Western Reserve at West Virginia

Saturday, September 23, 1950

West Virginia beat Western Reserve 38–⁠13. It was their fifth meeting; after it, West Virginia led the series 3–⁠2.

AwayWestern Reserve0–⁠2 in 1950
13
HomeWest Virginia2–⁠8 in 1950
38

FinalHigh 73°F, low 57°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Aggressive West Virginia Downs Western Reserve

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 24, 1950, page 47

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    Aggressive West Virginia Downs Western Reserve MORGANTOWN, w. Va. Sept 23.-An aggressive West Virginia University team pulled away from Western Reserve in the second half today to win, 1918, in the 1850 football opener for both schools. The Mountaineers took to the air for three touchdowns, two OF them on passes by Quarterback Billy Allen, and made two more on the ground. Quarterback Al Morhad was on , the throwing end Of pass plays which produced Western Reserves pair of touchdowns.

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 87% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

West Virginia leads 4–⁠2 in six meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1951West Virginia 35, Western Reserve 7
1950West Virginia 38, Western Reserve 13
1949West Virginia 28, Western Reserve 20
1948West Virginia 20, Western Reserve 0
1938Western Reserve 7, West Virginia 0
1936Western Reserve 7, West Virginia 0

Around this game

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