West Virginia at Pittsburgh

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  The Fairmont West Virginian, Fairmont, W. Va., November 11, 1907, page 3

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  W. m WI n n ~ First H alf Was a Tie - - - - Ia h $ ut Was: a Tie PITTsBURG; Nov, II. - The hes, football team West Virginia univer, sity has sent 70 Pl,tsburg In years n:,s beaten by the University OF West. nrn Pennsylvania Saturday afternoon at Exposition park, 10 to 0. The West Virsinians were gradually worn dou,, In the final half. Well on towards the end Of the contest It WIS an ever. at. fair. in which the y’s.t’;s dlsplayea a d,hh3g spirit. and ash ,St,. no & Il 2. Oh nnent mas .;.n”n on the sSpus!. ‘am Geld this :rsr. Ounce Banbury and Springer made the touchdowns, and the latter came at j time when West Virginia was having its line pierced to pieces. but Its fight, ing spirit never left It, and at the wind.up the team was fighting so cour. aseously that it gained the admiration Of the large crowd present. The W. U. P. eleven played ane foot. ball. 1t did not expose its assortment of trick plays. but us West Virginia was playing straight football, SO did W. U. p, and with the exception OF the superior West Virginia ends work neither side having an appreciablc ad. vantage in the first half. W. U. P. Finishes Strong. But In the final period W. U. P. proved to have the better staying qualities, and this, combined with an element Of luck, which always goes with the winner, brought the locals out ahead. rs When Shelton. the West Virginia quarterback, was forced out Of the game BY an injury In the second half the strength Of the back field depart ell. Shortly following his leaving West Virginia fumbled or misjudged punts and the local collegians began to gain most appreciable advantage Shelton Offset the W. U. P. on side and straight kicks by his rcnnine back Of punts. and his tackling In the open field was fine. Gaffney. mere youngster who was sent In to relieve him. apparently had stage fright” The day was almost ideal for foot ball. The sun shown resplendentl. throubhout, but strong wind wa. blowing across the field aud towar, the north. In the first half West vir ginia was kicking against the wind After few kicks Shelton began t, gauge the wind and to get them Of well and the fastness Of his ends Year’lley and L. Hutchinson. wcr’ strong factors in keeping W. U. P back from its goal line. Van Dorm is a Star. The visitors brought q large crow, OF students along. They were In TIL east bleachers with band and the, made merry during the afternoon. W. U. P. students were on the ives side and they had we’ll organize, force of rooters, who yelled in unisol and use up.to-date yells and songs The grandstand was well filed witt people smartly dressed. Capt. Marshall and Van Doren, til, tackles, played magnificently. Thei work stood out above all others, an, they played Saturday as they neve did before this year, Van Doren espe cfalIy making brilliant plays at criti cal stages. The West Virginia attacl could not bulge him and he otter leaked through the line and broke u plays and nailed tacklers, sometime: for big losses. Swenson put up a fine game at quarterback. too, but he did not have much chance to- show his running back punts prowess, particularly Ii the first half, as L. Hutchinson ant Yeardley were down the field lIk, hounds, and ready to tackle as sooI as the ball was caught. Chiffon. the center, was taken gu Of the lineup at the end Of the frs half. and Yeardley was substituted This brought B. Hutchinson into tn, game at end, and while he did al right, he did not show up as stronl MS Yeardley. WI. P. had a fine defense. Yves VIrptnia was ranntaJ IN h,ya /, u,.

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  The Birmingham age-herald, November 10, 1907, page 10 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL RESULTS Carlisle, 23; Harvard, 15. Cornell, IA; Army, 10. Princeton, IA; Amherst 0. Swarthmore IS; Navy, 0. University of Pennsylvania, 2S Penn sylvania State College. 0. Lehigh, 34; University of New York, O Yale, 22; Brown, 0. Yale Freshmen, 22; Princeton Fresh men, G. Dartmouth, 52; Holy Cross, 0. University of North Carolina, 12 Georgetown University, 5. Worcester Academy, 9; Brown Fresh men, 5. Trinity, 29; Stevens, 6. Western University of Pennsylvania 10; University of West Virginia, 0. Nebraska, 16; Kansas. 6. Iowa, 25; Illinois, 12. Wisconsin, 12 Indiana, 8. Chicago, 5S; Purdue. 0. St. Louis, H. Wabash, 12. Harvard Freshmen, G. Rutgers, ,. Villanova, 15; Fordham, II. Ohio State, 22 Oberlin, 10. Wash ington and Lee, 6; University of Virginia, 5. Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 22 Virginia Military Institute. 0. University of Tennessee, 0; Kentucky State, O. Sewanee, IS; Georgia Tech, 0. University of Arkansas, IT; Tu- lane, 12. Louisiana State University 23, Nils. sissippi A. and M. College. Il. Stanford 21; California, II. Bellevue College, 2s; Doane Col lege, O. Creighton University. 21; Drake Uni versity, II. Richmond College, 2s; Hampden syd. ney, o. Davidson, 10 Clemson, 6. Oklahoma University, CT; Agricul- tural College of Saltwater, Okla., 0. Mars Agricultural College, 19 Tufts, TO- Williams, IS; West Lynn, o. At Easton--Lafayette, S4, Buck. nell, O. Texas University, 27; Baylor Univer’ sity (Texas), Il. New Hampshire State College, 0; Uni yersity of Vermont, 5. University of Rochester, 4; unor College, 0.

