Ohio at West Virginia

Saturday, November 25, 1922

West Virginia beat Ohio 28–⁠0. It was their second meeting; after it, West Virginia led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayOhio0–⁠1 in 1922
0
HomeWest Virginia10–⁠0–⁠1 in 1922
28

FinalHigh 30°F, low 23°F, 2.52 in. of snowAttendance 300

In the newspapers

  • The The New York herald's story: Ohio University Loses to West Virginia by 28 to 0

    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.

West Virginia leads 8–⁠3 in 11 meetings, counting the nine since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Ohio 17, West Virginia 10
2001West Virginia 20, Ohio 3
1987West Virginia 23, Ohio 3
1984West Virginia 38, Ohio 0
1983West Virginia 55, Ohio 3
1949Ohio 17, West Virginia 7

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