West Virginia at Fordham

Tuesday, November 6, 1928

West Virginia beat Fordham 18–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, West Virginia led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayWest Virginia8–⁠2 in 1928
18
HomeFordham4–⁠5 in 1928
0

Final

In the newspapers

  • The New Britain herald's story: WEST VIRGINIA WINS

    New Britain herald, New Britain, Conn., November 7, 1928, page 12

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    WEST VIRGINIA WINS New York, Nov. I (UP)-West Virginia won its sixth straight game yesterday by defeating Fordham. 18 to 0. IN the only major college game of the day. The mountain GERS scored IN the first two minutes of play when Lewis covered a fum- Bile behind Fordhsm’s goal for = touchdown. Ryan, West Virginia halfback scored the other two touchdoWns on end runs.

  • The Evening star's story: WEST VIRGINIA EASILY SCORES OVER FORDHAM

    Evening star, November 7, 1928, page 41

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    WEST VIRGINIA EASILY SCORES OVER FORDHAM NEW YORK, November Z (R.-west Virginia Mountaineers captured their sixth straight foot ball game yesterday by troucing Fordham, 18 to 0, before an election day crowd of $4,000. Ryan, speedy halfback, tailed two touchdowns on short end runs and Lewis, guard, the other on a fumbled pllnt

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)

Fordham 69% to win. West Virginia pulled the upset.

Fordham leads 8–⁠3–⁠1 in 12 meetings, counting the 11 since this game.

Recent meetings
1954West Virginia 39, Fordham 9
1950Fordham 27, West Virginia 23
1946West Virginia 39, Fordham 0
1942Fordham 23, West Virginia 14
1941Fordham 27, West Virginia 0
1940Fordham 20, West Virginia 7

Around this game

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