1949 Western Reserve Red Cats football team

1949 Western Reserve Red Cats football
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record4–5–1 (1–3–1 MAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumLeague Park
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cincinnati $ 4 0 0 7 4 0
Miami (OH) 3 1 0 5 4 0
Ohio 2 2 0 4 4 1
Western Michigan 2 3 0 4 4 0
Western Reserve 1 3 1 4 5 1
Butler 0 3 0 2 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1949 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 1949 college football season. The Red Cats were a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC).

The team was coached by Mike Scarry, a former Cleveland Browns player who played under and learned his coaching style from Paul Brown. Assistant coaches were Dick Luther and Lou Zontini.

1949 was the last season both Western Reserve University and Case Institute of Technology used League Park for their home football games, relocating to Shaw Stadium in 1950.[1] In fact, the Thanksgiving Day rivalry game on November 24, 1949 was the final football game ever played at League Park.[2]

  1. ^ Krsolovic, Ken; Fritz, Bryan (February 27, 2013). League Park: Historic Home of Cleveland Baseball, 1891-1946. ISBN 9780786468263.
  2. ^ @LeagueParkCle (November 24, 2019). "70 yrs ago today (Nov 24, 1949), in what turned out as the last football game at League Park, Western Reserve coach…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.