Kansas at West Virginia

Saturday, November 8, 1941

West Virginia beat Kansas 21–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, West Virginia led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayKansas3–⁠6 in 1941
0
HomeWest Virginia4–⁠6 in 1941
21

Finallow 33°F, 0.35 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Mountaineers Finish Strong 10 Master Kansas, Il 10 0

    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.

West Virginia leads 11–⁠3 in 14 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Kansas 41, West Virginia 10
2024West Virginia 32, Kansas 28
2022Kansas 55, West Virginia 42
2021West Virginia 34, Kansas 28
2020West Virginia 38, Kansas 17
2019West Virginia 29, Kansas 24

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