1897 Ohio Green and White football team

1897 Ohio Green and White football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–2
Head coach	Warwick Ford (1st season)

1897 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		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 Normal			–					1	–	4	–	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
Indiana State Normal			–					1	–	4	–	0
Ohio State			–					1	–	7	–	1
South Dakota Agricultural			–					0	–	1	–	0
Washington University			–					0	–	2	–	0
North Dakota Agricultural			–					0	–	3	–	0

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]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 25	Cincinnati	Athens, OH	L 0–12
October 9	Marietta	Athens, OH	L 0–4	[2]
October 16	Muskingum		W 32–0	[3]
	Denison	Athens, OH	W 28–0
	Ohio Medical		W 12–0
	Otterbein		W 24–0
	Marietta		W 6–4
November 5	West Virginia	Athens, OH	W 12–0
	D&D Institute		W 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.