1907 Western Reserve football team

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1907 Western Reserve football
OAC champion
Conference Ohio Athletic Conference
Record8–1 (5–1 OAC)
Head coach
CaptainEdgar "Tip" Tyler [1]
Seasons
 1906
1908  
1907 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Western Reserve $ 5 1 08 1 0
Ohio State 5 1 17 2 1
Oberlin 3 1 06 2 0
Case 5 2 06 3 0
Kenyon 3 4 04 4 0
Ohio Wesleyan 2 3 07 3 0
Wooster 1 4 12 4 1
Denison 1 5 03 5 0
Heidelberg 0 4 02 4 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1907 Western Reserve football team represented Western Reserve University of Cleveland, Ohio, now known as Case Western Reserve University, during the 1907 college football season. The team's coach was William B. Seaman. [2] Assistant coach was Xen C. Scott.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 5 Wooster Cleveland, OH W 29–0
October 12at Heidelberg Tiffin, OH W 44–0
October 19 Marietta *Cleveland, OHW 45–0
October 26at Baldwin–Wallace * Berea, OH W 40–0
November 2 Oberlin Cleveland, OHL 0–16
November 9at Ohio Northern * Ada, OH W 23–0
November 16 Kenyon Cleveland, OHW 17–6
November 23at Denison Granville, OH W 50–0
November 28at Case
  • Van Horn Field
  • Cleveland, OH
W 11–4
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. "Case Western Reserve".
  2. "William B. Seaman". Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved August 15, 2016.