1917 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

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1917 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Big Ten champion
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1917 record8–0–1 (4–0 Big Ten)
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio Field
Seasons
← 1916
1918 →
1917 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Ohio State $ 4 0 0 8 0 1
Minnesota 3 1 0 4 1 0
Northwestern 3 2 0 5 2 0
Wisconsin 3 2 0 4 2 1
Illinois 2 2 1 5 2 1
Chicago 2 2 1 3 2 1
Indiana 1 2 0 5 2 0
Michigan 0 1 0 8 2 0
Iowa 0 2 0 3 5 0
Purdue 0 4 0 3 4 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1917 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Miami (OH) $ 5 0 1 6 0 2
Wooster 5 0 3 6 0 3
Wittenberg 4 1 0 5 2 0
Oberlin 4 1 0 5 2 1
Akron 3 1 0 5 3 0
Denison 2 2 0 5 3 0
Ohio Wesleyan 3 3 1 4 3 1
Western Reserve 3 3 1 3 5 1
Ohio 3 3 0 3 5 0
Case 3 4 1 3 6 1
Kenyon 2 3 1 3 3 1
Mount Union 1 5 0 2 6 0
Ohio Northern 0 4 0 3 4 0
Baldwin–Wallace 0 7 0 1 8 0
Cincinnati 0 4 0 0 6 0
Ohio State * 3 0 0 8 0 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – did not complete for championship

The 1917 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 1917 college football season. The Buckeyes compiled an 8–0–1 record and became Big Ten Conference champion for the second straight year with a 4–0 record in conference play. Ohio State outscored opponents 292–6.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 29Case*
  • Ohio Field
  • Columbus, OH
W 49–0
October 6Ohio Wesleyan*
  • Ohio Field
  • Columbus, OH
W 53–0
October 13Northwestern
  • Ohio Field
  • Columbus, OH
W 40–0
October 27Denison*
  • Ohio Field
  • Columbus, OH
W 67–0
November 3vs. Indiana
W 26–3
November 10at Wisconsin
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
W 16–3
November 17Illinois
  • Ohio Field
  • Columbus, OH (rivalry)
W 13–0
November 24vs. Auburn*
  • Soldiers Field
  • Montgomery, AL
T 0–0
November 29Camp Sherman (Chillicothe)*
  • Ohio Field
  • Columbus, OH
W 28–0
  • *Non-conference game

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