1893_Case_football_team

1893 Case football team

1893 Case football team

American college football season

The 1893 Case football team was an American football team that represented the Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland, Ohio, now a part of Case Western Reserve University. Playing as an independent during the 1893 college football season, the team compiled a 4–0 record, outscoring opponents by a total of 120 to 8.[1][2]

Plain Dealer sports section on November 19, 1893.

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Case snapped a 13-game win streak of Oberlin, whose win streak dated back to their undefeated 1892 season. Notably, Case defeated Coach John Heisman of Buchtel, handing him his first ever career coaching loss, who ironically was the coach of the undefeated 1892 Oberlin team the prior season.

Charley Gleason was the star halfback, who also previously played on the 1889 Georgetown football team.[3] Captain Alva C. Smith played quarterback.

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References

  1. [1]
    "Case Football 1893/94 Season Record". CWRU. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Something About the Case Men. They Had No Coach but They Played Good Football--Seventeen Men Are on the Cleveland Reserve List". Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. December 10, 1893. p. 13.
  3. [3]
    "Trampled Upon. Case Simply Made a Show of the Big Blue Diamonds". Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. November 12, 1893. p. 3.
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