Washington & Jefferson vs. West Virginia Wesleyan

Washington & Jefferson and West Virginia Wesleyan first met in 1913 and have played 11 times; Washington & Jefferson leads the series 10–⁠0–⁠1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Washington & Jefferson 9–⁠0, and Washington & Jefferson has won the last 4.

Washington & Jefferson wins
10
West Virginia Wesleyan wins
0
Ties
1
First meeting
1913
Longest streak
6 Washington & Jefferson
Current streak
4 Washington & Jefferson
Last 10 meetings
Washington & Jefferson 9–⁠0
Most recent
1932

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s6–⁠0
1920s2–⁠0–⁠1
1930s2–⁠0
Average margin
23.2 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Washington & Jefferson
6–⁠0–⁠1 Washington & Jefferson’s record at home
At West Virginia Wesleyan
0–⁠4 West Virginia Wesleyan’s record at home
Shutouts
7

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Washington & Jefferson’s biggest win1921: Washington & Jefferson 54, West Virginia Wesleyan 0by 54 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Washington & Jefferson and West Virginia Wesleyan, 1913 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 Norwich bulletin's story of the 1916 game: Football Results on Many Fields. Yale 61, Virginia s.

    1916 · Norwich bulletin, Oct 9, 1916

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1917 game: FOOTBALL SCORES.

    1917 · The Washington times, Oct 14, 1917

  • The Albuquerque morning journal's story of the 1919 game: FOOTBALL RESULTS

    1919 · Albuquerque morning journal, Albuquerque, N.M., Nov 23, 1919

  • The The New York herald's story of the 1920 game: w. AND J. TEAM IS TIED. West Virginia Wesleyan Profits by Mistakes of Rival.

    1920 · The New York herald, New York, N.Y., Oct 3, 1920

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 1, 1932Washington & Jefferson 20, West Virginia Wesleyan 0at Washington & Jefferson
Sep 26, 1931Washington & Jefferson 14, West Virginia Wesleyan 0at West Virginia Wesleyan
Oct 28, 1922Washington & Jefferson 14, West Virginia Wesleyan 0at West Virginia Wesleyan
Oct 8, 1921Washington & Jefferson 54, West Virginia Wesleyan 0at Washington & Jefferson
Oct 2, 1920Washington & Jefferson 7, West Virginia Wesleyan 7at Washington & Jefferson
Nov 22, 1919Washington & Jefferson 33, West Virginia Wesleyan 0at Washington & Jefferson
Oct 13, 1917Washington & Jefferson 13, West Virginia Wesleyan 6at Washington & Jefferson
Oct 7, 1916Washington & Jefferson 21, West Virginia Wesleyan 0at West Virginia Wesleyan
Nov 13, 1915Washington & Jefferson 7, West Virginia Wesleyan 3at Washington & Jefferson
Nov 14, 1914Washington & Jefferson 59, West Virginia Wesleyan 6at West Virginia Wesleyan
Nov 22, 1913Washington & Jefferson 35, West Virginia Wesleyan 0at Washington & Jefferson

Every game is listed as played on the field.