Kentucky at West Virginia Wesleyan

Saturday, December 6, 1924

West Virginia Wesleyan beat Kentucky 24–⁠7. It was their only meeting on record.

AwayKentucky4–⁠5 in 1924
7
HomeWest Virginia Wesleyan6–⁠1 in 1924
24

FinalHigh 58°F, low 40°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: WESLEYAN WINS FROM KENTUCKY Spectacular Playing Marks West Virginia's Victory, 24-7

    The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, December 7, 1924, page 25

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    WESLEYAN WINS FROM KENTUCKY Spectacular Playing Marks West Virginia’s Victory, 24–⁠7 CHARLESTON, W. Va, Dec. G. West Virginia Wesleyan’s football machine downed the University of Ken lucky by a 24 to z score today in game marked by spectacular plays. Frecka, speedy Wesleyan half. made two of the winers’ touchdowns by gathering punts in his arms and lodging through the field in runs of 10 and 70 yards to the goal line. Collins made the other touchdown in the last period and Bullman’s field goal, completed the Wesleyan scoring. The Kentucky touchdown, near the end of the final period, was put over by Hughes after successful drives had carried the Blue and White players half the length of the field.

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)

Kentucky 66% to win. West Virginia Wesleyan pulled the upset.

West Virginia Wesleyan leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.

Around this game

Kentucky

West Virginia Wesleyan