1949 Western Reserve Red Cats football team

American college football season

1949 Western Reserve Red Cats football

Conference| Mid-American Conference
Record| 4–5–1 (1–3–1 MAC)
Head coach|

* Mike Scarry (2nd season)

Home stadium| League Park

Seasons

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1950 ->

1949 Mid-American Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Cincinnati $  | 4  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 4  | - | 0
Miami (OH) | 3  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Ohio | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 1
Western Michigan | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Western Reserve | 1  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 1
Butler | 0  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

The 1949 Western Reserve Red Cats football team represented the Western Reserve University in the American city of Cleveland, Ohio, now known as Case Western Reserve University, during the 1949 college football season. The Red Cats were a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC).

The team was coached by Mike Scarry, a former Cleveland Browns player who played under and learned his coaching style from Paul Brown. Assistant coaches were Dick Luther and Lou Zontini.

1949 was the last season both Western Reserve University and Case Institute of Technology used League Park for their home football games, relocating to Shaw Stadium in 1950.[1] In fact, the Thanksgiving Day rivalry game on November 24, 1949 was the final football game ever played at League Park.[2]

## Schedule

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Date| Time| Opponent| Site| TV| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 23| | at Kent State*|

* Memorial Field
* Kent, OH

| | W 23–20| |
October 1| | Olivet*|

* Shaw Stadium
* East Cleveland, OH

| | W 69–7| |
October 8| 3:00 p.m.| at Butler|

* Butler Bowl
* Indianapolis, IN

| WFBM-TV| W 28–6| 5,000| [3][4][5]
October 15| | Ohio|

* League Park
* Cleveland, OH

| | T 7–7| |
October 22| | at Cincinnati|

* Nippert Stadium
* Cincinnati, OH

| | L 13–21| |
October 29| | Brown*|

* League Park
* Cleveland, OH

| | L 14–28| 6,000| [6]
November 5| | at Miami (OH)|

* Miami Field
* Oxford, OH

| | L 7–46| |
November 12| | Western Michigan|

* League Park
* Cleveland, OH

| | L 14–21| 3,500| [7]
November 19| | West Virginia*|

* League Park
* Cleveland, OH

| | L 20–28| 1,000| [8]
November 24| | at Case Tech*|

* League Park
* Cleveland, OH

| | W 30–0| 12,500| [9]

* *Non-conference game
* All times are in Eastern time

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## References

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1. ^ Krsolovic, Ken; Fritz, Bryan (February 27, 2013). League Park: Historic Home of Cleveland Baseball, 1891-1946. ISBN 9780786468263.
2. ^ @LeagueParkCle (November 24, 2019). "70 yrs ago today (Nov 24, 1949), in what turned out as the last football game at League Park, Western Reserve coach…" (Tweet) - via Twitter.
3. ^ Collins, Bob (October 8, 1949). "Improved Red Cats At Butler". The Indianapolis Star. Indianapolis, Indiana. p. 29. Retrieved August 17, 2024 - via Newspapers.com .
4. ^ Collins, Bob (October 9, 1949). "Butler Thumped In Loop Tilt By Reserve, 28 To 6". The Indianapolis Star. Indianapolis, Indiana. p. 1, section 6. Retrieved August 17, 2024 - via Newspapers.com .
5. ^ Collins, Bob (October 9, 1949). "Butler Thumped, 28-6, By Cats In MAC Start (continued)". The Indianapolis Star. Indianapolis, Indiana. p. 4, section 6. Retrieved August 17, 2024 - via Newspapers.com .
6. ^ "Brown Wins, 28-14, with Early Drive". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 30, 1949. p. S6.
7. ^ "Broncos Upset Western Reserve Club, 21 to 14". Battle Creek Enquirer. November 13, 1949. p. 18 - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ "Reserve edged by W. Virginia, 28–20". The Plain Dealer. November 20, 1949. Retrieved July 19, 2024 - via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ Krsolovic, Ken; Fritz, Bryan (March 5, 2013). League Park: Historic Home of Cleveland Baseball, 1891-1946. ISBN 9780786493289.
10. ^ "WRU Football 1949/50". case.edu. Retrieved January 4, 2018.

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Case Western Reserve Spartans football

Venues|

* League Park
* Cleveland Stadium
* Shaw Stadium
* DiSanto Field (2005–present)

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* Wooster: Baird Brothers Trophy

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