Western Reserve at West Virginia

Saturday, November 3, 1951

West Virginia beat Western Reserve 35–⁠7. It was their sixth meeting; West Virginia leads the series 4–⁠2.

AwayWestern Reserve0–⁠2 in 1951
7
HomeWest Virginia5–⁠5 in 1951
35

FinalHigh 39°F, low 25°F, 2.99 in. of snow

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: West Virginia. S Passes Beat Western Reserve

    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.

West Virginia leads 4–⁠2 in six meetings.

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

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