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.

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

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