West Virginia at Boston University

Saturday, October 12, 1957

West Virginia beat Boston University 46–⁠6. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1.

AwayWest Virginia7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1957
46
HomeBoston University5–⁠3 in 1957
6

Final

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Mountuineers Bounce Back To rounce Boston H., 46-6

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 13, 1957, page 69

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    Mountuineers Bounce Back To rounce Boston H., 46–⁠6 BOSTON. Oct. 10 R).-west Virginia avenged itself on Boston University, 1875. today under the polished direction OF Its only healthy quarterback, Dick Longfellow. and the steady pounding Of its runners The Mountaineers ran UP q 800 half-time lead by march ing IS yards to an early score, then converting a tumble and two pass interruptions into scores which put them out OF reach. Victims Of a 45-l3 man. handling by Wisconsin last week. West Virginia ranged al will over the Boston University football field behind a massive yet mobile line. In their only previous nest

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 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Boston University leads 4–⁠3–⁠1 in eight meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
1963West Virginia 34, Boston University 0
1962West Virginia 7, Boston University 0
1961Boston University 12, West Virginia 6
1960Boston University 7, West Virginia 7
1959Boston University 7, West Virginia 0
1958Boston University 36, West Virginia 30

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