Colgate at West Virginia

Saturday, November 8, 1924

West Virginia beat Colgate 34–⁠2. It was their only meeting on record.

AwayColgate5–⁠4 in 1924
2
HomeWest Virginia8–⁠1 in 1924
34

Final

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: WEST VIRGINIA 5 BEATS COLGATE

    The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, November 9, 1924, page 9

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    WEST VIRGINIA 5 BEATS COLGATE MORGANTOWN, W. Va, Nov. s. West Virginia’s football team rose to its greatest strength of the season today and defeated Colgate, 34 to 2. The Mountaineers showed a powerful at tack that swept the Colgate defense aside in every quarter, while on the de- fense. the Mountaineers held the Ma rooms to two first downs, both of them made late in the game.

  • The Imperial Valley press's story: Today's Results Football Finals:

    Imperial Valley press, November 8, 1924, page 6 (results column)

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    Today’s Results Football Finals: Football Finals: williams 43; Wesleyan 0. Princeton “a; Harvard 0. Penn 3; Georgetown 0. Cornell 81; Susquehanna 0. Syracuse 3; w. Virginia Wesley an Z. Illinois 81; Chicago q. Johns Hopkins 26; st. Johns Col lege 0. Greensburg 6; Harrisburg Tech O.. Ohio Northern O.; Denison II. Indiana y; Ohio T. Case z; Wooster 3. Michigan 27; Northwestern 0. Rutgers 43; Lafayette Z. Navy So; Vermont 0. West Virginia 34; Colgate 2. Yale At; Maryland 0. Army IA; Florida Z. Boston College “a; Marquette Z. Pittsburgh 13; Geneva 0. - Navy So; Vermont e.

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 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

West Virginia leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.

Around this game

Colgate