Waynesburg at West Virginia

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, September 23, 1951, page 47

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  West Virginia Beats .Waynesburg, 70 10 9 MORGANTOWN, w. Va. Sept. 22.-Fourth period touchdowns by freshmen Jack Bledsoe and Carl Norman pulled West Virginia Uni Versity from behind today for a 2o-9 victory over Waynesburg In the football opener for both schools. A crowd of 10000, including Gov. Okey L. Patterson, saw West Vlrignia’s Mountaineers. outplayed in drizzling rain through three periods. They entered the fourth trail ing. 9–⁠6. A pass interception by Bob Snider set up the first of West Virginia’s final two touch downs in the fourth period, when the drizzle became a downpour. Snider intercepted a Jim Burns pass on the Waynesburg IS. Nor man. former Triadelphia High ISschool standout, went off tackle to the So and on the next play Kent Bartges passed to Bledsoe. The former Big Creek High School star gathered the ball in on the IL and went the rest of the way for his second touchdown lof the game. Tackle Kiki Konstantinos recovered a Waynesboro tumble on the Yellow Jackets 46 to set the stage for the final tally. Ray ISurbaugh took a pitchout around right end for % yards as the Mountaineers moved to the 26. Then Norman plunged off tackle and cut outside for 26 yards to score standing UP. Dick Luciami placekicked successfully after both the fourth period touch downs. iWsynesburg q q a O west Virginia ----- O 0 1870 Waynesboro scoring. Touchdown. Brad ford; field goal, Bradford. west Virginia scoring: Touchdowns. Bledsoe l2j, Nor man. conversions. Luciani 62D.

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West Virginia leads 13–⁠0 in 13 meetings, counting the two since this game.