CollegeFootballDigestfrom CooperSearch

Pennsylvania vs. West Virginia

Pennsylvania and West Virginia have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1908; Pennsylvania leads the series 5–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Pennsylvania 5–⁠0, and Pennsylvania has won the last 5.

Pennsylvania wins
5
West Virginia wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1908
Longest streak
5 Pennsylvania
Current streak
5 Pennsylvania
Last 10 meetings
Pennsylvania 5–⁠0
Most recent
1916

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s2–⁠0
1910s3–⁠0
Average margin
13.2 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Pennsylvania
5–⁠0 Pennsylvania’s record at home
Shutouts
5

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Pennsylvania’s biggest win1910: Pennsylvania 38, West Virginia 0by 38 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Pennsylvania and West Virginia, 1908 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 Lake County times's story of the 1908 game: SUMMARY OF SATURDAY SPORT.

    1908 · The Lake County times, Hammond, Ind., Sep 28, 1908

  • The Arizona republican's story of the 1909 game: FOOTBALL FIELDS. As Uusua the Minor Schools Were OutpIayed.

    1909 · Arizona republican, Arizona, Oct 10, 1909

  • The The Sunday telegram's story of the 1915 game: ON TIL E|.FAIIS WEST VIRGINIA UNIV RSIT Y FOO I cam Showing Of Mountaineefs Best Ever Made against Univer sity of Pennsylvania. ROGERS PLAY S GREAT GAME Pennsylvania Scored Touch down in Early Part Of the Game:

    1915 · The Sunday telegram, Clarksburg, W. Va., Sep 26, 1915

  • The The Sunday telegram's story of the 1916 game: PENN TROUNCES WEST VIRGINIA, SCORE 3 TO O Field Goal In the Last Few Min utes of Play Decides the Game. MoUNTAINEERS PLAY HARD And Almost Score a Touch down in Last Quarter of Play.

    1916 · The Sunday telegram, Clarksburg, W. Va., Oct 1, 1916

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 30, 1916Pennsylvania 3, West Virginia 0at Pennsylvania
Sep 25, 1915Pennsylvania 7, West Virginia 0at Pennsylvania
Oct 8, 1910Pennsylvania 38, West Virginia 0at Pennsylvania
Oct 9, 1909Pennsylvania 12, West Virginia 0at Pennsylvania
Sep 26, 1908Pennsylvania 6, West Virginia 0at Pennsylvania

Every game is listed as played on the field.