Wofford at The Citadel
Friday, October 9, 1959 Share
The Citadel beat Wofford 40–8. It was their 24th meeting; after it, The Citadel led the series 18–6.
FinalHigh 85°F, low 74°F, 0.69 in. of rainAttendance 8,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 10, 1959, page 1
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Blu UPSETS MOUNTAINEERS Oregon Keeps Rolling Toword Rose Bowl Virginia, TO, and Wichita beat George Washington, 21–0. Don Meredith and TREY VILE mon starred in SINUS victory Meredith passed for two touch downs and pitched out to Glynn Gregory for a 57-yard run that set up another. Wilemon stopped two dangerous Missouri drives with pass interruptions. West Virginia was upset when Boston us Gene Prebols caught a touchdown pass with only A seconds left. The play covered 10 yards. Quarterback Ken Vierra was the key in Utah’s Skyline Conference triumph. A slender 1874 FOUNDER, he passed for two touchdowns and scored one himself on a 12-yard sprint. Sophomore Terry Terrebonne broke loose for a brilliant 49, yard broken-field touchdown run in the second quarter that broke a scoreless deadlock with Detroit. That inspired the Green Wave and Tulane rolled to an easy Shutout. In an afternoon game, The Citadel walloped Wofford, 40–8
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 77% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Wofford–The Citadel gameThe Citadel leads 30–26 in 56 meetings, counting the 32 since this game.
| 2026 | Wofford 42, The Citadel 14 | |
| 2025 | Wofford 16, The Citadel 14 | |
| 2024 | The Citadel 30, Wofford 17 | |
| 2023 | Wofford 11, The Citadel 3 | |
| 2022 | Wofford 31, The Citadel 16 | |
| 2021 | The Citadel 45, Wofford 44 |
Around this game
Wofford
- Next gameat DavidsonOct. 31, 1959
- SeasonWofford in 1959
- ProgramWofford history and records
The Citadel
- Next gamevs. RichmondOct. 17, 1959
- SeasonThe Citadel in 1959
- ProgramThe Citadel history and records

