1949 Western Reserve Red Cats football
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record4–5–1 (1–3–1 MAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumLeague Park
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cincinnati $ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Miami (OH) 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Ohio 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Western Michigan 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Western Reserve 1 – 3 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Butler 0 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1949 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 1949 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.

1949 was the last season both Western Reserve University and Case Institute of Technology used League Park for their home football games, relocating to Shaw Stadium in 1950.[1] In fact, the Thanksgiving Day rivalry game on November 24, 1949 was the final football game ever played at League Park.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23at Kent State*
W 23–20
October 1Olivet*
W 69–7
October 8at Butler
W 28–6
October 15Ohio
T 7–7
October 22at Cincinnati
L 13–21
October 29Brown*
  • League Park
  • Cleveland, OH
L 14–286,000[3]
November 5at Miami (OH)
L 7–46
November 12Western Michigan
  • League Park
  • Cleveland, OH
L 14–213,500[4]
November 19West Virginia*
  • League Park
  • Cleveland, OH
L 20–28
November 24at Case Tech*
  • League Park
  • Cleveland, OH
W 30–012,500[5]
  • *Non-conference game

[6]

References

  1. ^ Krsolovic, Ken; Fritz, Bryan (February 27, 2013). League Park: Historic Home of Cleveland Baseball, 1891-1946. ISBN 9780786468263.
  2. ^ @LeagueParkCle (November 24, 2019). "70 yrs ago today (Nov 24, 1949), in what turned out as the last football game at League Park, Western Reserve coach…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ "Brown Wins, 28-14, with Early Drive". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 30, 1949. p. S6.
  4. ^ "Broncos Upset Western Reserve Club, 21 to 14". Battle Creek Enquirer. November 13, 1949. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Krsolovic, Ken; Fritz, Bryan (March 5, 2013). League Park: Historic Home of Cleveland Baseball, 1891-1946. ISBN 9780786493289.
  6. ^ "WRU Football 1949/50". case.edu. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
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