1897 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

The 1897 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 1897 college football season.

1897 Ohio State Buckeyes football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–7–1
Head coach
Home stadiumRecreation Park
Seasons
← 1896
1898 →
1897 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Butler     3 0 0
Fairmount     1 0 0
Washburn     7 1 0
Cincinnati     9 1 1
Iowa State Normal     5 1 0
Ohio Wesleyan     7 1 1
Indiana     6 1 1
Ohio     7 2 0
Carthage     3 1 0
Iowa Agricultural     3 1 0
Notre Dame     4 1 1
Michigan Agricultural     4 2 1
Central Michigan     2 1 0
Baldwin–Wallace     2 1 1
Chicago Dental Infirmary     2 2 1
Missouri     5 6 0
Lake Forest     4 5 1
Drake     2 3 0
Heidelberg     2 3 0
Detroit College     1 2 0
Indiana Normal     1 4 0
Kansas State     1 2 1
Mount Union     2 4 1
Rush Medical College     1 4 1
DePauw     2 6 0
Wittenberg     2 6 0
Haskell     1 4 0
Indiana State Normal     1 4 0
Ohio State     1 7 1
South Dakota Agricultural     0 1 0
Washington University     0 2 0
North Dakota Agricultural     0 3 0

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 6Ohio MedicalW 6–0
October 9Case
  • Recreation Park
  • Columbus, OH
L 0–14
October 16at MichiganL 0–34[1]
October 23Otterbein
  • Recreation Park
  • Columbus, OH
T 12–12
October 26Columbus Barracks
  • Recreation Park
  • Columbus, OH
L 0–6
October 30Oberlin
  • Recreation Park
  • Columbus, OH
L 0–44
November 6vs. West VirginiaParkersburg, WVL 0–28
November 133:00 p.m.at CincinnatiL 0–34[2]
November 25Ohio Wesleyan
  • Recreation Park
  • Columbus, OH
L 0–6

References

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  1. ^ "'Varsity Takes a Brace: Ohio State University Defeated by a Score of 34 to 0". The U. of M. Daily. October 18, 1897. p. 1 – via Bentley Historical Library.
  2. ^ "Brilliant Was the Varsity Playing". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio. November 14, 1897. p. 31. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .