1897 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1897 Ohio State Buckeyes football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–7–1
Head coach
Home stadiumRecreation Park
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
Central Michigan   –   2 – 1 – 0
Baldwin–Wallace   –   2 – 1 – 1
Chicago Dental Infirmary   –   2 – 2 – 1
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
Lincoln (MO)   –   0 – 1 – 0
South Dakota Agricultural   –   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 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

  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 icon.