1938 Western Reserve Red Cats football team

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1938 Western Reserve Red Cats football
Big Four champion
Conference Big Four Conference
Record9–0 (3–0 Big Four)
Head coach
Home stadium League Park
Seasons
  1937
1939  

The 1938 Western Reserve Red Cats football team represented Western Reserve University, now known as Case Western Reserve University, during the 1938 college football season. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Bill Edwards, assisted by Roy A. "Dugan" Miller. Notable players included Johnny Wilson, Mike Rodak, Steve Belichick, and Dick Booth. The team went undefeated and outscored opponents by a total of 259 to 31. [1] Tackle Frank Crisci was selected as a second-team player on the 1938 Little All-America college football team. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24 Ohio Wesleyan *W 33–012,000
October 1at Youngstown *
W 33–011,000
October 8 Ohio *W 26–1412,000
October 15 Baldwin–Wallace
  • League Park
  • Cleveland, OH
W 40–08,000
October 22at Cincinnati *W 33–0
October 29 Boston University *
  • League Park
  • Cleveland, OH
W 47–612,000 [3]
November 5 West Virginia *
  • League Park
  • Cleveland, OH
W 7–015,000 [4]
November 12 John Carroll
  • League Park
  • Cleveland, OH
W 27–818,321
November 24 Case
  • League Park
  • Cleveland, OH
W 13–310,000
  • *Non-conference game

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