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Gettysburg at West Virginia

Saturday, November 4, 1916

West Virginia beat Gettysburg 12–⁠6. It was their first meeting; after it, West Virginia led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayGettysburg1–⁠3 in 1916
6
HomeWest Virginia5–⁠2–⁠2 in 1916
12

FinalHigh 64°F, low 35°F, 0.81 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The The Sunday telegram's story: West Virginia Team Defeats Gettysburg; Metfodists Lose to the Marietta EleDen PITT WINS CAME

    The Sunday telegram, Clarksburg, W. Va., November 5, 1916, page 13

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    West Virginia Team Defeats Gettysburg; Metfodists Lose to the Marietta EleDen PITT WINS CAME PITTsBURG. Pa. Nov. 4.-The University of Pittsburg football team easily defeated Allegheny here today by score Of IS 10 o. Allegheny was no match for the heavier team at any stage Of the game.

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)

West Virginia 91% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Gettysburg–West Virginia game

West Virginia leads 2–⁠0 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1917West Virginia 60, Gettysburg 0
1916West Virginia 12, Gettysburg 6

Around this game

Gettysburg

West Virginia