1897 Ohio State
1–7–1, coached by David Edwards. Share
Schedule and results
Games missing from our records
Wikipedia’s season articles list eight games of Ohio State’s 1897 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. They don’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here. Where two sources give a game alike (both teams’ articles or records, or an article and the guide), both are named.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6 | vsOhio Medical | W 6–0 | Ohio State’s article |
| Oct 9 | vsCase | L 0–14 | Ohio State’s article |
| Oct 23 | vsOtterbein | T 12–12 | Ohio State’s article |
| Oct 26 | vsColumbus Barracksservice team | L 0–6 | Ohio State’s article |
| Oct 30 | vsOberlin | L 0–44 | Ohio State’s article |
| Nov 6 | vsWest Virginia | L 0–28 | Ohio State’s article |
| Nov 13 | atCincinnati | L 0–34 | Cincinnati’s article, Ohio State’s article |
| Nov 25 | vsOhio Wesleyan | L 0–6 | Ohio State’s article |
- Record
- 1–7–1
- Conference
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- AP poll
- Began in 1936
- Points
- Not all games on file
- Coach
- David Edwards
- Elo
- 1479
- SP+ rating
- —
- Recruiting class
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This season’s 1–7–1 record comes from CollegeFootballData.com’s coaching records; only 1 of its games are on file, so the schedule below is incomplete. Games Wikipedia’s season articles list that our source lacks follow it.