Indiana vs. West Virginia
Indiana and West Virginia have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1922; the series is tied 3–3 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s even at 3–3. Share
- Indiana wins
- 3
- West Virginia wins
- 3
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1922
- Longest streak
- 2 Indiana
- Current streak
- 1 West Virginia
- Last 10 meetings
- even at 3–3
- Most recent
- 1974
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 1–2 |
- Average margin
- 14.3 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Indiana
- 1–3 Indiana’s record at home
- At West Virginia
- 0–2 West Virginia’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Indiana’s biggest win1973: Indiana 28, West Virginia 14by 14 points
- West Virginia’s biggest win1922: West Virginia 33, Indiana 0by 33 points
- Upset1973: Indiana 28, West Virginia 14Indiana had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1958: Indiana 13, West Virginia 12Indiana had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1961: Indiana 17, West Virginia 9Indiana had a 35% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Both programs through the years
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

1922 · South Bend news-times, South Bend, Ind., Nov 12, 1922
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 5, 1974 | West Virginia 24, Indiana 0 | at Indiana | ||
| Oct 6, 1973 | Indiana 28, 20West Virginia 14 | at West Virginia | ||
| Oct 3, 1970 | 14West Virginia 16, Indiana 10 | at Indiana | ||
| Nov 18, 1961 | Indiana 17, West Virginia 9 | at West Virginia | ||
| Oct 4, 1958 | Indiana 13, West Virginia 12 | at Indiana | ||
| Nov 11, 1922 | West Virginia 33, Indiana 0 | at Indiana |
Every game is listed as played on the field.