1940 Western Reserve Red Cats football team

1940 Western Reserve Red Cats football
Big Four champion
Sun Bowl, W 26–13 vs. Arizona State
Conference	Big Four
1940 record	8–1 (3–0 BFC)
Head coach	Bill Edwards (6th season)
Home stadium	League Park

The 1940 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 1940 college football season. The team won the Sun Bowl.^[1]

The team was coached by college football hall of fame coach Bill Edwards. Notable players included Johnny Reis,^[2] Andy Logan,^[3] Stan Skoczen^[4] , Steve Belichick, Dom "Mickey" Sanzotta and Dick Booth.

The season opener against the Akron Zips officially opened their new Rubber Bowl stadium as its inaugural game.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
October 4	at Akron*	Rubber Bowl • Akron, OH	W 6–0	17,472^[5]
October 12	at Dayton*	Dayton, OH	L 12–20
October 19	at Baldwin-Wallace	Cleveland Municipal Stadium • Cleveland, OH	W 2–0
October 26	Miami*	League Park • Cleveland, OH	W 47–6
November 2	Boston*	League Park • Cleveland, OH	W 19–0
November 9	Ohio*	League Park • Cleveland, OH	W 6–0
November 16	at John Carroll	League Park • Cleveland, OH	W 12–0
November 21	Case	League Park • Cleveland, OH	W 15–14	38,000
January 1	vs. Arizona State*	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	W 26–13	12,000
*Non-conference game.

References

Case Western Reserve Spartans football
Venues	League Park Cleveland Stadium Shaw Stadium DiSanto Field (2005–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1941 Sun Bowl Carnegie Mellon (Academic Bowl) Wooster (Baird Brothers Trophy)
People	Head coaches
Case Tech seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Western Reserve seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Post-merger seasons	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
National championship seasons in bold

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.