Football travels to Case Western Reserve for the 27th Academic Bowl

Game Notes - pdf

(PITTSBURGH, Pa.) – The Carnegie Mellon University football team will conclude its 2012 regular season schedule Saturday, November 10, as they travel to Cleveland, Ohio, to play the Spartans of Case Western Reserve University in the 27th Academic Bowl.  The Tartans enter Saturday's contest with a 6-3 overall record and a 1-1 mark in University Athletic Association (UAA) play while Case is 5-4, 1-1.  Kickoff is slated for 2:00 p.m. on the turf of Case Field.

The Academic Bowl is an annual football game between two of the nation's top academic institutions that began in the fall of 1986. The winner is awarded the Academic Bowl trophy. The Academic Bowl is more than a trophy, as it emphasizes a "Commitment to Academic and Athletic Excellence". The Spartans won the first Academic Bowl Trophy in 1986, defeating Carnegie Mellon 21-14. In the all-time Academic Bowl series, the Tartans hold a 15-11 advantage over Case and also lead the all-time series 26-15.  Their first-ever meeting was in 1970, as the Tartans defeated Case 21-0.  Last season Case defeated Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, 38-24.

Academic Bowl past results:

1986 - Case 21                       Carnegie Mellon 14     -           Case 1-0

1987 - Carnegie Mellon 13       Case 12                     -           Tie 1-1

1988 - Case 32                       Carnegie Mellon 22     -           Case 2-1

1989 - Carnegie Mellon 48       Case 14                     -           Tie 2-2

1990 - Carnegie Mellon 42       Case 17                     -           Carnegie Mellon 3-2

1991 - Carnegie Mellon 43       Case 0                       -           Carnegie Mellon 4-2

1992 - Carnegie Mellon 33       Case 14                     -           Carnegie Mellon 5-2

1993 - Carnegie Mellon 56       Case 0                       -           Carnegie Mellon 6-2

1994 - Carnegie Mellon 50       Case 8                       -           Carnegie Mellon 7-2

1995 - Case 3                         Carnegie Mellon 0       -           Carnegie Mellon 7-3

1996 - Case 16                       Carnegie Mellon 0       -           Carnegie Mellon 7-4

1997 - Carnegie Mellon 16       Case 7                       -           Carnegie Mellon 8-4

1998 - Carnegie Mellon 14       Case 7                       -           Carnegie Mellon 9-4

1999 - Carnegie Mellon 42       Case 0                       -           Carnegie Mellon 10-4

2000 - Carnegie Mellon 45       Case 14                     -           Carnegie Mellon 11-4

2001 - Carnegie Mellon 42       Case 14                     -           Carnegie Mellon 12-4

2002 - Case 42                       Carnegie Mellon 35     -           Carnegie Mellon 12-5

2003 - Carnegie Mellon 44       Case 16                     -           Carnegie Mellon 13-5

2004 - Case 24                       Carnegie Mellon 14     -           Carnegie Mellon 13-6

2005 - Carnegie Mellon 23       Case 20                     -           Carnegie Mellon 14-6

2006 - Carnegie Mellon 20       Case 10                     -           Carnegie Mellon 15-6

2007 -  Case 20                      Carnegie Mellon 17     -           Carnegie Mellon 15-7

2008 -  Case 38                      Carnegie Mellon 13     -           Carnegie Mellon 15-8

2009 -  Case 34                      Carnegie Mellon 17     -           Carnegie Mellon 15-9

2010 -  Case 28                      Carnegie Mellon 0       -           Carnegie Mellon 15-10

2011 -  Case 38                      Carnegie Mellon 24     -           Carnegie Mellon 15-11