1947 Western Reserve Red Cats football team
| 1947 Western Reserve Red Cats football | |
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| Conference | Mid-American Conference |
| Record | 4–5 (2–1 MAC) |
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| Home stadium | League Park |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati $ | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Reserve | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Butler | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (OH) * | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Michigan * | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1947 Western Reserve Red Cats football team represented the
Cleveland, Ohio, now known as Case Western Reserve University, during the 1947 college football season. The Red Cats were a member of the Mid-American Conference
(MAC).
The team was coached by Tom Davies, who was fired and replaced by assistant coach Dick Luther beginning game six.
In the final Litkenhous Ratings released in mid-December, Western Reserve was ranked at No. 145 out of 500 college football teams.[1]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 27 | at Duquesne* | L 0–6 | 7,608 | [2] | |
| October 4 | at Rutgers* | L 6–21 | 10,000 | [3] | |
| October 11 | Ohio | W 20–7 | 7,700 | ||
| October 18 | at Wayne* | L 13–20 | 24,375 | [4] | |
| October 25 | Baldwin–Wallace * |
| L 6–13 | 5,126 | |
| October 31 | at Akron* | W 18–0 | 5,278 | ||
| November 8 | at Butler Bowl | W 6–0 | 8,000 | [5] | |
| November 15 | Cincinnati |
| L 6–7 | < 2,000 | [6] |
| November 27 | Case* |
| W 13–12 | 8,500 | [7] |
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References
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- ^ "Recollections from the Archives: Case vs. WRU 1947 Thanksgiving Day Game and Activities". blog.case.edu. Archived from the original on January 4, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
- ^ "WRU Football 1947/48". case.edu. Retrieved January 3, 2018.