Case at West Virginia

Saturday, September 30, 1944

West Virginia beat Case 32–⁠7. It was their only meeting on record.

AwayCase0–⁠1 in 1944
7
HomeWest Virginia5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1944
32

FinalHigh 70°F, low 52°F, 0.15 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Frosh Gain Triumph For West Virginia

    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.

West Virginia leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.

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