1946 Western Reserve Red Cats football team
The 1946 Western Reserve Red Cats football team represented the Western Reserve University, now known as Case Western Reserve University, in the Mid-America Conference during the 1946 college football season. The team was coached by Tom Davies, assisted by Dick Luther. The featured star player, and future NFL Pro Bowler, was Warren Lahr. Two other notables players were George Roman and Stan Skoczen.[1]
| 1946 Western Reserve Red Cats football | |
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| Conference | Mid-America Conference |
| Record | 4–3–2 (1–1 MAC) |
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| Home stadium | Shaw Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Reserve | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wayne | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 28 | at Toledo* | Toledo, OH | T 14–14 | ||
| October 4 | at Youngstown* |
| W 20–13 | ||
| October 12 | Wayne | W 7–0 | [2] | ||
| October 18 | Baldwin–Wallace* |
| T 13–13 | ||
| October 26 | at Dayton* | L 6–20 | 8,000 | [3] | |
| November 2 | Akron* |
| L 6–13 | [4] | |
| November 9 | John Carroll* |
| W 13–7 | ||
| November 16 | at Cincinnati | L 7–34 | 7,500 | [5] | |
| November 28 | vs. Case* | W 24–0 | 13,000 | ||
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References
- "Stanley E. Skoczen was a star athlete and school superintendent". May 14, 2010.
- George Puscas (October 13, 1946). "Wayne Sees 7-0 Loss End Grid Dream: Western Reserve Wins in Last Minutes". Detroit Free Press. pp. IV-2, IV-4 – via Newspapers.com.
- Bill Barton (October 27, 1946). "Dayton Conquers Reserve: Flyers Take Alumni day Game, 20-6; Don Pinciotti Races 78 Yards For Score". Dayton Daily News. pp. Sports 1, 3 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Zippers Spill Dope, Topple Reserve, 13-6". The Akron Beacon Journal. November 3, 1946 – via Newspapers.com.
- Dick Forbes (November 17, 1946). "Burly Bearcats Hammer Red Cats, 34-7: Air Play Nets Two Scores; Attack On Ground Also Befuddles Opposition; UC Takes Lead In Opening Minutes On Will Williams's Aerial Toss To Stargel". The Cincinnati Enquirer. pp. 25, 27 – via Newspapers.com.
- "WRU Football 1946/47".
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