The 1997 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1997 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 10–3 record, including the 1998 Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, Louisiana, where they lost 31–14 to the Florida State Seminoles.

Schedule

Roster

Coaching staff

Game summaries

Wyoming

Bowling Green

Arizona

Missouri

Iowa

Penn State

Indiana

Northwestern

Michigan State

Minnesota

Illinois

Michigan

1998 Sugar Bowl

Rankings

NFL draft

For the first time since the NFL draft's inception in 1936, no Ohio State players were selected in the 1998 NFL draft.