Columbus football history is detailed here.
**Last Updated: 12/16/2025- Created page.
Ohio State Buckeyes
Home Field: Ohio Stadium
Level: College
Years: 1890-Present
League: Big 10
Website: https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-footbl/
Record
Ohio State Football Historic Record
Ohio State Football Historic Attendance
Ohio State Buckeyes Football Game Results
Ohio State vs. Opponent Records
1900-1909
Ohio Medical
Home Field: Unknown
Level: College
Years: 1901-1902
League: Independent
League Rank: 11th of 28 (1901), 2nd of 27 (1902)
Record: 5-3-1 (1901), 9-1-0 (1902)
Reason Disbanded: As it was also an Ohio State team, the team was discontinued after the 1902 season.
Columbus Panhandles
Home Field: Indianola Park (1909-1915), Neil Park (1916-1926)
Level: Professional
Years: 1901-1926
League: 1901-1903 (None), 1904-1919 (Ohio League), 1920-1921 (American Professional Football Association), 1922-1926 (National Football League)
League Rank
1901-1919: Unknown
1920: 13th of 14
1921: 17th of 21
1922: 18th of 18
1923: 9th of 20
1924: 10th of 18
1925: 20th of 20
1926: 19th of 22
Alternative Names: Columbus Tigers (1923-1926)
Reason Disbanded: The NFL chose to eliminate financially weaker teams, so the Panhandles/Tigers were folded after the 1926 season.
The Panhandles NFL team in 1921.
1930-1939
Columbus Bobbs
Home Field: Unknown
Level: Professional
Years: 1936
League: Midwest Football League
League Rank: 6th of 7
Record: 0-4-1
Reason Disbanded: Left the league after the 1936 season. It’s unclear if it continued with another league after 1936.
Columbus Bullies
Home Field: Cooper Stadium
Level: Professional
Years: 1939-1941
League: American Professional Football Association (1939), American Football League (1940-1941)
League Rank: Unknown
Record: 8-1-1 (1939), 8-1-1 (1940), 5-1-2 (1941)
Reason Disbanded: After the US entered WWII in December, 1941, many players in the league were drafted and the league folded before the 1942 season.
1970-1979
Columbus Pacesetters
Home Field: Unknown
Level: Professional
Years: 1974-1988
League: National Women’s Football League
Record: Unknown
Reason Disbanded: The leagued folded during the 1988 season.
1990-1999
Columbus Thunderbolts
Home Field: Ohio Expo Center Coliseum
Level: Professional
Years: 1991
League: Arena Football League
League Rank: 8th of 8
Record: 0-10
Reason Disbanded: The team had moved from Cleveland for the 1991 season, and moved back to Cleveland for the 1992 season.
Ohio Glory
Home Field: Ohio Stadium
Level: Professional
Years: 1992
League: World League of American Football
Division Rank: 4th of 4
Record: 1-9
Reason Disbanded: All North American teams were folded after 1992 season.
2000-2009
Columbus Flames/Columbus Comets/Columbus Chaos
Columbus Comets in 2007.
Home Field: Grove City Christian School
Level: Professional
Years: 2003-Present
League: National Women’s Football Association (2003-2008), Women’s Football Alliance (2009-Present)
Columbus Comets Game Results
Columbus Destroyers
Home Field: Nationwide Arena
Level: Professional
Years: 2004-2008, 2019
League: Arena Football League
League Rank
2004: 4th of 5
2005: 4th of 4
2006: 4th of 4
2007: 3rd of 4
2008: 5th of 5
2019: 6th of 6
Reason Disbanded: The AFL ended operations after the 2019 season. The team had some of the highest attendance and coverage of any AFL team.
Columbus Aces
Home Field: Ohio Expo Center Coliseum
Level: Professional
Years: 2009
League: Continental Indoor Football League
Reason Disbanded: Never actually formed. In 2009, the league announced that the team would take over the Marion Mayhem and be moved to Columbus. However, ownership was unable to secure sponsorship funding, so the team was kept in Marion for the 2010 season. The Marion Mayhem folded before that season concluded, and the CIFL as a whole disbanded in 2016 after not playing for 2 years.
