Washington and Lee vs. West Virginia

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  Evening star, October 24, 1948, page 39

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  Bell Twists Is Yards Ito Lone W. 81. Tally As “. Va. Wins, 14.7 CHARLESTON, w. Va, Oct. 23.- West Virginia fought of q deter. mined Washington and Lee pass ing attack in rainswept final quarter here today to turn back the Generals, 14–⁠7. 1t was the oath West Virginia tri. umph in the 32-game series between the two schools and came in . gen. orally ragged contest. Both teams scored touchdowns in the first period, with West Virginia tallying within four minutes of the opening kickoff after Ray Caldwell recovered tumble by w. & LIS Charley Harrington on the Gen. erals “a on the first play from scrimmage. Vic Bonbili, who also scored the other Mouhtaineer six-pointer, fin. ally cracked over from the 4. Bell Makes Spectacular Run. The lone w. & L. score came on the most spectacular play of the game with about three minutes of the period left. Quarterback Mike Boyda uncorked fiat pass to Brian Bell, who whirled away from a mum. ber Of Mountaineers to 90 73 yards for the touchdown. Bell appeared to be trapped at least three times before he reached the West Virginia 80, but the Noun. taineer tackling was poor and he skipped over unmoleSted as two kew blocks wiped out the last West Vir. ginia defenders around the 10. A 66-yard sustained drive started late in the opening canto led to the second and game-winning Mountaineer touchdown with little more than two minutes of the sec ond period gone Bonfili tipped through center standing up on a quick opening play for the final two / yards. w. & L. Air Drives Checked. The belated w. & L. aerial thrust in the final period carried the Gen. leraIs into scoring position three times, but twice the Mountaineers intercepted Boyda’s heaves in the end zone and once on their 20 to halt the threats. West Virginia had a wide margin statistically, with a total of 10 first downs to 6, and total net gain Of 278 yards to w. & LIS 181. The losers, however, were able to pick up 130 yards through the air with six passes completed in IS attempts. The Mountaineers pounded out 247 yards Of their net gain on the ground. | WASHINGTON AND LEE. Left End--:Lukens. Crawford. Goldsmith. =, Left Tackle-A. Mccutcheon. Gowens. Left Guard-conard. George Center. McCutcheon, Saurs. sisht % fsekie-fai!oh, kdFak “sams Fersnson, Smith. Right End-Fahey. CARPENTER. | ouarterback--Boyda. Stark. | Fullback-Holt. Michaels. WEST VIRGINIA. Left End-Lester. Reno. r. Allen. Left Guard--Bosies, Birurakis, stuvek. Gsnter-.stephenscn, Kazmierski. Joseph. Rshs Rish 5osei.s Right End--cox, cicareili, Hunty. Quarterback-Walthall Fought Allen, Cialli Left Halfback-Bonfli, Caldwell. Combs. | Right Halfback--Richmond. Devonshire. Fullback-Mslyk, Morton, Bellas. Washington .apd Lee = 9 9 81 | Washington and Lee scoring: Touch. | down. Bell. Point after touchdown | Michaels (placement). | West Virginia scoring: Touchdowns- Bonfili (2l. Point after touchdown | Simmons t2) (dropkick) U-..

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West Virginia leads 24–⁠5–⁠4 in 33 meetings, counting the five since this game.