1902 Case football team

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1902 Case football
Case football 1902 Cleveland Ohio.jpg
OAC champion
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
1902 record6–3 (5–0 OAC)
Head coach
CaptainAllan F. "Dick" Muter
Seasons
← 1901
1903 →
1902 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Case $ 5 0 0 6 3 0
Ohio State 2 1 0 6 2 2
Ohio Wesleyan 2 2 0 7 3 0
Oberlin 1 2 0 4 4 0
Kenyon 1 3 0 2 4 2
Western Reserve 0 3 0 3 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1902 Case football team represented the Case School of Applied Science in the American city of Cleveland, Ohio, now a part of Case Western Reserve University, during the 1902 college football season. The team's coach was Joseph Wentworth.[1] Case won its first conference title and first Ohio Athletic Conference title.

Coach Wentworth was the highest paid football coach in the US when hired in 1902 at $3,000.[2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 4at Michigan*L 6–48
October 11Ohio Medical*Cleveland, OHL 0–15
October 18KenyonCleveland, OHW 25–0
October 25at Purdue*L 0–5
November 1at OberlinOberlin, OHW 16–0
November 8at Ohio StateW 23–12
November 15Ohio WesleyanCleveland, OHW 17–6
November 22Heidelberg*Cleveland, OHW 40–0
November 27vs. Western ReserveCleveland, OHW 20–0
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  1. ^ "Joe "Little Joe" Wentworth".
  2. ^ Cramer, C. H. (1976). Case Western Reserve: A History of the University 1826-1976. The World Publishing Company. p. 172.
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