Western Reserve at West Virginia
Saturday, November 3, 1951 Share
West Virginia beat Western Reserve 35–7. It was their sixth meeting; West Virginia leads the series 4–2.
FinalHigh 39°F, low 25°F, 2.99 in. of snow
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 4, 1951, page 59
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West Virginia. S Passes Beat Western Reserve MORGANTOWN, w. Va. Nov. 3 The throwing arm of Gerald Mc1nerney. West Virginia quarterback, worked we’ll in freezing weather today as his passes helped the Mountaineers to a 35–7 triumph over Western Reserve. The Niagara Falls. N. Y, sophomore passed to End Bill Marker for six yards and a touchdown ir the first period and for IA yard: and another score in the second before the meager crowd of 5000 McInerney completed II aerial! In II attempts for an amazing first-half showing. Altogether. HI made good 13 of 18 tosses for & gain of los yards. Another sophomore. Halfbacl Bill Jarrett, accounted for two Mountaineer scores.
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 86% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Western Reserve–West Virginia gameWest Virginia leads 4–2 in six meetings.
Around this game
Western Reserve
West Virginia
- Next gamevs. South CarolinaNov. 10, 1951
- SeasonWest Virginia in 1951
- ProgramWest Virginia history and records
