1897 Ohio Green and White football team

The 1897 Ohio Green and White football team was an American football team that represented Ohio University as an independent during the 1897 college football season. In its fourth season of intercollegiate football, Ohio compiled a 7–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 150 to 26. Warwick Ford was the team's head coach; it was Ford's first and only season in the position.[1]

1897 Ohio Green and White football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2
Head coach
  • Warwick Ford (1st season)
1897 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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
Michigan Agricultural    4 2 1
Central Michigan    2 1 0
Baldwin–Wallace    2 1 1
Chicago Dental Infirmary    2 2 1
Missouri    5 6 0
Lake Forest    4 5 1
Drake    2 3 0
Heidelberg    2 3 0
Detroit College    1 2 0
Indiana State    1 2 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
Ohio State    1 7 1
South Dakota State    0 1 0
Washington University    0 2 0
North Dakota Agricultural    0 3 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 25CincinnatiAthens, OHL 0–12
October 9MariettaAthens, OHL 0–4[2]
October 16MuskingumW 32–0[3]
DenisonAthens, OHW 28–0
Ohio MedicalW 12–0
OtterbeinW 24–0
MariettaW 6–4
November 5West VirginiaAthens, OHW 12–0
D&D InstituteW 36–6

References

  1. "2018 Ohio Bobcats Football Media Guide" (PDF). Ohio University. 2018. p. 82. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  2. "Won The First: Marietta College Football Team Defeats Athens in a Close Game". The Marietta Daily Leader. October 11, 1897. p. 3 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Muskingum - Ohio game". Cambridge Jeffersonian. October 21, 1897. p. 3.


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