The Citadel at West Virginia
Saturday, November 17, 1962 Share
West Virginia beat The Citadel 49–0. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–1.
FinalHigh 64°F, low 46°F, 0.06 in. of rainAttendance 14,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every The Citadel–West Virginia gameWest Virginia leads 5–1 in six meetings, counting the four since this game.
Around this game
The Citadel
- Next gamevs. William & MarySept. 21, 1963
- SeasonThe Citadel in 1962
- ProgramThe Citadel history and records
West Virginia
- Next gameat SyracuseNov. 24, 1962
- SeasonWest Virginia in 1962
- ProgramWest Virginia history and records

