1939 Western Reserve Red Cats football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1939 Western Reserve Red Cats football Big Four Conference Big Four 5–3–1 1–2 Bill Edwards 5th League ParkShaw Stadium 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, assisted by Gene Myslenski and Roy A. "Dugan" Miller. Western Reserve was ranked at No. 134 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth E. E. Litkenhous Johnson City Sunday Press December 31, 1939 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123000367/vols-second-in-final-litkenhous-grid/ Newspapers.com Home games were played at League Park and Shaw Stadium. Schedule September 30 w y Dayton League Park Cleveland, OH 7–0 7,000 October 7 l y y Ohio Ohio Complex Athens, OH 12–14 Ohio U. Upsets Reserve, 14-12 Sunday Gazette and Advertiser October 8, 1939 12 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122052914/ohio-u-upsets-reserve-14-12/ Newspapers.com October 14 w y y Boston University Fenway Park Boston, MA 19–14 7,000 http://fenwayparkdiaries.com/football/boston%20university.htm fenwayparkdiaries.com Boston University December 17, 2017 October 20 Friday l Baldwin–Wallace Shaw Stadium East Cleveland, OH 7–8 12,000 October 27 Friday t y Cincinnati Shaw Stadium East Cleveland, OH 0–0 3,500 November 4 w y 1939 Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops Ohio Wesleyan League Park Cleveland, OH 32–6 November 11 w y Kent State League Park Cleveland, OH 38–0 8,000 Kent State Is Handed 38-0 Trouncing By Western Reserve: 8,000 See Cats Romp The Akron Beacon Journal Lincoln Hackim November 12, 1939 4C https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96893990/kent-state-is-handed-38-0-trouncing-by/ Newspapers.com November 18 l y John Carroll Municipal Stadium Cleveland, OH 0–6 16,500 John Carroll Beats Red Cat Team, 6-0 Sunday Gazette and Advertiser November 19, 1939 13 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54438954/john-carroll-beats-red-cat-team-6-0/ Newspapers.com November 23 Thursday w Case League Park Cleveland, OH 18–0 12,000 https://case.edu/its/archives/Seasons/wfoot1939.htm case.edu WRU Football 1939/40 2017-12-17 References Western Reserve Category:Case Western Reserve Spartans football seasons Western Reserve Red Cats football