1940 Western Reserve Red Cats football team
American college football season
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The 1940 Western Reserve Red Cats football team represented the Western Reserve University—later merged into Case Western Reserve University—as a member of the Big Four Conference during the 1940 college football season. Led by Bill Edwards in his sixth and final season as head coach, the Red Cats compiled an overall record of 8–1 with a mark of 3–0 in conference play, winning the Big Four title. Western Reserve concluded the season with a win in the Sun Bowl over Arizona State. The team played home games at Cleveland Stadium and League Park in Cleveland.
- Bill Edwards (6th season)
| 1940 Western Reserve Red Cats football | |
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Big Four champion | |
Sun Bowl, W 26–13 vs. Arizona State | |
| Conference | Big Four Conference |
| Record | 8–1 (3–0 Big Four) |
| Head coach |
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| Home stadium | Cleveland Stadium, League Park |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Reserve $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Case | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baldwin–Wallace | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Carroll | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edwards was assisted by Gene Myslenski and Roy A. "Dugan" Miller. Notable players included Johnny Reis,[1] Andy Logan,[2] Stan Skoczen[3] , Steve Belichick, Mickey Sanzotta and Dick Booth. The season opener against the Akron was the first game played at the Rubber Bowl. Western Reserve was ranked at No. 113 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[4]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| October 4 | 8:15 p.m. | at Akron* | W 6–0 | 20,000 | [5][6] | |
| October 12 | 3:00 p.m. | at Dayton* | L 12–20 | 4,300 | [7][8] | |
| October 19 | 2:00 p.m. | Baldwin–Wallace | W 2–0 | 2,500–3,000 | [9][10][11] | |
| October 26 | 2:00 p.m. | Miami (OH)* |
| W 47–6 | 3,000 | [12][13] |
| November 2 | 2:00 p.m. | Boston University* |
| W 19–0 | 3,500 | [14][15] |
| November 9 | 2:00 p.m. | Ohio* |
| W 6–0 | 7,500–9,000 | [16][17][18] |
| November 16 | 2:00 p.m. | at John Carroll |
| W 12–0 | 3,000 | [19][20][21] |
| November 21 | 10:30 a.m. | Case |
| W 15–14 | 15,000 | [22][23] |
| January 1 | vs. Arizona State* | W 26–13 | 12,000 | [24] | ||
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