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1955 Western Reserve Red Cats football team

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1955 Western Reserve Red Cats football
PAC champion
Conference	Presidents' Athletic Conference
Record	5–1–1 (3–0 PAC)
Head coach	Edward L. Finnigan (5th season)
Home stadium	Clarke Field
Seasons ← 1954 1956 →

1955 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Western Reserve $	3	–	0	–	0	5	–	1	–	1
John Carroll	2	–	2	–	1	3	–	3	–	1
Case Tech	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	3	–	0
Wayne	1	–	3	–	1	1	–	5	–	1

$ – Conference champion

The 1955 Western Reserve Red Cats football team represented Western Reserve University—now known as Case Western Reserve University— as a member of the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) during the 1955 college football season. It was the inaugural season for the conference. In their fifth season under head coach Edward L. Finnigan, the Red Cats compiled an overall record of 5–1–1 with a mark of 3–0 in conference play, winning the PAC title. The team was led by senior quarterback Flory Mauriocourt and fullback Hal "Candy" Carroll.^[1]

Schedule[edit]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 8	Mount Union*	Clarke Field Cleveland, OH	T 6–6
October 15	Washington University*	Clarke Field Cleveland, OH	W 9–6	1,200	^[2]^[3]
October 22	atBuffalo*	Rotary Field Buffalo, NY	W 32–13
October 29	atWayne	Tartar Field Detroit, MI	W 7–6		^[4]
November 5	John Carroll	Clarke Field Cleveland, OH	W 19–7
November 12	Western Michigan*	Clarke Field Cleveland, OH	L 0–13		^[5]
November 19	atCase Tech	Clarke Field Cleveland, OH	W 26–0
*Non-conference game

^[6]

References[edit]

^ "Harold Candy Carroll".

^ Rice, Jack (October 16, 1955). "Bears Beaten, 9 to 6, By Misguided Missiles". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 1D. Retrieved January 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com

^ Rice, Jack (October 16, 1955). "Reserve Beats Bears On Pass Interceptions". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 2D. Retrieved January 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com

^ "Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan on October 30, 1955 · Page 55".

^ "Western Wins". Lansing State Journal. November 13, 1955. p. 68 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "WRU Football 1955/56".

v t e Case Western Reserve Spartans football
Venues	League Park Cleveland Stadium Shaw Stadium DiSanto Field (2005–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1941 Sun Bowl Carnegie Mellon: Academic Bowl Wooster: Baird Brothers Trophy
People	Head coaches
Case Tech seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Western Reserve seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Post-merger seasons	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

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