1902 Case football team

1902 Case football
OAC champion
Conference	Ohio Athletic Conference
Record	6–3 (5–0 OAC)
Head coach	Joseph Wentworth (1st season)
Captain	Allan F. "Dick" Muter
Seasons ←  1901 1903  →

1902 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Case $	5	–	0	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Ohio State	2	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	2
Ohio Wesleyan	2	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Oberlin	1	–	2	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Kenyon	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	4	–	2
Western Reserve	0	–	3	–	0			3	–	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.

\Wentworth was the highest paid football coach in the United States when hired in 1902 at $3,000. ^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 4	at Michigan *	Regents Field Ann Arbor, MI	L 6–48
October 11	Ohio Medical *	Cleveland, OH	L 0–15
October 18	Kenyon	Cleveland, OH	W 25–0
October 25	at Purdue *	Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN	L 0–5
November 1	at Oberlin	Oberlin, OH	W 16–0
November 8	at Ohio State	Ohio Field Columbus, OH	W 23–12
November 15	Ohio Wesleyan	Cleveland, OH	W 17–6
November 22	Heidelberg *	Cleveland, OH	W 40–0
November 27	vs. Western Reserve	Cleveland, OH	W 20–0
*Non-conference game

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.