1917 Ohio Green and White football
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record3–5 (3–3 OAC)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1916
1918 →
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 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

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
September 29Ohio WesleyanAthens, OHL 0–14
October 13at WoosterWooster, OHL 0–20
October 203:00 p.m.at Carnegie Tech*
L 0–21[2][3]
October 27at Cincinnati
W 22–0[4]
November 3Baldwin–WallaceAthens, OHW 43–0
November 10KenyonAthens, OHW 20–0
November 17at OberlinOberlin, OHL 0–46
November 29at Marietta*Marietta, OHL 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 Open access icon.
  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 Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Ohio". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio. October 28, 1917. p. 21. Retrieved February 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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