West Virginia Wesleyan at Washington & Jefferson

Saturday, October 2, 1920

West Virginia Wesleyan and Washington & Jefferson tied 7–⁠7. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Washington & Jefferson led the series 6–⁠0–⁠1.

AwayWest Virginia Wesleyan0–⁠1–⁠1 in 1920
7
HomeWashington & Jefferson6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1920
7

FinalHigh 63°F, low 38°F

In the newspapers

  • The The New York herald's story: w. AND J. TEAM IS TIED. West Virginia Wesleyan Profits by Mistakes of Rival.

    The New York herald, New York, N.Y., October 3, 1920, page 1

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    w. AND J. TEAM IS TIED. West Virginia Wesleyan Profits by Mistakes of Rival. WHEELING. W. Va. Oct. 2.--Washington and Jefferson and West Virginia Wesleyan tied to-day In spectacular football game to Z. All the scoring was done in the first half. w & J. making n touchdown and kicking the goal after this score in the first period. Wesleyan did the same thing in the second period. w & J. after the first quarter showed marked superiority. but failed TO display any OF the prowess that makes a cham pion team. Twice the Pennsylvanians Fad splendid chances TO score and lost item through fumbles. Then they gave Wesleyan The iatters chance by poor heAdwork

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)

Washington & Jefferson 87% to win.

Washington & Jefferson leads 10–⁠0–⁠1 in 11 meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
1932Washington & Jefferson 20, West Virginia Wesleyan 0
1931Washington & Jefferson 14, West Virginia Wesleyan 0
1922Washington & Jefferson 14, West Virginia Wesleyan 0
1921Washington & Jefferson 54, West Virginia Wesleyan 0
1920West Virginia Wesleyan 7, Washington & Jefferson 7
1919Washington & Jefferson 33, West Virginia Wesleyan 0

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