| Sport: | football |
| Year: | 1997 |
| Team: | Ohio State Buckeyes |
| Conference: | Big Ten Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big Ten |
| Coachrank: | 12 |
| Aprank: | 12 |
| Record: | 10–3 |
| Conf Record: | 6–2 |
| Hc Year: | 10th |
| Off Coach: | Mike Jacobs |
| Oc Year: | 1st |
| Dc Year: | 2nd |
| Bowl Result: | L 14–31 vs. Florida State |
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.
See also: 1997 Wyoming Cowboys football team and Eddie Robinson Classic.
See also: 1997 Bowling Green Falcons football team.
See also: 1997 Arizona Wildcats football team.
See also: 1997 Missouri Tigers football team.
See also: 1997 Iowa Hawkeyes football team.
See also: 1997 Penn State Nittany Lions football team.
See also: 1997 Indiana Hoosiers football team.
See also: 1997 Northwestern Wildcats football team.
See also: 1997 Michigan State Spartans football team.
See also: 1997 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team.
See also: 1997 Illinois Fighting Illini football team.
See also: 1997 Michigan Wolverines football team.
See also: 1997 Florida State Seminoles football team.
See also: 1997 NCAA Division I-A football rankings.
For the first time since the NFL draft's inception in 1936, no Ohio State players were selected in the 1998 NFL draft.[2]