1918 Western Reserve football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1918 Western Reserve football Ohio Athletic Conference OAC 5–2 5–1 Frank A. Yocum 2nd The 1918 Western Reserve football team represented Western Reserve University—now known as Case Western Reserve University, during the 1918 college football season. The team's coach was Frank A. Yocum.https://case.edu/its/archives/Coaches/yocum_frank.htm Frank A. Yocum Case Western Reserve University May 4, 2020 Originally 1918 Wooster Presbyterians Wooster was on the schedule, but due to the Spanish flu, Oberlin College was played a second time to fill the cancellation.Here is Coach Yocum's Resume of Season Reserve Weekly 18 Dec 1918 4 https://newspapers.case.edu/?a=d&d=TRW19181218-01.2.28&srpos=32&e=-------en-20--21-byDA-txt-txIN-yocum------ The Michigan Agricultural game was cancelled due to the team having to go into quarantine.To Stage Contest Behind Closed Gates At Case Field, Western Reserve Goes into Quarantine Today and Its Game with Michigan Aggies Must Be Declared Off Plain Dealer 30 Oct 1918 5 https://0-infoweb-newsbank-com.sciron.cuyahoga.lib.oh.us/resources/doc/nb/image/v2%3A122AFBBA107AC9E4%40EANX-NB-1236A3DC6A978C98%402421897-123659FA947D1630%404-124B0495401E5292%40To%2BStage%2BContest%2BBehind%2BClosed%2BGates%2BAt%2BCase%2BField%2BWestern%2BReserve%2BGoes%2Binto%2BQuarantine%2BToday?p=AMNEWS&hlterms=%22western%20reserve%22%3B%20football%3B%20michigan Schedule October 9 w y 1918 Baldwin–Wallace Yellow Jackets Baldwin–Wallace Berea, OH 20–0 October 12 Akron Cancelled October 19 l y Cleveland Naval Reserves League Park Cleveland, OH 6–20 October 26 w y 1918 Oberlin Yeomen Oberlin Oberlin, OH 6–3 November 2 Michigan Agricultural Cancelled November 9 w 1918 Ohio Northern Polar Bears Ohio Northern Cleveland, OH 14–6 November 16 l 1918 Mount Union Purple Raiders Mount Union Cleveland, OH forfeit November 23 w 1918 Oberlin Yeomen Oberlin Cleveland, OH 13–7 November 28 w y Case Van Horn Field Cleveland, OH 14–7 References Western Reserve Category:Case Western Reserve Spartans football seasons Western Reserve football