Missouri at West Virginia

Saturday, October 30, 1926

Missouri beat West Virginia 27–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Missouri led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayMissouri5–⁠1–⁠2 in 1926
27
HomeWest Virginia6–⁠4 in 1926
0

FinalHigh 67°F, low 49°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: WEST VIRGINIA BOWS TO MISSOURI, 27 TO 0

    Evening star, October 31, 1926, page 93

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    WEST VIRGINIA BOWS TO MISSOURI, 27 TO 0 ny the Associated Press. MORGANTOWN. w. Va, October 30.-Jniversity of Missouri defeated West Virginia. 81 to 0, today. mainly by breaking up the Mountaineers’ overhead play. The Westerns shattered the record of Mountaineer Field in which West Virginia had been undefeated since 1t was first used in 1924. IT was the Mountaineers’ first defeat in a home game since 1919. Three of Misso,lri’s touchdowns We’re direct results Of intercepted forward M asses. and the other was climax Of a march begun when the Tigers got the ball on downs after West Virginia passes failed. Stuber. Lindenmeyer. O’Sulliva n, Clark and F’lamank starred for Missouri, Hardy played a great game for the Mountaineers

  • The Douglas daily dispatch's story: FOOTBALL. RESULTS Montana G; Gonzaga 10. Washington 81: Whitman 0.

    Douglas daily dispatch, Arizona, October 31, 1926, page 6 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL. RESULTS Montana G; Gonzaga 10. Washington 81: Whitman 0. Washington 81; Whitman 0. Southern Methodists 21; Texas Uni versity II. E153. tisa Teyas Christian University 2S; Texas Tech. 16. !E@E Tulane 6; Mississippi 0. Tennessee Doctors Z; Union 0. Hobart-12; st. Lawrence 0. ~ Penn State 20; George Washington 12 Union Is; William 0. Geneva 10; Thel 0. Lehigh 6; Muhlenberg 80. Lombard 1S; Butler 0. Tennessee 33; Mississippi Aggies 0. Auburn 8; Sewanee 0. Furman Il; Oglethorpe IL. Akron University o; Baldwin Wal lace 0 (tie) John Carroll 1S; Adrian U. O.. OberIin 6; Case O.. Western Reserve IA; Cincinnati U. 2. Depaul University 81; La Crosse Nor NAL IA. Morningside “a; Western Union Col lege 0. ~ Wichita O;1Southwestern College O.. Kansas Aggies 16; Arkansas Z. Franklin and Marshall o; Pennsylvania Military 13. ~ Purdue 98; Indiana State Normal O. Northwestern 21 Indiana 0. ,r, University of Chattanooga Co.; Enory and Henry 0. lg..+.af ~ a. Kingsport so; Milligan College 0. Haskell 36jaBucknell o.. nsJl.< Grove iCity914; Allegheny T. Virginia 6TSouth Carolina 0. Lake Forest 21; Duke 0. 49,. Richmond % ;, Roanoke 6. gy Universityaof North Carolina 12; N. G. State o.. l” Franklin O; Depauw 0. t3 Bradley Tech. IA Wabash 0. Centre 6; Louisville O.. Georgia 80; Florida 8. Stetson 3O;F Rollins 0. Kentucky 10; Virginia Poly Institute 13 (tie). Colorado college 21; Colorado uni versity O. Oklahoma 81; Washington 0. North Dakota 33; Des Moines uni versity 0. Marquette 21; Creighton 0. Middlebury 61; Fort Ethan Allen o.. U. of A. 16; whittier 6. Stanford 13; U. S. c.. IL. Maryland So; Gallaudet Z. Bowdoin 13; Bates Z. Niagara university 0; Alfred 0. Army 33; Yale 0. University of Toronto II; McGill 5. Haverford college 80; Juniata col lege 0. Columbia IL Cornell. Lafayette 16; Washington and JEFF ferson 10. Navy 10; Michigan 0. Notre Dame 70; Georgia Tech. 0. Georgetown IA; Lebanon Valley Z. Princeton 81; Swarthmore 0. Connecticut Aggies 81; New Hampshire university 0. Amherst 21; Massachusetts Aggies z. Brown 10; Dartmouth 0. .. Missouri 27; West Virginia 0. ST. Xavier 20; Marshall college 6. University of Pittsburgh SS; West minister 0. Wesleyan 21; Trinity 0. Rensselaer, O; Clarkson 6. Providence 0; Quantico “a. Rochester 80; Buffalo 0. University of Detroit 0; Carnegie Tech. Z. Alabama “a; Louisiana S. U. 0. Lincoln 81; Ames 6. New York University 27; Fordham 3. Harvard 60; Tufts 6. Drake 13; Kansas 0. .lr Dayton T. Holy Cross 20. E Colgate 3S; Michigan State 6. n Albright college 10; Temple univerS,

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 50% to win. Missouri won as Elo’s underdog.

Missouri leads 4–⁠3 in seven meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
2019Missouri 38, West Virginia 7
2016West Virginia 26, Missouri 11
1998Missouri 34, West Virginia 31Insight.com Bowl
1994West Virginia 34, Missouri 10
1993West Virginia 35, Missouri 3
1927Missouri 13, West Virginia 0

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