1897 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

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1897 Ohio State Buckeyes football
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ConferenceIndependent
Record1–7–1
Head coach
Home stadium Recreation Park
Seasons
  1896
1898  
1897 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Butler   300
Fairmount   100
Washburn   710
Cincinnati   911
Iowa State Normal   510
Ohio Wesleyan   711
Indiana   611
Ohio   720
Carthage   310
Iowa Agricultural   310
Notre Dame   411
Central Michigan   210
Baldwin–Wallace   211
Chicago Dental Infirmary   221
Missouri   560
Lake Forest   451
Drake   230
Heidelberg   230
Detroit College   120
Indiana Normal   140
Kansas State   121
Mount Union   241
Rush Medical College   141
DePauw   260
Wittenberg   260
Haskell   140
Indiana State Normal   140
Ohio State   171
Lincoln (MO)   010
South Dakota Agricultural   010
Washington University   020
North Dakota Agricultural   030

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

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 6 Ohio Medical W 6–0
October 9 Case
  • Recreation Park
  • Columbus, OH
L 0–14
October 16at Michigan L 0–34 [1]
October 23 Otterbein
  • Recreation Park
  • Columbus, OH
T 12–12
October 26 Columbus Barracks
  • Recreation Park
  • Columbus, OH
L 0–6
October 30 Oberlin
  • Recreation Park
  • Columbus, OH
L 0–44
November 6vs. West Virginia Parkersburg, WV L 0–28
November 133:00 p.m.at Cincinnati L 0–34 [2]
November 25 Ohio Wesleyan
  • Recreation Park
  • Columbus, OH
L 0–6

References

  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 Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .