Washington & Jefferson at West Virginia

Thursday, November 26, 1925

West Virginia beat Washington & Jefferson 19–⁠0. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Washington & Jefferson led the series 8–⁠6–⁠1.

AwayWashington & Jefferson6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1925
0
HomeWest Virginia8–⁠1 in 1925
19

FinalHigh 52°F, low 24°F

In the newspapers

  • The New Britain herald's story: J. OF P. VICTOR OVER CORNELL IthaCanS' Tumble Gives Them Single Tally

    New Britain herald, Connecticut, November 27, 1925, page 20 (results column)

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    J. OF P. VICTOR OVER CORNELL IthaCanS’ Tumble Gives Them Single Tally Philadelphia. Nov. 27 Hp -- Pho L. of r. again triumphed over Cor nell in their annual struggle. The Penn grid warriors were lucky. but breaks are what count as much as anything else and they vanquished the Cornell boys 2 and 0 in yes- tcrday’s game. Pennsylvania big chance came when Cornell committed it’s only flunder. The Ithacans’ lone tumble of the game rolled the plgskin into the waiting arms of Rogers. Snatch ing up the ball, he raced 4b yards tor a touchdown and the Quakers won. to O, Colgate almost suffered its first defeat at the hands of battered Brown, but Eddie Tryon managed to pull his eleven together for a 14–⁠14 tie. In doing so he retained his place at the. top Of the casts individual scorers with total of Ill points for the season. My final football game” said Eddie. T wouldn’t play profcs- sional football if they offered me s10, 900 a game” Columbia, uncertain through the season, yet high in hope as a re- suit of Its unexpected triumph over Army, trailed the footsteps ot other blue and white teams against Syracuse. In four previous meet ings with Orange teams Columbia had never been able to pack away the moleskins in mothballs with victory. So 1t was yesterday. Off-tackie smashes which wrecked the New York line gave Syracuse a clean cut triumph, 16–⁠5. Pittsburgh, one of the most pow. erful teams Of the year, came up to expectations In overwhelming Penn State, 23 10 [, while West Virginia likewise retained its hlgh rating by a clean-cut triumph over Washington and Jefferson, 19–⁠0’

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 70% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Washington & Jefferson leads 12–⁠11–⁠2 in 25 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.

Recent meetings
1935West Virginia 51, Washington & Jefferson 0
1934West Virginia 14, Washington & Jefferson 12
1933West Virginia 7, Washington & Jefferson 2
1932Washington & Jefferson 13, West Virginia 0
1931Washington & Jefferson 14, West Virginia 13
1930Washington & Jefferson 7, West Virginia 6

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