Richmond at The Citadel

Saturday, October 9, 1954

Richmond beat The Citadel 26–⁠0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 2–⁠2.

AwayRichmond5–⁠4 in 1954
26
HomeThe Citadel2–⁠8 in 1954
0

FinalHigh 78°F, low 65°FAttendance 5,400

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Richmond HuIfbuck Named Player Of Week

    Evening star, October 13, 1954, page 75

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    Richmond HuIfbuck Named Player Of Week MORGANTOWN, w. va, Oct. l3.Halfback Louis Wacker Of Richmond is the Southern Conference player Of the week” as a result of his sparkling play last week in the Spiders 26–⁠0 victory over The Citadel. Wacker gained “a yards in % carries and caught two passes for SIS yards. One pass he received was good for a touchdown and the other set UP another score. Others nominated after last weeks play were Quarterback Dyke Little of Davidson, End Roland Barefoot Of Furman. Chick Donaldson Of West Virginia and Center Dick Gaspari Of George Washington.

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)

Richmond 52% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Richmond leads 13–⁠12 in 25 meetings, counting the 21 since this game.

Recent meetings
1976The Citadel 20, Richmond 7
1975Richmond 7, The Citadel 0
1974Richmond 27, The Citadel 24
1973Richmond 27, The Citadel 0
1972Richmond 21, The Citadel 7
1971The Citadel 21, Richmond 11

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