West Virginia at Pennsylvania

Saturday, October 9, 1909

Pennsylvania beat West Virginia 12–⁠0. It was their second meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayWest Virginia4–⁠3–⁠2 in 1909
0
HomePennsylvania7–⁠1–⁠2 in 1909
12

FinalHigh 72°F, low 43°F

In the newspapers

  • The Arizona republican's story: FOOTBALL FIELDS. As Uusua the Minor Schools Were OutpIayed.

    Arizona republican, Arizona, October 10, 1909, page 1

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    FOOTBALL FIELDS. As Uusua the Minor Schools Were OutpIayed. At Ithaca-Cornell. 16: Oberlin, 6. At Princeton-Princeton 3; Ford ham, o. At ambridge-Harvard, s; Will liams, 6. At Syracuse-Syracuse, II; Rochester, O. At New Haven-Yales. sc; Spring field, 0. At West Point-Army, II; Trim ity, 6. At Philadelphia-Penn 12; West Virginia, 0. At Providence-Brown. 10; Am herst, 0. At Chicago-Chicago. q; Indiana, o. At Observation-Disclosures, Is; Ames, 0. At iIkesbarre-Carlisle Indians, s; State, 8.

  • The Norwich bulletin's story: Football Scores Saturday.

    Norwich bulletin, October 11, 1909, page 3 (results column)

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    Football Scores Saturday. At New Haven: Yale S6, Springfield Training school 0. At Cambridge: Harvard 8, Williams At Providence: Brown 10, Amherst 0. At Princeton: Princeton 3, Fordham At Ithaca: Cornell Is, Oberlin 6. At Philadelphia: Pennsylvania 12 West Virginia 0. At Orono, Me: University of Maine 16, New Hampshire state college 0. At Andover: Yale 1913 13, Phillips Andover 0. At Burlington: University of Yer mont IT, St. Lawrence 0. At Amherst: Massachusetts agri- cultural college 6, Norwich university 0 At West Point: Army r, Trinity 6. At Cleveland: Western Reserve 8, Miami 0. At Schenectady: Union 0, Worces- ter Polytechnic institute 6. At Wilkes Barre: Carlisle Indians 8, State college s. At Annapolis: Navy 12, Rutgers g. At Medford: Coly 10. Tufts 0. At Syracusel Syracuse r, Rocester At Easton, Pa: Lafayette 50, Ho- bart 0. At Lexington. Va. Virginia Military institute 6, William and Mary o. At GettysburgH Buckneu 9, Gettys- burg 3. At Swarthmore. Pta.: Franklin and Marshall 5, Swarthmore 0. At Washington: Georgetown 6, Washington college ,. At Washington: George Washington O, Western Maryland o. At Charlottesville, Va: University of Virginia 12. St. Johns academy (AnnapOliSl 0 At New York: New York university ‘, Rhode Island State 0. At South Bethlehem, Pa: Ursinus 6, Lehigh 6. At Exeter: Phillips Exeter 12 Dartmouth freshmen o. At Lafayette, Ind: Northwestern 14, Purdue 0. At Ann Arbor. Mich: University of Michigan 3, Case Scientific school 0.

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)

Pennsylvania 85% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Pennsylvania leads 5–⁠0 in five meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1916Pennsylvania 3, West Virginia 0
1915Pennsylvania 7, West Virginia 0
1910Pennsylvania 38, West Virginia 0
1909Pennsylvania 12, West Virginia 0
1908Pennsylvania 6, West Virginia 0

Around this game

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