1947 Western Reserve Red Cats football team
American college football season
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The 1947 Western Reserve Red Cats football team represented the Western Reserve University in the American city of 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).
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record4–5 (2–1 MAC)
Headcoach
- Tom Davies (4th season; first 5 games)
- Richard W. Luther (last 4 games)
HomestadiumLeague Park
| 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 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 | 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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