West Virginia at Pittsburgh

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  The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], October 15, 1928, page 1

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  BIZ United Press NEW YORK, Oct. 15.-Defeats for Pittsburgh, Penn State and Washington and Jefferson and tie for Princeton featured last weeks football games in the East. Revenging a 40-to-0 defeat suffered at the hands of Pittsburgh last year, West Virginia came from behind to beat Jock Sutherland’s eleven, 9 to 6. A tumble on the 2-yard line prevented Penn State from getting at least a tie with Bucknell. A seventy Seven-yard drive in the second pc Rod, with Capt. Halicki carrying the ball over, gave Bucknell a 6-to-0 triumph. Luquesne defeated w. & j., IL to 6. 1t was the first defeat for w. & j. on its home gridiron, since 1917. Virginia, which lost to South Carolina two weeks ago, “a to ID, surprised the East by holding the

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  New Britain herald, Connecticut, October 17, 1928, page 14 (results column)

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  Great IntersectiOnal In- terest in This Game Army and Harvard Will Be Real Healthier for Atlantic Seaboard Fans Three Great Contests in Penn. New York. Oct. 17 R-Syracuse sends her gridiron gallopers into the hostile territory of Lincoln Neb., this week and hopes for tn. best. Secretly entrenched in theil own backyard, Nebraska’s~ Corn huskers confidently await the com- ing of the Orange. Syracuse remembers well q cer- tain afternoon last fall when Glenn Presnell and his mates trampled tn. Orange into decisive defeat. 2l-o There’s no Presnell at Nebraska now but Howell still is smashing away at opposing lines. He gay. ample evidence that he is still to be reckoned with last week. SCOT ing all four Cornhusker touchdowns against Montana State. But Syracuse supporters have ample reason to feel that if the Orange is beaten it will not be by any three-touchdoWn margin. Thus far, the upstate team has piled up 1o4 points while holding Hobart. William and Mary and Johns Hop kins to Six. Hobart, incidentally. scored the one touchdown against the Orange, in the first game of the season and Syracuse has come fas. and far since then. The Syracuse Nebraska game seems to furnish eastern fans with most Of their intersectional inter- est this week but there are three others that will not be neglected. Otl9r Feature Games West Virginia. fresh from her 9–⁠6 victory over Pittsburgh, meets Washington and Lee at Charlest on. w. Va, to settle the argument that ended in 66 tie last year. Col gate takes a train west to battle Michigan State at East Lansing while Duke is trying to give Navy tts fourth straight defeat at An napolis. Comparative scores would indicate that Navy Is due to win at last. The Midshipmen were able to lose to Boston college by only one eouNnuoWll II “lliIc 1uhc ulu lIt SlllIlt thing by three. Army vS. Harvard Aside from these four brawls. the rest of the Saturdays east ern schcd- ule Is intra- sectional The Army Harvard game at Cambridge is the hcadliner. but 1t has q strong sup porting cast. Although there are indications that the Crimson has d stronger team this year than it has boastcd in some time there are few souls hardy enough to believe that Army s great array can be stopped just at present. Yale may be able 10 turn the trick week from Saturday. some observers are convinced, but they feel that Cagle and company are “sure shot” at Cambridge. Oth- CT experts ask pertinently. however, ball. Yale will be at full strength for the Brown game and should win. Fuss McLaughry apparently has not yet succeeded in matching his great Brown squad of 1926. Columbia will take optimism with 1t to Hanover where Dartmouth, q football giant, is to be encountered Crowley’s team has not yet revealed its full power. but there are com- paratively few who believe that the Lions are capable of taking Jess Hn v1oy’S mon into poy, The commonwealth of Pennsyl- yania offers three great games. Penn State meeting Pennsylvania at Phil adelphia; Washington and Jeffer- son engaging Carnegie Tech at Pitts burgh. while Bucknell. conquerors Of Penn State. tackles Lafayette. Pittsburgh, New York University Princeton and Georgetown are to be pitted against some more of this so- called minor opposition.

