1902 Case football team

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1902 Case football
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OAC champion
Conference Ohio Athletic Conference
Record6–3 (5–0 OAC)
Head coach
CaptainAllan F. "Dick" Muter
Seasons
  1901
1903  
1902 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Case $ 5 0 06 3 0
Ohio State 2 1 06 2 2
Ohio Wesleyan 2 2 07 3 0
Oberlin 1 2 04 4 0
Kenyon 1 3 02 4 2
Western Reserve 0 3 03 6 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1902 Case football team represented the Case School of Applied Science in the American city of Cleveland, Ohio, now a part of Case Western Reserve University, during the 1902 college football season. The team's coach was Joseph Wentworth. [1] Case won its first conference title and first Ohio Athletic Conference title.

Coach Wentworth was the highest paid football coach in the US when hired in 1902 at $3,000. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 4at Michigan *L 6–48
October 11 Ohio Medical * Cleveland, OH L 0–15
October 18 Kenyon Cleveland, OHW 25–0
October 25at Purdue *L 0–5
November 1at Oberlin Oberlin, OH W 16–0
November 8at Ohio State W 23–12
November 15 Ohio Wesleyan Cleveland, OHW 17–6
November 22 Heidelberg *Cleveland, OHW 40–0
November 27vs. Western Reserve Cleveland, OHW 20–0
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. "Joe "Little Joe" Wentworth".
  2. Cramer, C. H. (1976). Case Western Reserve: A History of the University 1826-1976. The World Publishing Company. p. 172.