West Virginia Wesleyan at Washington & Jefferson

Saturday, October 13, 1917

Washington & Jefferson beat West Virginia Wesleyan 13–⁠6. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Washington & Jefferson led the series 5–⁠0.

AwayWest Virginia Wesleyan1–⁠2 in 1917
6
HomeWashington & Jefferson7–⁠3 in 1917
13

FinalHigh 51°F, low 34°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Washington times's story: FOOTBALL SCORES.

    The Washington times, October 14, 1917, page 9 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES. Western Maryland. IS: Gallaudst. 9. Navy. e.: Maryland State. o. Central. Q; Episcopal. g. Business, rs; Briarley Hall. o. Army, “a; v. NJ l.. o. Dartmouth. 80; Aiiddlebury Col lege, 9. Williams. II: Cornell. 10. Ohio State. 40: Northwestern. o. Pennsylvania, 10; Swarthmore, o. Delaware. Z: Haverford. o. Amherst. 10: Union. 8. Fordham. 90; Norwich. o. West Virginia, 81; Carlisle. o. University OF Pittsburgh, Al; Lehigh. o. Indiana, Z; st. Louis. o. Syracuse, II: Rutgers. 10. Georgia Tech, 80; Dawson. 10. Chicago University. 4s; Wander bilt, o. Carnegie Tech, 10: Westminster. o. Washington and Jefferson, 13; West Virginia Wesleyan, 6. Pennsylvania State. 90: st. BonaE venture, o. Gettysburg. g. Johns Hopkins. 9. ColgateS “a; Bucknell. o. Lafayette.>12; Ursinus. G. Dickinson, “a; Albright. Z. Nebraska, Al; Iowa, o. South Dakota, 10; North Dakota. o. Michigan. 60; Mt. Union, G. Wisconsin. o: Notre. Dame. o. Illinois. A.: Oklahoma, o. Bates College. o; Thirteenth Co.. Fort Baldwin, o. Bowdoin, %: Twenty-ninth Co., Fort Baldwin, 0. Syracuse. IA; Rutgers, 10. Purdue. Z: Depauw. 6. Minnesota, 81: S. Dakota State, O. A. and. NJ. College. IS: Roanoke, o. Sewanee. %; Transylvania, o. Washington and Lee. &C; Randolph Macon, o.

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 81% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Washington & Jefferson leads 10–⁠0–⁠1 in 11 meetings, counting the six 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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