Fordham vs. West Virginia

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

1. Fordham’s biggest win1941: Fordham 27, West Virginia 0by 27 points
2. West Virginia’s biggest win1946: West Virginia 39, Fordham 0by 39 points
3. Upset1928: West Virginia 18, Fordham 0West Virginia had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Fordham’s side (Cavanaugh 1–⁠1–⁠1 against Rogers). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1928 · New Britain herald, New Britain, Conn., Nov 7, 1928

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  1929 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 6, 1929

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  1931 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 4, 1931

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  1933 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 15, 1933

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  1934 · Evening star, Nov 15, 1934

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Fordham vs. Holy Cross38 meetings, Fordham 14–⁠23–⁠1
• Fordham vs. Georgetown34 meetings, Fordham 20–⁠12–⁠2
• Fordham vs. Lafayette28 meetings, Fordham 10–⁠17–⁠1
• Fordham vs. Bucknell27 meetings, Fordham 17–⁠10
• West Virginia vs. Pittsburgh101 meetings, West Virginia 37–⁠61–⁠3
• West Virginia vs. Penn State61 meetings, West Virginia 9–⁠50–⁠2
• West Virginia vs. Syracuse61 meetings, West Virginia 27–⁠34
• West Virginia vs. Virginia Tech54 meetings, West Virginia 30–⁠23–⁠1