Gettysburg vs. West Virginia

Gettysburg and West Virginia first met in 1916 and have played 2 times; West Virginia leads the series 2–⁠0. Over the last 2 meetings it’s West Virginia 2–⁠0, and West Virginia has won the last 2.

Gettysburg wins
0
West Virginia wins
2
Ties
0
First meeting
1916
Longest streak
2 West Virginia
Current streak
2 West Virginia
Last 10 meetings
West Virginia 2–⁠0
Most recent
1917

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Gettysburg and West Virginia, 1916 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 The Sunday telegram's story of the 1916 game: West Virginia Team Defeats Gettysburg; Metfodists Lose to the Marietta EleDen PITT WINS CAME

    1916 · The Sunday telegram, Clarksburg, W. Va., Nov 5, 1916

  • The Harrisburg telegraph's story of the 1917 game: DECISIVE WINNER IN GAME WITH STETO FINAL RIFLE MATCH SPORTS Football Scores Hung Up Saturday

    1917 · Harrisburg telegraph, Harrisburg, Pa., Oct 29, 1917

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 27, 1917West Virginia 60, Gettysburg 0at West Virginia
Nov 4, 1916West Virginia 12, Gettysburg 6at West Virginia

Every game is listed as played on the field.