1917 Ohio Green and White football team

1917 Ohio Green and White football
Conference	Ohio Athletic Conference
Record	3–5 (3–3 OAC)
Head coach	M. B. Banks (5th season)

1917 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	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 Green and White football team represented Ohio University as a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1917 college football season. Led by fifth-year head coach M. B. Banks, the Green and White compiled an overall record of 3–5 with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, tying for sixth place in the OAC.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 29		Ohio Wesleyan	Athens, OH	L 0–14
October 13		at Wooster	Wooster, OH	L 0–20
October 20	3:00 p.m.	at Carnegie Tech*	Tech Field Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–21	[2][3]
October 27		at Cincinnati	Carson Field Cincinnati, OH	W 22–0	[4]
November 3		Baldwin–Wallace	Athens, OH	W 43–0
November 10		Kenyon	Athens, OH	W 20–0
November 17		at Oberlin	Oberlin, OH	L 0–46
November 29		at Marietta*	Marietta, OH	L 0–6
*Non-conference game

References

1. "2021 Ohio Football Media Guide" (PDF). Athens, Ohio: Ohio University. 2021. p. 23. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
2. "Football Games Today". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 20, 1917. p. 8. Retrieved February 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
3. "Ohio University Team Outplayed by Tech's Fast Eleven; Score, 21-0". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 21, 1917. p. 19. Retrieved February 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
4. "Ohio". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio. October 28, 1917. p. 21. Retrieved February 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .