1940 Case Rough Riders football team

1940 Case Rough Riders football
ConferenceBig Four Conference, Ohio Athletic Conference
Record6–2 (2–1 Big Four, 3–0 OAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumShaw Stadium
1940 Big Four Conference (Ohio) football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Western Reserve $ 3 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
2 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Baldwin–Wallace 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
John Carroll 0 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1940 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wittenberg $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
Kent State 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
3 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Muskingum 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
Heidelberg 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Wooster 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 1
Capital 3 – 2 – 1 3 – 3 – 1
Ohio Northern 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Toledo 1 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Baldwin–Wallace 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Bowling Green 2 – 2 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Kenyon 1 – 2 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
Marietta 1 – 2 – 1 1 – 5 – 1
Findlay 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Otterbein 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Oberlin 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Ashland 0 – 3 – 0 1 – 4 – 1
John Carroll 0 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Mount Union 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 8 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1940 Case Rough Riders football team represented the Case School of Applied Science—later merged into Case Western Reserve University—as a member of the Big Four Conference and the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1940 college football season. Led by 11th-year head coach Ray A. Ride, the Rough Riders compiling an overall record of 6–2. Case played second in the Big Four with a record of 2–1 and third in the OAC with a mark of 3–0.[1] The team played home games at Shaw Stadium in Cleveland.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Miami (OH)*
W 10–0[2]
October 52:00 p.m.at Lehigh*
W 25–62,200[3][4]
October 122:00 p.m.Wooster
  • Shaw Stadium
  • Cleveland, OH
W 7–04,000[5][6]
October 188:15 p.m.John Carroll
  • Shaw Stadium
  • Cleveland, OH
W 31–127,300[7][8]
October 262:00 p.m.at Carnegie Tech*
L 0–147,212[9][10]
November 22:00 p.m.Baldwin–Wallace
  • Shaw Stadium
  • Cleveland, OH
W 20–05,600[11][12]
November 92:15 p.m.Ohio Wesleyan*
  • Shaw Stadium
  • Cleveland, OH
W 18–103,000[13][14]
November 2110:30 a.m.at Western Reserve
L 14–1515,000[15][16]

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References

  1. ^ "2020 Ohio Athletic Conference Football Record Book" (PDF). Ohio Athletic Conference. 2020. p. 46. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  2. ^ Wright, Gilson (September 29, 1940). "Alert Foe—Downs Redskins, 10-0". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio. p. 35. Retrieved July 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Case Favored to Turn Back Lehigh Today". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. October 5, 1940. pp. 17–18. Retrieved July 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ Peters, George (October 6, 1940). "Case Rolls Over Lehigh, 25 To 6". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. p. 1C, 3C. Retrieved July 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Case And Reserve Gridders Bid to Keep Slates Clean Today". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. October 12, 1940. p. 18. Retrieved July 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ Peters, George (October 13, 1940). "Riders Roll 51 Yards To Bag Victory". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. p. 1C, 3C. Retrieved July 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Carroll Starts 6 Sophs Tonight". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. October 18, 1940. p. 18. Retrieved July 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ Cobbledick, Gordon (October 19, 1940). "Case Smashes Carroll, 31-12, for 4th Straight". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. pp. 17–18. Retrieved July 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Tech Slight Favorite To Defeat Case". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 26, 1940. p. 12. Retrieved July 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ Hopkins, Tom (October 27, 1940). "Tech Hits Comeback Stride, Jolts Case, 14 To 0". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 3, part 3. Retrieved July 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ Cobbledick, Gordon (November 2, 1940). "Reserve Faces Boston Invasion". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. p. 17. Retrieved July 28, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ Cobbledick, Gordon (November 3, 1940). "Schupska Scores On 58-Yard Dash". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. p. 1C–2C. Retrieved July 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  13. ^ Cobbledick, Gordon (November 9, 1940). "Reserve, Case and Carroll Rate Edges in Today's Battle". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. p. 16. Retrieved July 28, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  14. ^ Peters, George (November 10, 1940). "Long Runs Win For Riders, 18-10". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. p. 1C–2C. Retrieved July 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  15. ^ Cobbledick, Gordon (November 21, 1940). "Reserve's Star Backs Rate Edge Over Case". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. pp. 45, 47. Retrieved July 28, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  16. ^ Cobbledick, Gordon (November 21, 1940). "Reserve Field Goal Beats Case, 15-14". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. pp. 1, 14. Retrieved July 28, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  17. ^ "University Archives; Case Football 1940/41 Season Record". Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved July 29, 2025.
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