Richmond at The Citadel
Saturday, October 9, 1954 Share
Richmond beat The Citadel 26–0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 2–2.
FinalHigh 78°F, low 65°FAttendance 5,400
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Richmond–The Citadel gameRichmond leads 13–12 in 25 meetings, counting the 21 since this game.
| 1976 | The Citadel 20, Richmond 7 | |
| 1975 | Richmond 7, The Citadel 0 | |
| 1974 | Richmond 27, The Citadel 24 | |
| 1973 | Richmond 27, The Citadel 0 | |
| 1972 | Richmond 21, The Citadel 7 | |
| 1971 | The Citadel 21, Richmond 11 |
Around this game
Richmond
- Next gamevs. Virginia TechOct. 16, 1954
- SeasonRichmond in 1954
- ProgramRichmond history and records
The Citadel
- Next gameat FurmanOct. 16, 1954
- SeasonThe Citadel in 1954
- ProgramThe Citadel history and records

