He played football there under head coach Paul Brown in 1943, but left the following year to serve in the U.S. Army during World War II.

He transferred to the United States Military Academy and played for an Army Black Knights football team that won all of its games in 1944 and finished first in the AP Poll.

The Browns released him the following year, however, and he played briefly for the Bulldogs and in the Canadian Football League before leaving the sport.

[1][2] He enrolled at Ohio State University in 1943 and made the school's football team as a freshman halfback under coach Paul Brown.

[2] Brown was forced to play 17-year-olds that year because his older players had been drafted into the United States military as World War II intensified.

[3] Sensanbaugher returned a kickoff 103 yards for a touchdown in a game against Naval Station Great Lakes in 1944, setting a school record that still stands as of 2015.

[8] Sensanbaugher trained in Louisiana and was moved to California in preparation for active duty, but the war ended before he was sent to fight overseas.