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The first time a Buckeye player receives a sticker, a member of Ohio State's equipment team places the sticker at the bottom of the helmet, left of the middle stripe.
Here's what to know about the history of Ohio State football's helmet stickers, ... The stickers currently used on the Buckeyes’ helmets are 1.25 inches in diameter, meaning 47 of them can fit ...
ESPN says the practice of awarding helmet stickers is often wrongly credited to Ernie Biggs, also an athletic trainer at Ohio State under legendary coach Woody Hayes. [1] They instead claim that the practice of awarding stickers began with Jim Young, former assistant coach at Miami in 1965, two years before they were used by the Buckeyes. [1]
The stickers are awarded to players based on "execution of an exceptional play on the field," and first appeared on players' helmets during the Buckeyes' 1967 college football season.
This was also the first year the Buckeye players were awarded Buckeye pride stickers for their helmets, each one a reward for a good play. This would be Ohio State's last outright national championship until 2002. Perhaps the biggest highlight of the year for the Buckeyes was their upset of #1 Purdue in their third game.
The Buckeyes won the next 6 games, including a win over No. 2 Penn State in a revenge game of sorts. The Buckeyes suffered an embarrassing defeat against the Iowa Hawkeyes. The Buckeyes ended the season 12–2 overall, winning the rest of their games including a Big Ten Championship victory over Wisconsin and a Cotton Bowl victory over USC.
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