1948 Western Reserve Red Cats football team

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1948 Western Reserve Red Cats football
Conference Mid-American Conference
Record1–8–1 (1–4 MAC)
Head coach
Home stadium League Park
Seasons
  1947
1949  
1948 Mid-American Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Miami (OH) $ 4 0 07 1 1
Western Michigan 3 1 06 3 0
Cincinnati 3 1 03 6 1
Ohio 2 3 03 6 0
Western Reserve 1 4 01 8 1
Butler 0 4 03 5 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1948 Western Reserve Red Cats football team represented the Western Reserve University in the American city of Cleveland, Ohio, now known as Case Western Reserve University, during the 1948 college football season. The Red Cats were a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC).

The team was coached by Mike Scarry, a former Cleveland Browns player who played under and learned his coaching style from Paul Brown. Assistant coaches were Dick Luther and Lou Zontini.

On October 23, Western Reserve battledKent State to a 14–14 tie, which was broadcast on television in the Cleveland-Akron area, making it Ohio’s first intercollegiate televised football game. [1]

Western Reserve lost to rival Case Tech for the first time since 1927, ending a 17-game Red Cats win streak. [2]

Western Reserve was ranked at No. 220 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948. [3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at Western Michigan L 0–26
October 2 Miami (OH) L 0–49 [4]
October 9 Butler
  • League Park
  • Cleveland, OH
W 6–0 [5] [6]
October 16at Ohio L 7–37
October 23 Kent State *
  • League Park
  • Cleveland, OH
T 14–14
October 30 Pittsburgh *
  • League Park
  • Cleveland, OH
L 0–2012,000 [7]
November 6at Brown *L 0–36
November 13at Cincinnati L 13–26
November 20at West Virginia *L 0–20
November 25 Case Tech *
  • League Park
  • Cleveland, OH
L 7–15
  • *Non-conference game

[8]

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