The Baird Brothers Trophy is awarded the winner of the annual college football game between Case Western Reserve University

Case Western Reserve University

Case Western Reserve University is a private research university located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA...

 and The College of Wooster

The College of Wooster

The College of Wooster is a private liberal arts college primarily known for its Independent study program. It has roughly 2,000 students and is located in Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio, United States . Founded in 1866 by the Presbyterian church as the University of Wooster, it was from its creation...

. 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.

In 1996, Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated

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recognized the Baird Brothers Trophy as one of the most distinctive in college football.

Wooster leads the all-time series with 13 wins to Case's 11.

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

Game results

EWLINE # 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