Washington & Jefferson at West Virginia

Saturday, November 17, 1917

West Virginia beat Washington & Jefferson 7–⁠0. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Washington & Jefferson led the series 5–⁠2–⁠1.

AwayWashington & Jefferson7–⁠3 in 1917
0
HomeWest Virginia6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1917
7

FinalHigh 55°F, low 37°F

In the newspapers

  • The Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current's story: w. & !. is DEFEATED West Virginia Sends King Across for Winning Touchdown During Second Period.

    Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, November 18, 1917, page 27

    Read the text

    w. & !. is DEFEATED West Virginia Sends King Across for Winning Touchdown During Second Period. FAlRMONT, w. VA. November IT, In the annual game here to-day he tween West Virginia University and Washington and Jefferson College. the Mountain State eleven won by 5000 of 7 to 0. Both teams played wondcrful game. lighting for every inch OF ground. After series Of line at tacks in the second quarter. West Virginia sent King Across for a touch down Rodgers kicked the goal

  • The The Washington herald's story: Yesterdays Football Results

    The Washington herald, District of Columbia, November 18, 1917, page 12 (results column)

    Read the text

    Yesterdays Football Results Georgetown. 20; Washington and Lee. IL. Gallaudet. 81; Washington College, 0. Episcopal II. s.. Is; A. and n. Preps, 49, Maryland State. o; Penn State. 81. Pennsylvania, 16; Michigan, 0. Columbia, 0; Wesleyan, 6. Stevens, 6; New York University, 6. Dartmouth, o; Tufts. q. Cornell. 6; Fordham, q. Williams. 20; Amherst, 0. Army, 80; Lebanon, 0. Navy, 50: Villa Nova, >. Pittsburgh, q; Carnegie Tech, o. Washington and jefferson, 0; West Virginia, 7. syracuse. q; Colgate, Z. Gettysburg. 6: BuC<nell. 6. AndOver. 0; Exeter, ;. Ohio State. Is; Illinois, O. Minnesota. 80: Chicago. o. - Iowa. a; Northwestern, 26.

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)

West Virginia 52% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Washington & Jefferson leads 12–⁠11–⁠2 in 25 meetings, counting the 17 since this game.

Recent meetings
1935West Virginia 51, Washington & Jefferson 0
1934West Virginia 14, Washington & Jefferson 12
1933West Virginia 7, Washington & Jefferson 2
1932Washington & Jefferson 13, West Virginia 0
1931Washington & Jefferson 14, West Virginia 13
1930Washington & Jefferson 7, West Virginia 6

Around this game