1937 Western Reserve Red Cats football team

American college football season

1937 Western Reserve Red Cats football
Big Four champion
Conference	Big Four Conference
Record	8–2 (3–0 Big Four)
Head coach	Bill Edwards (3rd season)
Home stadium	League Park
Seasons ← 1936 1938 →

The 1937 Western Reserve Red Cats football team represented Western Reserve University, now known as Case Western Reserve University, during the 1937 college football seasonThe team was led by third-year head coach Bill Edwards, assisted by Gene Myslenski and Roy A. "Dugan" Miller. Notable players included Frank "Doc" Kelker, Phil Ragazzo, Albie Litwak,^[1] Mike Rodak, and Johnny Wilson.

The Red Cats went undefeated while at home.^[2] The loss to Dayton on October 30 ended a 28-game unbeaten streak stretching back to the 1934 season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	at Cincinnati*	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	W 32–6	3,500
October 2	Hillsdale*	League Park Cleveland, OH	W 58–0	5,000
October 9	Ohio*	League Park Cleveland, OH	W 7–0	12,000
October 16	Baldwin–Wallace	League Park Cleveland, OH	W 21–7	13,000
October 23	at Boston University*	Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 7–0	5,000	^[3]
October 30	at Dayton*	Dayton Stadium Dayton, OH	L 6–18	12,000
November 6	at Syracuse*	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	L 6–27	17,000	^[4]
November 13	Ohio Wesleyan*	League Park Cleveland, OH	W 41–13
November 20	at John Carroll	Cleveland Municipal Stadium Cleveland, OH	W 20–0	3,500
November 25	Case	League Park Cleveland, OH	W 6–0	17,000
*Non-conference game

References

^ Fame, The Summit County Sports Hall of. "The Summit County Sports Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on December 22, 2015.
^ "WRU Football 1937/38". case.edu. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
^ "Western Reserve Goes On: Victory No. 28 in a Row Comes Over Boston U., 7 to 0". The Kansas City Star. October 24, 1937. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Year-by-Year Team Won-Loss Records".