West Virginia Wesleyan at Navy
Saturday, October 31, 1931 Share
West Virginia Wesleyan and Navy tied 0–0. It was their ninth meeting; Navy leads the series 7–1–1.
FinalHigh 65°F, low 37°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 1, 1931, page 1
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Navy Held to Scoreless Tie By West Virginia Wesleyan In Grid Clash at Annapolis A NNAPOLIS, Md, october 81 ~ The loss of six regulars to the ~ West Virginia Wesleyan team through eligibility rules did not hinder it to any apparent extent in holding the Naval Academy foot ball team to scoreless tie this afternoon. The visitors we’re equally able in holding the first and second Navy teams and although they never serious ly threatened the Navy goal, they managed to keep the Midshipmen, with one exception, well from their goal line. The long-diStance punting OF Hun, whose boots for the afternoon averaged between 40 and As yards, and the block ing and tackling of Edmunds, Methodist center, were outstanding as the Bobcats valiantly fought the Tars back the whole game. The nearest approach to score came five minutes previous to the final whistle. Intercepting pass on his 40-yard line, Kirn provided the first scoring stimulus. Although the ball was lost on downs, a tumble few minutes later was recovered by Tuttle on the visitors IT. yard line. Kim and Samuels tried the line, then a pass, kim to Denny, put the ball on the 10-yard line. There 1t was lost as the Methodists held Once before In the first quarter the

The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], November 2, 1931, page 1 (results column)
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College and H. S. Football Scores Franklin Marshall 20; Geneva. o.. Gettys5urg. 6; UrrSinps. 6 Giel Guilford. Is: Lynchburg, 10. Hampton. 10: Lincoln. 6. HOLY cross. So; Brown. o. Hope. 10; Hillsdale. 10 ttiel. Howard. Z; Southwestern, 7 (tiel. Illinois Normal. IA: Carbonate. 0. Illinois WESLEYAN, i9; Eureka, o. Idaho, Z; Gonzaga. s. Iowa, Z; George Washington. 0. James Millikan. IS: charleston. o.. kansas Aggies. Is; West Virginia. o. KENYON. A; Capital. 0. Knox, 7: Beloit. 0. ItesSSsT00sss J TfiPPcheF +: ~ Il; E Eau n Claire ARE Q. Lehigh. SO: Murhlenberg. o. N’is Long Island. =: Rensselaer,. o. Loyola Los Angeles. 7: Occidental, s. Loyola (Baltimorel. Z; Western Maryland Manlius. IS: Augusta Military. 6. Mankato Teachers. 0; Winona. o (tiel. Massachusetts Aggies. 49,: Amherst, IL. Marshall. q; Emory Henry. IS. Maryville. 0; Milligan. 0 (tiel. Miami. 10; Denison. o. Michigan. 81: Princeton. O. Minnesota, IA: Wisconsin. 0. Michigan M. & T.. Z; Marquette Teach MNoorhead Teachers. SO: Valley City. 0. Monmouth. 7: Augustana. 6. Montana. 81: Montana State, 6. Moravian. 18; Wagner. O. Morris Harvey. 20: BIueheld. O. Morningside, 80; Western Union. 6. Norris Brown. Is: Morehouse, O. Murray Teachers. 10; Murfreesboro. 7. M~uskingum. Is: Cincinnati. o. NAVY. 0: West Virginia WESLEYAN. 0 ttie) Nebraska. 10; Missouri. z. New Hampshire. 9: Tufts. o. new Mexico, 20; North Arizona, O. New YORK Aggies. IS: Cooper Union. IS. Niagara. 30: LaSalle. o. North Central. 20: Wheaton. 7. North Dakota, 20; North Dakota State. -. North Carolina. 10: North Carolina State Morthwestern. 80; Illinois. 6. Norwich, &c: Vermont. Z. OllVet. 10. Kalamazoo. 0. OglethorDe. u: Clemson. O. ONO university. Is: Ohio Wesleyan. o.
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)
Navy 93% to win.
The series
Every West Virginia Wesleyan–Navy gameNavy leads 7–1–1 in nine meetings.
Around this game
West Virginia Wesleyan
- Next gameat West VirginiaNov. 7, 1931
- SeasonWest Virginia Wesleyan in 1931
- ProgramWest Virginia Wesleyan history and records
Navy
- Next gameat Ohio StateNov. 7, 1931
- SeasonNavy in 1931
- ProgramNavy history and records
