Temple vs. West Virginia

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

1. Temple’s biggest win1979: Temple 38, West Virginia 16by 22 points
2. West Virginia’s biggest win1975: West Virginia 50, Temple 7by 43 points
3. Upset2001: Temple 17, West Virginia 14Temple had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1972: Temple 39, West Virginia 36Temple had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1980: West Virginia 41, Temple 28West Virginia had a 35% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Temple’s side (Hardin 2–⁠2 against Bowden). 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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  1933 · The times-news. (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, North Carolina, Oct 21, 1933

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  1935 · Evening star, Oct 27, 1935

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  1945 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 22, 1945

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.

• Temple vs. Penn State46 meetings, Temple 4–⁠41–⁠1
• Temple vs. Rutgers39 meetings, Temple 16–⁠23
• Temple vs. Boston College39 meetings, Temple 7–⁠30–⁠2
• Temple vs. Syracuse37 meetings, Temple 10–⁠26–⁠1
• 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