Ohio at West Virginia
Saturday, November 25, 1922 Share
West Virginia beat Ohio 28–0. It was their second meeting; after it, West Virginia led the series 2–0.
FinalHigh 30°F, low 23°F, 2.52 in. of snowAttendance 300
In the newspapers

The New York herald, November 26, 1922, page 50
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Ohio University Loses to West Virginia by 28 to 0 Special Dispatch to TIg New York HERALD. MoRGANTowN, w. va. Nov. 25.--West Virginia University had an easy time with Ohio University here this afternoon and won by the score of go. When the game started seven Mountaineer regulars adorned the bench. ana when 1t was obvious that the Buckeyes would cause no serious trouble Coach Spears sent these men to the gymnasium with out their getting into the contest at all. An intercepted pass by Bowers put West Virginia in possession of the ball on Ohios 81 yard line early in the first quarter. A pass. Barnum TO Barnard gained twenty-six yards. and Barnum plunged the distance for the hrst touch down. Fuccy intercepted an Ohio at tempt at a forward pass iu-the second quarter and with fine interference ran forty-six yards for the second touch down. Another Mountaineer touchdown came in the third quarter after a sustained march of sixty yards. Barnum running the final twenty-four yards around right end. The fourth quarter brought an other touchdown after a sustained attack that took the ball from Ohio’s 40 yard line across the goal line. The lineup:
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 97% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Ohio–West Virginia gameWest Virginia leads 8–3 in 11 meetings, counting the nine since this game.
| 2025 | Ohio 17, West Virginia 10 | |
| 2001 | West Virginia 20, Ohio 3 | |
| 1987 | West Virginia 23, Ohio 3 | |
| 1984 | West Virginia 38, Ohio 0 | |
| 1983 | West Virginia 55, Ohio 3 | |
| 1949 | Ohio 17, West Virginia 7 |
Around this game
Ohio
- SeasonOhio in 1922
- ProgramOhio history and records
West Virginia
- Next gamevs. Washington & JeffersonNov. 30, 1922
- SeasonWest Virginia in 1922
- ProgramWest Virginia history and records

