Baird Brothers Trophy

Baird Brothers Trophy
Teams	Case Western Reserve Spartans ; Wooster Fighting Scots ;
First meeting	September 22, 1984; Case Western Reserve 21, Wooster 14
Latest meeting	October 6, 2012; Case Western Reserve 31, Wooster 28
Statistics
Meetings total	25
All-time series	Wooster leads 13–12
Largest victory	Wooster 49, Case Western Reserve 7 (2004)
Longest win streak	Wooster, 10 (1995–2006)
Current win streak	Case Western Reserve, 6 (2007–present)
	Case Western Reserve Wooster Locations in Ohio

Last updated September 05, 2024

The Baird Brothers Trophy is awarded the winner of the annual college football game between the Spartans of Case Western Reserve University and the Fighting Scots of The College of Wooster. The idea for the trophy originated with brothers Bob and Bill Baird, economics professors at Case and Wooster, respectively, for whom the trophy is named. The trophy was created by American artist Eugenie Torgerson, who was married to Bob Baird at the time. The winning school gets to keep the trophy, a distinctive chain of brass fish representing each game played in the rivalry, and gets to add a new fish to the chain to represent that year's game. A four-inch blue gill signified the first 21–14 narrow win for Case Western Reserve. Other fish represented on the trophy include a northern pike, a flounder, a carp, a walleye, a catfish, a rainbow trout, a sturgeon, a sucker, a crappie, a muskie, a sheepshead, a gar, a largemouth bass, and a smallmouth bass.^[1]

In 1996, Sports Illustrated recognized the Baird Brothers Trophy as one of the most distinctive in college football.^[2] In October 2012, the trophy was highlighted on ESPN College GameDay.^[3]

Wooster leads the series 13–12.^[4]

The teams last met on October 6, 2012 at Cleveland, a 31–28 victory for Spartans.^[5]

Game results

Case Western Reserve victories	Wooster victories

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	September 22, 1984	Wooster, OH	Case Western Reserve	21–14
2	September 21, 1985	Cleveland, OH	Case Western Reserve	37–0
3	October 26, 1986	Cleveland, OH	Case Western Reserve	17–0
4	October 25, 1987	Wooster, OH	Case Western Reserve	20–13
5	October 15, 1988	Cleveland, OH	Case Western Reserve	38–27
6	October 14, 1989	Wooster, OH	Wooster	35–14
7	September 29, 1990	Cleveland, OH	Wooster	22–15
8	October 5, 1991	Wooster, OH	Wooster	23–20
9	October 15, 1994	Cleveland, OH	Case Western Reserve	40–23
10	October 14, 1995	Wooster, OH	Wooster	14–13
11	September 28, 1996	Wooster, OH	Wooster	21–7
12	September 27, 1997	Cleveland, OH	Wooster	21–14
13	November 7, 1998	Wooster, OH	Wooster	42–16

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
14	November 6, 1999	Cleveland, OH	Wooster	31–27
15	September 28, 2002	Wooster, OH	Wooster	27–22
16	September 27, 2003	Cleveland, OH	Wooster	62–33
17	September 25, 2004	Wooster, OH	Wooster	49–7
18	September 24, 2005	Cleveland, OH	Wooster	38–21
19	September 23, 2006	Wooster, OH	Wooster	21–7
20	September 22, 2007	Cleveland, OH	Case Western Reserve	30–17
21	October 11, 2008	Cleveland, OH	Case Western Reserve	28–7
22	October 10, 2009	Wooster, OH	Case Western Reserve	53–32
23	October 23, 2010	Cleveland, OH	Case Western Reserve	28–14
24	October 22, 2011	Wooster, OH	Case Western Reserve	24–21^OT
25	October 6, 2012	Cleveland, OH	Case Western Reserve	31–28
Series: Wooster leads 13–12

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↑ "SPARTAN SPORTS INFORMATION – BAIRD TROPHY..." Case Western University athletics. Archived from the original on 2009-10-16.
↑ "Baird Brothers' Trophy Featured on ESPN's College GameDay". 21 October 2012.
↑ "Case Western Reserve vs Wooster (OH)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
↑ "Spartans Start Fast, Win Baird Brothers' Trophy Game, 31-28". Case Western Reserve University Athletics. 6 October 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2019.

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[1] Beck, Stan; Wilkinson, Jack (19 September 2013). College Sports Traditions: Picking Up Butch, Silent Night, and Hundreds of Others. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810891210 – via Google Books.

[2] "SPARTAN SPORTS INFORMATION – BAIRD TROPHY..." Case Western University athletics. Archived from the original on 2009-10-16.

[3] "Baird Brothers' Trophy Featured on ESPN's College GameDay". 21 October 2012.

[Results-4] "Case Western Reserve vs Wooster (OH)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2009-10-04.

[5] "Spartans Start Fast, Win Baird Brothers' Trophy Game, 31-28". Case Western Reserve University Athletics. 6 October 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2019.

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v t e Case Western Reserve Spartans football
Venues	League Park Cleveland Stadium Shaw Stadium DiSanto Field (2005–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1941 Sun Bowl Carnegie Mellon: Academic Bowl Wooster: Baird Brothers Trophy
People	Head coaches
Case Tech seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Western Reserve seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Post-merger seasons	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Statistics
Teams	Case Western Reserve Spartans Wooster Fighting Scots
First meeting	September 22, 1984 Case Western Reserve 21, Wooster 14
Latest meeting	October 6, 2012 Case Western Reserve 31, Wooster 28
Meetings total	25
All-time series	Wooster leads 13–12
Largest victory	Wooster 49, Case Western Reserve 7 (2004)
Longest win streak	Wooster, 10 (1995–2006)
Current win streak	Case Western Reserve, 6 (2007–present)
Case Western Reserve Wooster Locations in Ohio