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Bethany (WV) vs. West Virginia

Bethany (WV) and West Virginia first met in 1914 and have played 6 times; West Virginia leads the series 6–⁠0. Over the last 6 meetings it’s West Virginia 6–⁠0, and West Virginia has won the last 6.

Bethany (WV) wins
0
West Virginia wins
6
Ties
0
First meeting
1914
Longest streak
6 West Virginia
Current streak
6 West Virginia
Last 10 meetings
West Virginia 6–⁠0
Most recent
1944

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s0–⁠2
1920s0–⁠2
1940s0–⁠2
Average margin
31.8 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At West Virginia
6–⁠0 West Virginia’s record at home
Shutouts
4

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. West Virginia’s biggest win1924: West Virginia 71, Bethany (WV) 6by 65 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Bethany (WV) and West Virginia, 1914 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1919 game: FOOT BALL RESULTS

    1919 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 26, 1919

  • The The Wheeling intelligencer's story of the 1920 game: WEST VIRGINIA MUST De GOING At T|P-TOPF FORM To BEAT v. { ]. BETHANY ALTHOUGH BEATEN HAS LOUD PRAISE FOR ATTACK OF MOUNTAIN STATE ELEVEN Green and white Grinders Who Opposed Mountaineers Saturday Think That Gold VIII Win.

    1920 · The Wheeling intelligencer, Wheeling, W. Va., Nov 23, 1920

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story of the 1944 game: West Virginia Defeats Bethany College, 200

    1944 · The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., Oct 22, 1944

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Oct 21, 1944West Virginia 20, Bethany (WV) 0at West Virginia
Nov 13, 1943West Virginia 26, Bethany (WV) 13at West Virginia
Nov 1, 1924West Virginia 71, Bethany (WV) 6at West Virginia
Nov 20, 1920West Virginia 20, Bethany (WV) 0at West Virginia
Oct 25, 1919West Virginia 60, Bethany (WV) 0at West Virginia
Oct 10, 1914West Virginia 13, Bethany (WV) 0at West Virginia

Every game is listed as played on the field.