Lafayette vs. West Virginia

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

1. Lafayette’s biggest win1896: Lafayette 34, West Virginia 0by 34 points
2. West Virginia’s biggest win1928: West Virginia 17, Lafayette 0by 17 points
3. Upset1928: West Virginia 17, Lafayette 0West Virginia had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Lafayette’s side (Davis 3–⁠0 against Trenchard). 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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  1896 · Wheeling register, Wheeling, W. Va., Oct 16, 1896

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  1896 · Wheeling register, Wheeling, W. Va., Oct 17, 1896

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  1928 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 28, 1928

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.

• Lafayette vs. Lehigh88 meetings, Lafayette 46–⁠38–⁠4
• Lafayette vs. Pennsylvania80 meetings, Lafayette 21–⁠55–⁠4
• Lafayette vs. Rutgers52 meetings, Lafayette 16–⁠35–⁠1
• Lafayette vs. Colgate49 meetings, Lafayette 11–⁠35–⁠3
• 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