Case at West Virginia
Saturday, September 30, 1944 Share
West Virginia beat Case 32–7. It was their only meeting on record.
FinalHigh 70°F, low 52°F, 0.15 in. of rain
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 1, 1944, page 20
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Frosh Gain Triumph For West Virginia MORGANTOWN, w. Va, Sept. 80. Spectacular scoring plays by West Virginia’s freshmen studded foot ball team produced five touchdowns today as the Mountaineers recorded a 32–7 decision over the Navy tralnees OF Cleveland’s Case School. Jim Walthall, freshman halfback from Princeton, was the principal weapon OF the attack in a passing and running exhibition that was responslble for three Of the touch downs. West Virginia scored in every Pc riod, twice in the second.
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 86% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Case–West Virginia gameWest Virginia leads 1–0 in their only meeting.
Around this game
Case
- SeasonCase in 1944
- ProgramCase history and records
West Virginia
- Next gamevs. VirginiaOct. 7, 1944
- SeasonWest Virginia in 1944
- ProgramWest Virginia history and records
