West Virginia at Rutgers

Saturday, November 3, 1917

West Virginia and Rutgers tied 7–⁠7. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 0–⁠0–⁠2.

AwayWest Virginia6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1917
7
HomeRutgers7–⁠1–⁠1 in 1917
7

FinalHigh 50°F, low 25°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Rutgers and West Virginia Score Seven Points Each in Hard Battle.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 4, 1917, page 50

    Read the text

    Rutgers and West Virginia Score Seven Points Each in Hard Battle. NEW BRUNSWICK, n. J.. November 3.-In spectacular game Rutgers and West Virginia played TT tie here this afternoon. Kelly scored for Rutgers in the first period. while Rodgers, the West Virginia star, crossed the goal line in the third period. Both goals from touchdown were kicked. The line up:

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Rutgers 60% to win.

West Virginia leads 33–⁠4–⁠2 in 39 meetings, counting the 37 since this game.

Recent meetings
2011West Virginia 41, Rutgers 31
2010West Virginia 35, Rutgers 14
2009West Virginia 24, Rutgers 21
2008West Virginia 24, Rutgers 17
2007West Virginia 31, Rutgers 3
2006West Virginia 41, Rutgers 39

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