Maryland at West Virginia

Saturday, November 18, 1950

Maryland beat West Virginia 41–⁠0. It was their eighth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 3–⁠3–⁠2.

AwayMaryland7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1950
41
HomeWest Virginia2–⁠8 in 1950
0

FinalHigh 55°F, low 28°FAttendance 16,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Bob Shemonski Scores ; Times For Terrapiins Alert Defense Keeps Mountuineers Deep In Own erritoy By George Huber

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 19, 1950, page 54

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    Bob Shemonski Scores ; Times For Terrapiins Alert Defense Keeps Mountuineers Deep In Own erritoy By George Huber MORGANTOWN. w. Va, Nov 18.-Maryland’s Terripins made practically no contest of its game with West Virginia this afternoon winning. 41–⁠0. before $4,000 on a clear, cool day at Mountaineer Field. Although the Terps did not run up a great margin in statistics. they dominated the game throughout and never were In danger of being scored on. The visitors spent most of the afternoon in Mountaineer terri tory and turned three pass in Perceptions and two fumbles into touchdowns. One short drive led to the other score, and Maryland

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)

Maryland 79% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

West Virginia leads 28–⁠23–⁠2 in 53 meetings, counting the 45 since this game.

Recent meetings
2021Maryland 30, West Virginia 24
2015West Virginia 45, Maryland 6
2014West Virginia 40, Maryland 37
2013Maryland 37, West Virginia 0
2012West Virginia 31, Maryland 21
2011West Virginia 37, Maryland 31

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