1917 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1917 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Big Ten champion
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	8–0–1 (4–0 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Wilce (5th season)
Home stadium	Ohio Field

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

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

Coaching staff

• John Wilce, head coach, fifth year