West Virginia vs. William & Mary

West Virginia and William & Mary have 17 meetings on file, the first in 1954; West Virginia leads the series 16–⁠0–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s West Virginia 9–⁠0, and West Virginia has won the last 6.

West Virginia wins
16
William & Mary wins
0
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1954
Longest streak
10 West Virginia
Current streak
6 West Virginia
Last 10 meetings
West Virginia 9–⁠0
Most recent
2013

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s5–⁠0
1960s7–⁠0–⁠1
1970s3–⁠0
2010s1–⁠0
Average margin
17.1 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At West Virginia
8–⁠0 West Virginia’s record at home
At William & Mary
0–⁠8–⁠1 William & Mary’s record at home
Shutouts
3

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

Games that tell the story

  1. West Virginia’s biggest win1958: West Virginia 56, William & Mary 6by 50 points

Coach against coach

YearsWest VirginiaSeriesWilliam & Mary
1954–⁠1956Art Lewis3–⁠0Jack Freeman
1966–⁠1968Jim Carlen2–⁠0–⁠1Marv Levy

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from West Virginia’s side (Lewis 3–⁠0 against Freeman). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of West Virginia and William & Mary, 1954 on1300150017001960197019801990200020102020

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 1954 game

    1954 · Evening star, Nov 15, 1954

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

Aug 31, 2013West Virginia 24, William & Mary 17at West Virginia
Oct 7, 1972West Virginia 49, William & Mary 34at West Virginia
Oct 9, 1971West Virginia 28, William & Mary 23at William & Mary
Sep 12, 197020West Virginia 43, William & Mary 7at West Virginia
Nov 8, 1969West Virginia 31, William & Mary 0at William & Mary
Oct 19, 1968West Virginia 20, William & Mary 0at William & Mary
Nov 11, 1967William & Mary 16, West Virginia 16at William & Mary
Sep 24, 1966West Virginia 24, William & Mary 13at West Virginia
Sep 25, 1965West Virginia 34, William & Mary 14at William & Mary
Nov 14, 1964West Virginia 24, William & Mary 14at West Virginia
Oct 12, 1963West Virginia 20, William & Mary 16at William & Mary
Nov 3, 1962West Virginia 28, William & Mary 13at West Virginia
Nov 15, 1958West Virginia 56, William & Mary 6at William & Mary
Oct 26, 1957West Virginia 19, William & Mary 0at West Virginia
Oct 20, 1956West Virginia 20, William & Mary 13at William & Mary
Oct 15, 1955West Virginia 39, William & Mary 13at West Virginia
Nov 13, 195416West Virginia 20, William & Mary 6at William & Mary

Every game is listed as played on the field.