Penn State at West Virginia
Saturday, October 22, 1955 Share
West Virginia beat Penn State 21–7. It was their 22nd meeting; after it, Penn State led the series 14–7–1.
FinalHigh 59°F, low 33°FAttendance 34,400
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 25, 1955, page 49
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Bobby Moss Tops Vote as Southern Player Of Week RICHMOND. Va. Oct. 40 w. l-Halfback Bobby Moss ef West Virginia is the Southern Conference’s player Of the week. The 6-foot-l, l94-pound senior from Hunting, W. Va, scored two |touchdowns Saturday on runs Of 10 and II yards and set up the third as West Virginia clipped Penn State, 21–7. He carried the bah Is times for 10 yards, caught three passes for another a yards. and was . defensive standout. Despite his glittering perform ance. Moss was hard pressed to nudge teammate Bruce Bosley and George Washington’s Ray Looney In the balloting conducted by the Southern Conference Sportswriters’ Association. Bosley, Q defensive standout all day, was particularly effec. tive in the second half when West Virginia came from behind to win. Looney. . sophomore quarter back, injected life into Q slug gish CIV offense, scoring one touchdown, setting up q success full field goal with q pass interception and directing GW’s next score, all in q fourth-quarter splurge that beat William and Mary, 1870.
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 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Penn State–West Virginia gamePenn State leads 50–9–2 in 61 meetings, counting the 39 since this game.
Around this game
Penn State
- Next gameat PennsylvaniaOct. 29, 1955
- SeasonPenn State in 1955
- ProgramPenn State history and records
West Virginia
- Next gameat MarquetteOct. 29, 1955
- SeasonWest Virginia in 1955
- ProgramWest Virginia history and records

