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
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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 State   1 2 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
Ohio State   1 7 1
South Dakota State   0 1 0
Washington University   0 2 0
North Dakota Agricultural   0 3 0

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

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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 .