Kansas at West Virginia
Saturday, November 8, 1941 Share
West Virginia beat Kansas 21–0. It was their first meeting; after it, West Virginia led the series 1–0.
Finallow 33°F, 0.35 in. of rain
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 9, 1941, page 42
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Mountaineers Finish Strong 10 Master Kansas, Il 10 0 by the ASSOCldleO Press. MORGANTOWN, w. Va, Nov. 8. West Virginia’s MountaineerS, starting slowly with a 15-yard field goal in the first period, banged for three touchdowns in succeeding quarters today to haul down the Kansas Jayhawkers 21–0. Playing in the mud of Mountain eer Field before a home coming crowd of more than 5000, they retanned control of the situation at all stages except for a spell in the fourth quarter. The Mountaineers, who had worked all week on defense against the passes of Kansas Ralph Miller, turned the tables and scored two of their three touchdowns through the air.
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)
West Virginia 59% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Kansas–West Virginia gameWest Virginia leads 11–3 in 14 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.
Around this game
Kansas
- Next gamevs. Kansas StateNov. 15, 1941
- SeasonKansas in 1941
- ProgramKansas history and records
West Virginia
- Next gameat Penn StateNov. 15, 1941
- SeasonWest Virginia in 1941
- ProgramWest Virginia history and records

