West Virginia Wesleyan at Georgetown

Saturday, October 31, 1914

Georgetown beat West Virginia Wesleyan 27–⁠0. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1.

AwayWest Virginia Wesleyan4–⁠3 in 1914
0
HomeGeorgetown2–⁠4–⁠2 in 1914
27

FinalHigh 67°F, low 42°F

In the newspapers

  • The The sun's story: GEORGETOWN BREAKS THE ICE. Finally Finds Team u Can Beat In West Virginia Wesleyan.

    The sun, New York [N.Y.], November 1, 1914, page 16

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    GEORGETOWN BREAKS THE ICE. Finally Finds Team u Can Beat In West Virginia Wesleyan. WNsHINGToN, oct al. Georgetown won it’s first football victory of the season here this afternoon. defeating the West Virginia Wesleyan team. % to 0. The locals outpltyed the West VirEuians from the start scoring three touchduwus Oh “ ‘ovcrcd fumhles. the fourth score COM Ing late in tho Rame rs the result Of q long forward pass. Twice the visitors on trick plays carried the bah within two yards OF GeorGetown’s goal line but the locals defence was strong enough to hold back the invasion. The lineup:

  • The Pine Bluff daily graphic's story: FOOTBALL RESULTS, Western,

    Pine Bluff daily graphic, Arkansas, November 1, 1914, page 2 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL RESULTS, Western, Western. At Madison-Chicago 0, Wiscon- sin 0. At Minneapolis Illinois 21, Minne- sota 6. At Notre Dame-Notre Dame 21, Haskell z. -tEH| At ichmond-Depeauw IT, Earl ham 6. At Columbia-M Missouri 13, Kan sas 3. FHS@ At Lincoln-Nebraska 20, Ames T. At oomington-Indiana AS, Mia mi 3. Eastern. At ambridge-Harvard z, Michi- gan 0. @ At New Haven-Yale 49, Colgate 7. At rinceton-Princeton ‘, Will Hams z. At Philadelphia-P Pennsylvania 40, Swarthmore 6. At Cornell AS, Holy Cross 3. At Buffalo-Syracuse “A, Carlisle 3. At West Point-Army Al, Villa nova 0. At Annapolis 16, North Caro- lima A. & M. IA. At Hanover-Dartmouth 32, Am hurst 0. At Providence-Brown 12, Yer, mont g.. t4 At Washington-Georgetown 27 West Virginia Wesleyan 0. At Washington-Was an Jefferson 4S, West Virginia 0. Southern. At Winston-Salem-University of North Carolina IA, Davidson 0. At Nashville-University of Virginia 13. Vanderbilt z. At Randolph Macon 13, Richmond 8. At Atlanta Georgia Tech. 20, Se- vance 0. At Macon-Mercer 39, Furman 0. At Roanoke-Virginia Polytechnic 16, Washington and Lee 2. At Wabash :. University of Louisville 3. At Knoxville University of Tennes- see 67. Chattanooga 0. At Athens-M Mississippi A. & M. 9, Georgia 0. At -Missississipi Col. 3S, Louisiana Industrial 3. At Wakeforest-Wa 19, Roa- noke Col. 0. At Charleston-Clemson IA, Citaa- del o. At Tampa Florida 59. Southern 0. At Bingham G. Tennes- see Reserves 0. At Lawrence 16, Oklahoma 16. At Austin-Texas 70, Southwestern |0. Al Memphis -Ouachita T. Missis- sippi 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)

Georgetown 60% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Georgetown leads 6–⁠2 in eight meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
1932West Virginia Wesleyan 14, Georgetown 0
1930Georgetown 67, West Virginia Wesleyan 12
1929Georgetown 19, West Virginia Wesleyan 0
1928Georgetown 34, West Virginia Wesleyan 7
1919Georgetown 17, West Virginia Wesleyan 0
1916Georgetown 47, West Virginia Wesleyan 0

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