The Citadel at Wofford

Saturday, October 29, 1949

Wofford beat The Citadel 21–⁠7. It was their 18th meeting; after it, The Citadel led the series 16–⁠2.

AwayThe Citadel4–⁠5 in 1949
7
HomeWofford1–⁠0 in 1949
21

FinalHigh 60°F, low 51°FAttendance 10,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: 'Notre Dame 28-Point Fuvorite Over Navy in Days Top Tilt

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 29, 1949, page 1 (results column)

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    ‘Notre Dame 28-Point Fuvorite Over Navy in Days Top Tilt OF the gridiron ariStocrats Cali fornia, No. in the standings, seems to be in for the most interesting afternoon. Lynn Waldorf’s Golden Bears, with 16 straight victories in regular season play. meet the rejuvemated U. C. l.. A. team at Los Angeles in the game that may decide the Pacific Coast cham pionship and the Rose Bowl host. California rules a two-touchdown choice, although Red Sand ers’ Uclans have looked formidable in winning five of six games. The top game in the Midwest is at Champaign. ILL.,, where De- Tending National Champion Mich igan, on the rebound after two defeats. is expected to topple Hi nois from the first rung Of the Big Ten standings. Unbeaten Baylor Plays T. C. q. The Southwest sends unbeaten Baylor against Texas Christian at Waco and Southern Methodist against Texas at Dallas. In the East Cornell, rated close to Army, defends its perfect record against Columbia at Ithaca and Pennsylvania s unblemished Quakers take on Pittsburgh in Philadelphia. The best games in the South are Tennessee against North Car DINA at Chapel Hill, N. c., and Duke against Georgia Tech at At lanta. Detroit strengthened its bid for the Missouri Valley Conference championship last night by whip ping Oklahoma A. and NJ, 1877. In other games Villanova whipped Boston College, 28–⁠14; Wofford remained unbeaten and united by beating The Citadel, 21–⁠7: College of the Pacific also kept its record clean by humbling San Jose State, 45–⁠7, and Drake played a 1913 tie with st. Mary’s of California.

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 text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

The Citadel 71% to win. Wofford pulled the upset.

The Citadel leads 30–⁠26 in 56 meetings, counting the 38 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Wofford 42, The Citadel 14
2025Wofford 16, The Citadel 14
2024The Citadel 30, Wofford 17
2023Wofford 11, The Citadel 3
2022Wofford 31, The Citadel 16
2021The Citadel 45, Wofford 44

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