1939 Western Reserve Red Cats football team

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1939 Western Reserve Red Cats football
Conference Big Four Conference
1939 record5–3–1 (1–2 Big Four)
Head coach
Home stadium League Park
Shaw Stadium
Seasons
  1938
1940  

The 1939 Western Reserve Red Cats football team represented the Western Reserve University, now known as Case Western Reserve University, during the 1939 college football season. The team was led by fifth-year head coach Bill Edwards. Home games were played at League Park and Shaw Stadium.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30 Dayton *W 7–07,000
October 7at Ohio *L 12–14
October 14at Boston University *W 19–147,000 [1]
October 20 Baldwin–Wallace L 7–812,000
October 27 Cincinnati *
  • Shaw Stadium
  • East Cleveland, OH
T 0–03,500
November 4 Ohio Wesleyan *
  • League Park
  • Cleveland, OH
W 32–6
November 11 Kent State *
  • League Park
  • Cleveland, OH
W 38–0
November 18at John Carroll
L 0–616,500
November 23 Case
  • League Park
  • Cleveland, OH
W 18–012,000
  • *Non-conference game

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