West Virginia at Penn State

Saturday, November 11, 1950

Penn State beat West Virginia 27–⁠0. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Penn State led the series 12–⁠4–⁠1.

AwayWest Virginia2–⁠8 in 1950
0
HomePenn State5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1950
27

FinalHigh 39°F, low 28°F, 0.51 in. of snowAttendance 16,338

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Saturdays. Grid Stars

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 13, 1950, page 20 (results column)

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    Saturdays. Grid Stars BILL ROBERTS, fullback-Made touchdown runs of AZ and SO yards to give Dartmouth, 14–⁠7, victory over Columbia. JOE ERNST, quarterback-Com- | pleted 18 out of 80 passes good for 292 yards to lead Tulane to 27–⁠0 victory over Navy. ALAN CORBO, fullback-Scored three times to pace Penn to 500 triumph over Brown. AL POLLARD, left halfback- Scored twice and booted seven conversions in Army’s 51–⁠0 VIC tory over New Mexico. TOM WATSON. left end-Tallied twice to enable Ohio State to whip Wisconsin, 1914. JOHN OLSZEWSKI, fullback Scored two touchdowns including one 72-yard sprint as un- !, beaten California crushed UCLA, $50. DICK KAZMAIER, left halfback Scored twice and tossed two touchdown passes as unbeaten Princeton routed Harvard, 1926. BOB WILLIAMS, quarterback Completed 13 of % passes in cluding two for touchdowns to lead Notre Dame to 1877 victory over Pittsburgh. So. JIM COLEY, quarterback-Set up both VMI touchdowns with passes as the Cadets upset Georgia Tech, 14–⁠13. TED SHATTUCK, fullback- Scored twice and set up q third touchdown with a 34-yard run to lead Penn State to a 27–⁠0 decision over West Virginia. JOHNNY BRIGHT, quarterback scored four times and passed to a fifth touchdown to lead Drake to a 1921 victory over Iowa State. Bright also boosted his total yards gained to 2,400 to 5urpass previous record Of 2,187 by Frank Sinkwich of Georgia in 1912. IVES BRADFORD, right half back-sophomore fifth stringer scored once and whipped out consistent gains throughout as Michigan topped Indiana, 20–⁠7. DICK RAKLOvITS, fullbacklashed OFF 80 and so yard touch down runs to pace Illinois to a 21–⁠7 victory over Iowa and keep the Illini’s Rose Bowl hopes alive. BOB REYNOLDS, H Halfbackscored three times and kicked five conversions to increase scoring output for season to 126 points and lead Nebraska to 1921 victory over Kansas State. DICK FLOWERS, quarterback tailed twice and set up third touchdown with his passing to spark Northwestern to 1914 victory over Purdue. BOB SMITH, fullback-Romped “a and 72 yards for touchdowns to lead Texas A & M to a Is 20 triumph over S. M. U. BOB DILLON. halfback-leturned q kickoff “a yards in last period to give Texas a 27–⁠20 triumph ., over Baylor. - -7 7ES3 w7a-‘ DON LEAHY, quarterback-fired a touchdown pass in the clos ing minutes and made three conversions to spark Marquette to a 21–⁠19 victory over Holy Cross. CLAUDE ARNOLD, quarterback chucked three touchdown passes as Oklahoma stretched its VIC tory string to % with 33-ls victory over Kansas.

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.

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Our ratings (scores only)

Penn State 73% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Penn State leads 50–⁠9–⁠2 in 61 meetings, counting the 44 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Penn State 34, West Virginia 12
2023Penn State 38, West Virginia 15
1992Penn State 40, West Virginia 26
1991Penn State 51, West Virginia 6
1990Penn State 31, West Virginia 19
1989Penn State 19, West Virginia 9

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