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CWRU varsity football team
12020-07-28T11:19:29+00:00Christine Liebson6faeb936e67a615bb9a88f40102e089038d20a5491CWRU varsity football team, 1970-19712020-07-28T11:19:29+00:00021991970-19711970-1971Case Western Reserve University ; K23460 Intercollegiate ; R53000 Men ; K23340 Footballpublic domainunknownCWRU ArchivesPeopleChristine Liebson6faeb936e67a615bb9a88f40102e089038d20a54
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12020-03-18T12:46:07+00:00197035Federation: The Faculty Senate held its first meeting and a varsity athletics mascot was chosen, The Spartan. The new CWRU football team played its first game.plain2021-03-02T15:13:21+00:001970Information was compiled by staff of the Case Western Reserve University Archives, June 2007.
March 16, 1970 The Faculty Senate held its first meeting. The Faculty Senate was established by the faculty constitution as the elected body empowered to exercise most University Faculty powers. Case Western Reserve University Spartan
September 1, 1970 The Spartans were chosen as the new varsity athletics mascot.
CWRU Varsity Football Team September 26, 1970 The new CWRU football team played its first game, losing to Allegheny College, 20-3. Case and WRU fielded separate football teams for three seasons after Federation. In the last Case vs. WRU football game on November 15, 1969, WRU defeated Case 28-14. Since their first game in 1891, WRU won 48 times, Case won 20, and 6 games were tied.
