Ohio Wesleyan at Ohio State

Saturday, October 6, 1917

Ohio State beat Ohio Wesleyan 53–⁠0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 5–⁠0.

AwayOhio Wesleyan0–⁠1 in 1917
0
HomeOhio State8–⁠0–⁠1 in 1917
53

FinalHigh 56°F, low 33°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: OHIO STATE WINNER OVER OHIO WESLEYAN

    The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, October 7, 1917, page 14

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    OHIO STATE WINNER OVER OHIO WESLEYAN Columbus, O., October 6.-The Ohio State university football team, last year s Western conference champions, over- whelmed Ohio Wesleyan here today, 53 to 0. Coach Wilce used many of his second string men and at no time had his entire regular team on the field. Chick Harley, all-American fullback, led Ohio States attack, scoring three touchdowns and kicking as many goals.

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.

Ohio State leads 15–⁠0 in 15 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.

Recent meetings
1932Ohio State 34, Ohio Wesleyan 7
1926Ohio State 47, Ohio Wesleyan 0
1925Ohio State 10, Ohio Wesleyan 3
1924Ohio State 10, Ohio Wesleyan 0
1923Ohio State 24, Ohio Wesleyan 7
1922Ohio State 5, Ohio Wesleyan 0

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