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Case at Ohio State

Saturday, September 29, 1917

Ohio State beat Case 49–⁠0. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 6–⁠0.

AwayCase0–⁠2 in 1917
0
HomeOhio State8–⁠0–⁠1 in 1917
49

FinalHigh 77°F, low 45°F

In the newspapers

  • The Arizona republican's story: KING FOOTBALL

    Arizona republican, September 30, 1917, page 9

    Read the text

    KING FOOTBALL COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept 29.-The Ohio State football team, 1916 west ern conference champions, opened it’s season by beating Case college, Cleve- land. 49 to 0. The champions suf- fered little, apparently, from the draft.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Ohio State 92% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Case–Ohio State game

Ohio State leads 7–⁠0 in seven meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1918Ohio State 56, Case 0
1917Ohio State 49, Case 0
1916Ohio State 28, Case 0
1915Ohio State 14, Case 0
1914Ohio State 7, Case 6
1913Ohio State 18, Case 0

Around this game

Case

Ohio State