1948 Western Reserve Red Cats football team

The 1948 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 1948 college football season. The Red Cats were a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC).

1948 Western Reserve Red Cats football
ConferenceMid-American Conference
1948 record1–8–1 (1–4 MAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumLeague Park
1948 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Miami (OH) $ 4 –0 –0  7 –1 –1
Western Michigan 3 –1 –0  6 –3 –0
Cincinnati 3 –1 –0  3 –6 –1
Ohio 2 –3 –0  3 –6 –0
Western Reserve 1 –4 –0  1 –8 –1
Butler 0 –4 –0  3 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

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.

On October 23, 1948, Western Reserve battled Kent State to a 14-14 tie, which was broadcast on television in the Cleveland-Akron area, making it Ohio’s first intercollegiate televised football game.[1]

Western Reserve lost to rival Case Institute of Technology for the first time since 1927, ending a seventeen-game Red Cats win streak.[2]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResult
September 25at Western Michigan
L 0–26
October 2Miami
L 0–49
October 9Butler
  • League Park
  • Cleveland, OH
W 6–0
October 16at Ohio
L 7–37
October 23Kent State*
  • League Park
  • Cleveland, OH
T 14–14
October 30Pittsburgh*
  • League Park
  • Cleveland, OH
L 0–20
November 6at Brown*
L 0–36
November 13at Cincinnati
L 13–26
November 20at West Virginia*
L 0–20
November 25Case*
  • League Park
  • Cleveland, OH
L 7–15
  • *Non-conference game

[3]

References
  1. "Mid-American Conference Football History" (PDF). publish.netitor.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-16. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  2. "Case vs. WRU Thanksgiving Day football game". blog.case.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-02-13. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  3. "WRU Football 1948/49". case.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
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