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  The Washington times, District of Columbia, November 10, 1907, page 1 (results column)

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  Football Results George Washington. 10. Gala dct, 5. Georgetown. 3. North Carolina. Il. / Carlisle, .; Harvard 10. J Cornell. II; Army. 0. Princeton. Il: Amherst 0. SwarthmOre, IS: Navy, O. University Of Pennsylvania, q; Pennsylvania State College, 0. Lehigh, “a; University Of New York 0. Yale. % Brown. O. Phnlips-Andover. o. Phnlips-Exeter. Yale freshmen. .; Princeton fresh men, 6. Dartmouth, 81, Holy Cross. 0. Worcester Academy. 19: Brown fresh men, 8. Trinity. p; Stevens, 6. Western University Of Pennsylvania, 10. University of West Virginia. 0. Washington and Lee. g: Virginia. :. Nebraska. II: Kansas. 6. Iowa. .; Illinois, p Wisconsin, II. Indiania. s. Chicago. IS; Purdue, o. Wittenberg. Il; Marietta, 50. Gettysburg, L; Urslnus, 0. Williams. IS; Wesleyan. 0. Massachusetts Aggies. 70; Tufts. 70. ST Louis. H. Wabash, L. Harvard freshmen. 6; Dean AGA denny. o. Haverfcrd, s; Rutgers. . Lafayette, 81; BuckneIL O. Franklin and Marshall, 6: Jefferson Medical College. 10. Villa Nova, Is; Fordham, Il. Dickinson College. I: AIedico-Chirl,- sical College, O. Ohio State, p; Oberlin. 10. Virginia Polytechnic Institute. p; Virginia Military Institute, 0.

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  The Marion daily mirror, Marion, Ohio, November 11, 1907, page 5 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL RESULTS Ohio State, 90; oberlin, 10. Case. 16; Wesleyan, g. Kenyon. 30: Denison, 10. Miami. 81; Otterbein, 0. Western Reserve. %; Ohio North ers, 0. Mt. Union, 80; Baldwin. O.. si, Marietta, 80; Wittenberg, II. Bucyrus. a.: Gallon, o. s4sg.s Lebanon, 9; Wilmington, 4. Earlham, “a; Butler, 6. Carlisle, %: Harvard. 15. Yale. %; Brown. 0. M Princeton, IA: Amherse. O.. Penn. 2s:, Penn State, O. : swarthmore, ls; Navy. O. Dartmouth. SO: Holy Cross. O. Williams. 10; Wesleyan, o. Cornell, Ia; Army, 10. Vermont, 8; New Hampshire, O. Trinity, 20; Stevens. 6. Rochester. 4; Union. 0. IIaverford, G.; Rutgers, s. Lafayette. “a: Bucknell, o. Gettysburg, ~: Ursinus.. O. I.ehigh. 81: New York. O. Chicago. Sc: Purdue. 0. .i2E Wisconsin. IL; Indiana. 3. .’ses’ Vanderbilt 30; Mississippi, 0. 4 Iowa. %; Illinois. ~. i. =. Nebraska, 16. Kansas. 9. 4, Wabash. ~: st. Louis. II. w. U. p. 10: West Virginia. 0. Ames. 40: ,Grinnell, 0. Notre Dame. 90: Knox, a. Arkansas, II: Tulane. u.

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Officially, Pittsburgh leads 63–⁠42–⁠3; as played, 61–⁠37–⁠3 in the 101 games on file; the official count covers all 108 meetings, counting the 99 since this game.