887.
Year Closed: Unknown
Location: Bounded by E. Whittier Street, Ebner Street, E. Kossuth and S. Jaeger Street.
Site of the first OSU home football game.
Neil Park
Neil Park in 1919.
Type: Baseball
Built: 1900 (Wooden) 1905 (Concrete/Steel)
Cost: Unknown
Closed: September, 1940
Location: 525 Cleveland Avenue
Demolished: December, 1946
Capacity: 6,500
Was the first steel and concrete baseball stadium in the United States.
Ohio State Armory
The Armory around 1905.
Type: Basketball (1898-1918)
Built: 1898
Closed: 1958
Demolished: 1958 after a suspected arson fire.
Location: 60 N. Oval Drive
Capacity: Unknown
University Field/Ohio Field
Known as University Field from 1898-1907, and Ohio Field until its demolition.
Ohio Field in 1909.
Type: Football/Track and Field
Built: 1898
Closed: Last known to have been used in 1921.
Location: NW corner of N. High Street and Woodruff Avenue.
Demolished: 1924
Capacity: 500 in 1898, 10,000 in 1912 and 12,000 in 1916.
Jerome Schottenstein Center/Value City Arena
Type: Basketball
Built: 1998
Cost: $110 Million
Location: 555 Borror Drive
Capacity: 18,809
https://www.schottensteincenter.com/
St. John Arena
Type: Basketball/Mixed
Built: 1956
Cost: $4 Million
Location: 410 Woody Hayes Drive
Capacity: 13,276
https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/athletics/facilities/st-john-arena/
Ohio Stadium
Type: Football
Built: 1922
Cost: $1.34 Million
Location: 411 Woody Hayes Drive
Capacity: 66,210 (Original) 102,780 (Current)
https://planevents.osu.edu/venues-and-services/ohio-stadium
Huntington Park
Type: Baseball
Built: 2009
Cost: $70 Million
Location: 330 Huntington Park Lane
Capacity: 10,100
https://huntingtonparkcolumbus.com/
Mapfre Stadium
Type: Soccer
Built: 1999
Cost: $28.5 Million
Location: 1 Black and Gold Boulevard
Capacity: 22,555 (Original) 19,968 (Current)
Built as the first soccer-specific stadium in the United States.
Lower.com Field
Type: Soccer
Built: 2021
Cost: $314 Million
Location: 96 Columbus Crew Way
Capacity: 20,371
https://www.lowerfieldcbus.com/
