West Virginia vs. West Virginia Wesleyan

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

1. West Virginia’s biggest win1909: West Virginia 49, West Virginia Wesleyan 0by 49 points
2. West Virginia Wesleyan’s biggest win1913: West Virginia Wesleyan 21, West Virginia 0by 21 points
3. Upset1913: West Virginia Wesleyan 21, West Virginia 0West Virginia Wesleyan had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1917: West Virginia Wesleyan 20, West Virginia 0West Virginia Wesleyan had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

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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  1915 · The Birmingham age-herald, Nov 26, 1915

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  1917 · The Bridgeport evening farmer, Connecticut, Nov 26, 1917

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  1929 · The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], Sep 23, 1929

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  1937 · Evening star, Sep 27, 1937

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  1939 · Evening star, Oct 2, 1939

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.

• 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
• West Virginia Wesleyan vs. Washington & Jefferson11 meetings, West Virginia Wesleyan 0–⁠10–⁠1