Washington and Lee vs. West Virginia

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 11, 1936, page 22 (results column)

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  Pitts Erasure of Buckeyes From Title Chase, Minnesota Win From Nebraska Top Day Engineers far In the southeastern Conference race, routed what had been considered an exceptionally strong Kentucky array. $40. Auburn scored q touchdown to triumph over Ten nessee, 60. Southern California’s Trojans had entirely too much on the ball for Illinois and Bob Zuppke’s charges went down to q smashing defeat. 24–⁠6. Purdue, with Cecil Isbell again in a starring role, spoiled Harry Stuhldreher’s Big Ten Conference debut with 22-l4 pasting. Michigan State and Baldwin, Wal lace invaded the East to whip Car negie Tech, TO, and Syracuse, 1877. respectively. but West Virginia upheld Eastern prestige in a 28–⁠7 lacing to Washington and Lee, and Navy spilled Virginia, 35–⁠14. Holy Cross wore down Dartmouth, TO: Princeton was not too impressive in whipping Rutgers, 300; Harvard showed considerable power in tossing Brown, $50, and Villanova continued its winning ways at Penn States expense, 1870. Notre Dame was hard-pressed to top Washington University. 1876, but Marquette ran through st. Louis, 1876. Indiana byushed aside Mich igan, 1913. in a Big Ten Conference game as Northwestern and Iowa won easily over non-conference rivals. Missouri pulled big surprise in the Big Six by holding Kansas State to . 6–⁠6 draw. Iowa State swamped Kansas, 2l-7. Duke Continues March. nUKE’S march toward another Southern Conference title continued as the Blue Devils blanked Clemson, $50. North Carolina won from Maryland, 14–⁠0. Alabama nosed out Mississippi State in q gruelling Southeastern Conference engagement, TO, as Tulane’s surprising Green Wave bowled over Centenary’s gen. tlemen, 1910. Washington’s Huskies moved up in the Pacific Coast Conference race with 14–⁠0 conquest of U. c. L. A. as STAN ford and Oregon tied at TT and / Washington State tripped Idaho I4–⁠0. Arkansas had to come from behind sensationally to win from Baylor, IA. 10, In the Southwest Conference race as Texas A. and M. eked out q 3-C triumph over Rice. Texas upset Okla homa, 60. and Texas Christian rallied to whip Tulsa, 1o-7, in non-conference tests. Utah and Utah State both won in Rocky Mountain Conference competition, the former beating Western State, $50, while State was account ing for Wyoming’s scalp, by the same score.

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West Virginia leads 24–⁠5–⁠4 in 33 meetings, counting the 14 since this game.