Washington and Lee vs. West Virginia

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  Evening star, October 9, 1938, page 30

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  “. AND |. SCORES . UPSET BY Sc TIE West Virginia Is Played Off Feet by Underdog Until Late in Game. CHARLESTON, W. Va. Oct. g. The Washington and Lee Generals rejected the use Of good offense as the best defense today and employed an inspired attack to tie West Virginia 6–⁠6 in an upset witnessed by 5000 fans Refusing to take the back to the WALL role they had been unanimously handed before the KICKOFF, the Virginians rocked the Mountaineers back on their heels from the start and COM pletely outplayed them until the wan ing minutes. The Generals were put in scoring position in the third period when Harry Clark fumbled and Harper recovered for Washington and Lee on the West Virginia %. A 5-yard penalty for of1side and a run by Harry Hogan put the ball on the Mountaineer 17-yard line and Hogan raced around right end for 4 touchdown on the next play. Mountaineers Tie Late. West Virginias bewildered forces. held in check for the remainder of the third quarter, clicked into high gear when, with nine minutes to play. they engineered 76-yard march that end ed with Sam Audia passing to Tony Rapas@ick in the end zone. Later in the game Roy Hogan in tercepted Audia’s pass on the 5-yard Washington and Lee line to end an other West Virginia scoring threat.

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West Virginia leads 24–⁠5–⁠4 in 33 meetings, counting the 12 since this game.