Washington & Jefferson at West Virginia Wesleyan

Saturday, October 7, 1916

Washington & Jefferson beat West Virginia Wesleyan 21–⁠0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Washington & Jefferson led the series 4–⁠0.

AwayWashington & Jefferson8–⁠2 in 1916
21
HomeWest Virginia Wesleyan3–⁠6 in 1916
0

FinalHigh 80°F, low 49°F

In the newspapers

  • The Norwich bulletin's story: Football Results on Many Fields. Yale 61, Virginia s.

    Norwich bulletin, October 9, 1916, page 3 (results column)

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    Football Results on Many Fields. Yale 61, Virginia s. Football Results on Many Fields. Yale 61, Virginia s. Tufts :, Harvard B. Princeton 29, North Carolina o. Navy 13, Georgetown ‘. N. Y. U. 22, Rensselaer, Tech. 0. Notre Dame 47, Reserve Q. Pennsylvania 27. Franklin and Mar shall 0. Colby 13, New Hampshire State 0. Colgate 2S. Maine 0. Brown 42, Trinity C.. Syracuse 73. Ohio 0. COrnell-Gettysbury postponed to Oct. g. Penn State 50, Bucknen T. Washington & Jefferson 21. West Virginia Wesleyan 0. Lehigh 61, Albright s. Carnegie Tech 31, Bethany ‘. Haverford 0, Stevens Tech 0. Catholic University 34, Richmond s. Allegheny 29, Buffalo O. Swarthmore 10, Lafayette 6. Fordham 20, West Maryland 0. Hamilton 14, Columbia ‘. Rochester 23, St. Lawrence 0. Michigan 19, Case 3. Illinois 30, Kansas 0. Wisconsin 70. Lawrence o. Carleton ‘, Chicako O. Villanova 3, Muhlenberg 0, Pittsburgh 58, Westminster O. Johns Hopkins 34. St. Mary’s 6. Hobart-New York Teachers College cancelled. Army 14, Washington & Lee T. Dartmouth 47, Lebanon Valley o. Williams 13, Union 0. Maryland 6, Dickinson 0. Northwestern 29, Lake Forest ‘. Iowa State 31, Cornell 6. Worcester Tech ‘, Norwich T. Ursinus 63, Washington 0. Vermont 52, Clarkson Tech ‘. Massachusetts Aggies 12, Connecti- cut Aggies c. Williams 13. Union 0. Springfield 32, Middlebury 0. Wabash 38, Hanover 6. Vanderbilt AZ, Transylvan1a 0. Ohio State 12, Ohio Wesleyan 0. Turin cr Inc Inno 1rinter 1,nnr&hu Rnn !

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)

Washington & Jefferson 64% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Washington & Jefferson leads 10–⁠0–⁠1 in 11 meetings, counting the seven since this game.

Recent meetings
1932Washington & Jefferson 20, West Virginia Wesleyan 0
1931Washington & Jefferson 14, West Virginia Wesleyan 0
1922Washington & Jefferson 14, West Virginia Wesleyan 0
1921Washington & Jefferson 54, West Virginia Wesleyan 0
1920West Virginia Wesleyan 7, Washington & Jefferson 7
1919Washington & Jefferson 33, West Virginia Wesleyan 0

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