1918 Western Reserve football team

The 1918 Western Reserve football team represented Western Reserve University—now known as Case Western Reserve University—in the American city of Cleveland, Ohio, during the 1918 college football season. The team's coach was Frank A. Yocum.[1] Originally Wooster was on the schedule, but due to the Spanish flu, Oberlin College was played a second time to fill the cancellation.[2] The Michigan Agricultural game was cancelled due to the team having to go into quarantine.[3]

1918 Western Reserve football
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
1918 record5–2 (5–1 OAC)
Head coachFrank A. Yocum (2nd season)
1918 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Wittenberg $ 3 0 0  4 0 0
Miami (OH) 4 0 1  5 0 1
Mount Union 5 1 0  6 1 0
Wooster 5 1 0  6 1 0
Western Reserve 5 1 0  5 2 0
Ohio 1 0 1  4 0 1
Cincinnati 0 0 2  3 0 2
Ohio Wesleyan 2 2 0  3 2 0
Case 2 3 2  3 5 2
Akron 1 2 1  2 2 1
Oberlin 1 4 0  1 4 0
Baldwin–Wallace 0 4 1  5 4 1
Kenyon 0 4 0  1 4 0
Ohio Northern 0 5 0  1 5 0
Denison 0 5 0  1 6 0
Ohio State * 3 0 0  3 3 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • * – did not complete for championship

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 9at Baldwin–WallaceBerea, OHW 20–0
October 12Akron Cancelled
October 19Cleveland Naval Reserves*L 6–20
October 26at OberlinOberlin, OHW 6–3
November 2Michigan Agricultural Cancelled
November 9Ohio NorthernCleveland, OHW 14–6
November 16Mount UnionCleveland, OHL forfeit
November 23OberlinCleveland, OHW 13–7
November 28at Case
  • Van Horn Field
  • Cleveland, OH
W 14–7
  • *Non-conference game
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References

  1. "Frank A. Yocum". Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  2. https://newspapers.case.edu/?a=d&d=TRW19181218-01.2.28&srpos=32&e=-------en-20--21-byDA-txt-txIN-yocum------
  3. "To Stage Contest Behind Closed Gates At Case Field Western Reserve Goes into Quarantine Today." Plain Dealer, 30 Oct. 1918, p. 5. NewsBank, infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/image/v2:122AFBBA107AC9E4@EANX-NB-1236A3DC6A978C98@2421897-123659FA947D1630@4-124B0495401E5292@To Stage Contest Behind Closed Gates At Case Field Western Reserve Goes into Quarantine Today?p=EANX-NB. Accessed 17 Jun. 2020.
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