1950 Western Reserve Red Cats football team
American college football season
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The 1950 Western Reserve Red Cats football team represented the Western Reserve University—now known as Case Western Reserve University—as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1950 college football season. Led by Richard W. Luther in his second and final season as head coach, the Red Cats compiled an overall record of 2–8 with a mark of 1–3 in conference play, tying for fourth place in the MAC. Lou Zontini served as an assistant coach for the team.
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record2–8 (1–3 MAC)
Headcoach
- Richard W. Luther (2nd season)
HomestadiumShaw Stadium
| 1950 Western Reserve Red Cats football | |
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| Conference | Mid-American Conference |
| Record | 2–8 (1–3 MAC) |
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| Home stadium | Shaw Stadium |
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| Miami (OH) $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Reserve | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Michigan | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quarterback Al Morhard led all college football with 26 interceptions thrown during the 1950 college football season. He completed 75 of 215 passes for a .349 completion percentage.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 23 | at West Virginia* | L 13–38 | [1] | |||
| September 30 | 8:15 p.m. | Washington University* | W 24–20 | 5,684 | [2][3] | |
| October 7 | at Colgate* | L 6–47 | 4,000 | [4] | ||
| October 14 | at Ohio | L 0–35 | ||||
| October 21 | at Cincinnati | L 6–48 | ||||
| October 28 | 2:00 p.m. | Butler* |
| L 14–25 | 6,000 | [5][6][7] |
| November 4 | at Toledo* | L 7–27 | ||||
| November 11 | at Western Michigan | W 26–0 | ||||
| November 18 | Miami (OH) |
| L 14–69 | [8] | ||
| November 23 | Case Tech* |
| L 7–20 | |||
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