1902 Case football team

1902 Case football
OAC champion
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record6–3 (5–0 OAC)
Head coach
CaptainAllan F. "Dick" Muter
1902 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Case $5–0–06–3–0
Ohio State2–1–06–2–2
Ohio Wesleyan2–2–07–3–0
Oberlin1–2–04–4–0
Kenyon1–3–02–4–2
Western Reserve0–3–03–6–0
  • $ – 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.

\Wentworth was the highest paid football coach in the United States 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". Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  2. ↑ Cramer, C. H. (1976). Case Western Reserve: A History of the University 1826-1976. The World Publishing Company. p. 172.