Baird Brothers Trophy

The Baird Brothers Trophy is awarded the winner of the annual college football game between the Spartans of Case Western Reserve University and the Fighting Scots of The College of Wooster. The idea for the trophy originated with brothers Bob and Bill Baird, economics professors at Case and Wooster, respectively, for whom the trophy is named. The winning school gets to keep the trophy, a distinctive chain of brass fish representing each game played in the rivalry, and gets to add a new fish to the chain to represent that year's game. A four-inch blue gill signified the first 21–14 narrow win for Case Western Reserve. Other fish represented on the trophy include a northern pike, a flounder, a carp, a walleye, a catfish, a rainbow trout, a sturgeon, a sucker, a crappie, a muskie, a sheepshead, a gar, a largemouth bass, and a smallmouth bass.^[1]

In 1996, Sports Illustrated recognized the Baird Brothers Trophy as one of the most distinctive in college football.^[2] In October 2012, the trophy was highlighted on ESPN College GameDay.^[3]

Wooster leads the series with 13–11.^[4]

The teams last met on October 22, 2011 at Wooster, a 24–21 overtime victory for the Spartans.

Game results

#	Date	Winner	Score	Location
1	September 22, 1984	Case	21–14	Wooster
2	September 21, 1985	Case	37–0	Cleveland
3	October 26, 1986	Case	17–0	Cleveland
4	October 25, 1987	Case	20–13	Wooster
5	October 15, 1988	Case	38–27	Cleveland
6	October 14, 1989	Wooster	35–14	Wooster
7	September 29, 1990	Wooster	22–15	Cleveland
8	October 5, 1991	Wooster	23–20	Wooster
9	October 15, 1994	Case	40–23	Cleveland
10	October 14, 1995	Wooster	14–13	Wooster
11	September 28, 1996	Wooster	21–7	Wooster
12	September 27, 1997	Wooster	21–14	Cleveland

#	Date	Winner	Score	Location
13	November 7, 1998	Wooster	42–16	Wooster
14	November 6, 1999	Wooster	31–27	Cleveland
15	September 28, 2002	Wooster	27–22	Wooster
16	September 27, 2003	Wooster	62–33	Cleveland
17	September 25, 2004	Wooster	49–7	Wooster
18	September 24, 2005	Wooster	38–21	Cleveland
19	September 23, 2006	Wooster	21–7	Wooster
20	September 22, 2007	Case	30–17	Cleveland
21	October 11, 2008	Case	28–7	Cleveland
22	October 10, 2009	Case	53–32	Wooster
23	October 23, 2010	Case	28–14	Cleveland
24	October 22, 2011	Case	24–21 (OT)	Wooster

References

↑ Beck, Stan; Wilkinson, Jack (19 September 2013). "College Sports Traditions: Picking Up Butch, Silent Night, and Hundreds of Others". Scarecrow Press – via Google Books.
↑ "SPARTAN SPORTS INFORMATION – BAIRD TROPHY...". Case Western University athletics. Archived from the original on 2009-10-16.
↑ http://athletics.case.edu/sports/fball/2012-13/releases/20121021sx35ey
↑ "Case Western Reserve vs Wooster (OH)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2009-10-04.

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

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National championship seasons in bold

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