Bethany (WV) at West Virginia

Saturday, October 21, 1944

West Virginia beat Bethany (WV) 20–⁠0. It was their sixth meeting; West Virginia leads the series 6–⁠0.

AwayBethany (WV)0–⁠2 in 1944
0
HomeWest Virginia5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1944
20

FinalHigh 57°F, low 40°F, 1.72 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: West Virginia Defeats Bethany College, 200

    The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., October 22, 1944, page 8

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    West Virginia Defeats Bethany College, 200 MORGANTOWN, w. Va, Oct. q. R-West Virginia University, repolling frequent aerial thrusts, pushed over three touchdowns and completely out-played little Beth any colleges Naval trainees to win 200 today on muddy Noun taineer field. The Mountaineers scored in each Of the first three periods to post their second victory of the year with long runs and pass intercept tons largely responsible for Beth any’s fourth consecutive defeat,

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 85% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

West Virginia leads 6–⁠0 in six meetings.

Recent meetings
1944West Virginia 20, Bethany (WV) 0
1943West Virginia 26, Bethany (WV) 13
1924West Virginia 71, Bethany (WV) 6
1920West Virginia 20, Bethany (WV) 0
1919West Virginia 60, Bethany (WV) 0
1914West Virginia 13, Bethany (WV) 0

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