West Virginia at Pennsylvania

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  The Sunday telegram, Clarksburg, W. Va., October 1, 1916, page 11

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  PENN TROUNCES WEST VIRGINIA, SCORE 3 TO O Field Goal In the Last Few Min utes of Play Decides the Game. MoUNTAINEERS PLAY HARD And Almost Score a Touch down in Last Quarter of Play. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. S0-A field goal in the last few minutes of play by Graves Williams gave Penn sylvania victory today over West Virginia University to 0, in the first football game here this season Pennsylvania score came after the Quakers had an extremely narrow escape from having touchdown made against them. A long forward pass and good line plunges by West Virginia brought the ball TO Pennsylvania ten yard line. With one down left West Virginia tried a short forward pass. 1t was beautifully executed, Hutchinson. of West Virginia. catching the ball right at the goal line, but before he could get across Pennsylvania player threw him back. 1t was then Pennsylvania ball and few min utes later Williams booted the field goal from the twenty-five yard line. Both teams playe dwell for the opening contest. Most Of the playing was in West Virginia territory. but the visitors al ways were able to check Pennsylvn- MAS advances. Lineup and summary: Pennsylvania. West Yirginin-O. Grqhart ................ hutchinson Left end. Mathews Observation-Disclosures. Johnson Left tackle. NiFkman Observation-Disclosures. Henrie Left guard. NIdg ‘.’‘‘.’. ........,’.’‘.., Balley Center. Seill ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Brannon Right guard. Little ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Webster Right tackle. Miller ........-........... King Right end. Bell ..................... Chenoweth Quarterback. Williams ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Curry Left hulfback Derr ................... Hite Right halfback. Light Observation-Disclosures. Rodgers Fullback.

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 1, 1916, page 24

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  PENN WINS BY ONE GOAL FROM WEST VIRGINIA Williams Scores the Only Points That Are Made Against SOuthernerS. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. SO.-Pennsyivanis wor. , 10 o.. from West Virgins on Frankl;r Field this afternoon, after a bitter struggle. Williams. Penn ) nusny fullback, saved the day for The Rcd and Blue when he kicked goal from .hc field few minutes before tine was called, scoring the only points IL the game. The game was fast from beginning 20 end Though Penn managed TO out play her opponents during the entire first half not permitting West Nirgna TO gain one first down, the play irg was almost all the other way IN the last two periods, when West Virginia kept the ball in Penn’s territory most Of the time. PENNSYLVANIA would have scored a touchdown earlier-In the second halt, wcen Williams carried the ball 70 With in a few inches of tho West Virginia goal line, had not one Of the Red and Blue players. in his eagerness 10 see a score, held ore of the Orange and Blue players As it was. the Red and Blue was lucky TO hang up a defeat against the visitors. who displayed I’M usual ability at tackling. Rodgers and King. the big backfeld men of West Virginia. put up a stone wall defence at times and prevented what looked like sure touchdowns by Light and Williams. The entire Penn backfeld played fine game, both on offence and defence. The much heraided Rodgers found few holes in the Penn line. The play Ing Of both teams was the cleanest seen on Franklin Field in many days. The lineup:

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  Evening public ledger, Philadelphia [Pa.], October 2, 1916, page 12

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  PENN DOES WELL IN FIRST GAME, BUT FOLWELL DESERVES ALL CREDIT FOR THE VICTORY Coach Injected Enough Fighting Spirit Into Players to Defeat Strong West Virginia Eleven-Gravy Williams Is Star ONE day In the fall Of 1904 the Univer- “ sity OF Pennsylvania football team Travelled 20 Swarthmore to play a practice game. II was the week before the Harvard

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  The Washington herald, District of Columbia, October 1, 1916, page 11 (results column)

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  COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS. At Brunswick. Me.-Bowdoin, ?; McKin- At Cambridge. Mass.-Harvard. %; Bates, o. At Philadelphia, Pa--Pennsylvania, 3; West Virginia, 0. At Annapolis, Md.-Navy, o; picIdnson. 0. At New Brunswick. N. J.-Rutgers, g; Villa Nova. o. At Easton, Pa.-Lafayette, o; Ford ham, o. At Syracuse. N. Y.-syracuss. 81; Grove 4. Lowisburg, Pa.-BucknelL 81; AL bright, O. At New York-Penn State College. s.; Westminster, Q. At south Bethlehem. Pa--Lehigh, n; Ursinus. 0. At Hanover, N. H.-Dartmouth, %; Boston College, g. At New Haven, Conn--Yale. 9s; Car At Allentown. Pa.-Muhlenburg. s.; Bloomsbury, 0. At Worcester, Mass.-Princeton, n; Holy Cross, 0. At Washington, Paw. s. J., s.; &C. neva. o. At West Point, N. Y.-Arny. 8: Lebanon, O. At Hamilton, N. Y.-colgate, “a; susquehanna, O. At Hartford, conn.-Trinity. 8; Nor wich, 0. At Middletown. conn.-wesleyan, 4; Connecticut Aggies, 0. At Providence, r. L-Brown, l6; Rhode Island State, 0. At Schenectady. N. Y.-Middleburg, g. Union, o. At Notre Dame-Notre Dame, a; Case, o. At Atlanta, Ga.-Tech, 81; Mercer, 0.

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Pennsylvania leads 5–⁠0 in five meetings.