Penn State at West Virginia

Saturday, October 22, 1955

West Virginia beat Penn State 21–⁠7. It was their 22nd meeting; after it, Penn State led the series 14–⁠7–⁠1.

AwayPenn State5–⁠4 in 1955
7
HomeWest Virginia8–⁠2 in 1955
21

FinalHigh 59°F, low 33°FAttendance 34,400

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Bobby Moss Tops Vote as Southern Player Of Week

    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.

Penn State leads 50–⁠9–⁠2 in 61 meetings, counting the 39 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Penn State 34, West Virginia 12
2023Penn State 38, West Virginia 15
1992Penn State 40, West Virginia 26
1991Penn State 51, West Virginia 6
1990Penn State 31, West Virginia 19
1989Penn State 19, West Virginia 9

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