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125 Years of Mountaineer Football

And what an introduction they received that day, the Presidents defeating WVU by the depressing score of 72-0, which was no small feat considering touchdowns back then only accounted for four points!

To add insult to injury, the schoolboys recruited to seek donations from the crowd of about 250 that showed up at the “baseball grounds” in South Morgantown that afternoon failed to come up with enough money to pay W&J for their travel expenses incurred during their day-long, horse-and-buggy trip down to Morgantown, meaning the 14 West Virginia players, the acting coach and the student manager on hand that day were on the hook for the rest of the dough.