West Virginia at Georgetown
Friday, October 24, 1930 Share
West Virginia beat Georgetown 14–7. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Georgetown led the series 3–2–1.
FinalHigh 52°F, low 42°FAttendance 10,000
In the newspapers
The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], October 25, 1930, page 1
Read the text
WEST VIRGINIA WINS Georgetown LOse@Two in Row First Time in J Years. Time in J Years. BIZ Tnffod Press WASHINGTON. oct. 25.-West Virginia university defeated George town Friday night in the latter’s annual home coming football game, IA to T. It was the first time in seven years that Georgetown has lost two successive games. Georgetown had the advantage IN the statistics, making fourteen first downs to seven for West Virginia.
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)
Georgetown 62% to win. West Virginia won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every West Virginia–Georgetown gameGeorgetown leads 7–4–2 in 13 meetings, counting the seven since this game.
Around this game
West Virginia
- Next gameat FordhamNov. 1, 1930
- SeasonWest Virginia in 1930
- ProgramWest Virginia history and records
Georgetown
- Next gamevs. Michigan StateOct. 31, 1930
- SeasonGeorgetown in 1930
- ProgramGeorgetown history and records