Ohio Wesleyan at West Virginia
Saturday, November 22, 1919 Share
West Virginia beat Ohio Wesleyan 55–6. It was their only meeting on record.
FinalHigh 50°F, low 40°F
In the newspapers

New-York tribune, New York, November 23, 1919, page 22
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West Virginia Easily Defeats Ohio WESLEYAN MORGANTOWN, “. Va. Nov. 22.- West Virginia. with five substitutes in the line-uo had an unexpectedly easy ‘ime with Ohio Wesleyan University mere to-day. winning by the count OF % to i. Ohio Wesleyan WAS strong Only in spots. She took the BAH straight down the field eighty yards for her lone touchdown in The second quarter, but then seemed TO suffer slump till the third period West Virginia played brilliant foot ball The work of Rodgers was simply incomparab’e He gained more than halt the ground credited to his team: scored hve touchdowns and kicked seven Goals from tcuchdowns; kicked far over the goal line on each of the seven uck-ofs. and turned in a run OF slXty-two Yards for a touchdown. Thc Nnc-un:
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 94% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Ohio Wesleyan–West Virginia gameWest Virginia leads 1–0 in their only meeting.
Around this game
Ohio Wesleyan
- Next gameat Ohio StateOct. 2, 1920
- SeasonOhio Wesleyan in 1919
- ProgramOhio Wesleyan history and records
West Virginia
- Next gamevs. Washington & JeffersonNov. 25, 1919
- SeasonWest Virginia in 1919
- ProgramWest Virginia history and records
