Wake Forest at The Citadel

Saturday, October 29, 1910

The Citadel beat Wake Forest 9–⁠5. It was their first meeting; after it, The Citadel led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayWake Forest2–⁠7 in 1910
5
HomeThe Citadel3–⁠4 in 1910
9

FinalHigh 52°F, low 39°F

In the newspapers

  • The The farmer and mechanic's story: WAKE FOREST DEFEATED LOSES TO TIE CITADEL or CHARLESTON, S. c., By SCORE OF g TO 5-CApTAIN WAS III STAR OF III BAP- TIST BOYS.

    The farmer and mechanic, Raleigh, N.C., November 1, 1910, page 1

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    WAKE FOREST DEFEATED LOSES TO TIE CITADEL or CHARLESTON, S. c., By SCORE OF g TO 5-CApTAIN WAS III STAR OF III BAP- TIST BOYS. Especial to News and Observer Charleston. S. c., Oct. 29.-The’C CIT adel defeated Wake Forest this alter aeon in a fast game IN which oo’h sides frequently fumbled, by the score OF 9 to 5. Both teams made touch downs in the first quarter. IN the Irst few minutes of play Cltadel by quick work, scored a touchdown on we passes and end runs. Legge klckeu goal. Wake Forest received the KICK off and by consistent line play and end runs carried the ball to the thirty yard line. Utley went around end FOR tWenty-three yards and Huntley went over for q touchdown. From tneh until the last quarter, the ball was IN the Citadel territory. Wake fores’ would get within striking distance only to lose the ball on a tumble. The Cit adel got within twenty yards line of the goal only once. from which point they kicked a field goal. savage of Wake Forest, received a Cltadel Onward pass and ran eighty yards, placing the ball on the ten-yard line, where his team was held for downs. The bright particular star of the game was Captain Utley, Of Wake Forest, whose offensive and defensive work were both excellent. Belts also did we’ll. Passailaigue and Legge Tor the Citadel. ‘ Y YAK 4 D IS. Et1SlI1oA Fullback. Huntley. Riddick Passailaigue. Right Half. Ttley. Bruner. Left Half. Savage. W~illingham. Quarterback Avdlett. Martin. Right End. Highsmith. Robertson Culton. Left End. Belts. Legge. Right Tackle. Pointer. Walsh. Left Tackle. Holding. Parker. Johnson. Right Guard. Harvood. Green. Smith. Antley. Left Guard. Carter. Marvin. Center. BagWell. Duckett. Referee. Edgerton, Of Davidson; umpire. Johnson. Of Davidson:. touch downs. Legge n Huntiey. Coal from field. Iegge. goal from touchdown, Legge.

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 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Wake Forest leads 2–⁠1 in three meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1980Wake Forest 24, The Citadel 7
1938Wake Forest 31, The Citadel 0
1910The Citadel 9, Wake Forest 5

Around this game

Wake Forest

The Citadel