West Virginia at Fordham
Tuesday, November 6, 1928 Share
West Virginia beat Fordham 18–0. It was their first meeting; after it, West Virginia led the series 1–0.
Final
In the newspapers

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.

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.
The series
Every West Virginia–Fordham gameFordham leads 8–3–1 in 12 meetings, counting the 11 since this game.
Around this game
West Virginia
- Next gamevs. Oklahoma StateNov. 10, 1928
- SeasonWest Virginia in 1928
- ProgramWest Virginia history and records
Fordham
- Next gameat Boston CollegeNov. 12, 1928
- SeasonFordham in 1928
- ProgramFordham history and records