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  Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, October 14, 1928, page 1 (results column)

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  Football Results Bucknell s.; Penn State O. Harvard 20; North Carolina o. New York University 81; Ford ham Z. Norwich 10; Colby Q. Pennsylvania 81; S%warthmore o. DuQuesne II; Washington and JEFF ferson 6. West Virginia 9; Pittsburgh 6. Carnegie As; Thiel 10. Creighton 81; Oklahoma Aggies O. Catholic University o; Villa Nova 10. Penn State o.; Bucknell s. G. G. y. U. 3s; St. Lawrence 0. Colby Q; Norwich 10. Washington and jefferson 6; Du- Quesne IL. Pittsburgh g; West Virginia Q. Haverford %; Amherst 10. Ursinus IL; Frank Marsh o. South Carolina 81; Maryland 7. King “a: Wesleyan 6. Loyola New Orleans) SO; oglsthorpe z. Georgia Tech 70; Tulane o. Western Reserve 5S; Baldwin Wal lace o. Emporfa Teachers College So; Wichita University O.. Kansas Aggies %; Hays (Kans.) Teachers z. Kentucky 6; Washington and Lee 0. Sewanee 10; Pennsylvania Il. v. NJ. !. 81; Roanoke 10. Mississippi 70; Tennessee Is. Mfaafsefpnf A n NJ n. A1~I--. AZ Western Kentucky Teachers Col lege 80; Bethel o.. Southwestern 81: Georgetown s. Birmingham Southern 6; Chattanooga IL. Millsaps 6; Spring Hill o. Howard Is; Mercer Z. South Georgia A. & NJ. 50; Roll Inns IS. Union z; Kentucky Wesleyan II. Del Rio o.; San Angelo so. Nebraska Teachers s; st. Louis University 6 (tie). North Central College INapcrville) z; Beloit o. Superior Teachers rs; Eau clsire u. South Dakota State IS; columbus 0. Depauw IS; Earlham o. Muncie Normal s; Indiana Central 8 (tie). College Of Idaho 80; University Of Idaho, southern branch z. California 10; Washington State 3 Stanford IS; U. C. L. A. Z. Santa Clara 10; Nevada s. Morningside 10; North Dakota %. Idaho %; Whitman 10. Oregon SS; Willamette s. Louisiana Normal s.; Louisiana Poly o. Erskine 70; High Point Z. North Central z; Beloit o. Carleton IL: Lawrence Z. sissippi College 10. Southwestern Louisiana o; Mississippi Collebe 10. Luther ~; Buna Vista 6. Iowa State Teachers 81: Iowa Wesleyan O. Colorado College “a; Western State S. Utah Aggies 4; University of Dem yer Z (tie). -FINALS-SPORT . . ~. /. T. c. U. 81. Austin College 0. s. NJ. U. g.. Simmons University o. Vanderbilt IS. Texas University IL. Rice 20. Trinity 6. Arkansas II, Baylor o.

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 14, 1928, page 1 (results column)

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  NOTRE DAME BEATS NAVY FOOT BALL TEAM Duquesne and West Virginia Up. set Experts Dope by Victories, Notre Dame beat Navy, to 0. in Yesterdays big foot ball spectacle in Chicago, but 1t remained for Duquesne and West Virginia to kick over the dope” bucket. Duquesne sprang the biggest surprise by downing Washington and jefferson, IL to 6, while West Virginia did the unexpected by licking Pitt. 9 TO 6. Virginia also threw jolt into the expert ranks by holding Princeton to a scoreless tie, while Yale was beating Georgia, 81 to 6. and Harvard was routing North Carolina, 20 to O. Michigan took 1t on the Chin for the second successive week when In diana won, 6 to 0, but this was nc up set. Georgetown was the only cne of the six local teams to win. the Hilltoppers beating Lebanon Valley. AZ to o. and becoming the leading scoring eleven of the East with Ill points. Navy’s defeat at the hands of Notre Dame was the third in a row. the Mid shipmen having failed to score a point this season. On the other hand they have yielded only Is points in their trio Of reverseS,

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Officially, Pittsburgh leads 63–⁠42–⁠3; as played, 61–⁠37–⁠3 in the 101 games on file; the official count covers all 108 meetings, counting the 84 since this game.