1908 Western Reserve football team

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1908 Western Reserve football
Western Reserve football 1908 William Seaman.png
The image includes players Ed Kagy, Del Wertz, Milton "Muff" Portmann, and Ursus "Doc" Portmann
OAC champion
Conference Ohio Athletic Conference
Record9–1 (6–1 OAC)
Head coach
CaptainUrsus “Doc” Portmann [1]
Seasons
  1907
1909 
Plain Dealer article describing the Western Reserve-Ohio State football game the next day on October 18, 1908 Western reserve v ohio state football chronicle 1908.png
Plain Dealer article describing the Western Reserve-Ohio State football game the next day on October 18, 1908
1908 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Western Reserve $ 6 1 09 1 0
Kenyon 3 1 17 1 1
Ohio State 4 3 06 4 0
Case 4 2 16 3 1
Oberlin 2 2 03 4 0
Denison 2 3 05 5 0
Ohio Wesleyan 2 3 04 4 0
Wooster 1 5 03 5 0
Heidelberg 0 4 01 6 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1908 Western Reserve football team represented Western Reserve University of Cleveland, Ohio, now known as Case Western Reserve University, during the 1908 college football season. The team's coach was William B. Seaman . [2] Assistant coach was Xen C. Scott.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26 Baldwin–Wallace *
W 29–0
October 3at Washington & Jefferson * Washington, PA W 11–0 [3]
October 10at Wooster Wooster, OH W 16–4
October 17at Ohio State W 18–04,000
October 24 Kenyon
  • Van Horn Field
  • Cleveland, OH
L 0–4
October 31at Hiram * Hiram, OH W 30–0
November 7at Oberlin Oberlin, OH W 12–5
November 14 Denison
  • Van Horn Field
  • Cleveland, OH
W 11–0
November 21 Heidelberg
  • Van Horn Field
  • Cleveland, OH
W 54–0
November 26at Case
  • Van Horn Field
  • Cleveland, OH
W 11–7
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "Case Western Reserve".
  2. "William B. Seaman". Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  3. "Wash-Jeff's Downed By Western Reserve". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 4, 1908. p. 13. Retrieved September 17, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .