The Citadel at West Virginia

Saturday, November 17, 1962

West Virginia beat The Citadel 49–⁠0. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1.

AwayThe Citadel3–⁠7 in 1962
0
HomeWest Virginia8–⁠2 in 1962
49

FinalHigh 64°F, low 46°F, 0.06 in. of rainAttendance 14,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Republican. (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current's story

    The Republican. (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, Maryland, November 22, 1962, page 16

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    travelled to MorgantoWn, West Virginia, on Saturday, November II, to watch the MountaineerS of West Virginia University roll over the Citadel 49–⁠0. They also saw one of their alumni, Ron Colaw, score a touchdown for the West Virginians. On Saturday, also, another former football star of Southern broke into the scoring column. This time it was Dick Stuck who plunged over for two-point conversion for Beth any College. Christmas Program Planned The annual Christmas program will be given on the night of December 10 in the school gym nasium. The program will be the combination of two shows: one by the Senior Chorus and the other by the Junior Chorus. Basketball Practice Begins Basketball practice started for the Highlanders on November IS this year with all prospective candidates for the cage team turn ing out. The team will open its season against Elk Garden on December 7 and will be trying to better last years 7–⁠13 record. Wrestlers are also scheduled to start practice next week. Mr.. Green will coach the mat team this season. 1t is reported that thirty-five boys are expected to turn out for the sport.

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)

West Virginia 78% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

West Virginia leads 5–⁠1 in six meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
1968West Virginia 17, The Citadel 0
1966West Virginia 35, The Citadel 0
1965West Virginia 25, The Citadel 2
1964West Virginia 7, The Citadel 3
1962West Virginia 49, The Citadel 0
1959The Citadel 20, West Virginia 14

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