West Virginia at Washington & Jefferson

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  Evening star, November 29, 1931, page 67

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  w. AND J. WINS BY POINT Beats West Virginia, IA to 13, ir Thirtieth Grid Meeting. WHEELING, w. Va, November % P).-On slippery and treacherous field, Washington and jefferson today eked out 14–⁠13 victory over West Virginia in the thirtieth gridiron battle between these rivals before a crowd of $500. Trailing, 14–⁠0, as the half ended, the Mountaineers came to life in the Sec ond half with dazzling aerial attack and failed to tie the score with Par riotts placement kick for what would have been the fourteenth point, which was wide of the uprights. The West VirginianS, after scoring two touchdowns, were stopped on the 1-foot line on an other drive.

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.

Washington & Jefferson leads 12–⁠11–⁠2 in 25 meetings, counting the four since this game.