Otterbein vs. West Virginia

Otterbein and West Virginia first met in 1945 and have played 3 times; West Virginia leads the series 3–⁠0. Over the last 3 meetings it’s West Virginia 3–⁠0, and West Virginia has won the last 3.

Otterbein wins
0
West Virginia wins
3
Ties
0
First meeting
1945
Longest streak
3 West Virginia
Current streak
3 West Virginia
Last 10 meetings
West Virginia 3–⁠0
Most recent
1947

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1940s0–⁠3
Average margin
33.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At West Virginia
3–⁠0 West Virginia’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Otterbein and West Virginia, 1945 on13001500170019501960197019801990200020102020

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 1946 game: Football Results

    1946 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Sep 22, 1946

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

Sep 27, 1947West Virginia 59, Otterbein 0at West Virginia
Sep 21, 1946West Virginia 13, Otterbein 7at West Virginia
Sep 22, 1945West Virginia 42, Otterbein 7at West Virginia

Every game is listed as played on the field.